PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Steve St pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lafor Saint (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Steve St pierre had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

St pierre
vs
Saint

185 cm
21
175 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

182 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Steve St pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Lafor Saint!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Elvis Blanc and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saint is looking to clinch.
Saint fails in his attempt to clinch.
Saint tries to clinch there but St pierre circles away.
St pierre avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Saint keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Saint wants to clinch up but St pierre keeps it at a distance.

St pierre clinches with his opponent.
Saint throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Saint throws an elbow that misses.
Saint throws an elbow but it's blocked.
St pierre blocks the elbow strike.
Saint pushes off an throws an elbow but St pierre leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

Saint breaks the clinch.
Saint darts in trying to clinch
and St pierre counters with a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
St pierre looks for the body kick but Saint saw that one coming.
Saint darts in trying to clinch

and St pierre counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Saint lands an elbow that stopped St pierre in his tracks for a moment.
Saint throws an elbow but it misses.
Saint is trying to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St pierre stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
St pierre wants to get back to striking at distance but Saint won't allow it.
Saint is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but St pierre is keeping busy.
St pierre wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Saint has him pressed against the cage.
Saint lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A short body shot lands from St pierre as the two fighters clinch.
Saint looking to stall.
St pierre can't get the takedown.
St pierre wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

St pierre pulls guard successfully.
Saint has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of St pierre is proving hard to escape from.

St pierre has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Saint doesn't defend quickly enough and St pierre has managed to lock this one up! Can Saint escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to St pierre on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Steve St pierre!