PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Raleigh St. Clair (ranked 1103 p4p, 2552 weight class) and Montesh Dominguez (ranked 135 p4p, 287 weight class). Raleigh St. Clair could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Montesh Dominguez's chin.

St. Clair
vs
Dominguez

175 cm
22
160
8 - 3 - 0

179 cm
21
158
2 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Raleigh St. Clair!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Montesh Dominguez!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Damien Edna and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dominguez misses the body punch

and St. Clair holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
St. Clair dodges an elbow strike from Dominguez.
St. Clair makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Dominguez working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Dominguez looking to stall.
I was talking to St. Clair's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A short right from St. Clair.
A short right from St. Clair on the inside.
Dominguez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dominguez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
St. Clair misses with some punches.
Dominguez tries a body shot but St. Clair blocks it.
St. Clair working aggressively here.
Dominguez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. St. Clair is defending well for now.
St. Clair swings away with an uppercut that misses.
St. Clair lands with a right to the head.
St. Clair softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

It looks like Montesh Dominguez has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dominguez unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Dominguez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dominguez leaning his opponent against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St. Clair goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dominguez working aggressively here.
St. Clair doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
St. Clair misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Dominguez fails to land.
Dominguez is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but St. Clair is keeping busy.
Dominguez tries to work over St. Clair's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for St. Clair.
St. Clair tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dominguez's elbow.
Dominguez throws a punch but it's blocked by St. Clair.
St. Clair goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dominguez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dominguez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dominguez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A short right from St. Clair.
Dominguez scores with a knee to the head.
St. Clair goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from St. Clair fails to land.
St. Clair scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dominguez blocking some punches.
Dominguez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dominguez controlling the action here for a moment.
St. Clair avoiding damage as Dominguez throws knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Dominguez fails to land.
Dominguez prevents a body shot from St. Clair.
Dominguez blocks an uppercut.
Dominguez throws an elbow that misses.
St. Clair misses with a body punch.
St. Clair has a couple of punches blocked by Dominguez.
St. Clair tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dominguez's elbow.
Dominguez blocks an uppercut.
St. Clair misses with a punch to the body.
St. Clair swings wildly with an uppercut but Dominguez uses good head movement to avoid it.
St. Clair tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short left from St. Clair.
Dominguez lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Dominguez blocks a body shot from St. Clair.
Dominguez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
St. Clair makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
St. Clair fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
St. Clair fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dominguez with a knee to the head.
Dominguez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but St. Clair blocks it with crossed arms.
St. Clair throws a head punch that misses.
St. Clair lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dominguez backwards.
Dominguez putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has St. Clair in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Dominguez tries to stall but St. Clair uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
St. Clair digs a right hand into Dominguez's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Dominguez's gas tank.
Dominguez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dominguez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
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. Clair doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
St. Clair lands with a short shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
St. Clair cracks Dominguez with a nice body shot.
St. Clair lands with a short shot to the head.
Dominguez tries to land knees in the clinch but St. Clair avoids the damage to the body.
Dominguez prevents a body shot from St. Clair.
St. Clair blocks a body shot from Dominguez.
St. Clair lands with a short shot to the head.
Dominguez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
St. Clair lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dominguez is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but St. Clair is keeping busy.
Dominguez misses with a body punch.
St. Clair makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
St. Clair swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from St. Clair.
Dominguez scores with a hook to the body.
Dominguez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Raleigh St. Clair dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Montesh Dominguez's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Dominguez throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dominguez ducks right into an uppercut from St. Clair.
Dominguez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
St. Clair is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dominguez can do to turn this around?

St. Clair fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Dominguez to the ground. St. Clair is now in Dominguez's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
St. Clair trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Dominguez lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Dominguez would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
St. Clair keeping moving, preventing Dominguez from controlling successfully.

St. Clair is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Dominguez is aware though and is defending well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dominguez trying to control the position from guard on top but St. Clair is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
St. Clair manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Dominguez manages to get himself to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St. Clair throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Dominguez works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Dominguez is pulling down on St. Clair's head. It's preventing any offense from St. Clair, at least for the moment.
St. Clair stopping the sweep attempt from Dominguez.
St. Clair postures up in Dominguez's guard and throws a big left but Dominguez blocks it.
St. Clair 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. Clair postures up in Dominguez's guard and throws a big left but Dominguez blocks it.
Dominguez wants to stand but St. Clair is controlling the position.
St. Clair makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
St. Clair throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Dominguez works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Dominguez utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Dominguez is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez has control of St. Clair's left arm, preventing St. Clair from doing any damage.
St. Clair pushes down on Dominguez's leg and manages to get into half guard.
St. Clair looks to land a strike but Dominguez avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
St. Clair trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
St. Clair landing some decent shots from guard.
St. Clair with a flurry of punches that miss.
St. Clair is fighting to break Dominguez's control of his arms but Dominguez is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
St. Clair scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Dominguez utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St. Clair throws a big right hand that misses.
St. Clair is pushing down on Dominguez's leg trying to pass to half guard. Dominguez is fighting to maintain full guard but St. Clair has managed to sneak the leg through.
Dominguez has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
St. Clair seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
St. Clair missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Dominguez trying to control but St. Clair postures up.
Dominguez is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but St. Clair is staying active.
St. Clair not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
St. Clair thows a huge punch but Dominguez dodges it nicely.
St. Clair not landing any meaningful shots this time.
St. Clair lands strikes from half guard.
Dominguez makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Dominguez.
St. Clair postures up in Dominguez's guard and throws a big left but Dominguez blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St. Clair with a nice head shot there.
St. Clair landing some decent shots from guard.
Dominguez is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
St. Clair lands a couple of elbows.

Dominguez is rocked!
St. Clair postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Dominguez is still in real trouble! Can St. Clair finish him?
St. Clair postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Dominguez covers up, he's hurt! St. Clair keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from St. Clair and the ref steps in to end the fight! St. Clair can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Raleigh St. Clair!
After winning the bout, Raleigh St. Clair thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.