PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Nathan Wiggins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Wiggins
vs
St Pierre

178 cm
25
155 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

175 cm
18
150 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nathan Wiggins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Michael St Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Dillan Fox and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Wiggins shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. St Pierre is trying to defend but Wiggins finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

Wiggins postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for St Pierre to stand up.
A combination from Wiggins does no damage.

St Pierre rushes Wiggins and presses him up against the cage.
St Pierre is leaning against Wiggins and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

St Pierre pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Wiggins closes the distance and pushes St Pierre back into the cage.
St Pierre jumps guard but Wiggins stands there with St Pierre around his waist. St Pierre gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Wiggins blocks an uppercut.

Wiggins ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Wiggins no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Wiggins is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

St Pierre stands up from Wiggins's guard - St Pierre perhaps looking for a knockout.
Nathan Wiggins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Wiggins!
St Pierre throws out a leg kick but Wiggins moves out of range and St Pierre only half commits.

St Pierre moves into the clinch.

Wiggins is fighting off a takedown attempt but St Pierre is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Wiggins to the mat. Wiggins regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
St Pierre with a flurry of punches that miss.
St Pierre looking to pass the guard.

Wiggins kicks St Pierre off and gets to his feet.

St Pierre instigates a clinch.
Wiggins wants to get back to striking at distance but St Pierre won't allow it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
St Pierre tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Wiggins smiles and moves away.
Wiggins closes this distance looking for a takedown but St Pierre circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Wiggins feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Wiggins wants to stand but St Pierre is controlling his posture from full guard.

St Pierre is working an open guard so Wiggins takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Wiggins is breathing heavily.
St Pierre checks the leg kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
St Pierre keeps control of Wiggins as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
St Pierre lands a knee to the head.
Wiggins has had enough of the clinch but St Pierre keeps him there for the moment.
Wiggins tries to break the clinch but St Pierre is controlling the position.
St Pierre jumps guard but Wiggins stands there with St Pierre around his waist. St Pierre gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Nathan Wiggins has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michael St Pierre.
St Pierre unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wiggins lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre looking to stall.
St Pierre trying to land knees to the body.
St Pierre is trying to maintain a safe position but Wiggins gets an underhook and turns St Pierre into the cage.
Wiggins prevents the takedown attempt.

Wiggins has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but St Pierre regains guard immediately.
Wiggins wants to get up but he can't break St Pierre's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

Wiggins stands up from St Pierre's guard - Wiggins perhaps looking for a knockout.

Wiggins closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into St Pierre's guard.
Wiggins wants to stand but St Pierre has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

St Pierre scrambles and gets back to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wiggins will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
St Pierre closes the distance and clinches up with Wiggins, looking for a takedown. St Pierre pushes Wiggins against the cage but Wiggins circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Wiggins throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around St Pierre's waist but St Pierre gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Wiggins off to one side.

Wiggins decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
St Pierre pushes Wiggins off looking to stand but Wiggins dives back in and keeps control.

Wiggins stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
No luck for St Pierre with that takedown attempt.
Wiggins lands a two punch combo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nathan Wiggins dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Wiggins fails with a takedown attempt.
Nathan Wiggins is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
St Pierre drops his hands momentarily and Wiggins takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

St Pierre takes the fight into the clinch.

St Pierre breaks from the clinch.
Sloppy strikes from Wiggins. Those never looked like landing.

St Pierre gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Wiggins to score an easy takedown into full guard.
St Pierre controls Wiggins momentarily but Wiggins frees himself.

Wiggins stands up from guard. Let's bang!

St Pierre fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Wiggins, pushing him back against the cage.
St Pierre prevents a takedown attempt there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Wiggins's efforts to push away.
St Pierre is pressed up against the cage. Wiggins has hold of a leg and is looking to drag St Pierre down to the mat. St Pierre avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nathan Wiggins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
St Pierre throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Wiggins's waist but Wiggins gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing St Pierre off to one side.

