PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lance St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Wallace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St Pierre comes to the cage accompanied by 16 FEVER. Wallace has chosen Can't be Touched as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

St Pierre
vs
Wallace

181 cm
20
181 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

185 cm
19
185 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Convicted
CROWN - Pit Inc

Final Strike Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lance St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, James Wallace!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Pierre throws a front kick aimed at Wallace's knee but Wallace avoids it well.
Wallace slips under a jab.
Wallace tries to clinch up.
Wallace defending well as St Pierre loads up on a big left hand.
St Pierre throws a lazy right hand but Wallace sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
St Pierre throws a jab but it's blocked by Wallace.
St Pierre swinging wilding here.
St Pierre misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Wallace with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling St Pierre to score with a decent uppercut.
Wallace avoids the body shot from St Pierre.
St Pierre looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
St Pierre throws the left hand but Wallace avoids the punch easily.
Wallace gets cracked there but stands up to it.
St Pierre scores with a punch to the head.
St Pierre motions for Wallace to come forward. St Pierre throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
St Pierre tries to bum rush Wallace with a series of wild strikes but Wallace uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wallace looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A swing and a miss from St Pierre.
St Pierre scores with a head kick.
St Pierre walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Wallace checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
St Pierre throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
St Pierre lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

Wallace closes the distance and pushes St Pierre back into the cage.
St Pierre wants to break free but Wallace has control.
St Pierre wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
St Pierre misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wallace lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Wallace prevents St Pierre from breaking the clinch.
St Pierre working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Wallace keeps control of St Pierre as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
St Pierre tries to break the clinch but Wallace is controlling the position.
St Pierre wants to break free but Wallace has control.
St Pierre is trying to break free.
Wallace keeps control of St Pierre as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre has had enough of the clinch but Wallace keeps him there for the moment.
St Pierre wants to break free but Wallace has control.
Wallace lands a shot to the body.
St Pierre wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Wallace has him pressed against the cage.
St Pierre wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Wallace.

St Pierre breaks the clinch.
St Pierre lunges at Wallace with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Wallace's hand.
A jab from St Pierre misses.
Wallace takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
St Pierre looks to land a right hand but Wallace moved out of range.
St Pierre thows a body shot but no joy.
St Pierre looks to score with a jab to the body but Wallace is just out of range.
Wallace tries to clinch but St Pierre moves out of range.
St Pierre connects with the punch.
Wallace keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from St Pierre.
Wallace keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre looks to land a right hand but Wallace moved out of range.
Wallace takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
St Pierre misses with a low kick.
Wallace tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but St Pierre paws at him with a jab and circles away.
St Pierre throws a jab when Wallace was well out of range.
No joy there for St Pierre, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Good exchange - St Pierre coming out on top.
St Pierre bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
St Pierre takes a swing at Wallace's ribcage but misses.
St Pierre throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Wallace tries to clinch up but St Pierre circles away and keeps his distance.
Wallace lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
St Pierre looks for the body kick but Wallace saw that one coming.
Wallace tries to clinch up.
St Pierre on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wallace bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Wallace slips under a jab.
St Pierre fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wallace manages to avoid it.
St Pierre avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
St Pierre throws a series of punches but Wallace moves out of range.
Wallace doesn't manage to clinch there - St Pierre circles away.
Wallace tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but St Pierre paws at him with a jab and circles away.
St Pierre thumps Wallace with a low kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from St Pierre.
St Pierre takes a swing at Wallace's ribcage but misses.
Wallace looks to land a right hand but St Pierre moved out of range.
St Pierre tries a head kick but it misses.
St Pierre misses with a straight right.
St Pierre circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wallace moves away from the strike by St Pierre.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lance St Pierre dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

The fight stays on the outside here - Wallace looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A head kick misses from St Pierre.
St Pierre throws an overhand right that lands on Wallace's shoulder, as Wallace tries to avoid the shot.
St Pierre cracks Wallace with a right hand to the side of the head.
St Pierre throws a hook but Wallace avoids it easily.
Wallace on the wrong end of a nice hook.
St Pierre lunges at Wallace with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Wallace's hand.
Wallace moves out of range of the body kick.
St Pierre fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wallace manages to avoid it.
Wallace ducks under a wild hook from St Pierre.
St Pierre misses with a looping right.
Wallace tries to close the distance and clinch but St Pierre swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wallace looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Wallace has closed the distance and engaged St Pierre in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

St Pierre manages to break the clinch.
St Pierre misses with a combination
and Wallace counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
St Pierre misses the body punch

and Wallace holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from St Pierre fails to land.
Wallace throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
St Pierre wants to get back to striking at distance but Wallace won't allow it.
A looping hook to the body misses from St Pierre. Wallace does a little dance to reset his feet.
St Pierre falls off balance throwing a combination
and Wallace counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
St Pierre scores with a jab. Wallace acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Wallace looks to land a right hand but St Pierre moved out of range.
Lance St Pierre seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
St Pierre throws a nice outside leg kick.
Wallace staying out of range there.
St Pierre thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wallace bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre throws a nice outside leg kick.
St Pierre looks to land a left hand but Wallace moved out of range nicely.
Wallace moves away from the strike by St Pierre.
St Pierre throws an overhand right that lands on Wallace's shoulder, as Wallace tries to avoid the shot.
The crowd cheers as St Pierre lands an impressive looking overhand right. Wallace doesn't seem phased though.
St Pierre misses with the combination.
St Pierre throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Wallace counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Wallace.

