PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between George st Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pierre Beaudrie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Beaudrie is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Boom by P.O.D.. 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.

st Pierre
vs
Beaudrie

178 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
175 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
Prefers standup

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Prefers standup

Deadly Clothing

Star.Inc

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, George st Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pierre Beaudrie!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Bruno Lombardi and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beaudrie tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but st Pierre paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Beaudrie clinches up with st Pierre and pushes him back against the cage.
st Pierre avoids the elbow strike from Beaudrie, against the cage.

st Pierre breaks the clinch.

Beaudrie rushes st Pierre and presses him up against the cage.

st Pierre breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
st Pierre avoids the head kick by Beaudrie.
st Pierre clinches but Beaudrie breaks the clinch
and Beaudrie counters with a head kick. That will keep st Pierre thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
st Pierre circles away from the clinch attempt.
Beaudrie is looking to clinch but st Pierre is avoiding it.
Beaudrie keeps the fight on the outside.
Beaudrie tries to clinch but st Pierre moves out of range.
Beaudrie is looking to slow st Pierre down with leg kicks.

Beaudrie gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
st Pierre landing knees to the head.
Beaudrie tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and st Pierre avoids it.
st Pierre lands a knee to the head.

st Pierre pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
st Pierre closes the distance but Beaudrie moves to the side

and Beaudrie counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Beaudrie.
st Pierre looking to throw knees to the head but Beaudrie is blocking nicely.

Beaudrie breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Beaudrie looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Beaudrie wants to clinch up but st Pierre keeps it at a distance.
st Pierre tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Beaudrie counters with a low kick, right behind st Pierre 's knee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beaudrie is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
st Pierre is looking to clinch.
st Pierre tries to clinch up.

Beaudrie closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Beaudrie misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from st Pierre.
st Pierre throws a knee to the head but misses.
st Pierre connects with a nasty looking knee right to Beaudrie's face.
st Pierre throws a knee to the head but misses.

st Pierre breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
st Pierre clinches but Beaudrie breaks the clinch

and Beaudrie counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Beaudrie is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. st Pierre is defending well for now.
st Pierre looking to throw knees to the head but Beaudrie is blocking nicely.
st Pierre is breathing heavily.
Beaudrie misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from st Pierre.
Beaudrie tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and st Pierre avoids it.
Beaudrie tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and st Pierre avoids it.
st Pierre tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
st Pierre blocks an elbow strike from Beaudrie.
st Pierre with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Beaudrie trying to control the position but instead, st Pierre has worked for underhooks and has pushed Beaudrie into the cage.
st Pierre blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Beaudrie has st Pierre pressed against the cage, preventing st Pierre from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
st Pierre blocks the elbow strike.
st Pierre wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Beaudrie missing with knees to the body.
st Pierre misses with a knee strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Beaudrie tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and st Pierre avoids it.
st Pierre using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Beaudrie has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Beaudrie lands a knee to the body.
Beaudrie trying to land knees to the body.
Beaudrie is trying to force a seperation but st Pierre has the dominant position.

Beaudrie breaks the clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Beaudrie goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Beaudrie tries to clinch but st Pierre moves out of range.
Beaudrie is looking to clinch.

Beaudrie rushes st Pierre and presses him up against the cage.
Beaudrie creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through st Pierre's defenses.
st Pierre dodges an elbow strike from Beaudrie.
Beaudrie trying to control the position but instead, st Pierre has worked for underhooks and has pushed Beaudrie into the cage.
st Pierre is trying to break the clinch but Beaudrie is controlling him.
Beaudrie stalling the fight.

Beaudrie's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Beaudrie tries to clinch up but st Pierre circles away and keeps his distance.
Beaudrie lands with a thumping leg kick.
Beaudrie scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
st Pierre tries to clinch up
and Beaudrie counters with a slapping leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beaudrie lands a head kick!
Beaudrie is looking to slow st Pierre down with leg kicks.
Beaudrie lands a head kick. st Pierre smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Beaudrie fails with an attempt to clinch.
Beaudrie is looking to clinch.
Beaudrie tries to close the distance and clinch but st Pierre swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Beaudrie tries to clinch but st Pierre moves out of range.
Beaudrie throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Beaudrie throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
st Pierre tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Beaudrie counters with a slapping leg kick.
Beaudrie is looking to clinch.

Beaudrie takes the fight into the clinch.
st Pierre blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Beaudrie wants to stall.
Beaudrie lands a nice knee to the body.
st Pierre tries to land a knee to the head but Beaudrie blocks with his arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Pierre Beaudrie.
Beaudrie fails in his attempt to clinch.
Beaudrie lands a head kick!
st Pierre looks to clinch
and Beaudrie counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. st Pierre is lucky that one didn't land flush.

Beaudrie clinches.
Beaudrie working hard to break the clinch.
Beaudrie unloads a knee to the mid-section.

Beaudrie pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Beaudrie is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
George st Pierre seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Beaudrie moves in looking to clinch but st Pierre pushes him off.

