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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Christian Okoye (ranked 3421 p4p, 366 weight class) and Fedor St Pierre (ranked 5915 p4p, 488 weight class). St Pierre has chosen Shooting Stars as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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187 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Christian Okoye!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Fedor St Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Steve Smith and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Pierre clinches with his opponent.
Okoye is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
St Pierre misses with a punch on the inside.
Okoye looking to stall.
A short uppercut from St Pierre.
A nice right hand lands inside from St Pierre.
St Pierre lands a left hand.
We've been hearing reports that Okoye has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
A short right from St Pierre on the inside.
St Pierre's coach down at whitey's gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on St Pierre's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
St Pierre lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by St Pierre.
St Pierre lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Okoye or not.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by St Pierre as Okoye tries to tie him up.
St Pierre tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
St Pierre working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
St Pierre lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
St Pierre gets through Okoye's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for St Pierre.
Okoye working aggressively here.
Okoye swings wildly with an uppercut but St Pierre uses good head movement to avoid it.
St Pierre lands an uppercut.
St Pierre digs a right hand into Okoye's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Okoye's gas tank.
Okoye is breathing heavily.
St Pierre lands a body shot in the clinch.
St Pierre makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
St Pierre presses Okoye against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
St Pierre lands a hook to the side of the head.
St Pierre makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short right from St Pierre on the inside.
St Pierre lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
St Pierre cracks Okoye with a nice body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
St Pierre lands a body shot in the clinch.
St Pierre lands a body punch in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short left from St Pierre.
St Pierre scores with a hook to the body.
St Pierre scores with a nice hook to the head.
Okoye's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
St Pierre lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from St Pierre.
St Pierre lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
St Pierre lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
St Pierre lands a shot to the body.
St Pierre lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Okoye.
St Pierre lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Okoye backwards.
A hook to the body from St Pierre.
A shot in the inside from St Pierre.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, St Pierre creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Okoye is rocked!
St Pierre makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Oh Okoye is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
St Pierre pushes Okoye back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre gets through Okoye's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
St Pierre pushes Okoye against the cage. St Pierre is working some dirty boxing. St Pierre pushes off with a quick right hook! Okoye goes down! Okoye tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! St Pierre moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fedor St Pierre!
A pretty intense looking Fedor St Pierre took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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