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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Quint Bingham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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24
178 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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180 cm
28
170 lbs
7 - 4 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Very strong |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Determined |
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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
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Quint Bingham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dan St Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Roosa Järviläinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Pierre moves in looking to clinch but Bingham pushes him off.
A combination from St Pierre does no damage.
St Pierre thows a body shot but no joy.
A looping hook to the body misses from St Pierre. Bingham does a little dance to reset his feet.
St Pierre's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Bingham connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! St Pierre scrambles back to his feet.
St Pierre uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bingham.
Bingham tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but St Pierre swivels and escapes.
Bingham fakes high and swings low for a body shot but St Pierre manages to avoid it.
St Pierre bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
St Pierre cracks Bingham with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
St Pierre jabbing away but nothing is landing.
St Pierre tries to clinch but Bingham moves out of range.
Bingham lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
St Pierre misses with a double jab.
Bingham cracks St Pierre with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
St Pierre fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - St Pierre looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bingham slips under a jab from St Pierre.
St Pierre fails in his attempt to clinch.
St Pierre moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Bingham shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts St Pierre as he jumps to the side.
St Pierre scores with a punch to the head.
St Pierre tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bingham was well out of range. Poor timing from St Pierre.
Bingham gets a double leg takedown into St Pierre's guard.
St Pierre keeping moving, preventing Bingham from controlling successfully.
St Pierre has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Bingham has passed into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bingham tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Bingham has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
St Pierre takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bingham working the head with strikes.
Bingham tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Bingham in side control lands a decent elbow.
St Pierre really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bingham. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
St Pierre taking a bit of punishment here - Bingham scoring with strikes.
St Pierre can't do much from the bottom here.
Bingham is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt St Pierre will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
St Pierre is trying to get back to half guard.
St Pierre is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bingham working the ground and pound.
Bingham in side control lands a decent elbow.
St Pierre is looking to reverse the position.
Bingham slows the pace down.
St Pierre parries the strikes from Bingham easily there. Bingham is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable St Pierre to escape.
St Pierre can't do much from the bottom here.
St Pierre misses with a strike from the bottom.
Bingham is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. St Pierre knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
St Pierre on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
St Pierre being controlled for a moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if St Pierre can do anything to dispel that myth.
Bingham scores with a couple of short elbows.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
St Pierre misses with a strike from the bottom.
Bingham creates some space and throws a big elbow, but St Pierre sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
St Pierre is trying to get back to half guard.
Bingham lands a few punches from side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bingham is putting a hurting on St Pierre here, landing some big shots from side control.
St Pierre wants to get back to his feet but Bingham drags him back down.
Bingham just content to control the position.
Bingham cracks St Pierre with an elbow. That is naaassty.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Quint Bingham dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
St Pierre uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bingham.
Bingham shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Bingham showed some decent athleticism there.
St Pierre is pressing down on Bingham's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
St Pierre wants to stand but Bingham is controlling the position.
St Pierre throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Bingham is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Bingham wants to control from the top but St Pierre keeps moving.
St Pierre trying to control the position.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
St Pierre throws a body punch but Bingham moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - St Pierre throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bingham tries to bum rush St Pierre with a series of wild strikes but St Pierre uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
St Pierre misses with a wild combination.
St Pierre avoids the body shot from Bingham.
Bingham shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
St Pierre shoots in and drives through. Bingham sprawls well.
St Pierre scores with a takedown into Bingham's guard.
Bingham looking for a triangle here. St Pierre is fighting it but it looks tight! Bingham pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, St Pierre is tapping out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Quint Bingham!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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