PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Renan St Juste (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fernando Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Alves's choice of entrance music: Rob Zombie - Scum of the earth . Renan St Juste has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

St Juste
vs
Alves

178 cm
39
172 lbs
49 - 15 - 2

180 cm
36
185 lbs
24 - 5 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Instinct

Milwaukee's Best 160 (80% laundry)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 49 - 15 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Renan St Juste!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Fernando Alves!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Atkins and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Juste misses with a looping right.
St Juste throws a shot from downtown. Alves moves away and avoids it.
St Juste works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A slapping leg kick lands for Alves.
Alves swings away with a body shot that misses

and St Juste counters with a head kick that drops Alves to the mat! Alves scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Alves throws a leg kick but St Juste sees it coming and moves out of range.
St Juste has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Alves throws a jab but it's blocked by St Juste.
Alves attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
St Juste throws a big shot that misses.
Alves throws a hook but St Juste blocks it.
Alves lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
St Juste listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
St Juste slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Alves takes a jab right on the kisser.

Alves is rocked!
Alves slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
St Juste moves forwards but Alves connects with a nice, crisp jab.
St Juste just misses with a punch to the body.
St Juste tries to land a body kick
and Alves connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Juste buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Nice body kick there by Alves.
Alves connects with the punch.
St Juste takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

It looks like Renan St Juste has been cut.
St Juste scores with a body shot.
St Juste throws a lazy uppercut
and Alves cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Alves with a lazy takedown attempt

and St Juste counters with a head kick that drops Alves to the mat! Alves scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Alves is still on wobbly legs! Can St Juste finish him?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
St Juste fakes the body blow, causing Alves to drop his hands! Left hook to the temple! Alves goes stiff, and falls face first into the mat. Goodnight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Renan St Juste!
Renan St Juste retains his welterweight title!
Renan St Juste seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.