PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Georges St Pierre (ranked 3626 p4p, 6052 weight class) and Leif Wolden (ranked 447 p4p, 0 weight class). St Pierre comes into the arena with Face the Pain blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

St Pierre
vs
Wolden

178 cm
20
178
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
18
175
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

Good takedowns
Brawler
Can Moonwalk

Urban Fighter
Altitude 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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Georges St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Leif Wolden!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Josh West and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

St Pierre pushes Wolden up against the cage in a clinch.
Wolden changes levels and goes for a takedown here. St Pierre fights it off and pushes away nicely.
An inside leg kick lands from St Pierre.
St Pierre throws a series of punches but Wolden avoids them all with ease.
St Pierre throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Wolden's head.
St Pierre scores with a kick to the body.
St Pierre delivers a nice body kick.
Nice defenses there by St Pierre.
Wolden's hands are dropping dangerously low here and St Pierre connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Wolden scrambles back to his feet.
Wolden misses with a hook.
We've been hearing reports that St Pierre has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Wolden is on the wrong end of a nice combination from St Pierre.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
An inside leg kick lands from St Pierre.
St Pierre takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
No luck for Wolden with that takedown attempt.

St Pierre gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wolden stands and throws St Pierre's legs to the side, diving into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
St Pierre wants to get back to his feet.
Wolden has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for St Pierre!

Wolden is working to isolate an arm here. It's a telegraphed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Wolden extends the arm and St Pierre is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Leif Wolden!
Leif Wolden was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
Georges St Pierre was interviewed post fight and said 'I'm training all the time. My goal is perfection. But I will never reach perfection'.