PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Justin Campbell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Georges St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Campbell comes to the cage accompanied by Click Click, by Mobb Deep. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Campbell
vs
St Pierre

177 cm
30
180 lbs
17 - 19 - 0

180 cm
22
180 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 17 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Justin Campbell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Georges St Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Elvis Blanc and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Campbell is trying hard to land a takedown here. St Pierre sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Campbell misses with a double jab.
Campbell keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Campbell fails with the takedown.

St Pierre tries to sprawl but Campbell drives through with a takedown into half guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Campbell throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Campbell working the head and body with strikes.
Campbell slows the pace down in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
St Pierre trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Campbell tries to control but St Pierre wriggling away.
St Pierre is bucking up trying to escape but Campbell cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Campbell dominating with strikes here.

Campbell has hold of St Pierre's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and St Pierre manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Campbell controlling the position easily from mount.
Campbell is landing with some decent strikes but St Pierre is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Campbell is in the full mount, landing strikes.
St Pierre throwing hammer fists to the chest of Campbell. What's that going to do exactly?
Campbell lands a nice shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Campbell looking to control and managing it successfully.
St Pierre tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Campbell trying to control but he's not successful this time.
St Pierre can't escape the position.
Campbell has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of St Pierre's face.
Campbell lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
St Pierre is in a horrible position here. Campbell smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Campbell fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

It looks like Georges St Pierre has been cut.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Campbell looking for a guillotine from mount but St Pierre is having none of it.
Campbell landing shots from mount.

St Pierre is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Campbell working away from the top, dropping strikes.
St Pierre is still in real trouble! Can Campbell finish him?

That has opened up Georges St Pierre's cut even more.
Campbell takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Campbell raining down shots from the mount!

Campbell 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.
St Pierre keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
St Pierre seems to have recovered his senses.
St Pierre is squirming around, avoiding Campbell's attempts to control the action.
St Pierre keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Campbell scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish St Pierre?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Campbell lands with some vicious ground and pound - can St Pierre hang on?

The cut above Georges St Pierre's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Campbell lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

St Pierre defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Campbell.
Campbell in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
St Pierre wants to hold on but Campbell pushes him away.
Campbell content just to control the position here.
Campbell with a couple of short strikes.
St Pierre really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Campbell. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Campbell working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Campbell takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Justin Campbell dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Georges St Pierre's cut.
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.

St Pierre tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Campbell counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Campbell working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
St Pierre tries to roll over but Campbell keeps him under control.
St Pierre tries to kick Campbell off in order to stand up. Campbell Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Campbell working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
St Pierre is not content to let Campbell control the position.
Campbell controlling from side mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Campbell landing strikes.
St Pierre wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre is not content to let Campbell control the position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if St Pierre can do anything to dispel that myth.
St Pierre is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Campbell is controlling him well.
St Pierre being controlled for a moment.
St Pierre is trying to get back to half guard.
Campbell wants to control but St Pierre is keeping him busy.
Campbell lands a nice forearm strike.

Georges St Pierre's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Georges St Pierre's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Justin Campbell!