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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Georges St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Donald Stewart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St Pierre comes to the cage accompanied by Bosski & Sokół - Jak Zaczynasz Dzień(prod.P.a.f.f) . The crowd seem to be enjoying Stewart's choice of entrance music: Celly cel - Its Goin Down Tonight . The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
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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
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Georges St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Donald Stewart!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Anthony Taglia and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stewart misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from St Pierre.
Stewart comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
St Pierre fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
St Pierre fails with a takedown attempt.
Stewart swings for the body but St Pierre moves out of range.
Stewart just misses with a punch to the body.
St Pierre misses with a hook. Stewart ducked under it nicely.
Nice body punch from St Pierre.
Stewart misses the jab.
The fighters circling - St Pierre throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Stewart fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
St Pierre pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Nice uppercut lands for St Pierre. That snapped Stewart's head back.
Stewart misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from St Pierre.
Stewart throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Stewart misses with a looping right.
A big left from Stewart misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stewart uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from St Pierre.
St Pierre digs a good body shot into Stewart's ribs.
St Pierre throws a good cross that connects.
Stewart avoids the body shot from St Pierre.
St Pierre misses with a looping left.
St Pierre throws a series of punches but Stewart avoids them all with ease.
Stewart throws out a powerful jab.
Stewart is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down St Pierre rather than just go for the knockout.
Stewart slips a jab from St Pierre.
Stewart misses the shot to the body.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Stewart checks a leg kick.
St Pierre fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Georges St Pierre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
St Pierre throws the left hand but Stewart avoids the punch easily.
A big left from St Pierre misses.
St Pierre moves into range and clinches up with Stewart.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre trying to stall but Stewart improves his position.
St Pierre has a couple of punches blocked by Stewart.
Stewart is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but St Pierre is defending well.
Stewart tightens his grip and picks St Pierre up, before dumping him to the ground. St Pierre manages to land in guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
St Pierre wants to get back to his feet but Stewart is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Stewart wants to stand up, so he's looking to wriggle free of St Pierre's closed guard. He's half up but St Pierre has locked on to an arm! Uh oh! St Pierre pivots and extends the arm, Stewart falls face first to the mat and taps??... does he?? YES! He's tapping! Excellent counter grappling there by St Pierre! Well done that man!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Georges St Pierre!
Georges St Pierre really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Milwaukee's Best 160 logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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