PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Georges St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Israel Lisboa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St Pierre has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

St Pierre
vs
Lisboa

170 cm
22
175 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

187 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid 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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Georges St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Israel Lisboa!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Paulo Santos and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

St Pierre darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
St Pierre could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Lisboa looks like he's trying to stand up.

St Pierre is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
St Pierre is breathing heavily.
Lisboa is trying to stand back up but St Pierre is controlling him
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

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.
A jab lands there for Lisboa.
St Pierre fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
St Pierre looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Lisboa moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Lisboa turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Lisboa. That's going to slow St Pierre down.
Lisboa chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A nice combination there by Lisboa.
Left hook, right uppercut from Lisboa.
Lisboa ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Lisboa scores with a decent looking hook.
St Pierre closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
St Pierre walks into a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lisboa connects with a jab.
A chopping leg kick lands by Lisboa.
Lisboa lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as St Pierre backs up against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lisboa turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Lisboa feints and then cracks St Pierre's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow St Pierre down.
Lisboa is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Lisboa connects with a single shot there.
St Pierre has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Lisboa lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Lisboa lunges at St Pierre with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by St Pierre's hand.
Lisboa lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Lisboa is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round!St Pierre had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Lisboa scores with a three punch combo!
Lisboa connects with a body shot.
Lisboa jabs St Pierre right on the nose. St Pierre blinks but takes it well.
Lisboa lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Lisboa connects with a good right hand that stumbles St Pierre. St Pierre circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Lisboa cracks a nice hook into St Pierre's ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lisboa jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Lisboa lands with a straight right. St Pierre didn't see that one coming.
Lisboa fakes the leg kick and cracks St Pierre in the body.
Lisboa thuds a left hand into St Pierre's body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Lisboa darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Lisboa lands the left hand.
St Pierre has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Lisboa finds it's way round the side to connect with St Pierre's head.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Lisboa.
Lisboa thumps St Pierre with a low kick.
Lisboa looks to land a combination. St Pierre sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Lisboa with a body punch. A glancing blow.
St Pierre takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Lisboa throws a series of strikes that have St Pierre backpedaling.
Lisboa wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
St Pierre is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Lisboa lands an overhand right.
Nice uppercut there from Lisboa.
A left and a right from Lisboa both land. Nice combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre avoids the head kick by Lisboa.
A head kick misses from Lisboa.
St Pierre takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Lisboa lands with a right hand.
St Pierre takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lisboa lands the left hand.
Lisboa works over St Pierre's head and body with a nice combination.
St Pierre takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
St Pierre chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Lisboa can pounce on him.
Lisboa with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Lisboa throws a nice outside leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lisboa clobbers St Pierre with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
St Pierre on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Lisboa lands a really nice looking cross but St Pierre seems unphased.
Lisboa scores with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Israel Lisboa dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Lisboa lands with a nice body punch.
A shot to the body from St Pierre misses
and Lisboa cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Good shot there by Lisboa.
Lisboa misses with a series of wild punches.
St Pierre looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
St Pierre takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
St Pierre shoots for a takedown but Lisboa saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Lisboa lands a jab to the head.
Lisboa moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Lisboa with a hook.
Lisboa throws a one two combo.
St Pierre gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Nice shot by Lisboa.
Lisboa lands a jab.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lisboa displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good shot there by Lisboa.
Lisboa's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Lisboa duly obliges.
Lisboa scores with a nice strike.
Lisboa lands a body shot.
Lisboa with a hook.
Lisboa misses with a series of wild punches.
Lisboa lands a glancing blow to the side of St Pierre's head.
Decent striking displayed by Lisboa there.
Lisboa throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lisboa tests St Pierre's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lisboa throws a right and a left that both miss.
St Pierre moves forwards but Lisboa connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Lisboa goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
St Pierre takes a kick to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lisboa lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Lisboa.
St Pierre has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Georges St Pierre is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lisboa throws a series of strikes that have St Pierre backpedaling.
Lisboa throws a one two combo.
Lisboa scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
St Pierre has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from St Pierre there as he acknowledges the shot.
Lisboa is working the combinations to good effect here.
Lisboa lands with a kick to the ribs.
Lisboa connects with a crisp jab.
A nice combination there by Lisboa.
Lisboa cracks the inside of St Pierre's front leg.
Lisboa scores with a jab.
Lisboa moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Lisboa throws a series of strikes that have St Pierre backpedaling.
St Pierre throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Lisboa's waist but Lisboa gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing St Pierre off to one side.
Lisboa throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Lisboa connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between St Pierre's hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lisboa lands with a nice combination. St Pierre backs away looking to recover.
Lisboa changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Lisboa comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Good leg kick by Lisboa there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
St Pierre will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Georges St Pierre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lisboa avoids the body shot from St Pierre.
Israel Lisboa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
St Pierre has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from St Pierre there as he acknowledges the shot.
St Pierre avoids the head kick by Lisboa.
Lisboa misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lisboa's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Lisboa duly obliges.
Lisboa looks to land a combination but St Pierre avoids it well.
Israel Lisboa seems to be getting the better of the standup.
St Pierre looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lisboa connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
St Pierre shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Lisboa with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Jab from Lisboa.
Lisboa sizes up St Pierre with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Lisboa lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

St Pierre closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

St Pierre is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Lisboa knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

St Pierre has hold of Lisboa's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Lisboa tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - St Pierre cranks the arm and Lisboa screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Lisboa, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Georges St Pierre!