PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between The Sewer Rat (ranked 24959 p4p, 895 weight class) and Pierre St George (ranked 9015 p4p, 840 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Sewer Rat
vs
St George

183 cm
19
180 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

178 cm
19
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Granite 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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, The Sewer Rat!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pierre St George!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Dean Styles and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rat misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
St George is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.

St George rushes Rat and presses him up against the cage.
Rat throws an elbow but it misses.

St George has picked Rat up - he's going for a ride! St George dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
St George takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
St George not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
St George thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Rat misses with some strikes from the bottom.
St George not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
St George is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Still in half guard, St George seems content to control.
Nice strikes from St George there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St George stalling.
St George looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Rat with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Rat taking some punishment here, with St George in his half guard.
St George working over Rat with some ground and pound. Rat looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
St George working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Rat is looking for a sweep. St George is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
St George sitting and controlling from the half guard.
St George slips a nice elbow through Rat's hands, connecting with Rat's forehead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

St George is trying for a kimura here. Rat looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! St George wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Pierre St George!
During a confident post fight interview, Pierre St George thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.