PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Junior Lonestar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lonestar's entrance music is Would?. A fine choice. St Pierre comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Break Stuff kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Junior Lonestar has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Lonestar
vs
St Pierre

181 cm
18
240 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

199 cm
18
235 lbs
3 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Junior Lonestar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, John St Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, John Roberts and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Pierre avoids a punch combination nicely.

St Pierre darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Lonestar really is a fat lump.
Lonestar trying to control from the bottom.
Lonestar is controlling St Pierre's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Lonestar is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of St Pierre's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take St Pierre's back!
Lonestar gets his hands free as St Pierre looks to control.
St Pierre has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Lonestar biding his time, controlling St Pierre.
Lonestar is looking to control St Pierre but St Pierre is wriggling around and keeping busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
St Pierre tries to escape but Lonestar has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
St Pierre prevents Lonestar from getting a body triangle.
Lonestar is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because St Pierre is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

St Pierre fending off the submission attempt from Lonestar.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
St Pierre is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Lonestar's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Lonestar throwing damaging strikes from the back! St Pierre could be in trouble here!

Lonestar is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. St Pierre is defending well though. Lonestar let's go of the attempt for now.
A lull in the action here.
Lonestar is breathing heavily.
Lonestar misses with punches from the back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
St Pierre is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.

Lonestar is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
Lonestar misses with a punch to the head.
St Pierre can't escape the position.
Lonestar scores with strikes from the back.

Lonestar is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.

Lonestar has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
St Pierre turns into Lonestar and is now in his guard.
St Pierre trying to control the position from guard on top but Lonestar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lonestar keeping full guard, as St Pierre tries to pass.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as St Pierre accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Junior Lonestar 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.

Lonestar fails with the takedown

and St Pierre counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Lonestar!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
St Pierre is landing with some decent strikes but Lonestar is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

St Pierre looking for a guillotine from mount but Lonestar is having none of it.
Lonestar tries to hold on but St Pierre pushes him away.
Lonestar has worked his way to half guard, taking advantage of St Pierre's lack of action.

St Pierre is looking for a kimura but Lonestar is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for St Pierre to get the leverage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lonestar holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Lonestar's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
St Pierre not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Lonestar is staying active underneath St Pierre, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Lonestar is trying is best to control the position here.
St Pierre looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Lonestar is looking to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Lonestar wants to control but St Pierre is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Lonestar is staying active underneath St Pierre, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

St Pierre gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Lonestar wants to pass the guard but St Pierre is keeping the position.
Lonestar might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Lonestar is working hard here to advance position.
St Pierre not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lonestar is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

St Pierre looking for a guillotine here but Lonestar defends easily.

St Pierre throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Lonestar looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for St Pierre!
Lonestar controlling from mount.
Lonestar trying to control but he's not successful this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Junior Lonestar will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Lonestar shoots and misses

and St Pierre decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Lonestar's guard.
Lonestar keeping moving, preventing St Pierre from controlling successfully.
St Pierre is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Lonestar has a closed guard, preventing St Pierre from standing up.
St Pierre advances position into side control!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lonestar is not content to let St Pierre control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lonestar is trying to control St Pierre's posture but St Pierre avoids it.

Lonestar bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!

Lonestar bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
St Pierre tries to bench press Lonestar off him but Lonestar keeps the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Lonestar off and has taken his back!
Lonestar is in bad spot here.
St Pierre avoiding Lonestar 's attempts to control his hands.
Lonestar rolls, trying to escape but St Pierre keeps control of the position.
St Pierre trying to control momentarily.
Lonestar trying to control the hands but St Pierre breaks the grip.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lonestar rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
St Pierre missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
A head kick by Lonestar misses

and St Pierre counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Lonestar has a closed guard, preventing St Pierre from standing up.
John St Pierre has got the better of the ground game so far.
St Pierre stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Lonestar swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre preventing the sweep.

Lonestar is working an open guard so St Pierre takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Lonestar misses with the combination.
Junior Lonestar is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lonestar fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but St Pierre avoids it really well and circles away.
St Pierre throws a nice looking combination but Lonestar bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
John St Pierre has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Junior Lonestar is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Lonestar looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Lonestar's corner is telling him to maintain position.

And that's the end of the fight!
John St Pierre comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Lonestar 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 29:28
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Junior Lonestar!