PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dave St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ionakana Lanakila (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

St Pierre
vs
Lanakila

200 cm
27
270 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

193 cm
25
268 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dave St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ionakana Lanakila!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Albert Achterberg and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lanakila feints and then cracks St Pierre's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow St Pierre down.
Lanakila fails with the takedown
and St Pierre counters with a stiff right hand.
Lanakila cracks St Pierre with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Lanakila throws an uppercut from half a mile away. St Pierre sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lanakila misses with a lunging right hand
and St Pierre counters with a lovely straight right hand!

It looks like Ionakana Lanakila has been cut.
Lanakila leaves St Pierre with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Lanakila lands a slapping body shot.
St Pierre on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Lanakila darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A big left from Lanakila misses.
Lanakila ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Lanakila lands a slapping body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lanakila looks to throw the jab but St Pierre is out of range.
St Pierre throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Lanakila counters with a body kick that stops St Pierre in his tracks momentarily.
Lanakila fakes high and swings low for a body shot but St Pierre manages to avoid it.
St Pierre has his takedown stuffed
and Lanakila cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
St Pierre misses with a takedown attempt
and Lanakila counters with an outside leg kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dave St Pierre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
St Pierre is breathing heavily.
St Pierre takes one on the button.
Lanakila misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from St Pierre.
Lanakila goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Lanakila throws a leg kick which misses St Pierre's front leg but catches the back leg as St Pierre tries to avoid it.
Lanakila cracks a nice hook into St Pierre's ribs.
A nice inside leg kick there by Lanakila. That's going to slow St Pierre down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
St Pierre uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lanakila.
Lanakila darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
St Pierre uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lanakila.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for St Pierre. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.

Lanakila gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Lanakila working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Lanakila manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

Lanakila manages to break the clinch.
St Pierre gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Lanakila.
St Pierre will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Lanakila lands a jab.
Lanakila misses with a hook
and St Pierre counters with a one-two to the body.
Ionakana Lanakila seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lanakila connects with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lanakila throws a nice head kick!
Lanakila dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
St Pierre takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Lanakila fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. St Pierre looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Lanakila tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but St Pierre was well out of range. Poor timing from Lanakila.
Lanakila bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
St Pierre gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Lanakila changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Lanakila shoots in and bounces St Pierre off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Lanakila landing some decent shots from guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lanakila scoring with punches to the head and body.
Lanakila sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed St Pierre's guard.
Lanakila slips a nice elbow through St Pierre's hands, connecting with St Pierre's forehead.
St Pierre has hold of Lanakila's hands but Lanakila slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
St Pierre has hold of Lanakila's hands but Lanakila slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
St Pierre is looking to improve his position.
Lanakila sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Lanakila wants to pass the guard but St Pierre is defending well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
St Pierre taking some punishment here, with Lanakila in his half guard.
St Pierre has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Lanakila is working away from the top position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ionakana Lanakila dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ionakana Lanakila's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Lanakila scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Lanakila misses with a body shot.
Lanakila lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but St Pierre circles away quickly and effectively.
Lanakila just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd cheers as Lanakila lands an impressive looking overhand right. St Pierre doesn't seem phased though.
St Pierre avoids a kick to the body.

Lanakila darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Lanakila is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Lanakila stops St Pierre from getting back to his feet.
Lanakila working over St Pierre with some ground and pound. St Pierre looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lanakila with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Lanakila seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but St Pierre does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lanakila prevents St Pierre from improving his position.
St Pierre punching from the bottom.
St Pierre is in trouble now - Lanakila has advanced to mount!
St Pierre taking shots to the head.
Lanakila working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Lanakila lands a big elbow.
Lanakila dominating with strikes here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lanakila lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Lanakila lands a nice shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lanakila lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Lanakila takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
St Pierre takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Lanakila has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Lanakila trying to control but St Pierre is having none of it.
Lanakila with the ground and pound from mount.
St Pierre wants to hold on but Lanakila pushes him away.
Lanakila working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Lanakila with good strikes from the mount here!
Lanakila with shots to the head and body - St Pierre looks very uncomfortable down there.
Lanakila landing punches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lanakila raining down hammerfists from mount.
Lanakila postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. St Pierre looks a forlorn figure.

St Pierre is rocked!
A nice elbow there by Lanakila.
Oh St Pierre is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lanakila blocks St Pierre's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
St Pierre seems to have got his legs back now.
Lanakila is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Lanakila scoring with strikes but St Pierre is staying in there.
Lanakila content just to control the position here.
Lanakila landing punches.
Lanakila lands a big elbow.
Lanakila tries to control but St Pierre wriggling away.
St Pierre tries to hold on but Lanakila pushes him away.
Lanakila breaks from St Pierre's wrist control and lands an elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lanakila controlling the pace for now.
Lanakila cracks St Pierre with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Lanakila looking to finish St Pierre with some ground and pound. This is bad for St Pierre!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lanakila lands with some vicious ground and pound - can St Pierre hang on?
Lanakila with a couple of short strikes.
St Pierre tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Lanakila lands a big shot there that rocks St Pierre but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Lanakila postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. St Pierre looks a forlorn figure.

St Pierre is rocked!
Lanakila controlling from the full mount.
Lanakila landing strikes from the mount.
Lanakila postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have St Pierre in real trouble here! The ref calls for St Pierre to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ionakana Lanakila!