PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mark St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lutz Knitter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St Pierre's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Saturday- Basshunter. Mark St Pierre is staring across the ring at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

St Pierre
vs
Knitter

170 cm
28
146 lbs
6 - 1 - 1

168 cm
21
146 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Hilo Nutrition
Hilo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 1, 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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lutz Knitter!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Sergei Dronov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knitter sizes up St Pierre with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
St Pierre throws a half hearted mid kick.
Knitter cracks St Pierre with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
St Pierre with a lazy takedown attempt
and Knitter counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
St Pierre misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Knitter lands a straight punch to the body, keeping St Pierre at a distance.
Knitter is looking to clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Knitter works on St Pierre's body with a couple of short punches.
Knitter scores with a shot to the side of St Pierre's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
St Pierre drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
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 changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Knitter fights it off and pushes away nicely.
St Pierre takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

St Pierre is rocked!
A big right from Knitter misses.
Oh St Pierre is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
St Pierre is breathing heavily.
St Pierre slips under a jab.
A jab from Knitter misses.
St Pierre moves out of range of the strikes.
St Pierre ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Knitter clinches up against the ropes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Knitter.
St Pierre blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Knitter.
St Pierre seems to have got his legs back now.
Knitter lands a shoulder strike.
St Pierre tries to score a body lock takedown but Knitter shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
St Pierre is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Knitter pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knitter pushes St Pierre against the ropes. Knitter is working some dirty boxing. Knitter pushes off with a quick right hook! St Pierre goes down! St Pierre tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Knitter moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lutz Knitter!
Lutz Knitter really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Hilo Nutrition logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.