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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ayotunde St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rcrs Sarabjit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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170 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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180 lbs
4 - 25 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Brawler
Experienced |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined |
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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
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ayotunde St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 25 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rcrs Sarabjit!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Dillan Fox and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Pierre will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
St Pierre throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Sarabjit's waist but Sarabjit gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing St Pierre off to one side.
St Pierre looks for a takedown but Sarabjit sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ayotunde St Pierre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Horrible takedown attempt by Sarabjit or perhaps it was just good defense by St Pierre, which made it look bad.
Sarabjit stuffs the takedown attempt from St Pierre. St Pierre gets slowly back to his feet.
St Pierre shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
St Pierre shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Sarabjit counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Sarabjit should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
St Pierre shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Sarabjit as he jumps to the side.
St Pierre defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Sarabjit.
Sarabjit forces St Pierre back against the cage and clinches.
St Pierre is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sarabjit tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sarabjit wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
St Pierre wants a takedown but no success here.
St Pierre wants to take the fight to the mat but Sarabjit manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Sarabjit with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sarabjit decides to pull guard.
St Pierre is looking to work some ground and pound but Sarabjit has wrist control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
St Pierre with a flurry of punches that miss.
St Pierre postures up in Sarabjit's guard and throws a big left but Sarabjit blocks it.
St Pierre postures up in Sarabjit's guard and throws a big left but Sarabjit blocks it.
St Pierre scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
St Pierre throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
St Pierre controlling from the top position.
St Pierre pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sarabjit is keeping the position for now.
St Pierre trying to control but Sarabjit is working from the bottom.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre dives in and scores a takedown into Sarabjit's guard.
St Pierre working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
St Pierre lands a couple of digs.
St Pierre is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
St Pierre controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
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 throws a strike but Sarabjit rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Sarabjit really doesn't want to stay on the ground with St Pierre. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now St Pierre is on top in guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre landing with the ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells St Pierre's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
St Pierre working some strikes from top position.
St Pierre is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
St Pierre trying to control but Sarabjit is working from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
St Pierre controls from within his opponent's guard.
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 Ayotunde St Pierre will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Sarabjit shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. St Pierre defends it nicely.
Sarabjit throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around St Pierre's waist but St Pierre gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Sarabjit off to one side.
St Pierre changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Ayotunde St Pierre is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
St Pierre fails to land the takedown.
St Pierre shoots in but no luck this time.
Sarabjit shoots in for a double leg but St Pierre sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Ayotunde St Pierre has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rcrs Sarabjit.
Sarabjit fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sarabjit moves into the clinch successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
St Pierre changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Sarabjit fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Sarabjit closes the distance and clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Sarabjit's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sarabjit tries to pull guard but St Pierre won't allow it.
St Pierre has hold of one of Sarabjit's legs. Sarabjit is fighting the takedown attempt but St Pierre gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
St Pierre landing with the ground and pound.
St Pierre not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
St Pierre postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
St Pierre works over Sarabjit with some ground and pound from guard.
St Pierre trying to control the position from guard on top but Sarabjit is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre landing with the ground and pound.
St Pierre landing some decent shots from guard.
St Pierre seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
St Pierre postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre chips away with some ground and pound.
St Pierre slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
St Pierre is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
St Pierre will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Sarabjit has his foot on St Pierre's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. St Pierre works his way back into a safe position though.
St Pierre slips nicely into half guard.
St Pierre is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Ayotunde St Pierre overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Sarabjit has eaten all the pies!
St Pierre punishing his opponent with strikes.
St Pierre is landing with some decent strikes but Sarabjit is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
It looks like Rcrs Sarabjit has been cut.
St Pierre breaks from Sarabjit's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
St Pierre has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Sarabjit's face.
That has opened up Rcrs Sarabjit's cut even more.
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 connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Sarabjit is rocked!
Whack. That's a big, big shot from St Pierre! Sarabjit is out cold! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Ayotunde St Pierre!
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