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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Archie Moses (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Grease St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St Pierre is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Jag - Worst Nightmare. Grease St Pierre is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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175 lbs
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Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Excellent MT
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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
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Archie Moses!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Grease St Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, John Roberts and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moses looks to land a right hand but St Pierre moved out of range.
St Pierre takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Moses scores with a jab to the body.
Moses waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract St Pierre.
St Pierre uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Moses.
Moses slaps away a takedown attempt from St Pierre, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Moses looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Moses fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
St Pierre slips under a jab from Moses.
St Pierre connects with a single shot there.
We've been hearing reports that Moses has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
St Pierre shoots in for a takedown but Moses shows good takedown defense.
Good exchange - St Pierre coming out on top.
A shot to the liver by St Pierre. Beautiful body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
St Pierre shoots in but no luck this time.
Archie Moses has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Grease St Pierre.
Moses with a jab.
St Pierre needs to keep his hands up - Moses had a free shot at his head there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from St Pierre is defended easily by Moses.
St Pierre moves out of range as Moses strikes.
Moses ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Moses throws a solid leg kick but St Pierre takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Moses.
St Pierre throws a lazy uppercut
and Moses counters with a one-two to the body.
Moses throws a hook but St Pierre blocks it.
Moses with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
St Pierre throws a body shot but no joy.
A telegraphed right hand from Moses misses the target.
Moses throws a series of strikes that have St Pierre backpedaling.
St Pierre lands with a shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Moses scores with a nice head shot.
St Pierre slips a straight right by Moses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moses connects with a right hand. St Pierre shakes it off.
Moses leaves St Pierre with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Moses misses with a low kick.
St Pierre misses with a wild body shot.
St Pierre throws a big shot that misses.
St Pierre misses with a hook. Moses ducked under it nicely.
St Pierre uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Moses has time to react.
A slow jab from Moses misses its intended target.
Moses shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
St Pierre wants to sweep but no luck.
Moses works over St Pierre with some ground and pound from guard.
St Pierre is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Moses trying to control but St Pierre is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moses with a nice head shot there.
Moses keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of St Pierre's head.
St Pierre is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Moses passes into half guard.
St Pierre keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
St Pierre slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Moses working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of St Pierre's head.
St Pierre has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Moses passes into half guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Moses scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Moses lands a nice short elbow.
Moses throwing shots but St Pierre is blocking nicely.
Moses trying to control the pace.
St Pierre has hold of Moses's hands but Moses slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
St Pierre keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Moses missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Archie Moses dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Moses misses with a hook.
Archie Moses is winning the standup battle so far.
Moses throws out a powerful jab.
Archie Moses seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Moses motions for St Pierre to come forward. Moses throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Moses swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Moses throws a lazy uppercut
and St Pierre counters with a lovely shot to the body.
St Pierre listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Moses walks into a straight right hand from St Pierre.
Moses moves forwards but St Pierre connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Moses. St Pierre does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jab by St Pierre.
St Pierre tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Moses defends well and St Pierre ends up having to push Moses into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Moses staying out of range there.
Nice defenses there by St Pierre.
Moses tries to bum rush St Pierre with a series of wild strikes but St Pierre uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Moses swings and misses with a hook to the body.
St Pierre tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Moses swivels and escapes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Moses defends it nicely.
Archie Moses has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Grease St Pierre.
St Pierre shoots for a takedown but Moses saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
A big right from Moses misses.
Moses uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from St Pierre.
Good standup being displayed there by Moses as he connects with a hook.
Moses on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Good standup being displayed there by Moses as he connects with a hook.
Moses throws a jab when St Pierre was well out of range.
St Pierre is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
St Pierre throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Moses waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract St Pierre.
Moses throws a looping overhand right but St Pierre ducks down to avoid it.
Moses throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Moses throws a chopping leg kick but St Pierre manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Moses throws a jab but it's blocked by St Pierre.
St Pierre cracks Moses with a good jab.
A low kick from Moses misses
and St Pierre counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Moses thinking.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Moses tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but St Pierre was well out of range. Poor timing from Moses.
St Pierre appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Moses misses with a right hand
and St Pierre counters with a nice double leg into side control. Moses won't be happy with that.
I wouldn't like to be where Moses is right now.
St Pierre working the ground and pound.
Moses tries to bench press St Pierre off him but St Pierre keeps the position.
Archie Moses overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Moses is letting St Pierre control him for a moment.
Moses is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moses is working hard here to advance position.
St Pierre in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Moses is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that St Pierre can do to turn this around?
Moses tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but St Pierre presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Moses tries to lock up and control but St Pierre gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Moses is looking to get to half guard.
Moses regains half guard.
Moses is looking to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
St Pierre passes to full mount!
Moses looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
St Pierre not allowing Moses to control his hands.
Moses is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
You can see the frustration on Moses's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
St Pierre lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
You can see the frustration on Moses's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Grease St Pierre showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
St Pierre scores with a jab to the head.
A shot to the liver by St Pierre. Beautiful body shot.
Moses throws a looping overhand right but St Pierre ducks down to avoid it.
Moses fails to land with a series of punches.
Moses misses with a looping left.
St Pierre changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
St Pierre thuds his right hand into Moses's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Moses is looking to score with low kicks.
Moses uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Moses thows a left - swing and a miss!
Moses throws the left hand but St Pierre avoids the punch easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Moses shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Moses fails to land with a series of punches.
A big right from Moses misses.
St Pierre on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Moses. Moses obviously looking to wear him down.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Moses swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moses avoids the body shot from St Pierre.
As St Pierre looks to move away, Moses throws a big counter combo bu St Pierre just gets out of the way.
Moses throws a leg kick but St Pierre sees it coming and moves out of range.
Nice uppercut there from Moses.
Moses misses with a few strikes there.
Moses has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Moses there as he acknowledges the shot.
Moses finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Moses throws a leg kick
and St Pierre counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. St Pierre connects with a nice short shot to Moses's temple.
St Pierre landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
St Pierre is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Moses!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
St Pierre tries to control but Moses wriggling away.
Moses is trying to escape the mount.
Moses is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moses is wriggling around trying to escape.
Moses tries to lock up and control but St Pierre gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Moses is wriggling around trying to escape.
Moses tries to hold on but St Pierre pushes him away.
St Pierre trying to control but he's not successful this time.
St Pierre goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Moses is on top in guard.
St Pierre trying to keep a closed guard but Moses is proving a slippery customer.
Moses works over St Pierre with some ground and pound from guard.
Moses works over St Pierre with some ground and pound from guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Moses missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Moses is working St Pierre over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
St Pierre has momentary wrist control but Moses slips an elbow through the middle.
Moses is looking to work some ground and pound but St Pierre has wrist control.
St Pierre preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Moses missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
St Pierre is looking to sweep but instead, Moses has passed into half guard.
St Pierre gets full guard.
St Pierre controls Moses momentarily but Moses frees himself.
Moses lands a couple of decent looking shots.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moses wants to pass the guard but St Pierre is keeping the position.
St Pierre is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
St Pierre pulls Moses in close to prevent any damage.
Moses scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
St Pierre working a defensive guard here.
Moses is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
St Pierre throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Moses escapes and throws St Pierre's legs to the side, diving into side control!
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Grease St Pierre.
I think St Pierre has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 29:29
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 28:29
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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