PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Brett Isildor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lance St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Isildor comes to the cage accompanied by The Hobbit Music. The crowd seem to be enjoying St Pierre's choice of entrance music: 16 FEVER. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Isildor
vs
St Pierre

190 cm
34
185 lbs
27 - 13 - 4

181 cm
31
185 lbs
30 - 11 - 3

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Convicted Trap House
Conviction

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 27 - 13 - 4, fighting out of Montreal, Brett Isildor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 11 - 3, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lance St Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Yves DeLean and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

St Pierre closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Isildor did well to prevent St Pierre getting side control.
The fighters are battling for position here. Isildor manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
St Pierre throwing strikes but missing.
St Pierre working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
St Pierre being controlled here momentarily.
St Pierre advances position into side control!

St Pierre wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Isildor, who protects the arm well.
Isildor sneaks back into half guard.
Isildor trying to control but St Pierre postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Isildor blocking the ground and pound attempt from St Pierre.
Isildor blocking the ground and pound attempt from St Pierre.
St Pierre wants to control but Isildor is keeping him busy.
Isildor keeps control of the position for the meantime.
St Pierre looks to land a strike but Isildor avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Isildor controls St Pierre momentarily but St Pierre frees himself.
St Pierre throwing strikes from guard but Isildor blocks nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre trying to control but Isildor is working from the bottom.
St Pierre's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Isildor keeping moving, preventing St Pierre from controlling successfully.
Isildor trying to keep a closed guard but St Pierre is proving a slippery customer.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
St Pierre closes this distance looking for a takedown but Isildor circles away.
Isildor sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
St Pierre looking to land some kicks to the body here.
St Pierre misses with a hook. Isildor ducked under it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Isildor throws a nice head kick!
Isildor lands a head kick!
Isildor throws the left hand but St Pierre avoids the punch easily.
Isildor with a hook.
Isildor moves out of range as St Pierre throws a body kick.
St Pierre keeps Isildor at a distance using the push kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Isildor misses the target.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as St Pierre checks a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Isildor pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Isildor tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. St Pierre manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Isildor pushes St Pierre away with a front kick.
St Pierre scores with a body shot.
Isildor looks to land a body kick but St Pierre moved away.

Isildor clinches with his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Isildor misses with an elbow strike.
St Pierre blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Isildor misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Lance St Pierre will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Isildor scores with a nice head shot.
Isildor keeps St Pierre at a distance using the push kick.
Isildor takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Isildor throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Isildor blocks the body kick.
Isildor throws the kick towards the body but St Pierre avoids it.
Isildor lands with an overhand left.
St Pierre walks forward, straight into a front kick from Isildor.
Isildor tried to score with a low kick but St Pierre checks it.
St Pierre misses with a takedown attempt - Isildor sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Isildor misses with a head kick.
St Pierre misses with a wild body shot.
Isildor looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
St Pierre scores with a nice strike.
Isildor connects with a leg kick. St Pierre looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
St Pierre ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
St Pierre uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Isildor.
Isildor tries a low kick but St Pierre avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Isildor lands a jab.
Isildor swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

St Pierre drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
A lull in the action here as St Pierre stalls from top position.
St Pierre tries to advance to mount but Isildor denies him.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
St Pierre trying to control the position but Isildor is working away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Isildor is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked St Pierre off and has taken his back!
Isildor wants to control but St Pierre manages to buck him off and is now in Isildor's guard! Nice work there by St Pierre!
St Pierre lands a couple of digs.
St Pierre throwing strikes but missing.
Isildor being controlled here, momentarily.
Isildor keeping moving, preventing St Pierre from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Isildor is not content to let St Pierre control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nice strikes from St Pierre there.
Isildor keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
St Pierre trying to control from half guard but Isildor is working away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Isildor is trying to maintain the position but St Pierre is very close to passing his half guard.
St Pierre not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Isildor is doing well to control the position and prevent St Pierre from advancing to side control.
Isildor tries to get to full guard but St Pierre has control of the leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Lance St Pierre will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Isildor tries to clinch but St Pierre moves out of range.
Isildor misses with a head kick.
Isildor throws a leg kick
and St Pierre counters with a right hand to the body.
Isildor lands a nice leg kick that just misses St Pierre's sensitive parts.
Isildor dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Isildor misses with a body kick.
Isildor moves out of range of the body kick from St Pierre.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Isildor.

St Pierre closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - St Pierre lands in his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre wants to control from the top but Isildor keeps moving.
St Pierre passes Isildor's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
St Pierre is trying to control. Isildor wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Isildor has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. St Pierre is working away from the top position though.
St Pierre is keen to just control but Isildor is a slippery customer.
St Pierre is nestled in close to Isildor, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
St Pierre trying to control the action but Isildor is working from the bottom.

Isildor is defending against the submission attempts here by St Pierre.
St Pierre winds up and cracks Isildor with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Isildor manages to get to full guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
St Pierre loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Isildor is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Isildor has control of St Pierre's left arm, preventing St Pierre from doing any damage.
Isildor is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
St Pierre preventing the sweep.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Brett Isildor just wasn't active enough.
St Pierre moves out of range as Isildor strikes.
Brett Isildor has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A nice inside leg kick there by St Pierre. That's going to slow Isildor down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Isildor moves away from the strike by St Pierre.
Isildor misses with an uppercut.
Isildor is looking to chop away at St Pierre's legs.
Isildor thows a leg kick but St Pierre checks it
and St Pierre counters with a nice low kick that buckles Isildor's knee momentarily.
St Pierre throws out a powerful jab.
St Pierre lands a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
St Pierre connects with a good right hand that stumbles Isildor. Isildor circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lance St Pierre comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got St Pierre winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lance St Pierre!
Lance St Pierre seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.