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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pierre St Georges (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tuomas Keto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St Georges comes to the cage accompanied by PSG theme song . Tuomas Keto has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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183 cm
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180 lbs
13 - 12 - 0 |
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183 cm
22
182 lbs
11 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin |
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Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Granite chin |
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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
13 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pierre St Georges! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tuomas Keto! The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Dillan Fox and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! St Georges shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Keto but Keto pushes him off and we're back to square one. Keto just misses with a punch to the body.
Keto cracks a nice hook into St Georges's ribs. Keto tests St Georges's chin there with a solid looking shot. St Georges shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard. St Georges working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that. St Georges with the ground and pound but Keto uses the opportunity to regain guard. St Georges stopping the sweep attempt from Keto. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. St Georges wants to control from the top but Keto keeps moving. Keto lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for St Georges!
That's one minute gone in the round. Keto lands a heavy elbow. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Keto jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but St Georges manages to avoid the submission attempt. St Georges is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Keto has just dragged him back down to the mat. Keto tries for a kimura but St Georges is defending well. St Georges takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
St Georges is looking to reverse the position. Keto wants to control but St Georges is keeping him busy. Keto prevents St Georges from escaping the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Keto tries to move into full mount but can't pass St Georges's legs. Keto working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
St Georges is looking for a sweep. Keto passes to full mount! That's big trouble for St Georges! St Georges regains half guard. Keto prevents St Georges from standing back up.
St Georges slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work. Keto pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. St Georges is keeping the position for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Keto is stalling in the full guard. A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Keto accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand. Keto trying to control the position from guard on top but St Georges is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Keto tries to free his leg and advance position but St Georges is retaining full guard. Keto passes St Georges's left leg - he's now in half guard. St Georges looking for submissions off his back. St Georges is not content to let Keto control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round. There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action. St Georges regains full guard. Nicely done. Keto seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up. St Georges working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Keto doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Keto manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem. Keto slips nicely into half guard. St Georges is staying active underneath Keto, who seems content to just control the action from this position. Keto maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! St Georges could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Keto has cracked it and St Georges is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Keto!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Tuomas Keto!
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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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