PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between George St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jovan Saroli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

St Pierre
vs
Saroli

180 cm
22
186 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

184 cm
19
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, George 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 Las Vegas, Jovan Saroli!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Alan Glass and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Saroli has St Pierre up against the cage in a clinch.

Saroli escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Saroli uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Saroli swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Saroli misses with a double jab.
Nice takedown defense from Saroli. No joy for St Pierre on that attempt.
Saroli rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but St Pierre moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
St Pierre lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Saroli circles away quickly and effectively.

Saroli drives through and clinches with St Pierre against the cage.
Saroli is stalling here.
St Pierre drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Saroli gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Saroli gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from St Pierre.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for George St Pierre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Saroli wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Saroli tries to land knees in the clinch but St Pierre avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

St Pierre escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
St Pierre tries to clinch but Saroli moves away
and Saroli counters with a one-two to the body.
A left and a right from Saroli both land. Nice combination.
St Pierre shoots for a takedown but Saroli saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Saroli defends well against a solid takedown attempt from St Pierre.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Saroli lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and St Pierre has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from St Pierre and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Saroli.
St Pierre getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

It looks like Jovan Saroli has been cut.
Saroli lands a nice leg kick that just misses St Pierre's sensitive parts.
Saroli thuds a left hand into St Pierre's body.
Saroli looks gassed!
Good work by St Pierre as he checks the leg kick.
Saroli misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from St Pierre.
St Pierre tries to clinch there but Saroli circles away.
St Pierre tries to clinch but Saroli moves away
and Saroli counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

St Pierre has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre has Saroli pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Saroli manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

Saroli breaks the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
St Pierre rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Saroli moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
St Pierre takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Saroli tries to clinch but St Pierre moves away

and St Pierre moves into the clinch.
St Pierre can't get the takedown.
St Pierre keeps control of Saroli as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Saroli wants to get back to striking at distance but St Pierre won't allow it.
St Pierre tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Saroli just stands there and leans against the cage.
St Pierre goes for a takedown in the clinch but Saroli prevents it.
St Pierre has Saroli pressed against the cage, preventing Saroli from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Saroli wants to get back to striking at distance but St Pierre won't allow it.
St Pierre is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
St Pierre tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Saroli looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saroli is working St Pierre over against the cage.
St Pierre working hard to break the clinch.

Saroli manages to break the clinch.

Saroli has taken the fight to the clinch.
St Pierre wants a takedown but no success here.
Saroli pressing his opponent against the cage.
Saroli scores with a knee to the head.
Saroli works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Saroli has had enough of the clinch but St Pierre keeps him there for the moment.

Saroli escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

St Pierre gets a clinch.
St Pierre is trying to drag Saroli to the mat but Saroli just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
St Pierre changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Saroli fights it off and pushes away nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Saroli fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with St Pierre, pushing him back against the cage.

Saroli pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Saroli throws a sloppy head kick

and St Pierre counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by St Pierre.
St Pierre trying to control the position from guard on top but Saroli is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
St Pierreis looking to pass into half guard but Saroli pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Saroli is in guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Saroli wants to control from the top but St Pierre keeps moving.

St Pierre scrambles and gets back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jovan Saroli dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jovan Saroli's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Saroli drives through and clinches with St Pierre against the cage.

Saroli's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

St Pierre gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Saroli breaks from the clinch.
Saroli throws a hook but St Pierre blocks it.
St Pierre slips under a jab from Saroli.
St Pierre stuffs the takedown.

St Pierre drives through with a takedown into guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
St Pierre wants to control from the top but Saroli keeps moving.

St Pierre thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
St Pierre wants to control from the top but Saroli keeps moving.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre controlling from the top position.
St Pierre wants to control from the top but Saroli keeps moving.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as St Pierre accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's two 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.
Saroli is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst St Pierre is controlling him.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Saroli throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and St Pierre moves into the clinch.
St Pierre is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Saroli gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
St Pierre dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Saroli tries to throw a body punch but St Pierre avoids it by throwing Saroli back against the cage.
Saroli tries to throw a body punch but St Pierre avoids it by throwing Saroli back against the cage.
St Pierre tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Saroli smiles and moves away.
George St Pierre is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
St Pierre swinging wilding here.
St Pierre tries a head kick but it misses.
St Pierre closes the distance looking to clinch
and Saroli counters with a good low kick that St Pierre was not able to check.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre walks into a jab.
Saroli scores with a push kick.
St Pierre wants to clinch
and Saroli counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps St Pierre thinking.
St Pierre will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for George St Pierre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Saroli is looking to clinch but St Pierre is avoiding it.
St Pierre plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
St Pierre tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Saroli counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
St Pierre tries to close the distance and clinch up but Saroli swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Saroli misses with a takedown
and St Pierre counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
St Pierre shoots for a takedown but Saroli saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
St Pierre avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saroli keeps the fight on the outside.
St Pierre misses with a two punch combination.
Saroli misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
A big right from Saroli misses.
St Pierre avoids the head kick by Saroli.
St Pierre fails to land the takedown.
St Pierre tries to clinch up
and Saroli makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Saroli throws out a powerful jab.
St Pierre fails with an attempt to clinch.

St Pierre shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. St Pierre showed some decent athleticism there.
Saroli is trying to stand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George St Pierre dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jovan Saroli'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. This is the final round!

Saroli jabs St Pierre right on the nose. St Pierre blinks but takes it well.
St Pierre shoots in for a double leg but Saroli sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Saroli, right into the meat.
St Pierre closes the distance but Saroli moves to the side

and Saroli counters by moving into the clinch.

Saroli's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Saroli scores with a kick to the body.
St Pierre is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
St Pierre takes a kick to the side of the head.
St Pierre steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Saroli.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Saroli throws a nice looking combination but St Pierre bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
St Pierre scores with a one two! Saroli had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

St Pierre throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Saroli was covering up waiting for the punch and St Pierre finishes the takedown easily into guard.
St Pierre trying to control the position from guard on top but Saroli is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre works over Saroli with some ground and pound from guard.

St Pierre drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and St Pierre jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

St Pierre is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Saroli is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Saroli has escaped and now he's on top!
Saroli wants to control from the top but St Pierre keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Saroli won't allow St Pierre to get back to his feet.

Saroli wants to stand up, so he's looking to wriggle free of St Pierre's closed guard. He's half up but St Pierre has locked on to an arm! Uh oh! St Pierre pivots and extends the arm, Saroli falls face first to the mat and taps??... does he?? YES! He's tapping! Excellent counter grappling there by St Pierre! Well done that man!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). George St Pierre!