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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between George St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dexter Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St Pierre comes to the cage accompanied by Make Smash Ya Tap!. Dexter Morgan will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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185 lbs
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187 lbs
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Good takedowns
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
21 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, George St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dexter Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Jonathan Paton and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Pierre shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than St Pierre was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
St Pierre decides to stand back up.
Morgan has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as St Pierre is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Morgan thuds his right hand into St Pierre's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A combination from St Pierre does no damage.
A left lands for Morgan.
George St Pierre seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
St Pierre fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Morgan manages to avoid it.
St Pierre gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Morgan slips a jab and a cross from St Pierre.
Morgan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from St Pierre.
Morgan tests St Pierre's chin there with a solid looking shot.
St Pierre fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Morgan avoids it really well and circles away.
St Pierre has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from St Pierre there as he acknowledges the shot.
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!
St Pierre tries for a takedown but Morgan sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan lands with a good body shot.
Dexter Morgan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Morgan avoids the body shot from St Pierre.
Morgan blocks a jab.
St Pierre looks to land a combination but Morgan avoids it well.
St Pierre shoots in but Morgan avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for George St Pierre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Morgan fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Morgan keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Morgan connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
St Pierre on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
St Pierre walks into a jab.
St Pierre just misses with a punch to the body.
St Pierre misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Morgan is fending him off so far but St Pierre persists. Nope, Morgan circles away and we're back to standing.
St Pierre shoots in but no luck this time.
Morgan slips under a jab from St Pierre.
A left and a right from St Pierre both land. Nice combination.
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!
Morgan scores with a body shot.
St Pierre uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Morgan.
Morgan is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! St Pierre had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
St Pierre misses with the combination.
St Pierre throws a poor cross that misses
and Morgan counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Morgan throws a nice looking combination but St Pierre bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Morgan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but St Pierre moves away.
Morgan scores with a body shot.
St Pierre gets cracked there but stands up to it.
St Pierre feints and as Morgan raises his hands in defense, St Pierre changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
St Pierre lands a couple of decent looking shots.
St Pierre chips away with some ground and pound.
St Pierre might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
St Pierre throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Morgan works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Morgan looking for a sweep. Not yet Morgan, not yet.
Morgan looks winded!
St Pierre trying to control the position from guard on top but Morgan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
St Pierre content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
St Pierre makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
St Pierre loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
St Pierre stands and throws Morgan's legs to the side, diving into side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The referee asks St Pierre politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. St Pierre prefers to stall for the moment though.
St Pierre scores with punches from side control.
St Pierre tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
St Pierre throws a strike aimed at the side of Morgan's head but Morgan avoids it well.
St Pierre has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
St Pierre working the ground and pound.
St Pierre in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Morgan is tapping! That's the end of the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). George St Pierre!
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hype
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