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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dolla Drew (ranked 4144 p4p, 3042 weight class) and Jonathan St Pierre (ranked 483 p4p, 385 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Determined |
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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dolla Drew!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jonathan St Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Pierre tries to clinch but Drew moves away
and Drew counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
St Pierre fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Drew, pushing him back against the cage.
St Pierre keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Drew's efforts to push away.
Drew gets underhooks to prevent St Pierre's takedown attempt.
Drew prevents a takedown attempt there.
St Pierre tries a knee to the head but Drew blocks it.
St Pierre throws a knee to the head but misses.
St Pierre tries to land a knee to the head but Drew blocks with his arms.
Drew is trying to break free.
St Pierre keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Drew's efforts to push away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
St Pierre throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Drew stalling in the clinch but St Pierre improves position.
Drew tries to break the clinch but St Pierre is controlling the position.
St Pierre keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Drew's efforts to push away.
St Pierre controlling the action here for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Drew's efforts to push away.
Drew wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
St Pierre controlling the action here for a moment.
St Pierre misses with a knee strike.
Drew digs a right hand underneath St Pierre's ribcage. St Pierre let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Drew is trying to force a seperation but St Pierre has the dominant position.
St Pierre tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Drew avoids it.
St Pierre keeps control of Drew as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
We've been informed that St Pierre has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
St Pierre is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Drew gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Dolla Drew has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jonathan St Pierre.
Drew wants to get back to striking at distance but St Pierre won't allow it.
Drew is trying to push St Pierre away but St Pierre has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Drew definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Drew tries to break the clinch but St Pierre is controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Drew is trying to maintain a safe position but St Pierre gets an underhook and turns Drew into the cage.
Drew avoiding damage as St Pierre throws knees to the body.
St Pierre is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Drew lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Drew is trying to push St Pierre away but St Pierre has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Drew blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
St Pierre tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Drew wants to get back to striking at distance but St Pierre won't allow it.
St Pierre keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Drew's efforts to push away.
St Pierre prevents Drew from breaking the clinch.
St Pierre tries to land a knee to the head but Drew blocks with his arms.
St Pierre misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Drew.
Drew is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Drew is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
St Pierre is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Drew is defending well for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with St Pierre in particular looking to stall.
Drew is controlling St Pierre's trapped leg to prevent St Pierre from advancing to side control.
St Pierre stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
St Pierre throws a head kick that Drew semi-blocks.
It looks like Dolla Drew has been cut.
Drew feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits St Pierres jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
It looks like Jonathan St Pierre has been cut.
Drew fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Drew digs a good body shot into St Pierre's ribs.
Drew scores with a hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Drew sizes up St Pierre with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
St Pierre fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Drew has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from St Pierre there as he acknowledges the shot.
Drew works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
St Pierre misses with a leg kick.
A counter left hand to the body from Drew misses its target.
St Pierre takes a shot to the body in his stride.
St Pierre takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Drew checks the leg kick nicely there.
St Pierre fails with a takedown attempt.
Drew sizes up St Pierre with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Drew.
Drew with a jab.
St Pierre tries to move into range but Drew moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
St Pierre tries to clinch but fails miserably
letting Drew counter with a right hand.
St Pierre is rocked!
Drew stuns St Pierre with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Dolla Drew dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.
Drew digs a good body shot into St Pierre's ribs.
St Pierre gets cracked there but stands up to it.
St Pierre takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
St Pierre is still on wobbly legs! Can Drew finish him?
Drew connects with a body shot.
St Pierre seems to have recovered his senses.
St Pierre tries to clinch up.
Drew is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Dolla Drew is winning the standup battle so far.
St Pierre with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Drew to score with a decent uppercut.
Drew sends St Pierre crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Drew is motioning to the referee to let St Pierre up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
St Pierre throws a leg kick that is checked
and Drew counters with a big right hand! Oh St Pierre is in trouble here! Drew follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dolla Drew!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
52% |
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