PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gauthier St. Georges (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wade Garrett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Georges and Wade Garrett. St. Georges kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Jiu Jitsu. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

St. Georges
vs
Garrett

182 cm
22
160 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

180 cm
25
157 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Museum of Monsters & Madmen

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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gauthier St. Georges!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Wade Garrett!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garrett looks to land a combination but St. Georges avoids it well.
St. Georges lands with an uppercut that bounces Garrett off the ropes and back into range.
Garrett uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by St. Georges.
St. Georges backing away here, and Garrett unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Garrett throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
St. Georges tries to clinch there but Garrett circles away.
Garrett throws a counter combo.
Garrett throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Garrett misses with a telegraphed body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
St. Georges works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A good leg kick by St. Georges.
Garrett throws a hook but St. Georges avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
St. Georges plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
St. Georges on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Garrett is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by St. Georges.
This has been an exciting period of action!

St. Georges has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Garrett breaks the clinch.
Garrett's coach down at House of 1000 Corpses was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Garrett's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.

St. Georges clinches.
Garrett wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but St. Georges has him pressed against the ropes.
St. Georges lands an elbow that stopped Garrett in his tracks for a moment.

Garrett breaks the clinch.
St. Georges fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Wade Garrett is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

St. Georges fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Garrett, pushing him back against the ropes.
St. Georges pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Garrett working hard to break the clinch.
Garrett wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but St. Georges has him pressed against the ropes.
St. Georges lands a nice elbow.
St. Georges creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
St. Georges misses with an elbow over the top.
St. Georges lands a nice elbow.
St. Georges lands an elbow that stopped Garrett in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Wade Garrett has been cut.
Garrett working hard to break the clinch.
St. Georges gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garrett avoids a wild elbow strike from St. Georges.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, St. Georges just misses with a elbow thrown towards Garrett's brow.
St. Georges looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St. Georges misses with an elbow over the top.
St. Georges has Garrett pressed against the ropes, preventing Garrett from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
St. Georges throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
St. Georges scores with a hook to the body.

Garrett pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A decent looking cross lands there for St. Georges.

St. Georges clinches with his opponent.
St. Georges lands an elbow that stopped Garrett in his tracks for a moment.
St. Georges throws an elbow but it misses.
St. Georges has Garrett pressed against the ropes, preventing Garrett from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
St. Georges keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Garrett's efforts to push away.
St. Georges prevents Garrett from breaking the clinch.
St. Georges lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Garrett breaks from the clinch.
Decent striking displayed by Garrett there.
Garrett throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

St. Georges forces Garrett back against the ropes and clinches.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, St. Georges just misses with a elbow thrown towards Garrett's brow.
Garrett wants to break the clinch but can't.

Garrett breaks from the clinch.
St. Georges throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

St. Georges closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
St. Georges throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Garrett wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
St. Georges creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Garrett avoids the elbow strike from St. Georges, against the ropes.
Garrett blocks an elbow strike.
Garrett is trying to break free.

Garrett breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Garrett takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

Garrett tries to keep at a distance but St. Georges has taken the fight into the clinch.

Garrett breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St. Georges connects with a looping right hand.
Jab by St. Georges.

Garrett is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

St. Georges takes the fight into the clinch.
Garrett is still on wobbly legs! Can St. Georges finish him?
St. Georges throws an elbow but it misses.
Garrett wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but St. Georges has him pressed against the ropes.
Garrett seems to have recovered his senses.
St. Georges throws an elbow but it's blocked.
St. Georges misses with an elbow strike.
Garrett avoids a wild elbow strike from St. Georges.
Garrett wants to break free but St. Georges has control.
St. Georges pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Garrett is looking to break free of the clinch but St. Georges has double underhooks.
With the fighters up against the ropes, St. Georges throws an elbow but misses.
St. Georges pushes off an throws an elbow but Garrett leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Nice elbow from St. Georges.
Garrett blocks an elbow strike from St. Georges.
Garrett is looking to break free of the clinch but St. Georges has double underhooks.

