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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rampage Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Georges St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rampage Evans looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.
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170 lbs
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178 cm
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170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rampage Evans!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Georges St Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Evans looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? St Pierre is fending him off so far but Evans persists. Nope, St Pierre circles away and we're back to standing.
St Pierre takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Rampage Evans seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
St Pierre darts in and clinches Evans up against the ropes.
St Pierre pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
St Pierre closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - St Pierre lands in his opponent's guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
St Pierre trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
St Pierre really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Evans. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Evans keeping moving, preventing St Pierre from controlling successfully.
St Pierre postures up in Evans's guard and throws a big left but Evans blocks it.
St Pierre must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
St Pierre wants to stand but Evans is controlling his posture from full guard.
St Pierre postures up and lands a big shot to Evans's brow.
St Pierre trying to control the position from guard on top but Evans is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
St Pierre pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Evans is keeping the position for now.
St Pierre controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Evans wants to improve his position but instead St Pierre has moved into half guard.
St Pierre scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Evans is not content to let St Pierre control the position.
St Pierre performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
St Pierre landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
St Pierre uses his free foot to push down on Evans's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Evans.
St Pierre tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Evans is breathing heavily.
Evans can't escape the position.
Evans is working hard here to advance position.
St Pierre controlling from the full mount.
St Pierre lands a heavy elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre lands a big elbow.
St Pierre jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Evans is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Evans and St Pierre has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Evans is pushing St Pierre's head away, looking to escape. St Pierre manages to hold on to the position though.
St Pierre working the ground and pound from side control.
St Pierre content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre is looking to take a break and control but Evans is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Despite being in the dominant position, Georges St Pierre just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Evans shoots and misses
and St Pierre counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
St Pierre throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Evans.
St Pierre moves into range and clinches up with Evans.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Georges St Pierre dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
St Pierre fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Evans sprawls well initially but St Pierre persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
St Pierre lands with a punch from half guard.
St Pierre stands up and beckons Evans to join him on the feet.
St Pierre changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Evans looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
St Pierre is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Evans's shoulder. That is not cool.
Evans can't do much from the bottom here.
St Pierre stands up and beckons Evans to his feet.
St Pierre fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Evans sprawls well initially but St Pierre persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
St Pierre wants to pass the guard but Evans is defending well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Evans wants to improve his position but St Pierre is controlling well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre is controlling the pace.
Evans manages to get to full guard.
Evans being controlled here, momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
St Pierre trying to control the position from guard on top but Evans is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
St Pierre stopping the sweep attempt from Evans.
Evans keeping full guard, as St Pierre tries to pass.
Rampage Evans has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre stays in close to Evans's body and controls the position.
Evans is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
St Pierre sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Evans's guard.
Evans is not content to let St Pierre control the position.
Evans is trying to get back to full guard.
St Pierre drops an elbow to the side of Evans's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Evans wants to get back to his feet.
Evans misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Georges St Pierre has got the better of the ground game so far.
Evans is looking to improve his position.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
St Pierre closes the distance and clinches.
Evans wants a takedown but no success here.
Evans is fighting off a takedown attempt but St Pierre is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Evans to the mat. Evans regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
St Pierre stands up from Evans's guard - St Pierre perhaps looking for a knockout.
St Pierre doesn't manage to clinch there - Evans circles away.
Georges St Pierre is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Evans on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Georges St Pierre comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well St Pierre has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 18:20
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 18:20
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 18:20
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Georges St Pierre!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
31% |
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