PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Better Dead (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gauthier St. Georges (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Georges. Dead comes to the cage accompanied by Death March - Motionless in White. St. Georges has chosen Jiu Jitsu as his entrance music. Gauthier St. Georges has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Better Dead's chin.

Dead
vs
St. Georges

183 cm
28
169 lbs
23 - 20 - 0

182 cm
25
160 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 23 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Better Dead!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gauthier St. Georges!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Paul Tew and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dead lands a big head kick that sends St. Georges tumbling to the mat! Dead takes a step backwards and waves St. Georges back to his feet - he wants the finish!

It looks like Gauthier St. Georges has been cut.
Dead circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dead has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Red House in the buildup to the fight.
Dead will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
St. Georges blocks the body kick.
Dead scores with a punch to the head.

St. Georges is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
St. Georges goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Dead lands a jab to St. Georges's midsection.
St. Georges scores with a jab.
St. Georges looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
St. Georges uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dead.
St. Georges tries to counter by closing the distance.
St. Georges slips a straight right by Dead.
Dead throws a right and a left that both miss.
St. Georges uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dead.
St. Georges wants to counter the offense by Dead and move into the clinch position.
Dead misses with a wild combination.
A little jabbing left from St. Georges on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Dead has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A shot to the liver by St. Georges. Beautiful body shot.
St. Georges connects with a crisp jab.
St. Georges keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Dead, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Better Dead seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dead drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Dead takes one to the chin there.
Dead misses with a two punch combination.
Dead throws the left hand but St. Georges avoids the punch easily.
Dead throws a series of punches but St. Georges moves out of range.
Dead throws a head kick but St. Georges moves out of range.
St. Georges bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Dead throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent St. Georges stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Dead throws the left hand but St. Georges avoids the punch easily.
Dead takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Dead walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

Dead is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dead cracks St. Georges with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Oh Dead is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
St. Georges slips under a jab from Dead.
Dead seems to have got his legs back now.
Dead throws a big shot that misses.
Dead scores with a punch to the head.
Dead throws a right and a left that both miss.
A lazy left from St. Georges finds it's target.
Dead avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St. Georges fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
St. Georges smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
St. Georges is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Dead had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
St. Georges lands a body shot.
Dead swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A right-left combo lands from St. Georges.
St. Georges lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

St. Georges clinches up against the cage.
St. Georges gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
St. Georges looks to throw an elbow but misses.
St. Georges misses with a shot to the kidneys.
St. Georges lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
St. Georges lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Dead.
A short uppercut from St. Georges.
St. Georges misses with a body punch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by St. Georges.
Dead lands a right hand that snaps the head of St. Georges backwards.
Dead takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St. Georges lands a right hand.

Dead breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nice uppercut there from Dead.
Dead pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dead pulls out of a head kick attempt.
St. Georges wants to counter with a clinch but Dead pushes him away.

St. Georges moves into the clinch.
St. Georges digs a right hand into Dead's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Dead's gas tank.
St. Georges can't find room to land a body shot as Dead controls the action.
St. Georges blocks an uppercut.
Dead avoids a wild elbow strike from St. Georges.
St. Georges lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
St. Georges lands a nice elbow.
St. Georges lands a nice uppercut.
St. Georges lands an elbow that stopped Dead in his tracks for a moment.
This has been an exciting period of action!
St. Georges lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dead backwards.
St. Georges tries to work over Dead's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
St. Georges slows down the pace here.
St. Georges keeps control of Dead as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dead is trying to force a seperation but St. Georges has the dominant position.
Dead has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. St. Georges is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
St. Georges lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dead backwards.
St. Georges misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dead's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
St. Georges works on Dead's body with a couple of short punches.
St. Georges lands an elbow that stopped Dead in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Better Dead has been cut.
Dead is trying to push St. Georges away but St. Georges has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
St. Georges lands a nice elbow.
St. Georges stalling against the cage.
Dead misses with the head strike.
Dead dodges an elbow strike from St. Georges.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
St. Georges misses with a hook to the ribs.

Dead breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dead looks to land a left hand but St. Georges moved out of range nicely.
St. Georges steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Dead.
St. Georges ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dead throws out a loose jab but St. Georges uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gauthier St. Georges dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

St. Georges lands the left hand.
Nice defenses there by St. Georges.
St. Georges misses with a hook.
Dead appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
A punch lands to the side of Dead 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Dead misses with a low kick as St. Georges jumps back.
St. Georges has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
St. Georges avoids a punch combination nicely.
St. Georges slips under a jab from Dead.
St. Georges works Dead's body with a nice hook.
St. Georges throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Dead misses with a series of wild punches.
Nice jab there from St. Georges.
Dead throws a nice looking combination but St. Georges bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
St. Georges showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dead.
Better Dead is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
St. Georges moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
St. Georges lands a jab to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dead looks to score with a jab to the body but St. Georges is just out of range.
A thudding body kick lands there by St. Georges!

St. Georges drives through and clinches with Dead against the cage.
Dead is trying to break the clinch but St. Georges has him pressed against the cage.
A short right from St. Georges.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

St. Georges drops Dead onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Dead is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
St. Georges unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Dead! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but St. Georges is unloading with more strikes now! Dead drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gauthier St. Georges!
In defeat, Better Dead stepped up to the mic, saying 'I was a little off today...o.k. I'm always a little off.'.