PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Andrew Stevenson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Georges St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Stevenson
vs
St Pierre

180 cm
18
180 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

180 cm
25
170 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Prefers standup

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Solid 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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Andrew Stevenson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Georges St Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Yves DeLean and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Pierre misses with an uppercut. Stevenson saw that one coming.
Stevenson throws a leg kick that misses.
St Pierre has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Stevenson.
Stevenson feints and then cracks St Pierre's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow St Pierre down.
Stevenson displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from St Pierre.
St Pierre avoids a punch combination nicely.
Stevenson misses with a head kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Stevenson.
Stevenson scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stevenson looks to land a combination but St Pierre avoids it well.
Stevenson misses with a double jab.
Stevenson pushes St Pierre away with a front kick.
St Pierre looks winded!
Stevenson throws a half hearted mid kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stevenson lands with a slapping head kick.
Stevenson throws a right and a left that St Pierre avoids nicely.
Stevenson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
St Pierre checks a leg kick.
Stevenson is looking to land body kicks.
Stevenson misses with a series of wild punches.
St Pierre swinging wildly here.
St Pierre checks a leg kick nicely.
Stevenson throws a push kick but St Pierre slaps the foot to one side.
Stevenson throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre avoids a kick to the body.
Stevenson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
St Pierre throws a hook to the side of Stevenson's head but Stevenson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A slapping body kick lands there for Stevenson.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
St Pierre ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stevenson moves away.
Stevenson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Stevenson throws a head kick but St Pierre moves out of range.
Stevenson thumps St Pierre with a low kick.
St Pierre gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Stevenson misses with a low kick.

St Pierre shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Stevenson manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
St Pierre with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as St Pierre accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as St Pierre accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
St Pierre working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Stevenson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Stevenson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
St Pierre throwing strikes but missing.
St Pierre is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
St Pierre throws a big elbow that misses.
Stevenson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
St Pierre distracts Stevenson with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
St Pierre trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
St Pierre working some strikes from top position.
St Pierre distracts Stevenson with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
St Pierre lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
St Pierre postures up and lands a big shot to Stevenson's brow.
St Pierre throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andrew Stevenson dominated that 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.

St Pierre's corner calls for a 1-2. St Pierre obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

St Pierre scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
St Pierre lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
St Pierre not landing any meaningful shots this time.
St Pierre throwing shots but Stevenson is blocking nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
St Pierre throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Stevenson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from St Pierre.
St Pierre not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
St Pierre throwing shots but Stevenson is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
St Pierre is just content to waste time from the top position. Stevenson takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Stevenson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from St Pierre.
Stevenson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Stevenson being controlled here, momentarily.
St Pierre working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
St Pierre connects with a couple of short punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre trying to control but Stevenson is working from the bottom.
St Pierre postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
St Pierre throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
St Pierre is looking to work some ground and pound but Stevenson has wrist control.
Stevenson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
St Pierre landing some decent shots from guard.
St Pierre throwing strikes but missing.
St Pierre throwing strikes but missing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre throws a big elbow that misses.
St Pierre working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
St Pierre is looking to work some ground and pound but Stevenson has wrist control.
Stevenson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from St Pierre.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as St Pierre accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
St Pierre throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
St Pierre postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
St Pierre scoring with some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells St Pierre's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
St Pierre with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Stevenson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for St Pierre on the ground.
Stevenson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as St Pierre accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells St Pierre's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells St Pierre's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
St Pierre chips away with some ground and pound.
St Pierre has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
This has been an exciting period of action!
St Pierre throwing strikes from guard but Stevenson blocks nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
St Pierre throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Stevenson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Georges St Pierre showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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 throws an overhand right that lands on Stevenson's shoulder, as Stevenson tries to avoid the shot.
Stevenson blocks a jab.
St Pierre misses with an uppercut. Stevenson saw that one coming.
Stevenson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Stevenson is looking to land body kicks.
St Pierre looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
St Pierre blocks a head kick by Stevenson.
Stevenson tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and St Pierre is able to avoid easily.
Stevenson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Stevenson connects with a solid leg kick.
St Pierre misses with a hook.
St Pierre looks to land a left hand but Stevenson moved out of range nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A slow jab from St Pierre misses its intended target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stevenson slips a jab from St Pierre.
Stevenson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Stevenson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Stevenson wants to slow St Pierre down by chopping away at his legs.
St Pierre missing with a left hand there. Stevenson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Stevenson swinging wildly here.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Stevenson.
A swing and a miss from St Pierre.

St Pierre closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
St Pierre working the ground and pound from side control.
St Pierre looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Stevenson is avoiding damage well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre throwing shots but missing, from side control.
St Pierre staying calm.
St Pierre scoring with punches from side control.
St Pierre looks up at the clock and then as Stevenson takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, St Pierre smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
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!
St Pierre cracks Stevenson with a big elbow.
St Pierre lands some shots froms side control.
Stevenson parries the strikes from St Pierre easily there. St Pierre is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Stevenson to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Stevenson takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
St Pierre works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
St Pierre looks up at the clock and then as Stevenson takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, St Pierre smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
St Pierre is looking to take a break and control but Stevenson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
St Pierre looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Stevenson is avoiding damage well.
Stevenson is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson dodges the ground and pound from St Pierre.
St Pierre working the ground and pound but Stevenson is defending the strikes.
St Pierre misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
St Pierre is looking to take a break and control but Stevenson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
St Pierre in side control, throwing shots but Stevenson defends.
Stevenson takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
St Pierre tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
St Pierre lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Stevenson down.

And that's the end of the fight!
Georges St Pierre comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think St Pierre has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 27:29
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:29
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 27:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Georges St Pierre!