PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jamison Aleksy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St Pierre has chosen Big Things Poppin as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Aleksy
vs
St Pierre

172 cm
22
225 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

210 cm
22
265 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Improved boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jamison Aleksy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thiago St Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, George Francis and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Aleksy shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in St Pierre's guard.

St Pierre is looking for a triangle but Aleksy pushes his legs off easily.
Aleksy looking to sit in guard and control but St Pierre gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Aleksy is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
St Pierre pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Aleksy is keeping the position for now.
Aleksy throws some sloppy strikes off his back.

St Pierre drops back looking for a leg! Aleksy is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Aleksy manages to kick St Pierre off! St Pierre jumps back into Aleksy's guard.
St Pierre wants to get up but he can't break Aleksy's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Aleksy is looking for a triangle here but St Pierre uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Aleksy is looking for a sweep.
St Pierre postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Aleksy might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
St Pierre doesn't manage to clinch there - Aleksy circles away.

St Pierre closes the distance and clinches.

St Pierre breaks the clinch.
St Pierre misses with a head kick.

St Pierre gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

St Pierre had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Aleksy is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. St Pierre Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Aleksy's back instead.
St Pierre looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aleksy trying to control the hands but St Pierre won't let him.
Aleksy trying to get back to his feet but St Pierre is in full control for now.
St Pierre keeps control of the position as Aleksy tries to break free.
Aleksy is keeping busy.
St Pierre punishes Aleksy with strikes from the back mount.

Aleksy is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if St Pierre gets his way!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aleksy can't escape the position.
St Pierre doesn't have the hooks in and Aleksy manages to turn into his guard.
Aleksy trying to control but St Pierre is working from the bottom.
Aleksy stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. St Pierre swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Aleksy with a nice head shot there.
Aleksy with a nice head shot there.

Aleksy drops back, looking for a kneebar! St Pierre looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. St Pierre looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from St Pierre!
An elbow from St Pierre crashes against the mat.

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.
Aleksy is looking to regain half guard here but St Pierre keeps moving and retains side control.
Aleksy tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but St Pierre presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
St Pierre dominating with strikes here.
Aleksy tries to get back to half guard but can't.
St Pierre tries to control but Aleksy wriggling away.
Aleksy tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Aleksy is working hard here to advance position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jamison Aleksy will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

St Pierre stuffs the takedown attempt from Aleksy. Aleksy gets slowly back to his feet.
Aleksy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Aleksy throws a body punch but St Pierre moves out of range.
Aleksy shoots in but St Pierre avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Aleksy misses with a looping left.
Aleksy takes a head kick and keeps coming.

It looks like Jamison Aleksy has been cut.
Aleksy is looking to clinch but St Pierre is avoiding it.
St Pierre tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Aleksy fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jamison Aleksy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
St Pierre moves in looking to clinch but Aleksy pushes him off.
Aleksy misses with a double jab.
Aleksy will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Aleksy drives through with a takedown into guard.
St Pierre wants to sweep but no luck.

St Pierre is looking for a triangle but Aleksy pushes his legs off easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

St Pierre working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Aleksy doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Aleksy manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aleksy pushes down on St Pierre's leg and manages to get into half guard.
St Pierre slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Aleksy wants to control from the top but St Pierre keeps moving.
Aleksy 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.
Aleksy wants to stand but St Pierre is controlling his posture from full guard.
Aleksy has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

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 is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Aleksy prevents St Pierre from getting back to his feet.
Aleksy throws a strike but St Pierre rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Aleksy is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

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

Aleksy clinches with his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aleksy tries for a takedown. No joy.
Aleksy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of St Pierre backwards.

St Pierre jumps guard and drags Aleksy to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
St Pierre is trying to keep Aleksy in close.
St Pierre avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

St Pierre has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Aleksy can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Aleksy looking to sit in guard and control but St Pierre gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
St Pierre sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Aleksy's guard.

St Pierre is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Aleksy has managed to free his arm - good work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aleksy regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from St Pierre.

Aleksy manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Jamison Aleksy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Horrible takedown by Aleksy or perhaps it was just good defense by St Pierre which made him look bad.
Aleksy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Aleksy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Aleksy gets a clinch.
St Pierre holding his opponent close, against the cage.
St Pierre trying to land knees to the body.

St Pierre breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
St Pierre throws a head kick that half lands.
St Pierre misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thiago St Pierre showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jamison Aleksy's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Aleksy 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 Aleksy off to one side.
Aleksy 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.

St Pierre has Aleksy up against the cage in a clinch.
St Pierre taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Aleksy has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. St Pierre is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jamison Aleksy. That's going to take a lot out of him.

St Pierre lands a big knee to the head and Aleksy goes down! St Pierre is looking to finish!

Aleksy is rocked!

St Pierre has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Aleksy is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. St Pierre yanks on the arm and Aleksy is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by St Pierre.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Thiago St Pierre!