PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Saint Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shawn Maseka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Saint Pierre
vs
Maseka

190 cm
20
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
23
250 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Enjoys gardening

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Anderson Saint Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Shawn Maseka!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Saint Pierre misses.
Maseka throws a head kick that half lands.

Saint Pierre shoots in and bounces Maseka off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Saint Pierre postures up.
Maseka has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Maseka keeping moving, preventing Saint Pierre from controlling successfully.
Saint Pierre looking to sit in guard and control but Maseka gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Saint Pierre looking for a sweep. Not yet Saint Pierre, not yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Maseka gets to his feet - Saint Pierre follows without any prompting.

Saint Pierre gets a clinch.
Saint Pierre is trying to push Maseka away but Maseka has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Maseka breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Saint Pierre instigates a clinch.
Maseka scores with a knee to the head.
Maseka has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Saint Pierre avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Maseka tries to land a knee to the head but Saint Pierre blocks with his arms.
Maseka throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Saint Pierre blocks it with crossed arms.
Maseka is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Saint Pierre gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Maseka looks gassed!
Maseka goes for a takedown in the clinch but Saint Pierre prevents it.
Anderson Saint Pierre has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shawn Maseka.
Maseka keeps control of Saint Pierre as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saint Pierre prevents a takedown attempt there.
Saint Pierre wants to stall.
Saint Pierre dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

Saint Pierre jumps into guard, dragging Maseka to the mat.
Maseka postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Maseka prevents Saint Pierre from getting back to his feet.

Saint Pierre is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Maseka is aware though and is defending well.
Saint Pierre 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.
Saint Pierre is working hard here to advance position.

Saint Pierre throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maseka trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Saint Pierre is controlling Maseka's posture.
Saint Pierre is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Maseka missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Saint Pierre keeping full guard, as Maseka tries to pass.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saint Pierre manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Saint Pierre looking to control and managing it successfully.
Maseka tries to hold on but Saint Pierre postures up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Maseka really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
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 Anderson Saint Pierre will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Saint Pierre closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Maseka quickly recovers to half guard.
Maseka trying to control but Saint Pierre postures up.
Saint Pierre is controlling the pace.
Maseka works his way to full guard. Good work.
Maseka keeping moving, preventing Saint Pierre from controlling successfully.
Saint Pierre stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Maseka swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saint Pierre is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

We're going to have a standup here because Anderson Saint Pierre wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Maseka tries to score a power double leg takedown but Saint Pierre sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Maseka somewhat.
Maseka is breathing heavily.

Saint Pierre scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Saint Pierre decides to stand up, so the ref orders Maseka to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Saint Pierre drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Maseka is looking to regain half guard here but Saint Pierre keeps moving and retains side control.
Maseka is letting Saint Pierre control him for a moment.
Maseka gets back to half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Saint Pierre wants to control but Maseka is keeping him busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maseka is trying to stand up here but Saint Pierre is controlling him well.
Saint Pierre wants to stand up but Maseka is controlling the position.
Saint Pierre trying to control from Maseka's half guard. Maseka has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Saint Pierre trying to control but Maseka is working from the bottom.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Anderson Saint Pierre wasn't doing enough on the ground.

Saint Pierre moves into the clinch successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maseka tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Saint Pierre just stands there and leans against the cage.
Maseka is pushing Saint Pierre up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

Saint Pierre decides to pull guard.
Maseka stands up out of Saint Pierre's guard for a moment - Saint Pierre manages to land a nice upkick.
Maseka won't allow Saint Pierre to sweep him here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Saint Pierre holds on and takes a little breather.
Saint Pierre keeping moving, preventing Maseka from controlling successfully.

Saint Pierre is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anderson Saint Pierre dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Saint Pierre defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Maseka.
Saint Pierre throws a sloppy head kick
and Maseka counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.

Saint Pierre scores with a takedown into Maseka's guard.
Maseka keeping moving, preventing Saint Pierre from controlling successfully.
Saint Pierre prevents Maseka from getting back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Maseka working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Saint Pierre.
Maseka 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saint Pierre wanted to stand there but Maseka had control of the position.
Saint Pierre scoring with some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Saint Pierre trying to control the position from guard on top but Maseka is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Maseka wants to stand and escape but Saint Pierre is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maseka keeping moving, preventing Saint Pierre from controlling successfully.

Anderson Saint Pierre has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.

Saint Pierre drives through with a takedown into guard.
Saint Pierre stopping the sweep attempt from Maseka.

Saint Pierre stands up from Maseka's guard - Saint Pierre perhaps looking for a knockout.
Saint Pierre throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saint Pierre throws a head kick but Maseka moves out of range.
Anderson Saint Pierre is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A low kick from Saint Pierre misses

and Maseka holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Maseka tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Saint Pierre just stands there and leans against the cage.

Saint Pierre jumps guard and drags Maseka to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Maseka postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Saint Pierre utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Saint Pierre trying to keep a closed guard but Maseka is proving a slippery customer.
Maseka advances position into side control!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Maseka decides to stand up, so the ref orders Saint Pierre to his feet.
Maseka has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

Maseka fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Saint Pierre to the ground. Maseka is now in Saint Pierre's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Maseka working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Maseka trying to control the position from guard on top but Saint Pierre is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Saint Pierre looking for a sweep. Not yet Saint Pierre, not yet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Maseka advances position into side control!
Shawn Maseka has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Anderson Saint Pierre is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Maseka tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Shawn Maseka.
I think Saint Pierre has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 30:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anderson Saint Pierre!