PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Guy Montag (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St Pierre is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Big Things Poppin. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Montag
vs
St Pierre

200 cm
18
280 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

210 cm
22
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Guy Montag!
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, Thiago St Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Chris Downing and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from St Pierre.
Montag fails with a takedown attempt.
Montag is looking to clinch.
St Pierre fails with the takedown.
St Pierre looks for a takedown but Montag sprawls well.
Guy Montag has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thiago St Pierre.
Montag does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Montag shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with St Pierre but St Pierre pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Montag doesn't manage to clinch there - St Pierre circles away.
Montag looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre shoots in and drives through. Montag sprawls well.

St Pierre gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
St Pierre stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Montag goes for a takedown attempt but St Pierre pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Montag scores with a leg kick.
Montag closes the distance and clinches up with St Pierre, looking for a takedown. Montag pushes St Pierre against the cage but St Pierre circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
A punch combination from Montag misses.
St Pierre misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Guy Montag seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
St Pierre will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
St Pierre looks gassed!
Montag shoots for a double leg takedown but St Pierre sprawls well. He's pushed Montag's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Nice takedown defense from St Pierre. No joy for Montag on that attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Montag misses with a head kick.
Montag looks to clinch

and St Pierre decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Montag's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
St Pierre working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
St Pierre sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Montag's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
St Pierre seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
St Pierre keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
St Pierre moves into full mount! Montag won't be happy about that!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Montag is trying to escape the mount.
St Pierre with a couple of short strikes.
St Pierre working Montag over with strikes here.
Montag tries to get back to half guard but can't.
St Pierre working Montag over with strikes here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

St Pierre is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Montag can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
St Pierre fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Montag is rocked!
St Pierre with a couple of short strikes.
Oh Montag is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
St Pierre controlling the pace for now.
Montag seems to have got his legs back now.
St Pierre has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
St Pierre looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
St Pierre controlling his opponent.
Montag is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
St Pierre controlling the pace for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre lands with some strikes.
St Pierre looking to control and managing it successfully.
St Pierre cracks Montag with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
St Pierre prevents Montag from getting the reversal.
Montag is in a horrible position here. St Pierre smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

It looks like Guy Montag has been cut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
St Pierre lands a nice shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thiago St Pierre dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Guy Montag's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Montag doesn't succeed with the takedown

and St Pierre counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
St Pierre scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
St Pierre seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
St Pierre working over Montag with some ground and pound. Montag looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
St Pierre is controlling the pace.

St Pierre is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Montag is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Thiago St Pierre!