PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Luke Hilton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George St pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luke Hilton could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to George St pierre's chin.

Hilton
vs
St pierre

178 cm
31
166 lbs
18 - 7 - 0

196 cm
30
156 lbs
13 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Luke Hilton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, George St pierre!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Trevor Gratis and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice combination there by St pierre.
Luke Hilton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
St pierre displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hilton throws out the jab.
Hilton misses with a jab, cross combination.
St pierre fails with a takedown attempt.
St pierre bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hilton's head.
St pierre ducks under a wild hook from Hilton.
Hilton misses with a wild body shot.
Hilton looks to score with a jab to the body but St pierre is just out of range.
Hilton throws a body punch but St pierre moves out of range.
St pierre slips under a jab from Hilton.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hilton, as that shot connected.
Good work by Hilton as he checks the leg kick.
Hilton misses with a two punch combination.
St pierre looks to land a combination but Hilton avoids it well.
St pierre scores with a shot to the body.
St pierre misses with a few strikes there.
St pierre will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hilton showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from St pierre.
Hilton misses with a few strikes there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hilton misses with the combination.
St pierre looks to land a combination but Hilton avoids it well.
St pierre wants to land a leg kick but Hilton is out of range.
Nice defenses there by St pierre.
St pierre ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
St pierre is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Hilton throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Hilton swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
St pierre shoots in looking for a takedown. Hilton tries to sprawl out of it but St pierre keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Hilton manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
St pierre on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Hilton misses with the combination.
St pierre will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hilton swings for the body but St pierre moves out of range.
Jab, jab by Hilton - just one landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
St pierre scores with the left hand. Hilton knows he should have avoided that one.
St pierre dives in and grabs Hilton's left leg, looking for a takedown. Hilton pushes down on St pierre's head and hops out.
Luke Hilton has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of George St pierre.
St pierre misses with a two punch combination.
Hilton swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hilton misses with a wild body shot.
Hilton misses with a wild body shot.
Hilton misses the shot to the body.
St pierre swinging wildly here.
Hilton avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hilton looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? St pierre is fending him off so far but Hilton persists. Nope, St pierre circles away and we're back to standing.

St pierre drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

St pierre is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Hilton has escaped the position, nice work there.
Hilton wants to control but St pierre postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hilton is not content to let St pierre control the position.
Hilton is looking for a sweep.

St pierre is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Hilton knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

St pierre is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Hilton knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Hilton is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

St pierre working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
St pierre tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Hilton manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
St pierre taking some punishment here, with Hilton in his half guard.
Hilton perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
St pierre is refusing to be controlled, as Hilton sits in half guard.
St pierre slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

St pierre looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Hilton landing with the ground and pound.
Hilton might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Hilton with a nice head shot there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Luke Hilton will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Hilton lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but St pierre circles away quickly and effectively.
Sloppy strikes from Hilton. Those never looked like landing.
Hilton dodges the punch combination from St pierre.
St pierre walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Hilton throws a jab when St pierre was well out of range.
Hilton pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
St pierre shoots for a double leg takedown but Hilton sprawls well. He's pushed St pierre's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Hilton scores with a sloppy right hand. St pierre should have avoided that one.
St pierre throws a right hand that Hilton ducks under and follows up with a left that Hilton also avoids with ease.
St pierre fails with a takedown attempt.
St pierre doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Hilton slips a jab and a cross from St pierre.
Hilton looks to land a left hand but St pierre moved out of range nicely.
Luke Hilton is winning the standup battle so far.
Hilton fakes high and swings low for a body shot but St pierre manages to avoid it.
St pierre lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hilton circles away quickly and effectively.
Hilton swinging wildly here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hilton throws a jab when St pierre was well out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hilton swings widly with a right hand
and St pierre counters with a two punch combo.
Hilton digs a good hook to St pierre's body.
St pierre lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hilton circles away quickly and effectively.
St pierre digs a good body shot into Hilton's ribs.
Hilton works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Hilton scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. St pierre doesn't seem bothered though.
St pierre swinging wildly here.
St pierre throws a right and a left that Hilton avoids nicely.
Nice defenses there by St pierre.
St pierre keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hilton.
Hilton throws out a loose jab but St pierre uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hilton just misses with a punch to the body.
Hilton staying out of range there.
Hilton throws a right and a left that both miss.
St pierre shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Hilton as he jumps to the side.
Luke Hilton has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of George St pierre.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hilton misses with a looping left.
St pierre shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Hilton as he avoids it easily.
St pierre fails with a takedown attempt.
Hilton swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
St pierre blocks a jab.
Hilton swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hilton slips a jab and a cross from St pierre.
Hilton throws a nice looking combination but St pierre bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hilton stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Hilton wants it to stay on the feet.
St pierre throws a right and a left that Hilton avoids nicely.
Hilton throws a body punch but St pierre moves out of range.
Hilton throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hilton keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Hilton shoots in but St pierre avoids the takedown attempt easily.
St pierre fails with the takedown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hilton shoots in and drives through. St pierre sprawls well.
Hilton thows a left - swing and a miss!
St pierre lands a lovely overhand right.
Luke Hilton is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hilton shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. St pierre defends it nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nice jab there from Hilton.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Hilton enables St pierre to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Hilton manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Hilton keeping moving, preventing St pierre from controlling successfully.
St pierre slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