Beaudrie clinches.
st Pierre throws a knee to the head but misses.
st Pierre working hard to break the clinch.
Beaudrie lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by st Pierre as Beaudrie tries to tie him up.

Beaudrie breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Beaudrie wants to clinch up but st Pierre keeps it at a distance.

Beaudrie has taken the fight to the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pierre Beaudrie dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

st Pierre keeps the fight on the outside.
Beaudrie tries to close the distance and clinch but st Pierre swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
st Pierre tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Beaudrie counters with a solid body kick.
st Pierre closes the distance looking to clinch
and Beaudrie counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Beaudrie fails with an attempt to clinch.
Beaudrie tries to close the distance and clinch but st Pierre swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Beaudrie moves into the clinch.
st Pierre throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Beaudrie blocks it with crossed arms.
st Pierre with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Beaudrie tries to break free but st Pierre pushes him back against the cage.
Beaudrie is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but st Pierre is keeping busy.
Beaudrie is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. st Pierre is defending well for now.
Beaudrie creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
st Pierre blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
st Pierre with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
st Pierre wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Beaudrie has him pressed against the cage.
st Pierre blocks an elbow strike.
Beaudrie throws an elbow but it's blocked.
st Pierre managing to block the knees to the body from Beaudrie.
Beaudrie missing with knees to the body.
st Pierre wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
st Pierre is looking to break free of the clinch but Beaudrie has double underhooks.

st Pierre pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Beaudrie lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Beaudrie misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Beaudrie throws a head kick that misses.
st Pierre closes the distance but Beaudrie moves to the side

and Beaudrie counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
st Pierre with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Beaudrie is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Beaudrie tries to land knees in the clinch but st Pierre avoids the damage to the body.
Beaudrie is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
st Pierre tries to break the clinch but Beaudrie is controlling the position.
Beaudrie lands an elbow inside that st Pierre shrugs off.
st Pierre blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Beaudrie looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Beaudrie misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from st Pierre.
Beaudrie tries to land knees in the clinch but st Pierre avoids the damage to the body.
Beaudrie is trying to stall.
st Pierre tries a knee to the head but Beaudrie blocks it.
Beaudrie gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
st Pierre on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Beaudrie tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and st Pierre avoids it.

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.
Beaudrie keeps control of st Pierre as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Beaudrie's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Beaudrie clinches.
Beaudrie trying to control the position but instead, st Pierre has worked for underhooks and has pushed Beaudrie into the cage.
Beaudrie wants to get back to striking at distance but st Pierre won't allow it.
st Pierre lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Beaudrie breaks the clinch.
Beaudrie misses with a head kick.
Beaudrie tries to clinch there but st Pierre circles away.

Beaudrie has closed the distance and engaged st Pierre in a clinch.
Beaudrie tries to land knees in the clinch but st Pierre avoids the damage to the body.
Beaudrie throws an elbow that misses.
st Pierre avoids the elbow strike from Beaudrie, against the cage.

st Pierre pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Beaudrie misses with a head kick.
st Pierre wants to clinch up but Beaudrie keeps it at a distance.
st Pierre darts in trying to clinch
and Beaudrie counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. st Pierre is lucky that one didn't land flush.

Beaudrie has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
st Pierre throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Beaudrie blocks it with crossed arms.
st Pierre tries to land a knee to the head but Beaudrie blocks with his arms.
Beaudrie looking to slow down the pace here.
st Pierre using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Beaudrie has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Beaudrie unloads a knee to the mid-section. st Pierre lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Beaudrie tries to stall but st Pierre uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Beaudrie throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Beaudrie wants to get back to striking at distance but st Pierre won't allow it.
st Pierre landing knees to the head.

Beaudrie breaks the clinch.
Beaudrie fails with an attempt to clinch.
st Pierre tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Beaudrie moves into the clinch.
Beaudrie tries a knee to the head but st Pierre blocks it.
st Pierre is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
st Pierre misses with a knee to the head.
Beaudrie misses with an elbow over the top.
st Pierre lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
st Pierre blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Beaudrie creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Beaudrie throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but st Pierre blocks it with crossed arms.
st Pierre throws a knee to the head but misses.
st Pierre looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
st Pierre blocks the elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Beaudrie throws an elbow but it misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by st Pierre as Beaudrie tries to tie him up.

st Pierre escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Beaudrie moves in looking to clinch but st Pierre pushes him off.

