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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pierre Ragout Mendy (ranked 3514 p4p, 24899 weight class) and Georges St Pierre (ranked 437 p4p, 680 weight class). St Pierre has chosen Face the Pain as his entrance music. Pierre Ragout Mendy has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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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 17 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Pierre Ragout Mendy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Georges St Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Paul Aken and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Pierre defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Mendy.
Mendy scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Mendy looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
St Pierre with a jab.
Mendy takes a jab right on the kisser.
St Pierre misses the jab.
Mendy with a jab.
Mendy throws a head kick that misses.
A head kick misses from St Pierre.
Mendy throws a hook but St Pierre blocks it.
St Pierre looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Mendy connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Mendy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from St Pierre.
Mendy scores with a crisp jab that stopped St Pierre in his tracks.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
St Pierre takes a jab right on the kisser.
St Pierre misses the shot to the body.
Mendy lands a nice shot to the body.
St Pierre throws a head kick that misses.
St Pierre looks to throw the jab but Mendy is out of range.
Mendy jabs at St Pierre's body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendy misses with a two punch combination.
Mendy is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
St Pierre lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by St Pierre.
Mendy misses with a body kick.
Mendy misses the jab.
A head kick misses from St Pierre.
Mendy shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
St Pierre keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
St Pierre keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Mendy not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Mendy is taking a breather. St Pierre says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Mendy missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendy controlling the pace.
Mendy not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
St Pierre is looking to escape.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mendy tries to pass the half guard into mount. St Pierre knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
St Pierre avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Mendy.
Mendy controlling the action here.
Mendy working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
St Pierre keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendy lands strikes from half guard.
St Pierre avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Mendy.
Mendy content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Mendy is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Mendy landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Mendy thows a huge punch but St Pierre dodges it nicely.
Mendy slows the pace down in half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mendy seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. St Pierre is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Pierre Ragout Mendy!
Pierre Ragout Mendy managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Altitude Clothing, into his post fight interview.
Georges St Pierre spoke after the fight, saying 'I'm training all the time. My goal is perfection. But I will never reach perfection'.
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
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