Wiggins tries to keep at a distance but St Pierre has taken the fight into the clinch.
St Pierre comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
St Pierre misses with a body punch.
Wiggins avoiding damage as St Pierre throws knees to the body.
St Pierre lands an elbow that stopped Wiggins in his tracks for a moment.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Wiggins as St Pierre tries to tie him up.
Wiggins is working for takedown but St Pierre is calmly controlling the position for now.
Wiggins tries to break the clinch but St Pierre is controlling the position.
St Pierre with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wiggins drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
St Pierre fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Wiggins wants to get back to striking at distance but St Pierre won't allow it.
Wiggins is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

St Pierre manages to break the clinch.
A punch combination from St Pierre misses.
A cross from Wiggins lands.
Wiggins tries to clinch but St Pierre is having none of it.
Nice sprawl there from Wiggins as St Pierre shoots in.
St Pierre fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wiggins throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

Wiggins tries to keep at a distance but St Pierre has taken the fight into the clinch.
St Pierre putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Wiggins in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Wiggins gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

Wiggins looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
St Pierre looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Wiggins gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Wiggins shoots in for a takedown but St Pierre shows good takedown defense.

Wiggins tries to keep at a distance but St Pierre has taken the fight into the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Wiggins successfully pulls guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre trying to control the position from guard on top but Wiggins is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wiggins wants to stand up but St Pierre is controlling him.
St Pierre trying to control but Wiggins is working from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Wiggins manages to escape and get back to his feet.

Wiggins manages to get an easy takedown there - catching St Pierre on his heels. He'll look to pass St Pierre's guard now, I'm sure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nathan Wiggins dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

St Pierre has managed to clinch.

St Pierre breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wiggins moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Nice takedown defense from St Pierre. No joy for Wiggins on that attempt.

Wiggins shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Wiggins showed some decent athleticism there.
Wiggins wants to stand but St Pierre has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
St Pierre desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
St Pierre trying to control here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wiggins wants to get back to his feet.
St Pierre looks like he's trying to stand up.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

Wiggins gets to his feet - back to striking we go!

St Pierre has Wiggins up against the cage in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wiggins looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Wiggins is trying to break the clinch but St Pierre is controlling him.
Wiggins wants a takedown but no success here.
Wiggins drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nathan Wiggins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
St Pierre content to slow the pace in the clinch.
St Pierre is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Wiggins is keeping busy.
Wiggins stops a takedown attempt from St Pierre.
St Pierre is trying to maintain a safe position but Wiggins gets an underhook and turns St Pierre into the cage.
Wiggins wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but St Pierre has him pressed against the cage.
St Pierre is looking to control Wiggins's arms but Wiggins gets an underhook and turns him. Now St Pierre has his back to the cage.
Wiggins has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. St Pierre avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
St Pierre dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Wiggins stops a takedown attempt from St Pierre.
Wiggins wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but St Pierre has him pressed against the cage.
Wiggins wants to get back to striking at distance but St Pierre won't allow it.
Wiggins tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. St Pierre smiles and moves away.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from St Pierre.

Wiggins shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

Wiggins gets to his feet - back to striking we go!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wiggins shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as St Pierre sprawls well. St Pierre wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Wiggins gets slowly back to his feet.

St Pierre instigates a clinch.
Wiggins wants to get back to striking at distance but St Pierre won't allow it.
Michael St Pierre has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
St Pierre tries to land a knee to the head but Wiggins blocks with his arms.
St Pierre has Wiggins pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Wiggins manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
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!

Wiggins wants the takedown. St Pierre is fighting it off but Wiggins persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in St Pierre's guard against the cage.

Wiggins stands and steps away. St Pierre gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

St Pierre moves into the clinch successfully.

Wiggins is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. St Pierre can't fight it off and eventually Wiggins manages to take the fight to the floor. St Pierre looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Nathan Wiggins is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Wiggins wants to stand but St Pierre has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nathan Wiggins showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Wiggins, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nathan Wiggins!