PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jin Zetaka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Zetaka
vs
St Pierre

176 cm
22
160 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

190 cm
22
160 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jin Zetaka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, George St Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shigeki Sano and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zetaka has a takedown stuffed.
St Pierre tries to work over Zetaka's front leg with a kick but Zetaka checks it.
Zetaka cracks the inside of St Pierre's front leg.
Zetaka scores with a kick to the body.
St Pierre tries to clinch up.
Zetaka 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.
St Pierre stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jin Zetaka. That's going to take a lot out of him.
St Pierre wants to clinch.
Zetaka closes the distance and clinches up with St Pierre, looking for a takedown. Zetaka pushes St Pierre against the cage but St Pierre circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Zetaka throws a leg kick but St Pierre checks it.

St Pierre closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - St Pierre lands in his opponent's guard.
St Pierre sitting in guard, not really doing much.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre pushes down on Zetaka's leg and manages to get into half guard.
St Pierre is controlling the pace.

St Pierre stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.

St Pierre shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Zetaka might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Zetaka is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zetaka can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as St Pierre controls the pace.
St Pierre trying to control but Zetaka is working from the bottom.
St Pierre 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 is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
St Pierre pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Zetaka is keeping the position for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre throwing strikes but missing.

St Pierre gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Zetaka stuffs the takedown attempt from St Pierre. St Pierre gets slowly back to his feet.
St Pierre shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Zetaka as he jumps to the side.
Zetaka looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? St Pierre is fending him off so far but Zetaka persists. Nope, St Pierre circles away and we're back to standing.
St Pierre shoots in for a takedown but Zetaka shows good takedown defense.
Zetaka doesn't succeed with the takedown

and St Pierre counters by clinching up.
St Pierre tries to land knees in the clinch but Zetaka avoids the damage to the body.
Zetaka tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Zetaka breaks the clinch.
Zetaka's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Zetaka duly obliges.
Zetaka connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Zetaka fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Zetaka gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Zetaka keeping moving, preventing St Pierre from controlling successfully.
St Pierre postures up in Zetaka's guard and throws a big left but Zetaka blocks it.
St Pierre not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
St Pierre looking to pass the guard.
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!

Zetaka tries for a takedown but St Pierre circles away easily

and St Pierre decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Zetaka's guard.
St Pierre is stalling in the full guard.
St Pierre wants to control from the top but Zetaka keeps moving.
Zetaka is trying to keep St Pierre in close.
St Pierre stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Zetaka swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre controls from within his opponent's guard.
Zetaka keeping moving, preventing St Pierre from controlling successfully.
St Pierre is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

Despite being in the dominant position, George St Pierre just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
St Pierre shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Zetaka as he jumps to the side.

St Pierre feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
St Pierre trying to control the position from guard on top but Zetaka is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
St Pierre slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

St Pierre stands up from Zetaka's guard - St Pierre perhaps looking for a knockout.
St Pierre on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
St Pierre looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Zetaka tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
St Pierre lands with a kick to the ribs.
Jin Zetaka is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
St Pierre tries for a takedown but Zetaka sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Jin Zetaka has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of George St Pierre.
This has been an exciting period of action!

St Pierre scores with a takedown into Zetaka's guard.

St Pierre stands up and waves to Zetaka to follow him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Excellent takedown into side control there by St Pierre.
St Pierre tries to move to mount but Zetaka blocks the move with his legs.
St Pierre slows the pace down.
Zetaka taking punishment in the form of punches.
George St Pierre has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ground and pound from St Pierre seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.

St Pierre thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
St Pierre in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

St Pierre is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Zetaka has escaped the position, nice work there.
St Pierre tries to advance to mount but can't.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
St Pierre remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
St Pierre lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George St Pierre showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!

Excellent takedown into side control there by St Pierre.
St Pierre has knee on belly and moves into mount.
St Pierre controlling the position easily from mount.
St Pierre fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
St Pierre putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Zetaka in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
St Pierre looking to control and managing it successfully.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
St Pierre lands with some strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zetaka tries to reverse the position but St Pierre maintains control.

St Pierre jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Zetaka manages to avoid the submission attempt.

St Pierre has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.

St Pierre drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Zetaka keeping moving, preventing St Pierre from controlling successfully.
St Pierre pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Zetaka is keeping the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zetaka is trying to keep St Pierre in close.
St Pierre 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 slips nicely into half guard.
St Pierre with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
St Pierre works his way into full mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre looking to control and managing it successfully.

St Pierre jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Zetaka manages to avoid the submission attempt.
St Pierre staying calm.

St Pierre stands up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

St Pierre looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Zetaka!
St Pierre looking to control and managing it successfully.
Zetaka wants to control but St Pierre is having none of it.
Jin Zetaka has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
St Pierre controlling from mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
George St Pierre comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well St Pierre has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 26:30
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 26:30
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... George St Pierre!