PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between George St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Alan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think St Pierre might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Biggie Smalls - Juciy. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

St Pierre
vs
Alan

185 cm
22
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
22
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite 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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, 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 Sydney, Jason Alan!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Eliza Hachem and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alan throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around St Pierre's waist but St Pierre gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Alan off to one side.
Alan shoots in for a takedown but St Pierre shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

Alan is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in St Pierre's half guard.
St Pierre avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Alan.
St Pierre is looking to improve his position.
Alan wants to take a breather but St Pierre is having none of it.

St Pierre looking for submissions off his back.
St Pierre trying to hold on to Alan's head to control him but Alan postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre is looking for a sweep. Alan is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
St Pierre makes his way to full guard. A much better position for St Pierre.
St Pierre throwing strikes off his back to little effect.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
St Pierre with a lazy takedown attempt
and Alan counters with a two punch combo.
An inside leg kick from Alan misses.

Alan shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Alan was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
St Pierre is trying to escape the mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alan fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Alan wants to control the pace but St Pierre is squirming around nicely.
Alan dominating with strikes here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Alan with a couple of short strikes.
St Pierre working to try and regain half guard.
St Pierre wants to control but Alan is having none of it.
St Pierre is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Alan is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Alan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Alan cracks St Pierre with an open hand slap.
St Pierre avoids a punch combination nicely.
Alan wants to land a leg kick but St Pierre is out of range.
Alan misses with a takedown attempt

and St Pierre counters with a takedown into side control.
George St Pierre has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jason Alan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
St Pierre sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Alan is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

Alan sneaks out the side door and pushes St Pierre away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Alan tests St Pierre's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jason Alan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Alan scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Alan blocks the strikes from St Pierre.
Alan wants to stand up but St Pierre has a hold of him and won't allow it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

St Pierre is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Alan pulls his head out easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Alan dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Alan has his takedown stuffed

and St Pierre counters with a single leg into guard. Alan didn't expect that.
St Pierre keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Alan's head.
St Pierre is looking to work some ground and pound but Alan has wrist control.
Alan working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from St Pierre.
Alan working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from St Pierre.
St Pierre postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
St Pierre cracks Alan with a solid left hand.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Alan is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
St Pierre is looking to work some ground and pound but Alan has wrist control.
St Pierre postures up in Alan's guard and throws a big left but Alan blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre throwing strikes from guard but Alan blocks nicely.
St Pierre thows a big elbow that misses.
St Pierre throws a strike but Alan rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Alan slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

Alan stands and steps away. St Pierre gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Alan tries to clinch up

and St Pierre counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
St Pierre landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
St Pierre thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Alan's head.
George St Pierre overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
St Pierre sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Alan defending well though.
Alan regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from St Pierre.
St Pierre won't allow Alan to get back to his feet.
St Pierre throws a strike but Alan rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Alan wants to control from the top but St Pierre keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alan trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

St Pierre has his foot on Alan's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Alan works his way back into a safe position though.
Alan stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. St Pierre swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Alan has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of St Pierre is proving hard to escape from.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Alan won't allow St Pierre to sweep him here.
St Pierre is trying to control the position but Alan postures up.
Alan throws a big right hand that misses.
Alan tries to stand but St Pierre is controlling from the bottom.

Alan gets to his feet. St Pierre looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Alan closes the distance looking to clinch

and St Pierre counters with a single leg into guard. Alan didn't expect that.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George St Pierre dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

St Pierre shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than St Pierre was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Alan is trying desperately to improve position.
St Pierre lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Alan taking shots to the head.
St Pierre postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Alan looks a forlorn figure.
St Pierre lands a big shot there that rocks Alan but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
St Pierre unloading with bombs!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
St Pierre looking to ground and pound but Alan is blocking nicely.
St Pierre thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alan blocking the ground and pound.
Alan avoids a strike by St Pierre and manages to complete a very nice reversal in the process, to end up in St Pierre's guard! Fantastic escape!
St Pierre working a defensive guard here.

St Pierre looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Alan passes into side control.
St Pierre is looking to reverse the position.

Alan stands up and beckons St Pierre to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

St Pierre gets caught flat footed, as Alan shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Alan trying to control but St Pierre is working from the bottom.
St Pierre 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.
Alan throws a strike but St Pierre rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
St Pierre scoring with punches to the head and body.
St Pierre with a nice head shot there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Alan is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst St Pierre is controlling him.
St Pierre throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Alan throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Alan avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
St Pierre connects with a couple of short punches.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Alan misses with a kick to the body

and St Pierre counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by St Pierre.
St Pierre is in close to Alan's body, working some short punches and elbows.
St Pierre works over Alan with some ground and pound from guard.
St Pierre scoring with some ground and pound.

Alan has his feet on St Pierre's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Alan closes the distance looking to clinch

and St Pierre counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Alan's guard now.
Alan managing to control the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Alan utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
George St Pierre showed his dominance in that final round.
I think St Pierre has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 29:28
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... George St Pierre!