PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lyndon Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Jones
vs
St Pierre

190 cm
18
168 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

181 cm
22
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Prefers standup

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 Helsinki, Lyndon Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, George St Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Johanna Lukiainen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones throws a head kick that half lands.
No luck with that takedown attempt from St Pierre.
George St Pierre seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones lands a nice leg kick that just misses St Pierre's sensitive parts.

Jones gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Jones cracks St Pierre with a nice body shot.

Jones breaks from the clinch.
Jones throws a head kick but St Pierre moves out of range.
Jones lands a high kick!
Jones tries a head kick but it misses.
Jones is looking to slow St Pierre down with leg kicks.
St Pierre closes the distance and clinches up with Jones, looking for a takedown. St Pierre pushes Jones against the cage but Jones circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
St Pierre shoots in looking for a takedown. Jones tries to sprawl out of it but St Pierre keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Jones manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Lyndon Jones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of George St Pierre.
St Pierre chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Jones can pounce on him.

Jones gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A short right from Jones.
St Pierre goes for a takedown attempt but Jones pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Jones throws a nice head kick!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jones has closed the distance and engaged St Pierre in a clinch.
St Pierre being controlled against the cage.
St Pierre looking for a takedown.
St Pierre looks gassed!
Jones avoiding damage.
A knee to the head by Jones.
Jones unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Jones just leaning against St Pierre, taking a breather.
Jones prevents the takedown attempt.
St Pierre has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Jones is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jones obliges.
Jones really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
St Pierre is working for takedown but Jones is calmly controlling the position for now.

Jones breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Jones rushes St Pierre and presses him up against the cage.

Jones manages to break the clinch.
Jones lands a jab-cross combination.
A punch combination from Jones misses.
Jones lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Jones scores with a head kick.
St Pierre takes one to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Jones rushes St Pierre and presses him up against the cage.
St Pierre drops down looking for an ankle pick but Jones pulls his leg out and moves away.

Jones moves into the clinch.

Jones escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
St Pierre is trying desperately to land a takedown but Jones is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for St Pierre.
Jones lands a nice shot to the body.
Jones with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Jones throws a quick inside leg kick.
Jones buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Jones throws a head kick that St Pierre semi-blocks.
Good leg kick by Jones there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

St Pierre tries to keep at a distance but Jones has taken the fight into the clinch.
Jones crunches a lovely knee into St Pierre's ribcage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones scores with a nice hook to the head.
St Pierre's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Jones lands with a left to the head.
Jones lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Jones.
St Pierre goes for a takedown attempt but Jones pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Jones misses with the combination.

Jones closes the distance and clinches.
The referee calls for Jones to work.
Jones prevents a takedown attempt there.
Jones lands a damaging elbow.

That's four 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.

Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jones scores with a spinning back kick!
Lyndon Jones is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
An inside leg kick lands from Jones.
St Pierre on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Jones. Jones obviously looking to wear him down.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Jones. St Pierre shrugs it off though.
Jones lands a nice looking kick to the body. St Pierre takes a step back to recover.
Jones bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps St Pierre's head backwards.
Jones plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Jones connects with a solid leg kick.
Jones will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Jones has closed the distance and engaged St Pierre in a clinch.
St Pierre drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
St Pierre takes a shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lyndon Jones dominated that round.
That's time! Jones's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Jones feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to St Pierre's calf.
Jones leaves St Pierre with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Jones throws a sloppy head kick and St Pierre moves out of range easily.
St Pierre has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
St Pierre fails with a takedown attempt.
A slapping leg kick lands for Jones.
Jones tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but St Pierre was well out of range. Poor timing from Jones.
St Pierre is trying hard to land a takedown here. Jones sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Lyndon Jones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of George St Pierre.
Jones delivers a nice body kick.

Jones clinches with his opponent.

Jones's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
St Pierre takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Jones tries a head kick but it misses.

Jones clinches up with St Pierre and pushes him back against the cage.

Jones's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jones moves into range and clinches up with St Pierre.

Jones breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
St Pierre shoots in looking for a takedown. Jones tries to sprawl out of it but St Pierre keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Jones manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Jones lands a head shot.
Jones lands a high kick!
St Pierre looks for a takedown but Jones sprawls well.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Jones, right into the meat.

Jones drives through and clinches with St Pierre against the cage.
St Pierre letting Jones take a breather here.

The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jones looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Jones is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that St Pierre can do to turn this around?
St Pierre misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jones rushes St Pierre and presses him up against the cage.

Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
St Pierre fails with the takedown.
St Pierre stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Jones.
Jones thumps St Pierre with a low kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Jones. That's going to slow St Pierre down.
Jones throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by St Pierre.
St Pierre shoots in but Jones avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Jones fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with St Pierre, pushing him back against the cage.
St Pierre goes for a takedown attempt but Jones pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Jones clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jones breaks the clinch.
St Pierre chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Jones can pounce on him.
St Pierre will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
St Pierre shoots in for a takedown but Jones shows good takedown defense.
Jones feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to St Pierre's calf.
Jones thumps St Pierre with a low kick.
St Pierre is trying hard to land a takedown here. Jones sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Lyndon Jones is winning the standup battle so far.
Jones throws a head kick that half lands.

Jones darts in and clinches St Pierre up against the cage.
St Pierre is working for takedown but Jones is calmly controlling the position for now.
Jones stalling against the cage.
Jones putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has St Pierre in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

Jones escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
St Pierre shoots in looking for a takedown. Jones tries to sprawl out of it but St Pierre keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Jones manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Jones gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Jones avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
St Pierre tries for a takedown but Jones manages to get underhooks.

Jones breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
St Pierre fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
St Pierre closes the distance and clinches up with Jones, looking for a takedown. St Pierre pushes Jones against the cage but Jones circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Jones misses with a head kick.
Jones misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice sprawl there from Jones as St Pierre shoots in.
St Pierre tries for a takedown but Jones sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
St Pierre shoots in for a takedown but Jones shows good takedown defense.
St Pierre fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Jones avoids it really well and circles away.
St Pierre looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Jones is fending him off so far but St Pierre persists. Nope, Jones circles away and we're back to standing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lyndon Jones dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

St Pierre fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Jones moves into the clinch.

Jones breaks from the clinch.
Jones displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from St Pierre.
St Pierre avoids the head kick by Jones.

Jones has managed to clinch.
St Pierre goes for a takedown in the clinch but Jones prevents it.
Lyndon Jones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of George St Pierre.
Jones leaning his opponent against the cage.

Jones breaks the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jones lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Jones.

Jones closes the distance and clinches.

Jones breaks from the clinch.
Jones turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.

St Pierre darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Jones trying to control from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

St Pierre is working for a kimura but Jones is defending it quite comfortably.

St Pierre wants to work for an arm triangle but Jones is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

St Pierre maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Jones could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but St Pierre has cracked it and Jones is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by St Pierre!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:04 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). George St Pierre!