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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jesus St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phoenix Templar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St Pierre comes to the cage accompanied by For Heavy Metal we will die!. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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159 lbs
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167 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jesus St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 14 - 1, fighting out of London, Phoenix Templar!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Pierre is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Templar.
St Pierre fails with a takedown attempt.
St Pierre throws out a powerful jab.
A lazy left from St Pierre finds it's target.
Jesus St Pierre seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
St Pierre lands a jab to the nose.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
St Pierre throws a predictable looking body shot
and Templar counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nice takedown defense from Templar. No joy for St Pierre on that attempt.
Templar keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from St Pierre.
Templar lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Templar paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
St Pierre misses the shot to the body.
A little jabbing left from Templar on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre throws a big shot that misses.
A telegraphed right hand from St Pierre misses the target.
St Pierre throws out a powerful jab.
Templar throws a shot from downtown. St Pierre moves away and avoids it.
An attempted straight right counter from St Pierre misses the target.
St Pierre throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Templar throws out a counter right but St Pierre avoids it with no problem.
Templar avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
St Pierre throws a big shot that misses.
Templar scores with a three punch combo!
Templar uses good head movement to avoid the hook from St Pierre.
St Pierre throws a lazy right hand but Templar sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Templar looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Templar lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
St Pierre throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Templar counters with a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Templar wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
St Pierre throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Templar moves out of range as St Pierre strikes.
A big left from St Pierre misses.
Templar keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
St Pierre throws the left hand but Templar avoids the punch easily.
Templar scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
St Pierre throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Templar sees it coming and avoids it easily.
It seemed like Templar was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
St Pierre lands with an uppercut that bounces Templar off the cage and back into range.
St Pierre misses with a looping right.
Templar slips a jab from St Pierre.
St Pierre on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Templar throws a hook but St Pierre blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Templar defending well as St Pierre loads up on a big left hand.
St Pierre ducks under a wild hook from Templar.
A cross from St Pierre lands.
Templar's hands are dropping dangerously low here and St Pierre connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Templar scrambles back to his feet.
St Pierre misses the jab.
St Pierre throws a lazy uppercut
letting Templar counter with a right hand.
St Pierre shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Templar sprawls well. Templar wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. St Pierre gets slowly back to his feet.
As St Pierre backs off Templar throws a huge counter combo but St Pierre manages to avoid it all.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jesus St Pierre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
St Pierre looks to land a right hand but Templar moved out of range.
St Pierre misses with a double jab.
A little jabbing left from Templar on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Templar lands a jab to the nose.
Templar is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! St Pierre had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Templar scores with a nice head shot.
St Pierre looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Templar is fending him off so far but St Pierre persists. Nope, Templar circles away and we're back to standing.
St Pierre misses with a jab to the body
and Templar counters with an outside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A slow jab from St Pierre misses its intended target.
St Pierre backing away here, and Templar unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Templar throws a good cross that connects.
St Pierre throws a shot to the body.
Templar ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
St Pierre misses with a hook. Templar ducked under it nicely.
St Pierre connects with a crisp jab.
Templar throws a head kick that half lands.
Templar lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Phoenix Templar is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A big left from Templar misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Phoenix Templar will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Templar defending well as St Pierre loads up on a big left hand.
Phoenix Templar seems to be getting the better of the standup.
St Pierre misses the shot to the body.
St Pierre misses with a wild body shot.
Templar defends well against a solid takedown attempt from St Pierre.
Templar throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
St Pierre connects with a jab.
Templar bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Templar keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from St Pierre.
As St Pierre backs off Templar throws a huge counter combo but St Pierre manages to avoid it all.
Templar defending well as St Pierre loads up on a big left hand.
Templar steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Templar swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by St Pierre.
A big right from St Pierre misses.
St Pierre tries to clinch there but Templar circles away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Templar! But no joy.
Templar uses good head movement to avoid the hook from St Pierre.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Templar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
St Pierre darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
St Pierre walks into a straight right hand from Templar.
St Pierre misses with an uppercut
and Templar counters with a straight right hand.
St Pierre blocks a head kick by Templar.
St Pierre connects with a crisp jab.
St Pierre looks to land a left hand but Templar moved out of range nicely.
Templar is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Templar ducks right into an uppercut from St Pierre.
Templar lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
St Pierre is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
St Pierre looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Templar is clearly trying to counter these attacks from St Pierre with a body shot.
St Pierre scores with the left hand. Templar knows he should have avoided that one.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Templar throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Templar tries a head kick but it misses.
A big left from St Pierre misses.
A shot to the liver by Templar. Beautiful body shot.
St Pierre swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Templar swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
St Pierre swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Templar counters with a left and a right that stings St Pierre.
Templar takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Templar takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Templar keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Templar drives through and clinches with St Pierre against the cage.
Templar wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre lands a left hand that snaps the head of Templar backwards.
Templar has picked St Pierre up - he's going for a ride! Templar dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Templar seems to be working for a kimura but St Pierre defends the submission attempt.
Templar wants to advance to full mount but St Pierre doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Templar postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! St Pierre is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Templar, into his guard.
St Pierre is pushing down on Templar's leg trying to pass to half guard. Templar is fighting to maintain full guard but St Pierre has managed to sneak the leg through.
St Pierre working over Templar with some ground and pound. Templar looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
St Pierre throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre scoring with strikes to the body and head.
St Pierre moves nicely into side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Templar defending against the ground and pound.
St Pierre landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Templar is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Templar is rocked!
St Pierre has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
St Pierre is putting a hurting on Templar here, landing some big shots from side control.
Templar is still in real trouble! Can St Pierre finish him?
Templar on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
St Pierre lands a strong strike to the head of Templar. That's dazed him! St Pierre looking to finish here. Templar is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - St Pierre lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jesus St Pierre!
Jesus St Pierre was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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