PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Georges St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thane Krios (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Krios has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Thane Krios looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

St Pierre
vs
Krios

185 cm
24
169 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

176 cm
25
175 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Georges St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Thane Krios !
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

St Pierre drives through with a takedown into guard.
Krios looks gassed!
Krios preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
St Pierre is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

St Pierre thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
St Pierre is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Krios keeping moving, preventing St Pierre from controlling successfully.

St Pierre is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

St Pierre thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
St Pierre trying to control the position from guard on top but Krios is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
St Pierre won't allow Krios to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
St Pierre sitting in guard, not really doing much.
St Pierre with a flurry of punches that miss.

St Pierre drops back looking for a leg! Krios is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Krios manages to kick St Pierre off! St Pierre jumps back into Krios 's guard.
Krios can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as St Pierre controls the pace.
St Pierre content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
St Pierre scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

St Pierre drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. St Pierre seems to have locked his on tight now - Krios screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for St Pierre, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Georges St Pierre!