PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jean St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Cash (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

St Pierre
vs
Cash

179 cm
18
179 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

179 cm
21
176 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jean St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Johnny Cash!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Tarja Halkonen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Pierre moves in looking to clinch but Cash pushes him off.
St Pierre throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
St Pierre misses with a head kick.
St Pierre lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
St Pierre tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

St Pierre drives through and clinches with Cash against the cage.
Cash on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
St Pierre using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
St Pierre lands an elbow that stopped Cash in his tracks for a moment.
St Pierre lands a knee to the head.
St Pierre looking to throw knees to the head but Cash is blocking nicely.
St Pierre misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cash.
Cash avoiding damage as St Pierre throws knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for St Pierre.
St Pierre with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cash on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
St Pierre throws an elbow but it misses.
St Pierre lands a damaging elbow.
Cash dodges an elbow strike from St Pierre.
Cash is trying to work for a single leg takedown but St Pierre pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Cash avoiding damage as St Pierre throws knees to the body.
St Pierre pushes off an throws an elbow but Cash leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
St Pierre missing with knees to the body.
St Pierre landing some nice looking knees to the body.
St Pierre is breathing heavily.
St Pierre with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre with a knee to the head.
St Pierre missing with knees to the body.
Cash has St Pierre pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. St Pierre manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
St Pierre throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cash blocks it with crossed arms.
St Pierre unloads a knee to the mid-section. Cash lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Cash gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, St Pierre regains guard.
Cash trying to control the position from guard on top but St Pierre is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Cash drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Cash jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Cash sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed St Pierre's guard.
St Pierre is looking to escape.

Cash is working for a kimura but St Pierre is defending it quite comfortably.
St Pierre wants to get back to his feet.
St Pierre gets full guard.
Cash won't allow St Pierre to sweep him here.
St Pierre is working hard here to advance position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre wants to stand up but Cash is controlling him.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cash stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. St Pierre swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
St Pierre explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.

St Pierre rushes Cash and presses him up against the cage.
St Pierre unloads a knee to the mid-section. Cash lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Cash avoiding damage as St Pierre throws knees to the body.
St Pierre landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
St Pierre landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Cash tries for a takedown but St Pierre manages to get underhooks.
Jean St Pierre has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Cash.
St Pierre lands an elbow inside that Cash shrugs off.
St Pierre missing with knees to the body.
Cash dodges an elbow strike from St Pierre.
Cash tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. St Pierre just stands there and leans against the cage.
St Pierre missing with knees to the body.
Cash on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cash avoiding damage as St Pierre throws knees to the body.
St Pierre tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
St Pierre tries to land knees in the clinch but Cash avoids the damage to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre misses with an elbow over the top.
Cash tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. St Pierre just stands there and leans against the cage.

Cash drags the fight down to the ground.

Cash looking for a triangle here. St Pierre is fighting it but it looks tight! Cash 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 3:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Johnny Cash!