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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rush St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and will tan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). tan has chosen tubthumping as his entrance music. Rush St Pierre is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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178 cm
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170 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
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181 cm
23
170 lbs
3 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Knockout power |
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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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rush St Pierre! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, will tan! The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yuuki Gou and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Horrible takedown by tan or perhaps it was just good defense by St Pierre which made him look bad. tan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. A combination from tan does no damage. St Pierre shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. St Pierre showed some decent athleticism there. St Pierre throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage. tan avoiding damage under a succession of punches from St Pierre. tan is positioning himself well to prevent St Pierre advancing to mount. tan wants to improve his position but St Pierre is controlling well.
St Pierre stops tan from getting back to his feet.
St Pierre is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
St Pierre sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. tan defending well though.
That's one minute gone in the round. St Pierre missing with the ground and pound from half guard. St Pierre throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage. St Pierre has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission. St Pierre lands strikes from half guard. tan looks like he's trying to stand up.
St Pierre looks to land a strike but tan avoids it nicely and regains full guard. tan working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from St Pierre. St Pierre lands a couple of decent looking shots. tan is trying to control the position from the bottom.
St Pierre distracts tan with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round. tan utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound. St Pierre pushing down on tan's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work. St Pierre not throwing his punches with enough precision this time. tan is trying to stand.
tan controlling the leg, holding on to half guard. St Pierre sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. tan defending well though. St Pierre thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed tan's head. tan avoiding damage under a succession of punches from St Pierre. St Pierre tries to pass to full mount but tan defends it. St Pierre lands with a punch from half guard. St Pierre missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round. St Pierre missing with some ground and pound from the half guard. St Pierre throwing shots but tan is blocking nicely.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground. tan pivots, looking for a leg kick but St Pierre is out of range and tan settles back down. tan fails with an attempt to clinch.
tan tries to clinch up. tan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but St Pierre moves out of range and avoids them all easily. tan doesn't manage to clinch there - St Pierre circles away.
St Pierre with a lazy takedown attempt and tan counters with a nice double leg into guard. St Pierre tries to strike from the bottom.
tan must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu. St Pierre manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. tan manages to get himself to full guard.
St Pierre with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
That's four minutes gone in the round. tan wants to stand and escape but St Pierre is having none of it. tan looks gassed! A big thud reverberates around the arena there as St Pierre accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand. St Pierre throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as tan works some decent striking defense from the bottom. St Pierre with a nice head shot there. St Pierre postures up in tan's guard and throws a big left but tan blocks it. St Pierre trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat. St Pierre is looking to work some ground and pound but tan has wrist control. tan preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up. tan misses with a double jab.
tan gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily and St Pierre counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by St Pierre. tan is trying to control the position from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rush St Pierre dominated that round. That's time! St Pierre's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
St Pierre checks the leg kick. tan throws a right hand that St Pierre ducks under and follows up with a left that St Pierre also avoids with ease. tan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
St Pierre shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than St Pierre was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure! The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. St Pierre jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… tan is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by tan and St Pierre has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
St Pierre sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but tan is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
tan wants to get back to his feet but St Pierre drags him back down. St Pierre throws a strike aimed at the side of tan's head but tan avoids it well.
That's one minute gone in the round. St Pierre grinds an elbow into tan's temple. St Pierre landing strikes. The ground and pound from St Pierre seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent. St Pierre lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face. St Pierre tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though. tan wants to control but St Pierre postures up. tan is breathing heavily. St Pierre in side control lands a decent elbow. St Pierre tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it. St Pierre in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... tan is tapping! That's the end of the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Rush St Pierre!
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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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