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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gunner Nelsons (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Georges St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St Pierre has chosen Gsp - Entrance as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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181 cm
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171 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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178 cm
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170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Big heart |
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Good takedowns
Counter striker
Intelligent |
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gunner Nelsons! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Georges St Pierre! The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Robert Douchet and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Nelsons closes the distance and clinches. St Pierre is working for takedown but Nelsons is calmly controlling the position for now. Nelsons turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control! We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake. St Pierre is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here. Nelsons trying to control the action but St Pierre is working from the bottom. St Pierre is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Nelsons is controlling him well. Nelsons is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. St Pierre knows the correct defense though, so he's OK. Nelsons thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
That's one minute gone in the round. Nelsons looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything. An elbow from Nelsons crashes against the mat.
Nelsons sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but St Pierre is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Nelsons tries to land with some ground and pound but misses. Nelsons trying to control the position but St Pierre is working away.
That's two 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 is trying to get back to his feet. Nelsons has worked his way into a potential kimura here. St Pierre is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Nelsons yanks on the arm and St Pierre is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Nelsons.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Gunner Nelsons!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
37% |
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