PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between TJ Welsh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George St pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Welsh comes to the cage accompanied by Lets Have A War. George St pierre has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Welsh
vs
St pierre

190 cm
29
199 lbs
15 - 16 - 1

196 cm
36
186 lbs
22 - 19 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Raptorz Inc.

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 15 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, TJ Welsh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, George St pierre!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, William Peck and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St pierre fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Welsh manages to avoid it.
Welsh tries to clinch but St pierre is having none of it.

Welsh closes the distance and clinches.
Welsh stalls.

Welsh is fighting off a takedown attempt but St pierre is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Welsh to the mat. Welsh regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
St pierre trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
St pierre is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Welsh keeping moving, preventing St pierre from controlling successfully.
Welsh controlling the position.
Welsh trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Welsh wants to sweep but no luck.
Welsh seems keen to control St pierre's posture.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Welsh wants to stand up but St pierre is controlling him.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
St pierre swats away the attempt to clinch by Welsh.
St pierre stuffs the takedown attempt from Welsh. Welsh gets slowly back to his feet.
St pierre stuffs the takedown.
Nice sprawl there from St pierre as Welsh shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for TJ Welsh. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Welsh lands with a nice combination. St pierre backs away looking to recover.
Welsh with a lazy takedown attempt
and St pierre counters with a nice body shot.
Welsh tries for a takedown but St pierre circles away easily
and St pierre counters with a nice body shot.
Welsh shoots and misses
and St pierre counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Welsh shoots in looking for a takedown. St pierre tries to sprawl out of it but Welsh keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. St pierre manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Welsh is breathing heavily.
Welsh fails with the takedown
and St pierre counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
St pierre scores with a one two! Welsh had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
St pierre misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Welsh.
Nice takedown defense from St pierre. No joy for Welsh on that attempt.
St pierre lands with a good body shot.
Welsh with a poor takedown

and St pierre counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

St pierre is trying to work for a kimura but Welsh is defending well.

St pierre is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Welsh is defending against the submission attempts here by St pierre.

St pierre is working for a submission of some sort.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Welsh avoiding damage under a succession of punches from St pierre.
Welsh is trying is best to control the position here.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
St pierre not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

St pierre is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

St pierre is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St pierre stops Welsh from getting back to his feet.

St pierre is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Welsh sees it coming and defends easily.
St pierre is trying to control the action in half guard but Welsh is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Welsh trying to hold on to St pierre's head to control him but St pierre postures up.

Welsh kicks St pierre off and gets back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Welsh tries to clinch but St pierre moves away
and St pierre counters with a left to the body.
Welsh shoots in but St pierre avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Welsh tries to close the distance and clinch up but St pierre swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George St pierre dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

St pierre lands a lovely overhand right.
St pierre jabs Welsh to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Welsh tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but St pierre paws at him with a jab and circles away.
St pierre scores with a jab to the jaw.
St pierre looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Welsh takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
St pierre is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Welsh shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with St pierre but St pierre pushes him off and we're back to square one.
St pierre lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by St pierre.

Welsh closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming St pierre to the mat! St pierre manages to get full guard.
Welsh content to stall in guard here.
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 is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Welsh drops back looking for a leg! St pierre is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and St pierre manages to kick Welsh off! Welsh jumps back into St pierre's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Welsh trying to stand up but can't free himself from St pierre's guard.

Welsh is sitting in close to St pierre's body. St pierre has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Welsh is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Welsh is tapping! That was a very nice submission by St pierre.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). George St pierre!
Jumping up and down and very excited, George St pierre waved his t-shirt featuring Raptorz Inc.'s logo in front of the cameras.