PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pierre St Georges (ranked 3651 p4p, 1258 weight class) and Daron Acemoglu (ranked 472 p4p, 178 weight class). Daron Acemoglu has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Pierre St Georges's chin.

St Georges
vs
Acemoglu

177 cm
26
181
3 - 4 - 0

173 cm
26
180
5 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Good gas tank

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 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Pierre St Georges!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Daron Acemoglu!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Santiago Holmes and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Georges throws a right and a left that both miss.

Acemoglu drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Acemoglu creates some space and throws a big elbow, but St Georges sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Acemoglu misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
St Georges tries to improve position but can't.
Acemoglu misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Acemoglu has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Tez’s Stand N Bang !. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Acemoglu scoring with punches and elbows.
Acemoglu scoring with punches and elbows.
Acemoglu scoring with punches from side control.
Acemoglu working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
St Georges is not content to let Acemoglu control the position.
St Georges taking a bit of punishment here - Acemoglu scoring with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Georges tries to buck Acemoglu off but Acemoglu is having none of it.
Acemoglu looks up at the clock and then as St Georges takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Acemoglu smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Acemoglu working the ground and pound.
Acemoglu scores with a couple of short elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Acemoglu in side control lands a decent elbow.
St Georges managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Acemoglu.
Acemoglu working the ground and pound.
Acemoglu in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Acemoglu is working St Georges over with some ground and pound from side control.
Acemoglu wants to control but St Georges is keeping him busy.
St Georges taking a bit of punishment here - Acemoglu scoring with strikes.
Acemoglu scores with a couple of short elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Acemoglu lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear St Georges down.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Acemoglu working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
St Georges prevents Acemoglu from moving into mount.
Acemoglu cracks St Georges with a big elbow.
Acemoglu advances nicely into full mount.
St Georges knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Acemoglu on the ground.
St Georges tries to hold on but Acemoglu pushes him away.
Acemoglu lands a heavy elbow.
St Georges is squirming around, avoiding Acemoglu's attempts to control the action.
Acemoglu with the ground and pound from mount.
Acemoglu landing punches.
Acemoglu working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Acemoglu trying to control but St Georges is having none of it.
Acemoglu lands with some vicious ground and pound - can St Georges hang on?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Acemoglu pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Acemoglu working St Georges over with strikes here.
Acemoglu is in the full mount, landing strikes.

St Georges is rocked!
A big strike lands for Acemoglu! That's really hurt St Georges and he's turned his back - Acemoglu keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Acemoglu jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Daron Acemoglu!
Pierre St Georges spoke after the fight, saying 'I was too slow this time'.