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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between recom uy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Geoge ST Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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170 lbs
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170 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, recom uy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Geoge ST Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
ST Pierre decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
ST Pierre prevents uy from improving his position.
uy is on the bottom, trying to hold on to half guard. He's throwing a few small shots here, to keep his opponent honest.
uy tries to roll over but ST Pierre keeps him under control.
ST Pierre is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
ST Pierre trying to pass the guard but uy defending well.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
uy punching from the bottom.
uy is trying to get back to full guard.
uy manages to get to full guard.
uy keeping moving, preventing ST Pierre from controlling successfully.
ST Pierre won't allow uy to sweep him here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
ST Pierre works over uy with some ground and pound from guard.
ST Pierre scoring with some ground and pound.
ST Pierre distracts uy with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
ST Pierre postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
ST Pierre trying to control but uy is working from the bottom.
uy had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. ST Pierre is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. uy Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take ST Pierre's back instead.
ST Pierre breaks uy's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
ST Pierre trying to control but uy is working from the bottom.
ST Pierre is working uy over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
ST Pierre landing with the ground and pound.
uy utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
ST Pierre lands a couple of elbows.
ST Pierre is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
uy tries to land a sweep but no joy.
ST Pierre trying to control but uy is working from the bottom.
uy is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
uy is breathing heavily.
ST Pierre trying to control but uy is working from the bottom.
ST Pierre landing with the ground and pound.
ST Pierre trying to control the position from guard on top but uy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now uy is on top in guard.
uy pushing down on ST Pierre's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
uy prevents ST Pierre from improving his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
uy lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
ST Pierre regains full guard. Nicely done.
ST Pierre keeping full guard, as uy tries to pass.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
ST Pierre trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
uy won't allow ST Pierre to sweep him here.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
ST Pierre manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
uy is bucking up trying to escape but ST Pierre cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
ST Pierre cracks uy with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
uy bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
ST Pierre looking to hit a scissor sweep but uy is one step ahead there.
uy slips nicely into half guard.
uy looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
ST Pierre has a hand on uy's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. uy takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
uy working for a guillotine from mount but ST Pierre is in no mood to give up.
ST Pierre can't escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Geoge ST Pierre will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
uy shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than uy was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
ST Pierre is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The referee warns ST Pierre that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
uy has control of ST Pierre's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and ST Pierre regains control of the situation pretty easily.
ST Pierre can't escape the position.
ST Pierre regains half guard.
uy is looking for a kimura here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
uy looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
ST Pierre manages to get to full guard.
ST Pierre bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in uy's guard.
ST Pierre loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
ST Pierre wants to control from the top but uy keeps moving.
ST Pierre lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
uy tries to land a sweep but no joy.
ST Pierre must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
uy keeping moving, preventing ST Pierre from controlling successfully.
uy looking for a sweep. Not yet uy, not yet.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
ST Pierre shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
ST Pierre thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed uy's head.
uy lands one or two decent shots to the body here. Although from his own half guard, he's not going to be causing too much damage.
uy works his way to full guard. Good work.
ST Pierre with a nice head shot there.
ST Pierre works over uy with some ground and pound from guard.
uy escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. ST Pierre gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
uy looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
uy is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
ST Pierre preventing the sweep.
ST Pierre lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells ST Pierre's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
ST Pierre scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
ST Pierre stopping the sweep attempt from uy.
ST Pierre content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
ST Pierre shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and uy counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in ST Pierre's guard now.
ST Pierre manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. uy manages to get himself to full guard.
ST Pierre trying to control but uy is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
uy manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
uy lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
ST Pierre tries to reverse the position but uy maintains control.
uy has hold of ST Pierre's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and ST Pierre manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
uy thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
uy is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. ST Pierre can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
uy thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
uy looking to ground and pound but ST Pierre is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
recom uy dominated that second round.
That's time! uy's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
ST Pierre closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
ST Pierre trying to control the action but uy is working from the bottom.
uy is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
ST Pierre trying to control the position but uy is working away.
uy tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but ST Pierre wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
uy takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
ST Pierre landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
ST Pierre lands an elbow.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
uy is looking to reverse the position.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
ST Pierre has his takedown stuffed
and uy counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for ST Pierre!
uy working ST Pierre over with strikes here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
uy lands with some strikes.
ST Pierre manages to regain half guard. Good work.
uy seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
ST Pierre moves into full guard.
ST Pierre wants to sweep but no luck.
uy slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from ST Pierre.
uy is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for ST Pierre!
ST Pierre tries to reverse the position but uy maintains control.
A nice elbow there by uy.
A nice elbow there by uy.
ST Pierre keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
uy in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
ST Pierre regains half guard.
uy landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
uy working the head and body with strikes.
recom uy overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The fighters are battling for position here. ST Pierre manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
ST Pierre looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
ST Pierre is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
ST Pierre throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
uy looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
ST Pierre slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
uy makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
ST Pierre utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
uy throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now ST Pierre is on top in guard.
ST Pierre keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of uy's head.
ST Pierre missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
ST Pierre in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
uy throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
uy looking to hit a scissor sweep but ST Pierre is one step ahead there.
ST Pierre scoring with some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
ST Pierre trying to control the position from guard on top but uy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
ST Pierre preventing the sweep.
uy strikes from his own guard.
ST Pierre cracks uy with a solid left hand.
ST Pierre postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
uy looking for a guillotine here but ST Pierre defends easily.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
ST Pierre changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. uy looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
ST Pierre tries to move into full mount but can't pass uy's legs.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
ST Pierre throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
uy manages to work his way to half guard, despite ST Pierre's best efforts.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to recom uy.
Well uy has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:28
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... recom uy!
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energy
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RATING
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