PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between George St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Artem Teremetskiy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Artem Teremetskiy is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

St Pierre
vs
Teremetskiy

180 cm
22
184 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

183 cm
19
194 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, George St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Artem Teremetskiy!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Sergei Dronov and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

St Pierre gets a takedown into half guard.
Teremetskiy desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Teremetskiy is trying to stand.
Teremetskiy is not content to let St Pierre control the position.
Teremetskiy is trying to stand.
Teremetskiy is trying to maintain the position but St Pierre is very close to passing his half guard.
St Pierre tries to stand but his arm is trapped.

Teremetskiy makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Teremetskiy shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. St Pierre manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

Teremetskiy decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Teremetskiy tries to clinch up but St Pierre circles away and keeps his distance.
Teremetskiy looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
St Pierre misses with a head kick.
Teremetskiy with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Teremetskiy gets a clinch.

Teremetskiy breaks the clinch.
Teremetskiy stalks St Pierre and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into St Pierre's face. St Pierre staggers backwards, shaken.
A head kick misses from Teremetskiy.
Teremetskiy looks gassed!

St Pierre drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

St Pierre stands up from Teremetskiy's guard - St Pierre perhaps looking for a knockout.
St Pierre fails with the takedown
and Teremetskiy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Teremetskiy clinches with his opponent.

Teremetskiy manages to break the clinch.
Teremetskiy lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as St Pierre backs up against the cage.
St Pierre throws a leg kick but Teremetskiy moved away.
Teremetskiy cracks a nice hook into St Pierre's ribs.
Teremetskiy looks to land a combination but St Pierre avoids it well.
St Pierre throws a hook but Teremetskiy blocks it.

Teremetskiy drives through and clinches with St Pierre against the cage.

Teremetskiy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
St Pierre throws a head kick that misses
and Teremetskiy counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre misses with a hook.

Teremetskiy gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Teremetskiy manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Teremetskiy managing to control the position.

Teremetskiy is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. St Pierre is aware though and is defending well.

St Pierre decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
St Pierre gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Teremetskiy holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Teremetskiy 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 pulls guard successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

St Pierre looking for a guillotine here but Teremetskiy defends easily.
Teremetskiy is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Teremetskiy throws and elbow that misses. St Pierre uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Teremetskiy's guard. Nice move by St Pierre!
Teremetskiy looking to control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

St Pierre stands up from Teremetskiy's guard - St Pierre perhaps looking for a knockout.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Artem Teremetskiy will probably get the nod.
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.

A solid leg kick lands there for Teremetskiy.
Teremetskiy tries to clinch but St Pierre is having none of it.
Teremetskiy throws a wild body kick that St Pierre sees coming a mile off.
St Pierre loads up on a big right hand but Teremetskiy slips the punch.
St Pierre shoots and misses

and Teremetskiy counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in St Pierre's guard now.
Teremetskiy must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
St Pierre working a defensive guard here.

St Pierre is looking for a triangle but Teremetskiy pushes his legs off easily.
St Pierre keeping moving, preventing Teremetskiy from controlling successfully.
Teremetskiy controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Teremetskiy stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. St Pierre swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Teremetskiy gets to his feet - St Pierre follows without any prompting.
Teremetskiy buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
St Pierre throws a lazy head kick
and St Pierre takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
No joy there for St Pierre, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Teremetskiy darts in and clinches St Pierre up against the cage.

Teremetskiy breaks from the clinch.
Teremetskiy moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Teremetskiy gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Teremetskiy lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
St Pierre is trying to break the clinch but Teremetskiy is controlling him.

Teremetskiy pulls St Pierre into guard.
Teremetskiy really doesn't want to stay on the ground with St Pierre. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
St Pierre would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
St Pierre preventing the sweep.
Teremetskiy manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
St Pierre is looking to get to half guard.
Teremetskiy scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish St Pierre?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre is working to get back to half guard.
St Pierre takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Teremetskiy controlling the position easily from mount.
Teremetskiy working the ground and pound effectively.
St Pierre sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Teremetskiy missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Teremetskiy stalling.
It looks like Teremetskiy is going to stand back up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
St Pierre wants to get back to his feet.
Teremetskiy tries to stand but can't do so whilst St Pierre controls his leg.

St Pierre pushes Teremetskiy off and gets back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Artem Teremetskiy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. 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.

Teremetskiy is looking to clinch but St Pierre is avoiding it.

Teremetskiy instigates a clinch.

Teremetskiy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Teremetskiy shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts St Pierre as he jumps to the side.
George St Pierre is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Teremetskiy throws the kick towards the body but St Pierre avoids it.
St Pierre throws a head kick that misses.
Good exchange - St Pierre coming out on top.

St Pierre shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. St Pierre showed some decent athleticism there.
St Pierre wants to control but Teremetskiy is keeping him busy.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
St Pierre is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Teremetskiy is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
St Pierre wants to take a breather but Teremetskiy is having none of it.
Teremetskiy is trying to stand back up but St Pierre is controlling him

St Pierre escapes and gets back to his feet.
St Pierre keeps the fight on the outside.
St Pierre doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Teremetskiy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

St Pierre gets the takedown into side control.
St Pierre blocks the strikes from Teremetskiy.
St Pierre trying to control the action but Teremetskiy is working from the bottom.

St Pierre decides to stand up, so the ref orders Teremetskiy to his feet.
Teremetskiy throws a left and a right that both miss
and St Pierre counters with a big head kick but Teremetskiy shrugs it off.

Teremetskiy shoots in and bounces St Pierre off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

St Pierre is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre controls Teremetskiy momentarily but Teremetskiy frees himself.

St Pierre is working an open guard so Teremetskiy takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

St Pierre takes the fight into the clinch.
Teremetskiy keeps control of St Pierre as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Teremetskiy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A head kick misses from Teremetskiy.

St Pierre scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
You can see the frustration on Teremetskiy's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
St Pierre trying to control the position but Teremetskiy is working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

St Pierre stands up.

Teremetskiy gets a takedown into half guard.
Teremetskiy trying to control from half guard but St Pierre is working away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Teremetskiy tries to stand but can't do so whilst St Pierre controls his leg.
George St Pierre has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Artem Teremetskiy is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
St Pierre misses with some strikes from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
George St Pierre showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Teremetskiy 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 Illya Tyunina scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Artem Teremetskiy!