PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Derozan (ranked 2987 p4p, 431 weight class) and George St Peters (ranked 2796 p4p, 407 weight class). George St Peters has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jimmy Derozan's chin.

Derozan
vs
St Peters

186 cm
20
205 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

191 cm
26
205 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Great low kicks
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Dauntless

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jimmy Derozan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, George St Peters!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Chris Edwards and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Peters swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Derozan throws a jab when St Peters was well out of range.
St Peters throws a hook to the side of Derozan's head but Derozan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
St Peters lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.

St Peters has Derozan up against the cage in a clinch.
Derozan blocking some punches.
Derozan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
St Peters throws a punch but it's blocked by Derozan.
Derozan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Derozan stalling in the clinch.

Derozan has clasped his hands together around St Peters's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
St Peters takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Derozan working away.
Derozan content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Derozan is putting a hurting on St Peters here, landing some big shots from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Derozan landing a few strikes.
Derozan working the body and head with strikes.
St Peters manages to work his way to half guard, despite Derozan's best efforts.
St Peters wants to control but Derozan is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Derozan is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
St Peters wants to get back to full guard.
St Peters wants to get back to his feet.
Derozan landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
St Peters tries to get to full guard but Derozan has control of the leg.
St Peters pushes Derozan off looking to stand but Derozan dives back in and keeps control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Derozan trying to control the pace.
St Peters trying to hold on to Derozan's head to control him but Derozan postures up.

St Peters looking for submissions off his back.
Derozan lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Still in half guard, Derozan seems content to control.
St Peters tries to roll over but Derozan keeps him under control.
Derozan landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

St Peters looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Peters is trying to get back to full guard.
Derozan stalling.
St Peters is looking to improve his position.
Derozan is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for St Peters!
Derozan controlling the pace for now.
St Peters is desperately trying to improve his position but Derozan has a good base and remains in mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Peters wants to hold on but Derozan pushes him away.
Derozan controlling from mount.
Derozan lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Derozan sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
St Peters working to try and regain half guard.
Derozan with shots to the head and body - St Peters looks very uncomfortable down there.
Derozan connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
St Peters can't escape the position.
Derozan lands a couple of good shots and St Peters has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
St Peters looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
St Peters tries to escape but Derozan has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jimmy Derozan dominated that round.
That's time! Derozan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Derozan keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
An inside leg kick lands from Derozan.
St Peters scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
St Peters looks for the body kick but Derozan saw that one coming.
Derozan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Derozan.
St Peters tries to improve position but can't.
Derozan controls the position from side control.
St Peters tries to escape but Derozan is in control.
Derozan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that St Peters can do to turn this around?
Derozan looks up at the clock and then as St Peters takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Derozan smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
St Peters is looking to reverse the position.
St Peters manages to work his way to half guard, despite Derozan's best efforts.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Derozan looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
St Peters is trying to stand up here but Derozan is controlling him well.
Derozan knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for St Peters on the ground.
St Peters wants to improve his position but Derozan is controlling well.
St Peters is breathing heavily.
Derozan slips a nice elbow through St Peters's hands, connecting with St Peters's forehead.
Derozan seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

St Peters is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Derozan pulls his head out easily.
St Peters has hold of Derozan's hands but Derozan slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Peters is trying to stand up here but Derozan is controlling him well.
Derozan scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Derozan takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
St Peters is trying to stand back up but Derozan is controlling him
St Peters has hold of Derozan's hands but Derozan slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Derozan lands with a punch from half guard.
St Peters has hold of Derozan's hands but Derozan slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Derozan winds up and cracks St Peters with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Derozan scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Derozan scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Derozan slips a nice elbow through St Peters's hands, connecting with St Peters's forehead.
St Peters has hold of Derozan's hands but Derozan slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
St Peters is trying to control but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Derozan scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Derozan looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

St Peters is rocked!
St Peters is looking to control Derozan's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can St Peters avoid being mounted?
Derozan tries to pass the half guard into mount. St Peters knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Derozan is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
St Peters is trying to maintain the position but Derozan is very close to passing his half guard.
Jimmy Derozan overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Derozan scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
St Peters is still in real trouble! Can Derozan finish him?
St Peters is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Derozan scores with a couple of nice shots.
Derozan keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Derozan drops an elbow to the side of St Peters's head.
St Peters seems to have recovered his senses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Derozan there.
Derozan seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Derozan lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked St Peters! More strikes land and this one is all over! Derozan jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jimmy Derozan!
A less than humble Jimmy Derozan misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.