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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mark St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lutz Knitter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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144 lbs
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Good wrestling
Brawler
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mark St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lutz Knitter!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Igor Prikhodko and Illya Tyunina.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Pierre shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Knitter as he jumps to the side.
St Pierre misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
St Pierre misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Knitter lands a nice shot to the body.
St Pierre fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mark St Pierre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
St Pierre shoots for a takedown but Knitter saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
St Pierre misses with a takedown attempt
and Knitter counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mark St Pierre seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Knitter slaps away a takedown attempt from St Pierre, before circling back to the center of the mat.
St Pierre is breathing heavily.
Knitter getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Knitter lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Donk. Knitter catches St Pierre right on the button with a cross.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knitter cracks St Pierre with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Knitter lands an overhand right.
Knitter tries to sprawl but St Pierre drives through with a takedown into half guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
St Pierre is looking for a kimura here.
Knitter is trying to maintain the position but St Pierre is very close to passing his half guard.
Knitter is defending against the submission attempts here by St Pierre.
Knitter blocking the ground and pound attempt from St Pierre.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knitter is trying to defend against the ground and pound but St Pierre scores with a couple of nice shots.
Knitter manages to get to full guard.
Knitter looking to control.
St Pierre is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Knitter is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Knitter has escaped and now he's on top!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
St Pierre has an active guard here but Knitter has managed to pass into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre is working on a guillotine. He's managed to get to full guard and he's really squeezing tight! Knitter is tapping! Great win for St Pierre!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Mark St Pierre!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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