PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lorenzo Von Matterhorn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Georges St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Von Matterhorn
vs
St Pierre

183 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
22
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lorenzo Von Matterhorn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Georges St Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Felipe Paraventi and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Von Matterhorn shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has St Pierre pinned against the cage. St Pierre gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
St Pierre throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The fight stays on the outside here - Von Matterhorn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
St Pierre with a poor takedown

and Von Matterhorn counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
St Pierre missing with punches from the bottom.
St Pierre trying to control but Von Matterhorn postures up.
St Pierre avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Von Matterhorn.
Von Matterhorn not landing any meaningful shots this time.

St Pierre looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Von Matterhorn tries to pass the half guard into mount. St Pierre knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

St Pierre is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Von Matterhorn pulls his head out easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

St Pierre looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
St Pierre shoots and misses

so Von Matterhorn counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
St Pierre looks gassed!

St Pierre looking for a guillotine here but Von Matterhorn defends easily.
Von Matterhorn makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Von Matterhorn postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

St Pierre working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Von Matterhorn doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Von Matterhorn manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Von Matterhorn keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of St Pierre's head.
Von Matterhorn knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for St Pierre on the ground.
Von Matterhorn lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Von Matterhorn with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Von Matterhorn postures up and lands a big shot to St Pierre's brow.
Von Matterhorn stands up over St Pierre, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Von Matterhorn chips away with some ground and pound.
Von Matterhorn stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. St Pierre swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Von Matterhorn makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Von Matterhorn trying to control but St Pierre is working from the bottom.
Von Matterhorn working some strikes from top position.
Von Matterhorn trying to control but St Pierre is working from the bottom.
Von Matterhorn controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Von Matterhorn connects with a couple of short punches.
St Pierre is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Von Matterhorn cracks St Pierre with a solid left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Von Matterhorn makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Von Matterhorn wants to pass the guard but St Pierre is keeping the position.
Von Matterhorn working some strikes from top position.
Von Matterhorn will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Von Matterhorn with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Von Matterhorn has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

St Pierre has his foot on Von Matterhorn's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Von Matterhorn works his way back into a safe position though.

St Pierre looking for a guillotine here but Von Matterhorn defends easily.
Von Matterhorn working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of St Pierre's head.
Von Matterhorn controlling from the top position.
Von Matterhorn is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre wants to stand up but Von Matterhorn is controlling him.
Von Matterhorn is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Von Matterhorn wants to control from the top but St Pierre keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Von Matterhorn lands a couple of digs.
Von Matterhorn postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Von Matterhorn trying to stand up but can't free himself from St Pierre's guard.
Von Matterhorn working some strikes from top position.

St Pierre is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Von Matterhorn works over St Pierre with some ground and pound from guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lorenzo Von Matterhorn dominated that round.
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.

Von Matterhorn shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
St Pierre is trying desperately to improve position.
Von Matterhorn landing shots from mount.
Von Matterhorn lands with some strikes.
Lorenzo Von Matterhorn overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Von Matterhorn breaks from St Pierre's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Von Matterhorn is landing with some decent strikes but St Pierre is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Von Matterhorn landing strikes from the mount.
St Pierre keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
St Pierre sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Von Matterhorn lands strikes from half guard.
St Pierre 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.

St Pierre actively working from the bottom here.
St Pierre is breathing heavily.
The fighters are battling for position here. St Pierre manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

St Pierre working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Von Matterhorn doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Von Matterhorn manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Von Matterhorn postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Von Matterhorn has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of St Pierre is proving hard to escape from.
Von Matterhorn scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Von Matterhorn working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Von Matterhorn trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Von Matterhorn working some strikes from top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

St Pierre has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Von Matterhorn can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Von Matterhorn avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Von Matterhorn lands a couple of digs.
Von Matterhorn trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Von Matterhorn working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

St Pierre looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Von Matterhorn lands a couple of elbows.
St Pierre doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Von Matterhorn lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Von Matterhorn postures up and lands a big shot to St Pierre's brow.
St Pierre keeping moving, preventing Von Matterhorn from controlling successfully.
Von Matterhorn with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Von Matterhorn wants to get up but he can't break St Pierre's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Von Matterhorn with a nice head shot there.
Von Matterhorn postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

St Pierre working for a triangle but Von Matterhorn defends it easily.

St Pierre escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Von Matterhorn gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Von Matterhorn wants to pass the guard but St Pierre is keeping the position.
Von Matterhorn is working hard here to advance position.

St Pierre looking for a guillotine here but Von Matterhorn defends easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Von Matterhorn postures up and lands a big shot to St Pierre's brow.
Von Matterhorn wants to control from the top but St Pierre keeps moving.

St Pierre looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
St Pierre looking for a sweep. Not yet St Pierre, not yet.
Von Matterhorn is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Von Matterhorn connects with a couple of short punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Von Matterhorn content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Von Matterhorn working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of St Pierre's head.
Von Matterhorn working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of St Pierre's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lorenzo Von Matterhorn dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Von Matterhorn bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
St Pierre is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

St Pierre looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Von Matterhorn is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that St Pierre can do to turn this around?
Von Matterhorn working St Pierre over with strikes.
Von Matterhorn working over St Pierre with some ground and pound. St Pierre looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
St Pierre flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Von Matterhorn takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Von Matterhorn lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Von Matterhorn lands with a punch from half guard.
St Pierre throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Von Matterhorn working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Von Matterhorn working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

St Pierre is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Von Matterhorn pulls his head out easily.
Von Matterhorn landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
St Pierre is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Von Matterhorn scores with a couple of nice shots.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Von Matterhorn connects with a nice short shot to St Pierre's temple.
St Pierre tries to get to full guard but Von Matterhorn has control of the leg.
St Pierre is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

St Pierre looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Von Matterhorn is trying to control. St Pierre wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
St Pierre is trying to control but can't.

St Pierre actively working from the bottom here.
St Pierre misses with some strikes from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Von Matterhorn fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. St Pierre sprawls well initially but Von Matterhorn persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
St Pierre is looking for a sweep. Von Matterhorn is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Von Matterhorn is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
St Pierre wants to control but Von Matterhorn is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Von Matterhorn not doing much here.
Von Matterhorn is nestled in close to St Pierre, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
St Pierre is looking for a sweep. Von Matterhorn is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
St Pierre is trying to maintain the position but Von Matterhorn is very close to passing his half guard.
Lorenzo Von Matterhorn is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Von Matterhorn slows the pace down in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

St Pierre actively working from the bottom here.
St Pierre wants to get back to full guard.
Von Matterhorn keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Von Matterhorn seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Von Matterhorn shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
St Pierre is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

St Pierre had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Von Matterhorn is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. St Pierre Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Von Matterhorn's back instead.
Von Matterhorn covering up well under a series of strikes from St Pierre.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre missing with strikes.
Von Matterhorn trying to control the action but St Pierre just sinks the hooks in.

Von Matterhorn defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Von Matterhorn trying to control the action but St Pierre just sinks the hooks in.
Von Matterhorn looking to control the position.
Georges St Pierre has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Von Matterhorn is in bad spot here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lorenzo Von Matterhorn showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Von Matterhorn, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lorenzo Von Matterhorn!