PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gregory St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ian Mcdonald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

St Pierre
vs
Mcdonald

178 cm
20
176 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

180 cm
19
170 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Powerful

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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Gregory St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Ian Mcdonald!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Colin Fotheringham and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Pierre looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

St Pierre feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Mcdonald seems keen to control St Pierre's posture.
St Pierre wants to control from the top but Mcdonald keeps moving.
St Pierre throws a big right hand that misses.
Mcdonald has momentary wrist control but St Pierre slips an elbow through the middle.
Mcdonald bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in St Pierre's guard.
St Pierre keeping moving, preventing Mcdonald from controlling successfully.
Mcdonald trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Mcdonald wants to control from the top but St Pierre keeps moving.
St Pierre knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Mcdonald on the ground.
Mcdonald throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as St Pierre works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Mcdonald forces his way into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcdonald landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
St Pierre keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Mcdonald trying to control from half guard but St Pierre is working away.
Mcdonald missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Mcdonald sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. St Pierre defending well though.
Mcdonald with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Mcdonald throwing shots but St Pierre is blocking nicely.
Mcdonald with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mcdonald seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but St Pierre does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Mcdonald not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

St Pierre is defending against the submission attempts here by Mcdonald.
Mcdonald wants to lay and pray for a moment but St Pierre keeps working.
St Pierre is looking to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mcdonald has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
St Pierre tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Mcdonald controlling the pace for now.
Mcdonald unloads with some shots from mount but St Pierre bucks and avoids them well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mcdonald lands with some vicious ground and pound - can St Pierre hang on?
Mcdonald looking to land elbow strikes but St Pierre uses the position to regain half guard.
Mcdonald with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mcdonald trying to mount his opponent but St Pierre defends it.
Mcdonald throwing shots but St Pierre is blocking nicely.
Mcdonald seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Mcdonald seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but St Pierre does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
St Pierre avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Mcdonald.
Mcdonald looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ian Mcdonald dominated that round.
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.

Mcdonald on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

Mcdonald closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Mcdonald seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but St Pierre does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Mcdonald missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Mcdonald not landing any meaningful shots this time.
St Pierre keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Mcdonald has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Mcdonald trying to control from half guard but St Pierre is working away.
Mcdonald thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed St Pierre's head.
Mcdonald trying to control from half guard but St Pierre is working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Mcdonald thows a huge punch but St Pierre dodges it nicely.
Mcdonald throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Mcdonald thows a huge punch but St Pierre dodges it nicely.
Mcdonald is trying to control the action in half guard but St Pierre is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Mcdonald is figuring out what he wants to do next.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Ian Mcdonald was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Mcdonald shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and St Pierre counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by St Pierre.
Mcdonald manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Mcdonald controlling the position easily from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre is working to get back to half guard.
Mcdonald is in the full mount, landing strikes.
St Pierre blocking the ground and pound.
St Pierre is in all sorts of trouble here.
Mcdonald content just to control the position here.
Mcdonald breaks from St Pierre's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mcdonald thowing shots but they're missing.
Mcdonald content just to control the position here.
St Pierre tries to reverse the position but Mcdonald maintains control.
Mcdonald thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Mcdonald trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Mcdonald thowing shots but they're missing.

Mcdonald with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
St Pierre really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
St Pierre is working hard here to advance position.
Mcdonald looking to control but St Pierre is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
St Pierre is looking to get to half guard.
Mcdonald controlling his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ian Mcdonald showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Mcdonald scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
St Pierre dodges the ground and pound from Mcdonald.
Mcdonald trying to control the action but St Pierre is working from the bottom.
Mcdonald working the body and head with strikes.
St Pierre is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Mcdonald asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Mcdonald just content to control the position.
St Pierre is looking to reverse the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Mcdonald tries for a kimura but St Pierre is defending well.
Mcdonald looks up at the clock and then as St Pierre takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Mcdonald smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
St Pierre on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if St Pierre tries to get out of the position.
Mcdonald throws a strike aimed at the side of St Pierre's head but St Pierre avoids it well.
St Pierre parries the strikes from Mcdonald easily there. Mcdonald is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable St Pierre to escape.
Mcdonald wants to take a breather but St Pierre manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Mcdonald.
Mcdonald lands a couple of elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Mcdonald loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Mcdonald accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
St Pierre keeping moving, preventing Mcdonald from controlling successfully.
St Pierre seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Mcdonald trying to control but St Pierre is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

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 Mcdonald counters with a takedown into side control.
Mcdonald in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Mcdonald tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Mcdonald laying and praying for a moment but St Pierre takes advantage and regains half guard.
Mcdonald thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Mcdonald is trying to control the action in half guard but St Pierre is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Mcdonald scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Mcdonald is trying to control the action in half guard but St Pierre is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
St Pierre is trying to stand up here but Mcdonald is controlling him well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
St Pierre tries to kick Mcdonald off but Mcdonald keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Mcdonald missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Mcdonald is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Mcdonald throwing shots but St Pierre is blocking nicely.
Mcdonald prevents St Pierre from improving his position.
Mcdonald working the head and body with strikes.
Gregory St Pierre has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ian Mcdonald is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
St Pierre blocking the ground and pound attempt from Mcdonald.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ian Mcdonald comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Mcdonald winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Glass scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ian Mcdonald!