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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Max Vrech (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pedro St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St Pierre has chosen The Wicked End - Avenged Sevenfold as his entrance music. Pedro St Pierre has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Max Vrech's chin.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Max Vrech!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pedro St Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Paulo Santos and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vrech rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but St Pierre moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Vrech throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Vrech throws a right and a left that St Pierre avoids nicely.
St Pierre clinches up with Vrech and pushes him back against the cage.
St Pierre stalling in the clinch.
St Pierre landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
St Pierre landing knees to the body.
Vrech breaks the clinch.
Max Vrech seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vrech throws a sloppy head kick and St Pierre moves out of range easily.
St Pierre fails in his attempt to clinch.
St Pierre pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Vrech throws a series of punches but St Pierre moves out of range.
Vrech throws a series of punches but St Pierre moves out of range.
St Pierre moves into range and clinches up with Vrech.
St Pierre has Vrech pressed against the cage, preventing Vrech from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
St Pierre's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
St Pierre fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Vrech, pushing him back against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from St Pierre.
St Pierre has Vrech pressed against the cage, preventing Vrech from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Vrech is breathing heavily.
Vrech has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
St Pierre lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
St Pierre manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Vrech is trying to break the clinch but St Pierre has him pressed against the cage.
St Pierre lands a body punch.
St Pierre lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Max Vrech has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vrech can't break the clinch.
St Pierre lands a knee to the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as St Pierre takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Vrech is trying to force a seperation but St Pierre has the dominant position.
St Pierre stalling.
St Pierre working Vrech over with knees to the body.
St Pierre landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
St Pierre utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
St Pierre lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
St Pierre stalls.
St Pierre scores a nice knee to the body.
St Pierre landing some nice looking knees to the body.
St Pierre digs a right hand into Vrech's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Vrech's gas tank.
St Pierre breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
St Pierre clinches up with Vrech and pushes him back against the cage.
St Pierre landing knees to the head.
Knees to the body from St Pierre.
St Pierre lands a knee to the head.
St Pierre lands a body shot.
St Pierre gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre scores with a shoulder strike.
St Pierre avoiding damage.
St Pierre scores with a knee to the head.
St Pierre landing knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
St Pierre cracks Vrech with a nice body shot.
St Pierre scores with a knee to the head.
St Pierre stalling.
St Pierre breaks the clinch.
St Pierre gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Vrech's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for St Pierre.
St Pierre lands a nice uppercut.
St Pierre crunches a lovely knee into Vrech's ribcage.
St Pierre connects with a nasty looking knee right to Vrech's face.
St Pierre lands an elbow just above Vrech 's eye.
St Pierre lands an elbow inside.
St Pierre lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
St Pierre scores with a knee to the head.
Vrech throws an elbow but it misses.
A knee to the head by St Pierre.
Vrech wants to break the clinch but can't.
Vrech is trying to break the clinch but St Pierre is controlling him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Vrech wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
St Pierre keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Vrech's efforts to push away.
Stalling in the clinch from St Pierre.
St Pierre manages to break the clinch.
St Pierre takes the fight into the clinch.
St Pierre unloads a knee to the mid-section. Vrech lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
St Pierre breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
St Pierre tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Vrech will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
St Pierre rushes Vrech and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
St Pierre leaning against his opponent.
St Pierre escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
St Pierre tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
St Pierre moves into range and clinches up with Vrech.
St Pierre pushes Vrech back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Vrech tries to break the clinch but St Pierre is controlling the position.
Vrech wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but St Pierre has him pressed against the cage.
Vrech has had enough of the clinch but St Pierre keeps him there for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
St Pierre has Vrech pressed against the cage, preventing Vrech from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
St Pierre connects with a knee to the head.
Vrech takes a knee to the side of the body.
St Pierre lands a nice knee to the body.
Vrech takes a knee to the side of the body.
A left hand lands to the body for St Pierre.
St Pierre manages to break the clinch.
St Pierre throws a front kick that sends Vrech stumbling back into the cage.
St Pierre closes the distance and pushes Vrech back into the cage.
St Pierre lands a nice elbow.
St Pierre connects with a nasty looking knee right to Vrech's face.
St Pierre utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
St Pierre displaying some good clinch control by pressing Vrech up against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
St Pierre lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Vrech working hard to break the clinch.
St Pierre lands an elbow inside that Vrech shrugs off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pedro St Pierre dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Max Vrech's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
St Pierre tries to close the distance and clinch but Vrech swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
St Pierre tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Vrech takes a shot to the body in his stride.
St Pierre clinches up against the cage.
St Pierre misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Vrech.
Vrech has had enough of the clinch but St Pierre keeps him there for the moment.
Vrech wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as St Pierre takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Pedro St Pierre seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Vrech wants to get back to striking at distance but St Pierre won't allow it.
St Pierre using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Vrech has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Vrech tried to land a shot to the body but connects with St Pierre's elbow.
Vrech misses with the head strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
St Pierre breaks from the clinch.
Vrech throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and St Pierre counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as St Pierre takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Vrech can't break the clinch.
St Pierre controlling the action here for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for St Pierre.
St Pierre keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Vrech's efforts to push away.
Vrech is looking to break free of the clinch but St Pierre has double underhooks.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. St Pierre obliges.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
St Pierre landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
St Pierre connects with a nasty looking knee right to Vrech's face.
St Pierre landing knees to the body.
Vrech is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
St Pierre breaks the clinch.
Vrech throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and St Pierre moves into the clinch.
Vrech wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but St Pierre has him pressed against the cage.
Vrech missing with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by St Pierre.
St Pierre avoiding damage.
St Pierre throws a knee to the head but misses.
Vrech takes a knee to the side of the body.
Vrech has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
St Pierre has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
St Pierre lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Vrech is looking to break free of the clinch but St Pierre has double underhooks.