Garrett pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gauthier St. Georges dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Wade Garrett's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

A nice inside leg kick there by St. Georges. That's going to slow Garrett down.
Garrett misses with an uppercut
and St. Georges counters with a good low kick that Garrett was not able to check.
Garrett looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
St. Georges slips a jab from Garrett.
St. Georges tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Garrett manages to circle out of the way.
Garrett takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Garrett attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
St. Georges connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Garrett's hands.
Nice uppercut there from St. Georges.
Garrett fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

Oooooh!!! St. Georges has knocked Garrett down with a huge combo! St. Georges steps away and waves a wobbly Garrett back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A shot to the liver by St. Georges. Beautiful body shot.
Garrett looks to throw the jab but St. Georges is out of range.
Garrett finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
St. Georges lands a nice leg kick that just misses Garrett's sensitive parts.
Gauthier St. Georges seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as St. Georges blocks the low kick.
St. Georges connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Garrett throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Garrett misses with a combination

and St. Georges counters by moving into the clinch.
With the fighters up against the ropes, St. Georges throws an elbow but misses.
Garrett wants to break the clinch but can't.

Garrett pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
St. Georges tries to close the distance and clinch up but Garrett swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Garrett let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
St. Georges doesn't manage to clinch there - Garrett circles away.
A telegraphed right hand from Garrett misses the target.
St. Georges is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Garrett can do to turn this around?
Garrett moves out of range of the body kick.
St. Georges jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Garrett looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A combination from St. Georges does no damage.
Garrett shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A head kick by St. Georges misses
and Garrett cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
St. Georges is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
No joy there for Garrett, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Garrett misses with a jab, cross combination.
St. Georges takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A slow jab from Garrett misses its intended target.
St. Georges tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Garrett manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Garrett throws a hook but St. Georges blocks it.
St. Georges slips a straight right by Garrett.
St. Georges lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Garrett at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St. Georges lands a head kick!
Nice shot lands for St. Georges.
St. Georges checks a low kick from Garrett.
St. Georges throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.

St. Georges instigates a clinch.
St. Georges pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Garrett avoids the elbow strike from St. Georges, against the ropes.
St. Georges creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
St. Georges throws an elbow that misses.
Garrett blocks an elbow strike from St. Georges.

Garrett manages to break the clinch.
St. Georges is looking to clinch but Garrett is avoiding it.
Garrett takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
St. Georges misses with a body kick.
A nice side step and Garrett releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garrett misses with a two punch combination.
St. Georges connects with a solid leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
St. Georges fakes the leg kick and cracks Garrett in the body.
St. Georges tries to close the distance and clinch up but Garrett swats him away and circles back towards the center.
St. Georges throws a body kick that misses.
Garrett rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but St. Georges moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Garrett swats away the attempt to clinch by St. Georges.
Garrett throws a hook but St. Georges blocks it.
St. Georges staying out of range there.
Garrett throws a body shot but no joy.
Gauthier St. Georges is winning the standup battle so far.
A slapping body kick lands there for St. Georges.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gauthier St. Georges dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Wade Garrett's cut.
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!

Garrett throws the left hand but St. Georges avoids the punch easily.
Garrett with a jab.
St. Georges tries to clinch but Garrett is having none of it.
A little jabbing left from Garrett on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
St. Georges ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
St. Georges keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Garrett.

St. Georges moves into the clinch.

Garrett breaks from the clinch.
Nice body kick there by St. Georges.

St. Georges clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Garrett pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice body punch from St. Georges.
Garrett tries to land a leg kick but St. Georges saw it coming and moves away.
St. Georges connects with a single shot there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

St. Georges has managed to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garrett has had enough of the clinch but St. Georges keeps him there for the moment.
Garrett tries to break free but St. Georges pushes him back against the ropes.
A nice right hand lands inside from St. Georges.
St. Georges has Garrett pressed against the ropes, preventing Garrett from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
St. Georges keeps control of Garrett as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
St. Georges creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Garrett's defenses.
Garrett blocks an elbow strike from St. Georges.
St. Georges misses with an elbow strike.
Garrett takes an elbow to the temple.
Garrett looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
St. Georges comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Gauthier St. Georges has scored more points in the clinch so far.
St. Georges pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
With the fighters up against the ropes, St. Georges throws an elbow but misses.
Garrett blocks an elbow strike from St. Georges.

Garrett escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
St. Georges's jab looks to have found its range, popping Garrett under the eye.
Garrett has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from St. Georges finds it's way round the side to connect with Garrett's head.
Gauthier St. Georges is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St. Georges lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
This has been an exciting period of action!
St. Georges with a hook.
Garrett gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! St. Georges gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Garrett is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:16 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gauthier St. Georges!