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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tim Howe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jorge St Piere (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jorge St Piere struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 171.6lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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175 lbs
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179 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power |
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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
3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tim Howe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jorge St Piere!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Elvis Blanc and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Howe misses.
Howe shoots in but St Piere avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Howe displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as St Piere throws out the jab.
St Piere tries to sprawl but Howe drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Howe is stalling here. St Piere is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Howe seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and St Piere has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Howe is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
You can see the frustration on Howe's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Howe wants to get back to his feet.
St Piere throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Howe is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, St Piere asserts his dominance and retains side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Howe defending against the ground and pound.
St Piere looks gassed!
Howe gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Howe wants to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
St Piere working the head and body with strikes.
Howe has one foot on St Piere's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
St Piere takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
It looks like Jorge St Piere has been cut.
Howe looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for St Piere!
Howe postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. St Piere looks a forlorn figure.
Howe cracks St Piere with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Howe can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as St Piere is looking to escape.
Howe lands a nice shot to the head.
Howe has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
St Piere taking shots to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Howe is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Howe lands a heavy elbow.
Howe putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Howe fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Howe lands a heavy elbow.
Howe lands a nice shot to the head.
St Piere is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big strike lands for Howe! That's really hurt St Piere and he's turned his back - Howe keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Howe jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tim Howe!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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