St Pierre effectively controlling the action here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Vrech tries to break the clinch but St Pierre is controlling the position.
St Pierre stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Vrech wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
St Pierre taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Vrech wants to break free but St Pierre has control.
St Pierre stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A bit of stalling here from St Pierre.
Knees to the body from St Pierre.
A left hand lands to the body for St Pierre.
Vrech is looking to break free of the clinch but St Pierre has double underhooks.
Vrech is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by St Pierre.
St Pierre prevents a body shot from Vrech.
St Pierre stalling.
Knees to the body from St Pierre.
St Pierre crunches a lovely knee into Vrech's ribcage.
St Pierre manages to break the clinch.
St Pierre closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
St Pierre softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
St Pierre lands an elbow just above Vrech 's eye.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
St Pierre landing knees to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
St Pierre works on Vrech's body with a couple of short punches.
St Pierre taking a breather.
St Pierre lands a hook that snaps the head of Vrech backwards.
St Pierre escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
St Pierre scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Vrech looks to land a combination but St Pierre avoids it well.
St Pierre clinches.
St Pierre is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
St Pierre works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
St Pierre lands a knee to the body.
St Pierre manages to break the clinch.
St Pierre moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Vrech looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
St Pierre pushes Vrech up against the cage in a clinch.
St Pierre content to slow the pace in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vrech takes an elbow to the forehead.
St Pierre has Vrech pushed against the cage.
Vrech is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
St Pierre dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
St Pierre lands a body shot.
Vrech is trying to break the clinch but St Pierre has him pressed against the cage.
St Pierre's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Vrech misses with a jab, cross combination.
St Pierre gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
St Pierre misses with a knee strike.
St Pierre pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Vrech misses with a jab, cross combination.
St Pierre closes the distance and pushes Vrech back into the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
St Pierre connects with a nasty looking knee right to Vrech's face.
St Pierre taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
St Pierre lands a good knee to the midsection. Vrech won't want to take too many of those.
Vrech goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A frustrated look appears on Vrech's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Vrech has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pedro St Pierre showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Max Vrech's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
The fight stays on the outside here - St Pierre looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
St Pierre clinches with his opponent.
St Pierre landing knees to the body.
St Pierre unloads a knee to the mid-section. Vrech lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Vrech wants to break the clinch but can't.
St Pierre avoiding damage.
Nice elbow from St Pierre.
Vrech wants to break the clinch but can't.
St Pierre is struggling to control the position.
Vrech is trying to maintain a safe position but St Pierre gets an underhook and turns Vrech into the cage.
St Pierre leaning his opponent against the cage.
St Pierre tries a knee to the head but Vrech blocks it.
Stalling in the clinch from St Pierre.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A short body shot lands from St Pierre as the two fighters clinch.
St Pierre escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Vrech throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and St Pierre counters with a good low kick that Vrech was not able to check.
St Pierre moves into the clinch successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
St Pierre stalls.
St Pierre has Vrech pressed against the cage, preventing Vrech from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A right hand to the body from St Pierre.
St Pierre breaks from the clinch.
St Pierre wants to clinch.
No joy there for Vrech, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
St Pierre closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Vrech tries to break the clinch but St Pierre is controlling the position.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Knees in the clinch landing for St Pierre.
St Pierre escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
St Pierre lands with a nice combination. Vrech backs away looking to recover.
St Pierre moves into range and clinches up with Vrech.
St Pierre breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
St Pierre clinches with his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vrech working hard to break the clinch.
St Pierre lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A knee to the head by St Pierre.
St Pierre with a knee to the head.
St Pierre lands an elbow inside.
St Pierre with a knee to the head.
St Pierre avoids a wild elbow strike from Vrech.
Knees to the body from St Pierre.
St Pierre has Vrech pressed against the cage, preventing Vrech from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
St Pierre lands an elbow inside.
St Pierre crunches a lovely knee into Vrech's ribcage.
Vrech takes an elbow to the forehead.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from St Pierre.
St Pierre receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
St Pierre has Vrech pressed against the cage, preventing Vrech from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
St Pierre cracks Vrech with a nice body shot.
Vrech takes a knee to the side of the body.
Vrech being controlled against the cage.
St Pierre breaks the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre takes one to the chin there.
St Pierre will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Vrech misses with a double jab
and St Pierre counters by moving into the clinch.
St Pierre landing knees to the body.
St Pierre connects with a knee to the head.
Max Vrech has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
St Pierre has Vrech pushed against the cage.
Vrech lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down St Pierre.
St Pierre keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Vrech's efforts to push away.
St Pierre connects with a knee to the head.
St Pierre connects with a nasty looking knee right to Vrech's face.
Vrech is trying to break free.
St Pierre keeps control of Vrech as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A bit of stalling here from St Pierre.
Vrech is trying to break the clinch but St Pierre is controlling him.
St Pierre with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Vrech breaks from the clinch.
Vrech keeps the fight on the outside.
Pedro St Pierre is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Vrech throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
St Pierre darts in and clinches Vrech up against the cage.
St Pierre stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
St Pierre blocks an elbow strike from Vrech.
St Pierre connects with a knee to the head.
St Pierre lands a damaging elbow.
Vrech wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Vrech is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
St Pierre managing to block the knees to the body from Vrech.
St Pierre unloads a knee to the mid-section. Vrech lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Vrech tries to break the clinch but St Pierre is controlling the position.
St Pierre unloads a knee to the mid-section.
St Pierre lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Vrech tries to work over St Pierre's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
St Pierre breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
St Pierre takes the fight into the clinch.
Vrech pushes off an throws an elbow but St Pierre leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Pedro St Pierre comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well St Pierre has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 25:30
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 25:30
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 25:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pedro St Pierre!
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