PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Andrew Lindroth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kesigan St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St Pierre comes into a darkened arena with his song building. hit him with a left kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Kesigan St Pierre will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Lindroth
vs
St Pierre

176 cm
24
180 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

188 cm
30
170 lbs
8 - 9 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Andrew Lindroth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kesigan St Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Wesley Smith and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Pierre fails with the takedown.
St Pierre shoots in for a takedown but Lindroth shows good takedown defense.
Lindroth shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has St Pierre pinned against the cage. St Pierre gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Lindroth tries to close the distance and clinch up but St Pierre swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lindroth misses with a takedown attempt

and St Pierre counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
St Pierre postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
St Pierre throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
St Pierre with a nice head shot there.
St Pierre stands up over Lindroth, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
St Pierre cracks Lindroth with a solid left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Lindroth might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Lindroth utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Lindroth is trying to keep St Pierre in close.

Lindroth working for a triangle but St Pierre defends it easily.
St Pierre missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
St Pierre trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
St Pierre missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
St Pierre is looking to work some ground and pound but Lindroth has wrist control.
St Pierre missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
St Pierre working some strikes from top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre throws a big elbow that misses.
St Pierre chips away with some ground and pound.
St Pierre is looking to work some ground and pound but Lindroth has wrist control.
St Pierre is working Lindroth over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Lindroth avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
St Pierre throwing strikes but missing.
St Pierre content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
St Pierre is looking to work some ground and pound but Lindroth has wrist control.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells St Pierre's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Lindroth is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Lindroth is breathing heavily.
Lindroth preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
St Pierre working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lindroth avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
St Pierre with a nice head shot there.
St Pierre chips away with some ground and pound.
St Pierre with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
St Pierre scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

St Pierre has gone for a leg lock! Lindroth slips out almost immediately though and dives into St Pierre's guard.

St Pierre escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Lindroth gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

St Pierre throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Lindroth avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

St Pierre looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Lindroth has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Lindroth stands up from St Pierre's guard - Lindroth perhaps looking for a knockout.
Lindroth doesn't manage to clinch there - St Pierre circles away.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
St Pierre keeps the fight on the outside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Lindroth fails with a takedown attempt.
Nice takedown defense from St Pierre. No joy for Lindroth on that attempt.
Lindroth with a lazy takedown attempt

and St Pierre counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by St Pierre.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andrew Lindroth. That's going to take a lot out of him.
St Pierre passes easily into side control. Nice work.
St Pierre lands a few punches from side control.
St Pierre cracks Lindroth with a big elbow.

Lindroth is rocked!
Lindroth is working to avoid the ground and pound but St Pierre connects with a decent elbow.
Oh Lindroth is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd goes nuts as St Pierre knocks Lindroth out cold with a massive hammerfist! St Pierre Jumps to his feet and climbs on top of the cage to celebrate with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Kesigan St Pierre!
After the fight, Kesigan St Pierre was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.