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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lance St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyler Durden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St Pierre comes to the cage accompanied by 16 FEVER. Durden has chosen Where is my mind as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lance St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tyler Durden!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Durden swings and misses with a hook to the body.
St Pierre lands with a straight right. Durden didn't see that one coming.
Durden drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
St Pierre feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Durden's calf.
St Pierre connects with a single shot there.
Durden is rocked!
St Pierre jabs at Durden's body.
Durden is still on wobbly legs! Can St Pierre finish him?
Durden takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Durden seems to have recovered his senses.
St Pierre misses with a hook. Durden ducked under it nicely.
St Pierre lands a slapping body shot.
The fighters circling - St Pierre throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
St Pierre connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
St Pierre dodges the punch combination from Durden.
St Pierre lands with a kick to the temple. Durden shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
St Pierre misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
St Pierre lands a jab to the nose.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
St Pierre lands a nice looking body kick.
Durden uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from St Pierre.
St Pierre throws a big shot that misses.
Durden walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Durden fails in his attempt to clinch.
St Pierre throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
St Pierre misses with a few strikes there.
Durden staying out of range there.
Durden missing with a left hand there. St Pierre was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Durden shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Durden looking to control but St Pierre is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Durden avoids the attempt from St Pierre to control.
St Pierre is in all sorts of trouble here.
St Pierre wants to hold on but Durden pushes him away.
Durden stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
St Pierre comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
St Pierre connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
St Pierre swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
St Pierre misses with a few strikes there.
Durden takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
St Pierre looks to land a left hand but Durden moved out of range nicely.
Durden keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Durden avoids the head kick by St Pierre.
Nice uppercut lands for St Pierre. That snapped Durden's head back.
St Pierre is breathing heavily.
St Pierre thows a body shot but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre misses with a wild combination.
Durden throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent St Pierre stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
St Pierre throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Durden tries to clinch up but St Pierre circles away and keeps his distance.
St Pierre misses with an uppercut. Durden saw that one coming.
Durden misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Durden misses the shot to the body.
St Pierre changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
St Pierre misses with an uppercut. Durden saw that one coming.
Durden misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from St Pierre.
Durden punishes St Pierre's body with a nice straight punch.
A head kick misses from Durden.
Tyler Durden seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
St Pierre misses with a looping right.
St Pierre misses the shot to the body.
A jab from Durden misses.
St Pierre misses with an uppercut. Durden saw that one coming.
St Pierre throws the left hand but Durden avoids the punch easily.
Durden throws a leg kick but St Pierre sees it coming and moves out of range.
Lance St Pierre is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
St Pierre misses with a low kick.
Some wild striking there from Durden.
Durden clinches up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre breaks the clinch.
Durden throws and low kick but St Pierre moves out of range easily.
Durden shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Durden showed some decent athleticism there.
Durden tries to stand but can't do so whilst St Pierre controls his leg.
St Pierre blocking the ground and pound attempt from Durden.
St Pierre is trying to stand up here but Durden is controlling him well.
Durden wants to lay and pray for a moment but St Pierre keeps working.
St Pierre is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Durden's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Durden's back!
Durden trying to control the hands but St Pierre breaks the grip.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
St Pierre controls the position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Durden wants to escape the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Durden breaks St Pierre's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Durden tries to stand but St Pierre is controlling from the bottom.
St Pierre is looking to stand up but Durden isn't so interested in that idea.
Durden would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Durden stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Durden uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from St Pierre.
St Pierre throws a jab but it's blocked by Durden.
St Pierre is looking to slow Durden down with leg kicks.
Durden wants to land a leg kick but St Pierre is out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
St Pierre misses with a double jab.
Durden just misses with a punch to the body.
Durden looks to score with a jab to the body but St Pierre is just out of range.
St Pierre keeps the fight on the outside.
Durden slips a straight right by St Pierre.
St Pierre dodges the punch combination from Durden.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lance St Pierre dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Durden uses good head movement to avoid the hook from St Pierre.
St Pierre looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
St Pierre stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A combination from St Pierre does no damage.
A punch combination from Durden misses.
Durden fails to land with a series of punches.
Durden scores a takedown into full mount!
St Pierre gets back to half guard.
Durden is tying to control. St Pierre wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
St Pierre is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Durden pulls his head out easily.
Durden decides to stand and escape the position.
Durden fakes high and swings low for a body shot but St Pierre manages to avoid it.
Durden keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from St Pierre.
Tyler Durden is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Durden fakes high and swings low for a body shot but St Pierre manages to avoid it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
St Pierre swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Durden.
Durden throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre tries to bum rush Durden with a series of wild strikes but Durden uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Durden slips a straight right by St Pierre.
Durden misses with a body shot.
St Pierre is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Durden.
Durden misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from St Pierre.
Durden tries to clinch there but St Pierre circles away.
St Pierre throws a right and a left that both miss.
St Pierre misses with a wild body shot.
Durden will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Durden wants to slow St Pierre down by chopping away at his legs.
Durden bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Durden misses with a hook to the body
and St Pierre counters with a series of strikes. Durden will be more careful next time no doubt.
