PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ted Grant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Ted Grant has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Grant
vs
St Pierre

172 cm
25
181 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

178 cm
30
180 lbs
24 - 15 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
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 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ted Grant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, George St Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, William Peck and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grant throws a right and a left that both miss.
Grant takes a swing at St Pierre's ribcage but misses.
Grant swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Grant throws a series of punches but St Pierre moves out of range.
St Pierre on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Grant misses with a shot to the body
and St Pierre cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Grant throws a left and a right that both miss

and St Pierre decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Grant's guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
St Pierre postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
St Pierre looking to pass the guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells St Pierre's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
St Pierre pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Grant is keeping the position for now.
St Pierre loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grant keeping moving, preventing St Pierre from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
St Pierre trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
St Pierre wants to control from the top but Grant keeps moving.
Grant utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
St Pierre trying to control but Grant is working from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as St Pierre accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
St Pierre missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre looking to sit in guard and control but Grant gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
St Pierre has his hands on Grant's head, controlling the position.

OK we're going to have a standup here. George St Pierre hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Grant keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Grant works the jab nicely.
St Pierre jabs Grant to the body, keeping him at a distance.
St Pierre throws a hook but Grant blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by St Pierre or perhaps it was just good defense by Grant which made him look bad.
Grant is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Grant works the jab nicely.
Grant looks to land a combination but St Pierre avoids it well.
St Pierre tries to score a power double leg takedown but Grant sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten St Pierre somewhat.
Grant misses with the combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grant is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by St Pierre.
Left hook, right uppercut from Grant.
Grant throws an uppercut from half a mile away. St Pierre sees it coming and avoids it easily.
St Pierre shoots in looking for a takedown but Grant manages to keep the fight standing, pushing St Pierre's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Ted Grant has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of George St Pierre.
Grant misses with a straight right.

St Pierre fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Grant sprawls well initially but St Pierre persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grant is trying to defend against the ground and pound but St Pierre scores with a couple of nice shots.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
St Pierre sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Grant defending well though.
St Pierre throws a strike but Grant avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
St Pierre loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George St Pierre dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Grant with a body punch. A glancing blow.
St Pierre uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Grant.
Grant lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but St Pierre circles away quickly and effectively.
Grant throws a jab but it's blocked by St Pierre.
St Pierre misses with a looping left.
Grant throws a nice looking combination but St Pierre bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
St Pierre fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Grant manages to avoid it.
St Pierre is trying hard to land a takedown here. Grant sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Grant looks to throw the jab but St Pierre is out of range.
Grant misses with a jab, cross combination.
Grant fakes high and swings low for a body shot but St Pierre manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grant scores with a three punch combo!
Ted Grant is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
St Pierre scores with a jab.
St Pierre listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

St Pierre decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
St Pierre not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

St Pierre is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Grant sees it coming and defends easily.
St Pierre is looking to stall here but Grant recovers full guard.
St Pierre stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Grant swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre trying to control the position from guard on top but Grant is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
St Pierre working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
St Pierre throws a strike but Grant rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
St Pierre has Grant pulled in close to control his posture.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by George St Pierre.
Grant scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. St Pierre doesn't seem bothered though.
Grant lands with an overhand left.
St Pierre misses with a hook. Grant ducked under it nicely.
St Pierre is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Grant.

St Pierre is rocked!
Grant closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops St Pierre! Grant dives in looking to finish! St Pierre is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ted Grant!