PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Felix St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kazuo Hashimoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

St Pierre
vs
Hashimoto

167 cm
29
147 lbs
17 - 11 - 1

169 cm
29
142 lbs
13 - 5 - 0

BJJ Red Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Charlie Wang's Tattered Rags & 95% Laundry

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 17 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Felix St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kazuo Hashimoto!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Pierre keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A swing and a miss from St Pierre.
Hashimoto throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck St Pierre on the side of the head.
Hashimoto swings for the body but St Pierre moves out of range.
St Pierre uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hashimoto.
St Pierre fails with a takedown attempt.
A swing and a miss from St Pierre.
Hashimoto lands a nice hook to St Pierre's body. St Pierre takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
St Pierre moves out of range as Hashimoto strikes.
Hashimoto looks to throw the jab but St Pierre is out of range.
Hashimoto fakes high and swings low for a body shot but St Pierre manages to avoid it.
St Pierre stalks Hashimoto and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Hashimoto's face. Hashimoto staggers backwards, shaken.
Hashimoto lands with a right hand.
St Pierre throws a series of punches but Hashimoto moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hashimoto keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from St Pierre is defended easily by Hashimoto.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Felix St Pierre. That's going to take a lot out of him.

St Pierre shoots in and bounces Hashimoto off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as St Pierre accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hashimoto wants to stand and escape but St Pierre is having none of it.

St Pierre drops back looking for a leg! Hashimoto is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Hashimoto manages to kick St Pierre off! St Pierre jumps back into Hashimoto's guard.
St Pierre keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Hashimoto's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre trying to control but Hashimoto is working from the bottom.
Hashimoto 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.
St Pierre controls from within his opponent's guard.

St Pierre drops back looking for a leg! Hashimoto is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Hashimoto manages to kick St Pierre off! St Pierre jumps back into Hashimoto's guard.
St Pierre throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hashimoto works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
St Pierre wants to control from the top but Hashimoto keeps moving.
Hashimoto has momentary wrist control but St Pierre slips an elbow through the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hashimoto keeping moving, preventing St Pierre from controlling successfully.

St Pierre drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and St Pierre jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
St Pierre slips nicely into half guard.
St Pierre seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. St Pierre lands a nice short elbow.
Hashimoto has hold of St Pierre's hands but St Pierre slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

St Pierre is trying to work for a kimura but Hashimoto is defending well.
St Pierre missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

St Pierre is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Hashimoto doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time St Pierre.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

St Pierre is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hashimoto is staying active underneath St Pierre, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Hashimoto on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Hashimoto tries to kick St Pierre off but St Pierre keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
St Pierre lands with a punch from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Felix St Pierre dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

St Pierre shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Hashimoto sprawls well. Hashimoto wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. St Pierre gets slowly back to his feet.
Hashimoto stuffs the takedown attempt from St Pierre. St Pierre gets slowly back to his feet.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from St Pierre is defended easily by Hashimoto.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Felix St Pierre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hashimoto throws an overhand right that lands on St Pierre's shoulder, as St Pierre tries to avoid the shot.
Hashimoto misses the shot to the body.
Felix St Pierre is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hashimoto lands a jab to St Pierre's midsection.
Felix St Pierre seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
St Pierre lands a slapping body shot.
Hashimoto leaves St Pierre with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hashimoto misses with a straight left.
Hashimoto throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
St Pierre paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Hashimoto works St Pierre's body with a nice hook.
Hashimoto throws a sloppy body shot

and St Pierre counters with a takedown into side control.
St Pierre scores with a couple of short elbows.
Hashimoto is looking to regain half guard here but St Pierre keeps moving and retains side control.
St Pierre working the body and head with strikes.
St Pierre in side control lands a decent elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
St Pierre working the ground and pound.
St Pierre landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
St Pierre lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Hashimoto down.
Felix St Pierre overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hashimoto tries to improve position but can't.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Hashimoto can do anything to dispel that myth.
St Pierre landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
St Pierre has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

St Pierre is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Hashimoto looks calm but he's in trouble here. St Pierre gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Hashimoto is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! St Pierre lets go of the hold and Hashimoto can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Felix St Pierre!