PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Georges St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mamed Makushimaru (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

St Pierre
vs
Makushimaru

185 cm
22
185 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

184 cm
21
175 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Great elbows
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Georges St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mamed Makushimaru!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Wagner Zegers and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Pierre clobbers Makushimaru with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

St Pierre shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. St Pierre showed some decent athleticism there.
Makushimaru works his way to full guard. Good work.
St Pierre trying to control but Makushimaru is working from the bottom.
St Pierre is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
St Pierre is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
St Pierre postures up.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
St Pierre is looking to work some ground and pound but Makushimaru has wrist control.
Makushimaru really doesn't want to stay on the ground with St Pierre. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Makushimaru wants to get back to his feet but St Pierre is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
St Pierre is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
St Pierre postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Makushimaru is wriggling around but St Pierre manages to pass to half guard.
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. St Pierre connects with a nice short shot to Makushimaru's temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre trying to control the pace.
St Pierre takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Makushimaru is not content to let St Pierre control the position.
St Pierre is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
St Pierre takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
St Pierre looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
St Pierre working Makushimaru over with strikes.
St Pierre 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 has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
St Pierre lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

Makushimaru is defending against the submission attempts here by St Pierre.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
St Pierre scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

Makushimaru is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Makushimaru has hold of St Pierre's hands but St Pierre slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
St Pierre drops an elbow to the side of Makushimaru's head.
St Pierre lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Makushimaru is still in real trouble! Can St Pierre finish him?

St Pierre stands up and beckons Makushimaru to join him on the feet.
Makushimaru seems to have recovered his senses.
St Pierre is looking to slow Makushimaru down with leg kicks.
Makushimaru doesn't manage to clinch there - St Pierre circles away.
Makushimaru fails in his attempt to clinch.
Makushimaru is looking to clinch but St Pierre is avoiding it.
Mamed Makushimaru seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Makushimaru is looking to clinch.
St Pierre blocks a head kick by Makushimaru.
St Pierre throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Makushimaru looks gassed!
Good leg kick by St Pierre there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

St Pierre looking to score a takedown here. Makushimaru is defending well but St Pierre drives through and ends up in Makushimaru's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
St Pierre cracks Makushimaru with a solid left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
St Pierre keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Makushimaru's head.
St Pierre is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
St Pierre wants to control from the top but Makushimaru keeps moving.
St Pierre controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
St Pierre working some strikes from top position.
St Pierre passes into half guard.
St Pierre passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Makushimaru!
St Pierre controlling his opponent.
St Pierre looking to control but Makushimaru is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre with a couple of short strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
St Pierre takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
St Pierre looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
St Pierre takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
St Pierre landing strikes, looking to finish!
St Pierre drops a big elbow. That's hurt Makushimaru! More shots from St Pierre and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Georges St Pierre!