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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paul St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Godard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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205 lbs
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215 lbs
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Dangerous GnP
Excellent MT
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Paul 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 New York, Eric Godard!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Bruno Lombardi and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Godard gets a takedown into half guard.
Godard throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Godard lands with a punch from half guard.
St Pierre is looking to improve his position.
Godard looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Godard uses his free foot to push down on St Pierre's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for St Pierre.
St Pierre takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Godard connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
St Pierre is looking to improve his position but Godard isn't that keen on the idea.
Godard landing shots from mount.
St Pierre is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Godard with good strikes from the mount here!
Oh St Pierre is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
St Pierre is in a horrible position here. Godard smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Godard lands with some strikes.
It looks like Paul St Pierre has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Godard postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. St Pierre looks a forlorn figure.
Godard punishing his opponent with strikes.
Godard landing strikes from the mount and St Pierre is in trouble!
Godard lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
A nice elbow there by Godard.
Godard working the ground and pound effectively.
Godard fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Godard cracks St Pierre with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Godard controlling the pace for now.
Godard with shots to the head and body - St Pierre looks very uncomfortable down there.
St Pierre is in a horrible position here. Godard smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Godard working St Pierre over with strikes here.
Godard controlling his opponent.
Godard cracks St Pierre with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Godard unloading with bombs!
Godard in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
St Pierre is bucking up trying to escape but Godard cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Godard scoring with strikes but St Pierre is staying in there.
St Pierre on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if St Pierre tries to get out of the position.
Godard looks gassed!
Godard landing strikes, looking to finish!
Godard with the ground and pound from mount.
St Pierre is wriggling around trying to escape.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Godard cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Godard lands a heavy elbow.
Godard is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Godard lands with some vicious ground and pound - can St Pierre hang on?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Godard landing strikes, looking to finish!
Godard is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. St Pierre can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
St Pierre taking shots to the head.
Godard has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
St Pierre in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Godard avoids the attempt from St Pierre to control.
St Pierre is trying to escape the mount.
Godard looking to finish St Pierre with some ground and pound. This is bad for St Pierre!
The referee warns St Pierre that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
St Pierre is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Godard with good strikes from the mount here!
Godard looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
St Pierre is trying desperately to improve position.
Godard landing strikes from the mount and St Pierre is in trouble!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Godard with shots to the head and body - St Pierre looks very uncomfortable down there.
St Pierre tries to reverse the position but Godard maintains control.
St Pierre is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Godard landing strikes, looking to finish!
St Pierre working to try and regain half guard.
Godard lands a nice shot to the head.
Godard working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Godard lands with some vicious ground and pound - can St Pierre hang on?
St Pierre flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Godard has hold of St Pierre's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and St Pierre manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
St Pierre knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Godard on the ground.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Godard pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Godard landing strikes from the mount and St Pierre is in trouble!
Godard landing shots from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eric Godard dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Paul St Pierre's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Nice sprawl there from St Pierre as Godard shoots in.
Godard shoots in looking for a takedown. St Pierre tries to sprawl out of it but Godard keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. St Pierre manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Godard shoots in but St Pierre avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Paul St Pierre has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eric Godard.
Godard shoots for a double leg takedown but St Pierre sprawls well. He's pushed Godard's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Some wild striking there from Godard.
Godard changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. St Pierre tries to avoid it but Godard manages to keep hold of a leg and drag St Pierre to the ground. St Pierre escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Godard fails to land the takedown.
Godard shoots in but St Pierre avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Paul St Pierre seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Godard will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Paul St Pierre is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Godard is breathing heavily.
Godard misses with a jab, cross combination.
Godard shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Godard shoots for a double leg takedown but St Pierre sprawls well. He's pushed Godard's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Godard fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
St Pierre seems to have got his legs back now.
St Pierre shoots for a takedown but Godard saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Godard closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming St Pierre to the mat! St Pierre manages to get full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Godard's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
St Pierre will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
St Pierre looking to control.
Godard trying to control but St Pierre is working from the bottom.
St Pierre working a defensive guard here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre looking for a sweep. Not yet St Pierre, not yet.
Godard working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
St Pierre controls Godard momentarily but Godard frees himself.
St Pierre keeping moving, preventing Godard from controlling successfully.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
St Pierre tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
St Pierre lands a jab-cross combination.
It looks like Eric Godard has been cut.
St Pierre tries to clinch there but Godard circles away.
Godard has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
St Pierre misses with a takedown
and Godard counters with a takedown into side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Godard looks up at the clock and then as St Pierre takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Godard smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
St Pierre is trying to get back to half guard.
Godard advances to mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Godard.
Godard lands with some vicious ground and pound - can St Pierre hang on?
St Pierre taking shots to the head.
St Pierre keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
BOOM! Godard connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Godard connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
St Pierre is wriggling around trying to escape.
Godard with the ground and pound from mount.
Godard can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as St Pierre is looking to escape.
St Pierre keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Godard lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
A nice elbow there by Godard.
St Pierre swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Eric Godard has got the better of the ground game so far.
St Pierre is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Godard raining down shots from the mount!
Godard has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of St Pierre's face.
St Pierre is looking to get to half guard.
Godard landing shots from mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
St Pierre takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Godard lands a big elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
St Pierre slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
St Pierre tries to roll over but Godard keeps him under control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eric Godard showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
St Pierre with a lazy takedown attempt
and Godard counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Godard slips a nice elbow through St Pierre's hands, connecting with St Pierre's forehead.
Godard lands strikes from half guard.
St Pierre tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
St Pierre tries to roll over but Godard keeps him under control.
Godard sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Godard seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. St Pierre is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Eric Godard!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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