PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lance Titan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bernie St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bernie St Pierre is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Titan
vs
St Pierre

181 cm
21
182 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
183 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Powerful

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 Los Angeles, Lance Titan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bernie St Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Daniel Franklin and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Pierre misses with a head kick.

Titan closes the distance and clinches.
Titan utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
St Pierre is trying to break the clinch but Titan has him pressed against the cage.
St Pierre is trying to break the clinch but Titan is controlling him.
St Pierre fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Titan has St Pierre pressed against the cage, preventing St Pierre from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Titan lands a nice uppercut.
Titan crunches a lovely knee into St Pierre's ribcage.
Titan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite St Pierre's efforts to push away.
St Pierre has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Titan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of St Pierre backwards.
St Pierre with an attempt at a knee that misses.
St Pierre is trying to break free.
Titan lands a nice shot to the body.
Titan pushes St Pierre back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
St Pierre is trying to break the clinch but Titan is controlling him.

Titan is trying to trip St Pierre. He has hold of a leg but St Pierre is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Titan persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
St Pierre looks gassed!
Titan with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Titan distracts St Pierre with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Titan slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
St Pierre has momentary wrist control but Titan slips an elbow through the middle.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Titan slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Titan scoring with some ground and pound.
Titan keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of St Pierre's head.
St Pierre can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Titan controls the pace.
Titan works over St Pierre with some ground and pound from guard.
Titan cracks St Pierre with a solid left hand.
St Pierre really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Titan. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Titan engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Titan lands a couple of digs.
Titan looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

Titan drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Titan seems to have locked his on tight now - St Pierre screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Titan, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Lance Titan!