St Pierre breaks the clinch.
St Pierre throws a leg kick that misses.
St Pierre misses with a looping left.
St Pierre thows a body shot but no joy.
Wallace steps to the side to avoid the strikes from St Pierre.
Wallace keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from St Pierre.
St Pierre falls off balance throwing a combination
and Wallace connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wallace slips a jab from St Pierre.
St Pierre looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
St Pierre thows a left - swing and a miss!
St Pierre throws a hook to the side of Wallace's head but Wallace sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wallace wants to clinch.
Wallace wants to clinch.
A slow jab from St Pierre misses its intended target.
St Pierre throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Wallace.
Wallace tries to close the distance and clinch but St Pierre swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wallace is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
St Pierre uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wallace.
A jab from St Pierre misses.
St Pierre misses with an uppercut. Wallace saw that one coming.
Wallace slips under a jab from St Pierre.
Wallace throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
St Pierre closes the distance and lands a one-two.
St Pierre misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Wallace counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
St Pierre misses with a hook to the body
and Wallace counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wallace tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but St Pierre paws at him with a jab and circles away.
St Pierre looks to land a combination but Wallace avoids it well.
St Pierre lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Lance St Pierre is winning the standup battle so far.
St Pierre falls off balance throwing a combination

and Wallace counters by moving into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Lance St Pierre will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

St Pierre lands an overhand right.
Wallace moves out of range of the strikes.
St Pierre waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Wallace.
St Pierre throws a jab but it's blocked by Wallace.
Wallace staying out of range there.
St Pierre misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wallace.
Wallace uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from St Pierre.
A big left from St Pierre misses.
A shot to the body from St Pierre misses
and Wallace counters with a straight right hand.
St Pierre misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Wallace counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Wallace avoids the body shot from St Pierre.
St Pierre looks to score with a jab to the body but Wallace is just out of range.
Wallace waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract St Pierre.
St Pierre tries a head kick but it misses.
St Pierre misses with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Wallace counters with a right hand to the body.
Wallace avoids the body shot from St Pierre.
St Pierre lands a nice hook to Wallace's body. Wallace takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
St Pierre lands a nice looking body shot.
Wallace moves away from the strike by St Pierre.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wallace looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
St Pierre throws the left hand but Wallace avoids the punch easily.
Wallace throws out a loose jab but St Pierre uses good head movement to avoid it.
St Pierre lands a nice looking kick to the body. Wallace takes a step back to recover.

Wallace gets a clinch.

St Pierre escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
St Pierre misses the body punch

and Wallace counters by moving into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre lands a right hand.
St Pierre tries to break the clinch but Wallace is controlling the position.
Wallace is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
St Pierre is trying to break free.
A short body shot lands from Wallace as the two fighters clinch.
St Pierre wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
St Pierre doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
St Pierre misses with a hook to the ribs.
St Pierre is trying to break free.
St Pierre is trying to break the clinch but Wallace has him pressed against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Wallace.

St Pierre breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
St Pierre throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Wallace holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Wallace keeps control of St Pierre as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
St Pierre can't break the clinch.
St Pierre is trying to break free.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Wallace takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
St Pierre throws a head punch that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

St Pierre breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
St Pierre throws out a loose jab but Wallace uses good head movement to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from St Pierre.
St Pierre misses with a body punch
letting Wallace counter with a right hand.
St Pierre misses the body punch
letting Wallace counter with a right hand.
St Pierre throws a hook but Wallace blocks it.
St Pierre looks to land a body kick but Wallace moved away.
Wallace slips a jab from St Pierre.
St Pierre is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Wallace.

Wallace darts in and clinches St Pierre up against the cage.
Nice body punch from Wallace - that landed with a thud.
Wallace presses St Pierre against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
St Pierre misses with a punch on the inside.
Wallace stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Wallace lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre is looking to break free of the clinch but Wallace has double underhooks.
Wallace is leaning against St Pierre and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
St Pierre tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wallace's elbow.
Wallace is working St Pierre over against the cage.
Wallace lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt St Pierre or not.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wallace.
A short uppercut from Wallace.
St Pierre wants to get back to striking at distance but Wallace won't allow it.
Nice body punch from St Pierre - that landed with a thud.
A short body shot lands from Wallace as the two fighters clinch.
St Pierre wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Wallace has him pressed against the cage.
A looping hook to the body misses from St Pierre. Wallace does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wallace swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by St Pierre.
Wallace tries to clinch up.
Wallace tries to clinch but St Pierre is having none of it.
Wallace tries to clinch but St Pierre moves out of range.
St Pierre lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
James Wallace has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lance St Pierre is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
St Pierre swings and misses with a hook to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
James Wallace comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think St Pierre has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lance St Pierre!