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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Charles Bronson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Georges St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bronson comes into the arena with Death to the apple gerls blaring out of the sound system. Georges St Pierre acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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180 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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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
32 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Charles Bronson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Georges St Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Chris Dean and Damien Edna.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Pierre wants to clinch up but Bronson keeps it at a distance.
St Pierre clinches.
St Pierre looking to throw knees to the head but Bronson is blocking nicely.
Bronson throws an elbow that misses.
Bronson misses with a short punch on the inside.
St Pierre comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
St Pierre tries a knee to the head but Bronson blocks it.
St Pierre pushes off an throws an elbow but Bronson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bronson lands a nice elbow.
It looks like Georges St Pierre has been cut.
St Pierre blocks a punch to the side of the head.
St Pierre lands with a left to the head.
Bronson holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Bronson pushes St Pierre back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
St Pierre blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bronson takes an elbow to the temple.
St Pierre softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
St Pierre pushes Bronson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
St Pierre lands an elbow inside.
Bronson blocks an elbow strike.
Bronson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
St Pierre looks to throw an elbow but misses.
St Pierre tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from St Pierre.
St Pierre misses with an elbow strike.
Bronson taking a breather.
Bronson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bronson can't find room to land a body shot as St Pierre controls the action.
Bronson's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
St Pierre lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
I was talking to Bronson's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A body shot lands from Bronson.
St Pierre creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bronson avoids the elbow strike from St Pierre, against the cage.
Bronson leaning his opponent against the cage.
St Pierre blocks an elbow strike from Bronson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bronson tries to throw a body punch but St Pierre avoids it by throwing Bronson back against the cage.
Bronson is trying to maintain a safe position but St Pierre gets an underhook and turns Bronson into the cage.
St Pierre creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
St Pierre misses with a knee strike.
Bronson breaks the clinch.
Bronson digs a good body shot into St Pierre's ribs.
St Pierre tries to clinch but Bronson moves out of range.
Bronson misses with a looping left.
St Pierre fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bronson is looking to counter punch.
St Pierre tries to clinch but Bronson moves out of range.
Bronson quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Georges St Pierre seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bronson fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and St Pierre has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
St Pierre has closed the distance and engaged Bronson in a clinch.
St Pierre misses with an elbow over the top.
St Pierre blocks an uppercut.
Bronson tries a body shot but St Pierre blocks it.
St Pierre blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
St Pierre blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bronson avoids the elbow strike from St Pierre, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bronson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Come on Bronson - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Bronson lands a nice uppercut.
With the fighters up against the cage, St Pierre throws an elbow but misses.
Bronson blocks an elbow strike.
St Pierre lands an elbow that stopped Bronson in his tracks for a moment.
Bronson misses with an elbow over the top.
Bronson scores with a hook to the body.
Bronson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
St Pierre tries to clinch but Bronson is having none of it.
An attempted straight right counter from Bronson misses the target.
St Pierre has managed to clinch.
Bronson blocks an elbow strike.
St Pierre throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
St Pierre throws an elbow that misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
St Pierre lands an elbow that stopped Bronson in his tracks for a moment.
Bronson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
St Pierre comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bronson misses with a body punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
St Pierre misses with the head strike.
St Pierre throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bronson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bronson takes an elbow to the temple.
Bronson dodges an elbow strike from St Pierre.
St Pierre misses with an elbow over the top.
St Pierre lands an elbow inside.
St Pierre looks to throw an elbow but misses.
St Pierre lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bronson backwards.
St Pierre looks to throw an elbow but misses.
St Pierre takes a shot to the head.
St Pierre throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bronson tries to throw a body punch but St Pierre avoids it by throwing Bronson back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Bronson fails to land.
Bronson blocks an elbow strike from St Pierre.
Bronson misses with a short punch on the inside.
St Pierre misses with an elbow strike.
St Pierre lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bronson blocks the elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Georges St Pierre dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Georges St Pierre's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Nice shot by Bronson.
Bronson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
St Pierre throws a lazy right hand but Bronson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Georges St Pierre is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bronson, right into the meat.
St Pierre tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and St Pierre takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
St Pierre fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bronson, pushing him back against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Bronson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Bronson seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but St Pierre is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, St Pierre just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bronson's brow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bronson working aggressively here.
St Pierre throws an elbow but it misses.
Bronson cracks St Pierre with a nice body shot.
Bronson throws a head punch that misses.
Knees to the body from St Pierre.
Bronson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bronson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre pushes off an throws an elbow but Bronson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
St Pierre throws an elbow but it misses.
Bronson avoids a wild elbow strike from St Pierre.
Bronson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
St Pierre looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bronson blocks an elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, St Pierre just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bronson's brow.
Bronson avoids the elbow strike from St Pierre, against the cage.
St Pierre pushes off an throws an elbow but Bronson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bronson lands with a right to the head.
St Pierre looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Georges St Pierre seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Bronson dodges an elbow strike from St Pierre.
St Pierre lands an elbow that stopped Bronson in his tracks for a moment.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by St Pierre as Bronson tries to tie him up.
Bronson pushes off an throws an elbow but St Pierre leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bronson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bronson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bronson blocks the elbow strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bronson is trying to break the clinch but St Pierre is controlling him.
Bronson avoids a wild elbow strike from St Pierre.
Bronson managing to block the knees to the body from St Pierre.
Bronson avoids a wild elbow strike from St Pierre.
Bronson is looking to control St Pierre's arms but St Pierre gets an underhook and turns him. Now Bronson has his back to the cage.
Bronson lands a body shot in the clinch.
Bronson manages to break the clinch.
Bronson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
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 swinging wildly here.
Bronson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
St Pierre closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Bronson counter with a right hand.
St Pierre is rocked!
Bronson lands a nice looking body kick.
St Pierre is breathing heavily.
Are you kidding me?! Bronson ducked down and unloaded an uppercut from hell that sent St Pierre clean off his feet! Someone make me a GIF - that's knockout of the night for sure!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Charles Bronson!
Charles Bronson very nearly forgot to thank Tokyo United Fightwear amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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hype
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