PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Felix St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Le Petit Criss (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Criss has chosen La danse des canards as his entrance music. Felix St Pierre had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 136.3lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

St Pierre
vs
Petit Criss

167 cm
21
149 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

164 cm
21
132 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Felix St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Le Petit Criss!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Dillan Fox and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Criss goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Criss throws a head kick but St Pierre moves out of range.
Criss fails in his attempt to clinch.
St Pierre throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A chopping leg kick lands by Criss.
Criss does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
St Pierre tries to bum rush Criss with a series of wild strikes but Criss uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Criss bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
St Pierre is breathing heavily.

Criss pushes St Pierre up against the cage in a clinch.

Criss has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics St Pierre uses from the top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
St Pierre postures up.

Criss had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. St Pierre defends it easily.
St Pierre stops Criss from standing up.
Criss is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Criss manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

Criss is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Criss walks into a left hand.
St Pierre throws a body punch but Criss moves out of range.
St Pierre takes a swing at Criss's ribcage but misses.
Criss tries a head kick but it misses.
Le Petit Criss seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Criss throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and St Pierre counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Criss!

Criss wants to get back to his feet but in bucking up he's left an arm hanging out! St Pierre has locked onto it and has pulled off a slick armbar! Criss taps furiously! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Felix St Pierre!