PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Georges St Pierre (ranked 4670 p4p, 6023 weight class) and Xander Montgomery (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Georges St Pierre is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

St Pierre
vs
Montgomery

180 cm
18
160
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
164
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Experienced

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Georges St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Xander Montgomery!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Sandra Marshall and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

St Pierre has closed the distance and engaged Montgomery in a clinch.

Montgomery escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sloppy strikes from St Pierre. Those never looked like landing.

Montgomery moves into the clinch.
Montgomery drops to a knee looking for a takedown but St Pierre gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Montgomery stalls.

Montgomery tightens his grip and picks St Pierre up, before dumping him to the ground. St Pierre manages to land in guard.
Montgomery pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. St Pierre is keeping the position for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
St Pierre wants to sweep here but Montgomery controlling him for the moment.

Montgomery stands up from St Pierre's guard - Montgomery perhaps looking for a knockout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Montgomery looks like he wants to counter punch here.

Montgomery closes the distance and pushes St Pierre back into the cage.
Montgomery misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Montgomery avoids a wild elbow strike from St Pierre.
St Pierre utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Montgomery is trying to break the clinch but St Pierre is controlling him.

Montgomery works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
St Pierre avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
St Pierre is looking to stand back up but Montgomery counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by St Pierre.

Montgomery decides to stand and escape the position.
St Pierre throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Georges St Pierre is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Montgomery will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Montgomery looks for a takedown but St Pierre sprawls well.
Georges St Pierre has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Xander Montgomery.
A head kick misses from Montgomery.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Montgomery 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.
Montgomery changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. St Pierre tries to avoid it but Montgomery manages to keep hold of a leg and drag St Pierre to the ground. St Pierre escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Montgomery shoots in and drives through. St Pierre sprawls well.
St Pierre is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Montgomery lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Montgomery misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Montgomery goes for a double leg but St Pierre avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as St Pierre continues to drive forward.
Montgomery changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. St Pierre tries to avoid it but Montgomery manages to keep hold of a leg and drag St Pierre to the ground. St Pierre escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
St Pierre tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Montgomery paws at him with a jab and circles away.
St Pierre moves in looking to clinch but Montgomery pushes him off.
St Pierre lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Montgomery tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but St Pierre was well out of range. Poor timing from Montgomery.
St Pierre wants to clinch up but Montgomery keeps it at a distance.
St Pierre tries to clinch but Montgomery is having none of it.
Montgomery lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Montgomery fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
St Pierre is looking for a counter combo.
Montgomery throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.

Montgomery closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into St Pierre's guard.
Montgomery stopping the sweep attempt from St Pierre.
Montgomery trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
St Pierre keeping moving, preventing Montgomery from controlling successfully.
Montgomery content to stall in guard here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Xander Montgomery will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

A head kick by Montgomery misses
and St Pierre counters with a three punch combo that has Montgomery backing up. Montgomery nods at St Pierre to acknowledge the strikes.
St Pierre wants to clinch up but Montgomery keeps it at a distance.
Montgomery changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.

Montgomery rushes St Pierre and presses him up against the cage.
St Pierre is trying to break free.
St Pierre misses with a knee strike.
St Pierre misses with an elbow over the top.

Montgomery has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but St Pierre regains guard immediately.

Montgomery drops back looking for a leg! St Pierre is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and St Pierre manages to kick Montgomery off! Montgomery jumps back into St Pierre's guard.
Xander Montgomery has got the better of the ground game so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Montgomery wants to control from the top but St Pierre keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
St Pierre isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Montgomery stacks St Pierre on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Montgomery!
Montgomery is looking to take a break and control but St Pierre is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
St Pierre gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
St Pierre is refusing to be controlled, as Montgomery sits in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Montgomery decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.

Montgomery gets a clinch.
St Pierre connects with a knee to the head.
St Pierre is trying to break the clinch but Montgomery is controlling him.
Montgomery prevents a body shot from St Pierre.
Montgomery is trying to pull guard but St Pierre has him pressed against the cage.
St Pierre prevents Montgomery from breaking the clinch.
St Pierre tries to break the clinch but Montgomery is controlling the position.
Montgomery wants to take the fight to the mat but St Pierre manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Montgomery wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Montgomery takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Xander Montgomery has been cut.
Montgomery slows down the pace here.
Montgomery looking to throw knees to the head but St Pierre is blocking nicely.
Montgomery blocks the elbow strike.

Montgomery gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Montgomery is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for St Pierre!
Montgomery trying to control but St Pierre is having none of it.
St Pierre knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Montgomery on the ground.
St Pierre wants to control but Montgomery is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Montgomery is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. St Pierre can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Montgomery throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for St Pierre because Montgomery loaded up on that one.
Poor strikes thrown by Montgomery there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Montgomery looking to control but St Pierre is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
St Pierre tries to reverse the position but Montgomery maintains control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
St Pierre tries to lock up and control but Montgomery gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Montgomery is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but St Pierre is surviving well by controlling Montgomery's body position as best he can.
St Pierre is looking to get to half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Xander Montgomery showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Xander Montgomery'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!

St Pierre tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Montgomery manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
St Pierre lands a nice leg kick that just misses Montgomery's sensitive parts.
Montgomery fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
No luck for Montgomery with that takedown attempt.
Georges St Pierre is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
No joy there for Montgomery, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
St Pierre tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Montgomery feints the counter takedown.
St Pierre works over Montgomery's head and body with a nice combination.
Georges St Pierre is winning the standup battle so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
St Pierre throws a nice looking combination but Montgomery bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Xander Montgomery seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Montgomery throws a lazy head kick
and St Pierre counters with a one-two to the body.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Montgomery is defended easily by St Pierre.
St Pierre seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Montgomery misses with a series of wild punches.
St Pierre throws a series of punches but Montgomery avoids them all with ease.
Montgomery throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Montgomery moves into the clinch.
St Pierre tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Montgomery avoids it.
Montgomery just leaning against St Pierre, taking a breather.
St Pierre is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Montgomery is stalling here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Montgomery fails to pull guard.
Georges St Pierre has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Xander Montgomery.

St Pierre manages to break the clinch.
St Pierre throws a head kick that misses.
Montgomery keeps the fight on the outside.
St Pierre misses with a few strikes there.

Montgomery pushes St Pierre up against the cage in a clinch.
St Pierre prevents the takedown attempt.
St Pierre gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Montgomery avoiding damage as St Pierre throws knees to the body.
St Pierre using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
St Pierre wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Georges St Pierre has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Montgomery's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Montgomery tries for a takedown but St Pierre manages to get underhooks.
St Pierre misses with a punch to the body.

Montgomery manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
St Pierre postures up.
St Pierre has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Montgomery is proving hard to escape from.
Montgomery keeping moving, preventing St Pierre from controlling successfully.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Montgomery is on top in guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Montgomery trying to control the position from guard on top but St Pierre is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

St Pierre has an active guard here but Montgomery has managed to pass into half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Montgomery in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. St Pierre tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Montgomery!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Xander Montgomery!