PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Sorrowe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maxim St Louis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Daniel Sorrowe is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Sorrowe
vs
St Louis

185 cm
19
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
18
168 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Global Nutritional (Q159) 90% ROR on Laundry
Ganja's Warehouse

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Daniel Sorrowe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Maxim St Louis!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Alec Ball and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sorrowe scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Sorrowe tries to bum rush St Louis with a series of wild strikes but St Louis uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sorrowe throws a right hand that St Louis ducks under and follows up with a left that St Louis also avoids with ease.
St Louis shoots in and drives through. Sorrowe sprawls well.
Daniel Sorrowe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
St Louis moves in looking to clinch but Sorrowe pushes him off.
Horrible takedown by St Louis or perhaps it was just good defense by Sorrowe which made him look bad.

St Louis moves into range and clinches up with Sorrowe.
Sorrowe is trying to drag St Louis to the mat but St Louis just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.

Sorrowe breaks from the clinch.
St Louis tries to clinch but Sorrowe is having none of it.

Sorrowe gets caught flat footed, as St Louis shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
St Louis wants to control from the top but Sorrowe keeps moving.
Sorrowe is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Louis trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Sorrowe manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Sorrowe has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of St Louis is proving hard to escape from.
Sorrowe chips away with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sorrowe wants to stand but St Louis has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
St Louis utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
St Louis has a closed guard, preventing Sorrowe from standing up.
Sorrowe is breathing heavily.
Sorrowe wants to stand and escape but instead St Louis has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
St Louis throws a big right hand that misses.

St Louis gets to his feet - Sorrowe follows without any prompting.
Sorrowe connects with the punch.
Sorrowe throws a series of punches but St Louis avoids them all with ease.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sorrowe wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Sorrowe is looking to break free of the clinch but St Louis has double underhooks.

St Louis has clasped his hands together around Sorrowe's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
St Louis moves into full mount!
St Louis controlling the pace for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sorrowe is bucking up trying to escape but St Louis cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Louis controlling from the full mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

St Louis is working for a guillotine from mount but Sorrowe frees his head quite easily.
St Louis is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
St Louis sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Maxim St Louis dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Sorrowe fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
St Louis connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Sorrowe!
Sorrowe leaves St Louis with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Sorrowe misses with a double jab.
St Louis shoots for a double leg takedown but Sorrowe sprawls well. He's pushed St Louis's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
St Louis will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Daniel Sorrowe has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Maxim St Louis.
Sorrowe swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and St Louis counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Sorrowe misses with a combination
and St Louis counters with a left and a right that stings Sorrowe.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
St Louis checks the leg kick nicely there.
St Louis tries to clinch but Sorrowe moves away
and Sorrowe counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sorrowe shoots in but St Louis avoids the takedown attempt easily.

St Louis clinches with his opponent.
Sorrowe scores with a shot to the side of St Louis's head.
Sorrowe with an attempt at a knee that misses.
St Louis is looking for a takedown.

St Louis drags the fight down to the ground.
St Louis trying to strike off his back.

Sorrowe stands up from St Louis's guard - Sorrowe perhaps looking for a knockout.
Sorrowe closes the distance and clinches up with St Louis, looking for a takedown. Sorrowe pushes St Louis against the cage but St Louis circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
St Louis fails with the takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Louis will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Sorrowe checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
St Louis misses with a wild body shot.
Danga de danga de dang - Sorrowe scores with a four punch combination!
A punch combination from St Louis misses.
Sorrowe misses with a jab, cross combination.
St Louis is looking to clinch but Sorrowe is avoiding it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice takedown defense from Sorrowe. No joy for St Louis on that attempt.
St Louis tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Sorrowe manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Maxim St Louis seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sorrowe slaps away a takedown attempt from St Louis, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Sorrowe misses with a two punch combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sorrowe is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
St Louis dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sorrowe. That did some damage!
Sorrowe throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
St Louis dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sorrowe. That did some damage!
St Louis throws a series of punches but Sorrowe moves out of range.
St Louis fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Sorrowe feints a jab promting St Louis to slip. Sorrowe then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. St Louis slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
St Louis tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sorrowe paws at him with a jab and circles away.

St Louis drives through with a takedown into Sorrowe's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Sorrowe keeping moving, preventing St Louis from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Louis is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
St Louis throws a strike but Sorrowe rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

St Louis pushes a forearm under Sorrowe's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Sorrowe is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Maxim St Louis!