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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Georges Saint Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Weezy Rosto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rosto is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Crank That. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Georges Saint Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Weezy Rosto!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Ian Loll and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saint Pierre swats away the attempt to clinch by Rosto.
Rosto fails to land the takedown.
Rosto tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Saint Pierre paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rosto fails with an attempt to clinch.
Saint Pierre misses with a wild combination.
Left hook, right uppercut from Saint Pierre.
Weezy Rosto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rosto shoots in and drives through. Saint Pierre sprawls well.
Rosto tries to clinch but Saint Pierre moves out of range.
Rosto is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Rosto tries to close the distance and clinch but Saint Pierre swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rosto shoots in but Saint Pierre avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Georges Saint Pierre has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Weezy Rosto.
Rosto is looking to clinch but Saint Pierre is avoiding it.
Saint Pierre keeps the fight on the outside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Rosto.
Rosto misses with a low kick.
Saint Pierre misses with the combination.
Saint Pierre lands a high kick!
Rosto tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Saint Pierre lands a head kick. Rosto smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Saint Pierre scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Rosto is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rosto doesn't manage to clinch there - Saint Pierre circles away.
Rosto tries to clinch but Saint Pierre is having none of it.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Saint Pierre.
Saint Pierre trying to control the position but Rosto is working away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rosto managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Saint Pierre.
Saint Pierre working the ground and pound.
Saint Pierre thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Rosto seems a little lost for a moment, as Saint Pierre dominates the positioning.
Saint Pierre is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Rosto is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Saint Pierre is breathing heavily.
Rosto manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saint Pierre throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Saint Pierre thows a huge punch but Rosto dodges it nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rosto throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Saint Pierre wants to pass to mount but Rosto is defending the position.
Rosto manages to get to full guard.
Saint Pierre scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Rosto trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Saint Pierre preventing the sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Rosto tries to close the distance and clinch but Saint Pierre swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rosto clinches with his opponent.
Rosto gets through Saint Pierre's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Saint Pierre changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Rosto fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Saint Pierre swats away the attempt to clinch by Rosto.
Rosto closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Rosto decides to stand up.
Saint Pierre throws a series of punches but Rosto avoids them all with ease.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Georges Saint Pierre dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Rosto shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Saint Pierre but Saint Pierre pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Saint Pierre avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rosto misses with a head kick.
A punch combination from Rosto misses.
Rosto shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Saint Pierre sprawls well. Saint Pierre wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Rosto gets slowly back to his feet.
Rosto gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Saint Pierre counters with a two punch combo.
Georges Saint Pierre has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Weezy Rosto.
Rosto pulls out of a head kick attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rosto tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Saint Pierre paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Saint Pierre misses with a double jab
and Rosto counters with a left and a right that stings Saint Pierre.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rosto fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab from Saint Pierre.
Rosto gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Saint Pierre looking for a takedown.
Rosto on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rosto creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Saint Pierre's defenses.
Rosto misses with a knee to the head.
Rosto prevents the takedown attempt.
Still in the clinch, Rosto scores with a nice short uppercut.
Saint Pierre tries to circle away but Rosto has him pinned against the cage.
Rosto has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Saint Pierre is trying to keep an underhook but Rosto manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Rosto decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rosto throws a left and a right that both miss
and Saint Pierre counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Rosto throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Rosto tries to clinch up but Saint Pierre circles away and keeps his distance.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Saint Pierre.
Rosto tries to clinch
and Saint Pierre counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rosto drives through and clinches with Saint Pierre against the cage.
Saint Pierre has Rosto pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Rosto manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Rosto throws an elbow that misses.
Rosto gets through Saint Pierre's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rosto's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rosto misses with a takedown attempt - Saint Pierre sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rosto thows a body shot but no joy.
Saint Pierre is trying hard to land a takedown here. Rosto sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Rosto tries to clinch
and Saint Pierre counters with a series of strikes. Rosto will be more careful next time no doubt.
Georges Saint Pierre is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rosto rushes Saint Pierre and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Rosto breaks the clinch.
Rosto closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Rosto lands in his opponent's guard.
Rosto is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saint Pierre is working an open guard so Rosto takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Saint Pierre shoots in and drives through. Rosto sprawls well.
Rosto drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Saint Pierre wants to control but Rosto postures up.
Rosto wants to control but Saint Pierre is keeping him busy.
Rosto is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Rosto has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Weezy Rosto showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!
Rosto avoids the head kick by Saint Pierre.
Saint Pierre forces Rosto back against the cage and clinches.
Saint Pierre prevents Rosto from breaking the clinch.
Saint Pierre fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Saint Pierre drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Rosto's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rosto throws a lazy head kick
and Saint Pierre counters with a one-two to the body.
Rosto lands a nice looking kick to the body. Saint Pierre takes a step back to recover.
Rosto wants to clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rosto closes the distance and clinches.
Rosto's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rosto tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rosto tries to clinch up but Saint Pierre circles away and keeps his distance.
Rosto darts in trying to clinch
and Saint Pierre decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Rosto's guard.
Saint Pierre is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Rosto striking off his back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saint Pierre throws and elbow that misses. Rosto uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Saint Pierre's guard. Nice move by Rosto!
Saint Pierre is working an open guard so Rosto takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Rosto bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Rosto working the ground and pound.
Rosto connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Saint Pierre some visible discomfort.
Saint Pierre is trying to get back to half guard.
Rosto is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Saint Pierre is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rosto cracks Saint Pierre with a big elbow.
Rosto throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Saint Pierre sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Saint Pierre regains full guard. Nicely done.
Saint Pierre is working an open guard so Rosto takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Rosto circles away from the clinch attempt.
Saint Pierre avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rosto tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Saint Pierre counters with a one-two to the body.
Saint Pierre goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Rosto fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rosto throws a head kick that misses
and Saint Pierre counters with a nice kick to the body.
Saint Pierre throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Rosto's head.
Rosto moves into the clinch successfully.
Saint Pierre decides to pull guard.
Rosto gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Saint Pierre pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Saint Pierre misses with a double jab
and Rosto counters with a single leg into guard. Saint Pierre didn't expect that.
And that's the end of the fight!
Weezy Rosto comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Rosto has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Weezy Rosto!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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