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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sevelindo Pegando (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pegando comes to the cage accompanied by El Señor de las Arenas. George St Pierre is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sevelindo Pegando!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, George St Pierre !
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, William Peck and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pegando shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has St Pierre pinned against the cage. St Pierre gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
St Pierre connects with a right hand. Pegando shakes it off.
St Pierre with a poor takedown
and Pegando counters with a shoot takedown. St Pierre fights it but they end up in guard.
St Pierre looking for a sweep. Not yet St Pierre , not yet.
St Pierre manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Pegando manages to get himself to full guard.
St Pierre looking to pass the guard.
Pegando throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pegando wants to stand and escape but St Pierre is having none of it.
St Pierre is looking to work some ground and pound but Pegando has wrist control.
St Pierre trying to control but Pegando is working from the bottom.
Pegando working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. St Pierre doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. St Pierre manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Pegando is keeping the position for now.
Pegando is trying to control the position but St Pierre postures up.
Pegando is breathing heavily.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
St Pierre ducks under a wild hook from Pegando.
Pegando tries to close the distance and clinch up but St Pierre swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from St Pierre .
The fight moves into the clinch position.
St Pierre unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pegando lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
St Pierre is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Pegando can't fight it off and eventually St Pierre manages to take the fight to the floor. Pegando looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Pegando bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in St Pierre 's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pegando trying to stand up but can't free himself from St Pierre 's guard.
St Pierre working a defensive guard here.
Pegando stands up from St Pierre 's guard - Pegando perhaps looking for a knockout.
St Pierre has taken the fight to the clinch.
St Pierre gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Pegando regains guard.
Pegando working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from St Pierre .
St Pierre wants to pass the guard but Pegando is keeping the position.
Pegando can't keep his opponent in guard - St Pierre advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre is tying to control. Pegando wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Pegando trying to control but St Pierre postures up.
St Pierre prevents Pegando from standing back up.
Pegando has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. St Pierre is working away from the top position though.
Pegando is refusing to be controlled, as St Pierre sits in half guard.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Pegando with a poor takedown
and St Pierre counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
St Pierre breaks from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Pegando shoots in looking for a takedown. St Pierre tries to sprawl out of it but Pegando keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. St Pierre manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sevelindo Pegando. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pegando gets the takedown into side control.
St Pierre sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
St Pierre is looking for a sweep. Pegando is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Pegando scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
St Pierre wants to get back to his feet.
St Pierre gets full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pegando gets to his feet - St Pierre follows without any prompting.
St Pierre decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
George St Pierre dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
St Pierre is looking to clinch.
Pegando has his takedown stuffed
and St Pierre counters with a nice double leg into side control. Pegando won't be happy with that.
Pegando is letting St Pierre control him for a moment.
St Pierre tries to move to mount but Pegando blocks the move with his legs.
Pegando is not content to let St Pierre control the position.
Pegando wants to get back to his feet but St Pierre is dominant here and he's now got Pegando's back!
St Pierre softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre controlling well, preventing Pegando from escaping the position.
Pegando is working hard here to advance position.
St Pierre lands strikes to the head.
St Pierre is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. St Pierre gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. St Pierre gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. St Pierre apologises and we restart here on the feet.
St Pierre tries to clinch but Pegando is having none of it.
St Pierre rushes Pegando and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
St Pierre missing with knees to the body.
Pegando wants a takedown but no success here.
St Pierre prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sevelindo Pegando. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A nice glancing elbow lands by St Pierre .
St Pierre can't get the takedown.
Pegando wants to get back to striking at distance but St Pierre won't allow it.
St Pierre goes for a takedown in the clinch but Pegando prevents it.
St Pierre looking for a takedown.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Pegando is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
St Pierre has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Pegando is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Pegando is looking for a takedown up against the cage. St Pierre gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
St Pierre with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
St Pierre tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
St Pierre holding his opponent close, against the cage.
St Pierre jumps guard and drags Pegando to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
St Pierre is trying to keep Pegando in close.
Pegando gets to his feet. St Pierre looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Pegando moves out of range of the body kick from St Pierre .
A head kick misses from Pegando.
St Pierre is looking to clinch but Pegando is avoiding it.
St Pierre misses with a takedown
and Pegando counters with a nice double leg into guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
St Pierre is looking for a triangle here but Pegando uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
St Pierre can't do much from the bottom here.
St Pierre is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Pegando is looking to take a break and control but St Pierre is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
St Pierre sneaks back into half guard.
St Pierre is looking to improve his position.
St Pierre is concentrating on defense, preventing Pegando from advancing position.
St Pierre is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but George St Pierre will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Pegando misses with a takedown
and St Pierre counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Pegando is staying active underneath St Pierre , who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Pegando flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
St Pierre takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Pegando looks like he's trying to stand up.
Pegando has hold of St Pierre 's hands but St Pierre slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
St Pierre is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
St Pierre stops Pegando from getting back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
St Pierre darts in trying to clinch
and Pegando counters with a nice double leg into side control. St Pierre won't be happy with that.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
St Pierre is looking to reverse the position.
St Pierre regains half guard.
Pegando prevents St Pierre from improving his position.
Pegando is looking for a kimura but St Pierre is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Pegando to get the leverage.
St Pierre is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
St Pierre trying to control here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre tries to get to full guard but Pegando has control of the leg.
St Pierre is trying to control but can't.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
St Pierre shoots in for a takedown but Pegando shows good takedown defense.
St Pierre shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
St Pierre avoids the attempt from Pegando to control.
Pegando is squirming around, avoiding St Pierre 's attempts to control the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pegando is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
St Pierre can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Pegando is looking to escape.
St Pierre connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Pegando tries to hold on but St Pierre postures up.
St Pierre lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
St Pierre avoids the attempt from Pegando to control.
St Pierre landing strikes from the mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
St Pierre wants to finish this one by submission but Pegando is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from St Pierre .
Pegando really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Pegando wants to control but St Pierre is having none of it.
George St Pierre has got the better of the ground game so far.
St Pierre postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Pegando looks a forlorn figure.
St Pierre can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Pegando is looking to escape.
And that's the end of the fight!
George 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Peck scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... George St Pierre !
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