Beaudrie drives through and clinches with st Pierre against the cage.

st Pierre breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Beaudrie moves into range and clinches up with st Pierre.
st Pierre keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Beaudrie's efforts to push away.
Beaudrie misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from st Pierre.

st Pierre breaks from the clinch.
A slapping leg kick lands for Beaudrie.
st Pierre tries to clinch

and Beaudrie moves into the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
st Pierre landing knees to the head.

st Pierre pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
st Pierre circles away from the clinch attempt.
Beaudrie tries to clinch there but st Pierre circles away.
st Pierre looks to clinch

and Beaudrie holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Beaudrie keeps the fight in the clinch, despite st Pierre's efforts to push away.
Beaudrie is looking to break free of the clinch but st Pierre has double underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pierre Beaudrie showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

st Pierre tries to close the distance and clinch but Beaudrie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
st Pierre clinches but Beaudrie breaks the clinch

and Beaudrie moves into the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
st Pierre wants to break free but Beaudrie has control.
st Pierre misses with a knee to the head.
Beaudrie has had enough of the clinch but st Pierre keeps him there for the moment.
st Pierre connects with a knee to the head.
Beaudrie looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Beaudrie tries to land knees in the clinch but st Pierre avoids the damage to the body.
Beaudrie pushes off an throws an elbow but st Pierre leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
st Pierre is trying to break free.
Beaudrie throws a knee to the head but misses.
st Pierre keeps control of Beaudrie as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Beaudrie is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Beaudrie pushes off an throws an elbow but st Pierre leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
st Pierre is trying to force a seperation but Beaudrie has the dominant position.
Beaudrie tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and st Pierre avoids it.
st Pierre tries to land a knee to the head but Beaudrie blocks with his arms.
st Pierre on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
st Pierre using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Beaudrie has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Beaudrie is trying to maintain a safe position but st Pierre gets an underhook and turns Beaudrie into the cage.
Beaudrie missing with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

st Pierre's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Beaudrie forces st Pierre back against the cage and clinches.
Beaudrie is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

st Pierre breaks the clinch.
st Pierre closes the distance but Beaudrie moves to the side
and Beaudrie counters with a big head kick but st Pierre shrugs it off.
Beaudrie fails with an attempt to clinch.
Beaudrie is looking to clinch.
Beaudrie doesn't manage to clinch there - st Pierre circles away.
st Pierre blocks the body kick.
st Pierre tries to clinch there but Beaudrie circles away.
st Pierre looks to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Beaudrie tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
st Pierre closes the distance but Beaudrie moves to the side
and Beaudrie makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

Beaudrie has st Pierre up against the cage in a clinch.
st Pierre throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Beaudrie blocks it with crossed arms.
Beaudrie misses with an elbow over the top.
Beaudrie with an attempt at a knee that misses.

st Pierre breaks the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beaudrie throws a nice inside leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Beaudrie looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
st Pierre wants to clinch

and Beaudrie moves into the clinch.
Beaudrie is trying to break the clinch but st Pierre is controlling him.
Beaudrie looking to throw knees to the head but st Pierre is blocking nicely.

st Pierre breaks the clinch.
st Pierre tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Beaudrie moves into the clinch.

st Pierre escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
st Pierre moves in looking to clinch but Beaudrie pushes him off.
st Pierre tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Beaudrie counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Beaudrie is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Pierre Beaudrie seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Beaudrie missing with knees to the body.

st Pierre escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
st Pierre avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
st Pierre tries to close the distance and clinch but Beaudrie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

st Pierre moves into range and clinches up with Beaudrie.
Beaudrie creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through st Pierre's defenses.
Beaudrie has had enough of the clinch but st Pierre keeps him there for the moment.

st Pierre manages to break the clinch.
Beaudrie looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Beaudrie circles away from the clinch attempt
and Beaudrie counters with a big head kick but st Pierre shrugs it off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beaudrie tries to clinch there but st Pierre circles away.
Beaudrie tries to clinch up but st Pierre circles away and keeps his distance.
Beaudrie tries to clinch up but st Pierre circles away and keeps his distance.

Beaudrie gets in close and instigates a clinch.
st Pierre with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
st Pierre throws a knee to the head but misses.
st Pierre keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Beaudrie's efforts to push away.
st Pierre looking to throw knees to the head but Beaudrie is blocking nicely.
Pierre Beaudrie is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Beaudrie working hard to break the clinch.

st Pierre's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
st Pierre swats away the attempt to clinch by Beaudrie.
Beaudrie is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Beaudrie is looking to clinch but st Pierre is avoiding it.
Beaudrie throws a sloppy head kick and st Pierre moves out of range easily.
st Pierre is looking to clinch.
George st Pierre has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
st Pierre throws a head kick that misses
and Beaudrie counters with an inside leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Beaudrie.
st Pierre swats away the attempt to clinch by Beaudrie.
Beaudrie tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but st Pierre paws at him with a jab and circles away.
st Pierre wants to clinch
and Beaudrie counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. st Pierre is lucky that one didn't land flush.
st Pierre clinches but Beaudrie breaks the clinch
and Beaudrie counters with a slapping leg kick.
Beaudrie with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Beaudrie closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
st Pierre tries to circle away but Beaudrie has him pinned against the cage.
Beaudrie tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and st Pierre avoids it.
st Pierre looking to throw knees to the head but Beaudrie is blocking nicely.
Beaudrie lands an elbow inside.
st Pierre is looking to break free of the clinch but Beaudrie has double underhooks.
st Pierre with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
st Pierre with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pierre Beaudrie comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Beaudrie has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight 27:30
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pierre Beaudrie!