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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Georges St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Elvis Ronan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St Pierre comes into the arena with Ca Fait Mal blaring out of the sound system. Ronan comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Promised Land kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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197 lbs
18 - 10 - 0 |
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195 lbs
15 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Georges St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Elvis Ronan!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Pierre misses with a head kick.
Ronan catches St Pierre with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
It looks like Georges St Pierre has been cut.
St Pierre tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ronan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
St Pierre closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
St Pierre tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
St Pierre using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ronan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
St Pierre is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
St Pierre just leaning against Ronan, taking a breather.
Ronan works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Ronan sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed St Pierre's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
St Pierre has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Ronan is working away from the top position though.
St Pierre looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Ronan with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre tries to get to full guard but Ronan has control of the leg.
Ronan is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
St Pierre actively working from the bottom here.
Ronan is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, St Pierre has managed to free his arm - good work.
St Pierre taking some punishment here, with Ronan in his half guard.
Ronan trying to control the action but St Pierre is working from the bottom.
St Pierre trying to control from the bottom.
St Pierre moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
St Pierre looking for a triangle here. Ronan is fighting it but it looks tight! St Pierre pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Ronan is tapping out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Georges St Pierre!
Georges St Pierre seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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