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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Georges St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lex Sanders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lex Sanders will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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179 lbs
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175 lbs
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Dangerous GnP
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Georges St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Lex Sanders!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Summer Carpenter and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Pierre bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Sanders misses with a strike from the bottom.
St Pierre working the head and body with strikes.
Sanders can't do much from the bottom here.
St Pierre scoring with punches and elbows.
Sanders misses with an elbow from the bottom.
St Pierre avoids the strikes from the bottom by Sanders.
St Pierre cracks Sanders with a big elbow.
St Pierre knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sanders on the ground.
St Pierre creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Sanders struggling a bit here.
Sanders manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sanders missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Sanders wants to take a breather but St Pierre is having none of it.
Sanders is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanders stops St Pierre from getting back to his feet.
Sanders trying to control the action but St Pierre is working from the bottom.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Lex Sanders.
Sanders tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. St Pierre manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sanders with a lazy takedown attempt
and St Pierre counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Sanders's guard now.
Sanders looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
St Pierre throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Sanders works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
St Pierre is looking to work some ground and pound but Sanders has wrist control.
Sanders is looking for a triangle but St Pierre pushes his legs off easily.
St Pierre content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Sanders looks gassed!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre lands a couple of digs.
St Pierre scoring with some ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells St Pierre's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
St Pierre chips away with some ground and pound.
Sanders keeping moving, preventing St Pierre from controlling successfully.
St Pierre prevents Sanders from getting back to his feet.
St Pierre working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Sanders trying to control the position.
Sanders manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Sanders throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanders controlling from mount.
Sanders lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Sanders is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. St Pierre can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Sanders with good strikes from the mount here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
St Pierre is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Sanders can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as St Pierre is looking to escape.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sanders sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Georges St Pierre dominated that round.
That's time! St Pierre's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Sanders stuffs the takedown.
Excellent takedown into side control there by St Pierre.
St Pierre lands an elbow.
St Pierre lands some shots froms side control.
Sanders is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked St Pierre off and has taken his back!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sanders has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of St Pierre's body.
Sanders trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanders has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of St Pierre's body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sanders is looking to control St Pierre but St Pierre is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Sanders missing with strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Sanders is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but St Pierre has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Sanders really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for St Pierre.
St Pierre might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
St Pierre prevents Sanders from getting a body triangle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanders is persistently looking for the submission but St Pierre is defending it well.
Good control from Sanders.
Sanders tries to get the hooks in deep but St Pierre pushed the leg off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanders is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but St Pierre has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Sanders missing with strikes.
Sanders working from the back looking to end the fight with a rear naked choke. St Pierre is doing well to defend. Sanders seems to have got his hand under the chin though and he's sunk the choke in! St Pierre is forced to tap and this one is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Lex Sanders!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
32% |
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