PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Renzo Kalzar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Georges St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kalzar
vs
St Pierre

180 cm
21
168 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
23
178 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Determined

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 Montreal, Renzo Kalzar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Georges St Pierre!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Steve Smith and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horrible takedown by Kalzar or perhaps it was just good defense by St Pierre which made him look bad.
St Pierre tries to clinch but Kalzar moves out of range.
St Pierre wants to clinch but Kalzar slips to the side
and Kalzar connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kalzar shoots and misses

and St Pierre counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Kalzar is trying to control but can't.
Kalzar keeps control of the position for the meantime.
St Pierre throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice strikes from St Pierre there.
Kalzar on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Kalzar tries to get out of the position.
St Pierre thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Kalzar avoiding damage under a succession of punches from St Pierre.
Kalzar keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Kalzar wants to sweep but St Pierre has passed to side control!
Kalzar wants to control but St Pierre postures up.
Kalzar is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre is putting a hurting on Kalzar here, landing some big shots from side control.

St Pierre decides to stand up, so the ref orders Kalzar to his feet.
St Pierre tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kalzar paws at him with a jab and circles away.

St Pierre throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Kalzar tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. St Pierre is in Kalzar's guard.
Kalzar is breathing heavily.
Kalzar manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
St Pierre gets back to half guard.
St Pierre trying to hold on to Kalzar's head to control him but Kalzar postures up.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
St Pierre keeping hold of Kalzar's head, controlling as best he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre trying to control but Kalzar postures up.
St Pierre is looking to improve his position.
St Pierre is trying to stand.
St Pierre is looking to improve his position.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Georges St Pierre.
St Pierre tries to clinch up but Kalzar circles away and keeps his distance.
Kalzar fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Renzo Kalzar. That's going to take a lot out of him.

St Pierre scores a takedown into full mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
St Pierre raining down hammerfists from mount.
St Pierre fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Kalzar in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
St Pierre is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Kalzar can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
St Pierre lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Kalzar hang on?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
St Pierre raining down hammerfists from mount.
BOOM! St Pierre connects with a massive shot to the dome!
St Pierre postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Kalzar looks a forlorn figure.
Kalzar in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Kalzar is rocked!
Kalzar takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! St Pierre's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Georges St Pierre!