St pierre is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Hilton has escaped the position, nice work there.

St pierre is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Hilton is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hilton is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
St pierre is looking to take a break and control but Hilton is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hilton manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hilton trying to control but St pierre postures up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hilton wants to get back to full guard.
Hilton trying to hold on to St pierre's head to control him but St pierre postures up.
St pierre prevents Hilton from standing back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luke Hilton dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

St pierre uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hilton.
Hilton misses with an uppercut. St pierre saw that one coming.
Nice body punch from Hilton.
St pierre lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hilton circles away quickly and effectively.
St pierre tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hilton was well out of range. Poor timing from St pierre.
St pierre shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Hilton but Hilton pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Hilton throws a series of punches but St pierre moves out of range.
St pierre throws the left hand but Hilton avoids the punch easily.
St pierre misses with a two punch combination.
A punch combination from Hilton misses.
St pierre swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
St pierre misses with a low kick.
Hilton lands with a straight right. St pierre didn't see that one coming.
Hilton misses with a double jab.
Hilton lands a lovely overhand right.
St pierre uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hilton.
Hilton digs a good hook to St pierre's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hilton tries to bum rush St pierre with a series of wild strikes but St pierre uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
St pierre moves away from the strike by Hilton.
St pierre shoots in for a takedown but Hilton shows good takedown defense.
St pierre takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hilton dodges the punch combination from St pierre.
St pierre slips a straight right by Hilton.
Hilton lands with a shot to the body.
Hilton misses with a wild combination.
Hilton misses with a left hand
and St pierre counters with a three punch combo that has Hilton backing up. Hilton nods at St pierre to acknowledge the strikes.
St pierre misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Luke Hilton has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of George St pierre.
Hilton throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
St pierre avoids the body shot from Hilton.
A combination from St pierre does no damage.
Hilton lands a straight punch to the body, keeping St pierre at a distance.
St pierre bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St pierre has a takedown stuffed.
St pierre throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hilton is trying hard to land a takedown here. St pierre sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
St pierre keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hilton throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
St pierre throws a series of strikes that have Hilton backpedaling.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hilton lands with a shot to the body.

Hilton shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches St pierre napping and manages to drive through into side control!
The referee asks Hilton politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Hilton prefers to stall for the moment though.
Hilton working the body and head with strikes.

Hilton tries for a kimura but St pierre is defending well.
Hilton trying to control the position but St pierre is working away.
St pierre sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hilton is trying to work for a kimura but St pierre is defending well.
St pierre gets back to full guard.

St pierre looking for a guillotine here but Hilton defends easily.

Hilton got a little sloppy there for a moment and St pierre has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Hilton has managed to get both his arms back between St pierre's legs - danger averted.
Luke Hilton is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
St pierre has momentary wrist control but Hilton slips an elbow through the middle.

Hilton avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Hilton scoring with some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hilton controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Hilton keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of St pierre's head.
Hilton with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
St pierre preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Hilton gets to his feet - St pierre follows without any prompting.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hilton scores with a shot to the body.
St pierre scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
A combination from St pierre does no damage.
St pierre walks into a left hand.
St pierre avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hilton lands a jab.
Hilton checks the leg kick.
George St pierre has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hilton works over St pierre's head and body with a nice combination.

And that's the end of the fight!
Luke Hilton showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hilton has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Luke Hilton!