PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between George St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

St Pierre
vs
Diaz

178 cm
29
180 lbs
22 - 14 - 1

225 cm
25
205 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, George St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nick Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, William Peck and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

St Pierre gets caught flat footed, as Diaz shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Diaz preventing the sweep.
Diaz tries to free his leg and advance position but St Pierre is retaining full guard.
Diaz is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
St Pierre looking for a sweep. Not yet St Pierre, not yet.
St Pierre is working hard here to advance position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
St Pierre controls Diaz momentarily but Diaz frees himself.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Diaz trying to control but St Pierre is working from the bottom.
St Pierre looking to control.
St Pierre might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
St Pierre looking to hit a scissor sweep but Diaz is one step ahead there.

George St Pierre has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Diaz blocks a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Diaz throws a low kick, looking for St Pierre's leg but St Pierre calmly moves out of range.

Diaz drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
St Pierre is trying to get back to half guard.
St Pierre manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
St Pierre throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Diaz slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
St Pierre is looking to work some ground and pound but Diaz has wrist control.
St Pierre trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
St Pierre postures up in Diaz's guard and throws a big left but Diaz blocks it.
St Pierre throwing strikes but missing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
St Pierre passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Diaz is not content to let St Pierre control the position.
Diaz is trying to get back to half guard.
St Pierre throws an elbow but Diaz slips to the side and avoids it well.
Diaz wants to control but St Pierre postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
An elbow from St Pierre crashes against the mat.
St Pierre looks up at the clock and then as Diaz takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, St Pierre smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
St Pierre scores with punches from side control.
An elbow from St Pierre crashes against the mat.
St Pierre has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
St Pierre lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Diaz down.
Diaz is not content to let St Pierre control the position.
Diaz is looking for a sweep.
Diaz tries to contro but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre landing strikes, looking to finish!

It looks like Nick Diaz has been cut.
Diaz tries to hold on but St Pierre postures up.
St Pierre is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Diaz can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Diaz is looking to get to half guard.
St Pierre connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
St Pierre can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Diaz is looking to escape.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, St Pierre cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
St Pierre can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Diaz is looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Diaz looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for St Pierre!
St Pierre is trying to escape the mount.
St Pierre gets back to half guard.
St Pierre tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Diaz has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Poor strikes thrown by Diaz there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
St Pierre keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz thowing shots but they're missing.
Diaz lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
St Pierre can't escape the position.
St Pierre is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Diaz prevents St Pierre from getting the reversal.
Diaz misses with a head shot.
Diaz raining down shots from the mount!
St Pierre is squirming around, avoiding Diaz's attempts to control the action.
George St Pierre overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
St Pierre is in a horrible position here. Diaz smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz misses with a head shot.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
St Pierre regains half guard.
Diaz looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
St Pierre tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.

Diaz is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
St Pierre is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Diaz's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Diaz's back!
St Pierre is trying to stick to Diaz's back but Diaz is turning into St Pierre. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in St Pierre's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Diaz.
St Pierre looking for a sweep. Not yet St Pierre, not yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Diaz.
Diaz throwing strikes from guard but St Pierre blocks nicely.
Diaz preventing the sweep.
St Pierre is trying to keep Diaz in close.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Diaz throwing strikes but missing.
St Pierre throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Diaz is working St Pierre over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Diaz trying to control the position from guard on top but St Pierre is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
St Pierre manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Diaz can do anything to dispel that myth.
St Pierre has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Diaz's face.

That has opened up Nick Diaz's cut even more.
St Pierre landing shots from mount.

The cut above Nick Diaz's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
St Pierre lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Nick Diaz's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Nick Diaz's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). George St Pierre!