PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anderson St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rinaldo Rosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rosa has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

St Pierre
vs
Rosa

175 cm
25
185 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

205 cm
26
184 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Anderson St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rinaldo Rosa!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Matheus Silva and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

St Pierre shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

St Pierre seems to be working for a kimura but Rosa defends the submission attempt.

St Pierre is working for a kimura but Rosa is defending it quite comfortably.
St Pierre sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Rosa wants to get back to full guard.
Rosa looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre wants to take a breather but Rosa is having none of it.
Rosa trying to control but St Pierre postures up.
St Pierre is stalling here. Rosa is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! St Pierre seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Rosa has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Rosa gets to mount! St Pierre was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
St Pierre regains half guard.
St Pierre is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

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.
St Pierre trying to control here.
St Pierre is looking to improve his position.
St Pierre has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Rosa is working away from the top position though.
St Pierre won't allow Rosa to pass to mount.
St Pierre is looking to improve his position.

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 looking to control Rosa's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can St Pierre avoid being mounted?
St Pierre is doing well to control the position and prevent Rosa from advancing to side control.

We're going to have a standup here because Anderson St Pierre wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
St Pierre throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rosa with a poor takedown
and St Pierre counters with a straight right hand.

St Pierre darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
St Pierre content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
St Pierre not doing much here.
St Pierre trying to control from half guard but Rosa is working away.
St Pierre content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Anderson St Pierre wasn't doing enough on the ground.
St Pierre tries to close the distance and clinch but Rosa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anderson St Pierre dominated that round.
That's time! St Pierre's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

St Pierre shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Rosa defends it nicely.
St Pierre shoots in looking for a takedown but Rosa manages to keep the fight standing, pushing St Pierre's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
St Pierre is looking to clinch but Rosa is avoiding it.
St Pierre moves in looking to clinch but Rosa pushes him off.

St Pierre closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Rosa quickly recovers to half guard.
St Pierre has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
St Pierre looking to control and managing it successfully.
Rosa tries to hold on but St Pierre pushes him away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre breaks from Rosa's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Rosa is desperately trying to improve his position but St Pierre has a good base and remains in mount.
Rosa is trying to reverse the position but instead St Pierre has taken his back - oops!

St Pierre looking for the rear naked choke. And he's got it! Rosa taps!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Anderson St Pierre!