PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Steven Hoyle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shane St Laurent (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hoyle's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Yo Gotti - Women lie, men lie instrumental . St Laurent has chosen Your Gonna Go Far Kid as his entrance music. Steven Hoyle has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Hoyle
vs
St Laurent

173 cm
23
160 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

177 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Steven Hoyle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Shane St Laurent!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Columbo Gatti and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hoyle tries to clinch there but St Laurent circles away.
St Laurent moves out of range of the body kick.
Hoyle shoots for a double leg takedown but St Laurent sprawls well. He's pushed Hoyle's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
St Laurent fails with an attempt to clinch.
St Laurent tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hoyle closes this distance looking for a takedown but St Laurent circles away.
Hoyle ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Hoyle looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Hoyle shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as St Laurent sprawls well. St Laurent wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Hoyle gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Steven Hoyle. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Hoyle changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. St Laurent looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

Hoyle decides to stand up, so the ref orders St Laurent to his feet.
St Laurent takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Laurent punishes Hoyle's body with a nice straight punch.
Hoyle fails with an attempt to clinch.
No joy there for St Laurent, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hoyle lands a jab to the head.
A combination from St Laurent does no damage.
St Laurent lands with a kick to the temple. Hoyle shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Steven Hoyle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Hoyle.
St Laurent throws a head kick that misses.
Hoyle tries to work over St Laurent's front leg with a kick but St Laurent checks it.

Hoyle shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Hoyle content just to control the position here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoyle cracks St Laurent with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Hoyle 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.
Hoyle prevents St Laurent from getting the reversal.
Hoyle postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. St Laurent looks a forlorn figure.
Hoyle is landing with some decent strikes but St Laurent is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Hoyle looking to finish with strikes here!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
St Laurent keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoyle manages to capitalize on a mistake by St Laurent to take his back!
St Laurent trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Hoyle is riding his opponent, not letting St Laurent buck him off.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Hoyle seems to be going for a rear naked choke. He has an arm under St Laurent's chin but St Laurent turns very nicely into Hoyle's guard. Good BJJ skills being displayed there by St Laurent.

Hoyle looking for a guillotine here but St Laurent defends easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hoyle tries to land a sweep but no joy.
St Laurent is looking to stand up but Hoyle won't let him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steven Hoyle dominated that round.
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.

St Laurent moves into the clinch successfully.
St Laurent is trying to break the clinch but Hoyle has him pressed against the cage.

Hoyle tightens his grip and picks St Laurent up, before dumping him to the ground. St Laurent manages to land in guard.
St Laurent wants to stand but Hoyle is controlling the position.
St Laurent is wriggling around but Hoyle manages to pass to half guard.
St Laurent wants to control but Hoyle is keeping busy.
Hoyle content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Hoyle frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoyle is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. St Laurent can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Hoyle working St Laurent over with strikes here.
St Laurent takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
St Laurent is breathing heavily.
A nice elbow there by Hoyle.
Hoyle working St Laurent over with strikes here.
Hoyle controlling from the full mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Laurent really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Hoyle takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Hoyle with the ground and pound from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoyle controlling his opponent.
Hoyle with shots to the head and body - St Laurent looks very uncomfortable down there.
Hoyle controlling from mount.
Hoyle raining down shots from the mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Hoyle working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Hoyle sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Hoyle lands with some strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steven Hoyle dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Hoyle throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hoyle fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but St Laurent avoids it really well and circles away.
Hoyle looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? St Laurent is fending him off so far but Hoyle persists. Nope, St Laurent circles away and we're back to standing.
Hoyle fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Steven Hoyle. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hoyle fails to land the takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hoyle fails in his attempt to clinch.
St Laurent lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Hoyle shoots for a double leg takedown but St Laurent sprawls well. He's pushed Hoyle's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoyle tries to clinch
and St Laurent counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Hoyle is lucky that one didn't land flush.
St Laurent fails in his attempt to clinch.
St Laurent tries to clinch up.
St Laurent stuffs the takedown.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hoyle clinches but St Laurent breaks the clinch
and St Laurent counters with a head kick.
Horrible takedown by Hoyle or perhaps it was just good defense by St Laurent which made him look bad.

Hoyle gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
St Laurent trying to stall but Hoyle improves his position.
St Laurent lands an elbow inside.
St Laurent has a couple of punches blocked by Hoyle.
St Laurent misses with an elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoyle stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
St Laurent lands a damaging elbow.

St Laurent breaks from the clinch.
Hoyle tries to clinch
and St Laurent makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Hoyle really felt that one!
St Laurent wants to clinch but Hoyle slips to the side

and Hoyle counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Hoyle wants to control from the top but St Laurent keeps moving.
St Laurent keeping full guard, as Hoyle tries to pass.
Hoyle is fighting to break St Laurent's control of his arms but St Laurent is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

Hoyle decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on St Laurent, up you get!
Steven Hoyle is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Hoyle.
St Laurent wants to clinch but Hoyle slips to the side

and Hoyle counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in St Laurent's guard now.
Hoyle looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Hoyle pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. St Laurent is keeping the position for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Laurent keeping moving, preventing Hoyle from controlling successfully.
Hoyle postures up in St Laurent's guard and throws a big left but St Laurent blocks it.
Hoyle is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
St Laurent is trying to control the position but Hoyle postures up.
Shane St Laurent has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Steven Hoyle is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hoyle stays in close to St Laurent's body and controls the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Steven Hoyle showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Hoyle, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:27
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Steven Hoyle!