PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Solomon Nao (ranked 290 p4p, 41 weight class) and Pierre St. Georges (ranked 380 p4p, 57 weight class). Nao comes to the cage accompanied by The End. St. Georges has chosen Jiu Jitsu as his entrance music. Pierre St. Georges acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Nao
vs
St. Georges

190 cm
29
258 lbs
19 - 4 - 0

193 cm
32
265 lbs
19 - 10 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter
Groove Gear

Groove Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Solomon Nao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pierre St. Georges!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Ren Mimura and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St. Georges sizes up Nao with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A chopping leg kick lands by Nao.
St. Georges takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Nao throws a half hearted mid kick.
St. Georges defending well as Nao loads up on a big left hand.
St. Georges looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Nao looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

It looks like Solomon Nao has been cut.
The crowd cheers as Nao lands an impressive looking overhand right. St. Georges doesn't seem phased though.
St. Georges misses with an uppercut. Nao saw that one coming.
Nao throws the kick towards the body but St. Georges avoids it.
St. Georges uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nao.
Nao throws a leg kick which misses St. Georges's front leg but catches the back leg as St. Georges tries to avoid it.
Nao avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nao jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Nao throws a leg kick which misses St. Georges's front leg but catches the back leg as St. Georges tries to avoid it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
St. Georges takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Nao closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nao misses the shot to the body.
St. Georges throws an overhand right that lands on Nao's shoulder, as Nao tries to avoid the shot.
A jab from Nao misses.
St. Georges throws a hook to the side of Nao's head but Nao sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nao throws a push kick but St. Georges slaps the foot to one side.
Nao misses with a right hand
and St. Georges counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Nao does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
St. Georges slips a straight right by Nao.

St. Georges tries to keep at a distance but Nao has taken the fight into the clinch.
St. Georges lands a nice shot to the body.
St. Georges swings wildly with an uppercut but Nao uses good head movement to avoid it.
St. Georges lands on the inside with an uppercut.
St. Georges blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, St. Georges scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nao misses with a punch to the body.
Nao misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nao has a couple of punches blocked by St. Georges.
St. Georges misses with a short punch on the inside.
St. Georges scores with a nice hook to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nao lands with a short head shot on the inside.
St. Georges misses with a punch on the inside.
St. Georges tries a body shot but Nao blocks it.
Nao struggles to land a body shot inside as St. Georges controls his hands.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nao.
Nao misses with a punch on the inside.
St. Georges tries to throw a body punch but Nao avoids it by throwing St. Georges back against the cage.
St. Georges tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nao's elbow.
St. Georges lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Nao backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Nao fails to land.
St. Georges lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Nao tries a body shot but St. Georges blocks it.
St. Georges misses with a hook from the clinch.
St. Georges makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nao working aggressively here.
St. Georges is leaning against Nao and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Nao is breathing heavily.
Nao misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nao struggles to land a body shot inside as St. Georges controls his hands.
A quick uppercut on the inside from St. Georges.
Nao blocks a body shot from St. Georges.
St. Georges swings away with an uppercut that misses.

St. Georges breaks the clinch.
Nao throws a wild body kick that St. Georges sees coming a mile off.
Nao keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nao throws a leg kick
and St. Georges counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nao misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from St. Georges.
St. Georges misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nao.
Nao fakes a jab and throws a low kick but St. Georges checks it well.
Nao throws a push kick but St. Georges slaps the foot to one side.

St. Georges lands a big uppercut and Nao crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Nao looks OK. St. Georges waves Nao back to his feet!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
St. Georges closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Nao! St. Georges dives in looking to finish! Nao is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pierre St. Georges!