Durden tries a low kick but St Pierre avoids it.
Durden misses with a series of wild punches.
Jab by St Pierre.
No joy there for St Pierre, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
St Pierre looks to land a combination. Durden sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
No joy there for Durden, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
St Pierre swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durden throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
St Pierre throws a lazy right hand but Durden sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The fighters circling - Durden throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A combination from Durden does no damage.
Durden blocks a jab.
St Pierre on the wrong end of a nice hook.
St Pierre stuffs the takedown attempt from Durden. Durden gets slowly back to his feet.
A jab from St Pierre misses.
St Pierre showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Durden.
Durden shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Durden is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Durden wants to stand but St Pierre is controlling his posture from full guard.
Durden seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
St Pierre looking to control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Durden has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of St Pierre is proving hard to escape from.
Durden gets to his feet. St Pierre looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
St Pierre throws a right hand that Durden ducks under and follows up with a left that Durden also avoids with ease.
Durden moves out of range of the body kick.
Durden defending well as St Pierre loads up on a big left hand.
St Pierre throws a series of punches but Durden avoids them all with ease.
St Pierre throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Durden sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Durden looks to score with a jab to the body but St Pierre is just out of range.
St Pierre keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
A punch lands to the side of Durden 's head but he takes it in his stride.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Durden uses good head movement to avoid the hook from St Pierre.
Durden uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from St Pierre.
St Pierre connects with a single shot there.
No joy there for St Pierre, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
St Pierre lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Durden bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
An inside leg kick from Durden misses.
Durden swinging wilding here.
St Pierre misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Durden.
The crowd cheers as St Pierre lands an impressive looking overhand right. Durden doesn't seem phased though.
Durden throws a right and a left that both miss.
Durden throws a leg kick but St Pierre moved away.
St Pierre connects with a good right hand that stumbles Durden. Durden circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Durden throws a looping overhand right but St Pierre ducks down to avoid it.
St Pierre blocks a jab.
St Pierre showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Durden.
St Pierre digs a good body shot into Durden's ribs.
Durden throws a chopping leg kick but St Pierre manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Lance St Pierre will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Durden jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from St Pierre.
Durden avoids the body shot from St Pierre.
St Pierre throws a body kick that misses.
Durden throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
St Pierre misses with an uppercut. Durden saw that one coming.
St Pierre throws the left hand but Durden avoids the punch easily.
Durden misses with a low kick.
Durden uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from St Pierre.
Durden stuns St Pierre with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
St Pierre loads up on a big right hand but Durden slips the punch.
Durden is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down St Pierre rather than just go for the knockout.
St Pierre throws the kick towards the body but Durden avoids it.
St Pierre paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Durden on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Durden misses with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
St Pierre uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Durden.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
No joy there for Durden, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Durden misses with a takedown attempt
and St Pierre counters with a left to the body.
Nice defenses there by Durden.
St Pierre jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Durden dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A big right from St Pierre misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre connects with a body shot.
Durden shoots for a takedown but St Pierre saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
St Pierre thows a body shot but no joy.
Durden misses with the combination.
Durden slips under a jab from St Pierre.
Durden attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
St Pierre throws a series of punches but Durden moves out of range.
Durden looks to score with a jab to the body but St Pierre is just out of range.
St Pierre dodges the punch combination from Durden.
Durden swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Durden throws a predictable looking body shot
and St Pierre counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Durden thinking.
Durden throws a series of punches but St Pierre avoids them all with ease.
St Pierre slips a jab and a cross from Durden.
St Pierre looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
St Pierre pulls out of a head kick attempt.
St Pierre lands a head shot.
St Pierre lands with a straight right. Durden didn't see that one coming.
Lance St Pierre is winning the standup battle so far.
Durden throws out a loose jab but St Pierre uses good head movement to avoid it.
Durden avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
A jab from Durden misses.
Durden looks to land a left hand but St Pierre moved out of range nicely.
St Pierre swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A head kick misses from St Pierre.
St Pierre looks for the body kick but Durden saw that one coming.
Durden moves out of range as St Pierre strikes.
St Pierre just misses with a punch to the body.
Durden tries to clinch up
and St Pierre counters with a nice uppercut.
St Pierre cracks Durden with an open hand slap.
Durden bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A shot to the body from Durden misses
and St Pierre makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Durden shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
St Pierre throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Durden keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from St Pierre.
A slow jab from St Pierre misses its intended target.
A swing and a miss from St Pierre.
A punch combination from Durden misses.
Durden waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract St Pierre.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre checks a low kick from Durden.
St Pierre checks a low kick from Durden.
Durden scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. St Pierre doesn't seem bothered though.
Durden rushes St Pierre and presses him up against the cage.
St Pierre wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Durden keeps control of St Pierre as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
St Pierre breaks the clinch.
St Pierre uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Durden.
A slow jab from St Pierre misses its intended target.
Durden displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as St Pierre throws out the jab.
Durden bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Tyler Durden has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Durden decides to stand back up.
Durden shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Durden content just to control the position here.
St Pierre is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Durden looking to control and managing it successfully.
You get the feeling that St Pierre really doesn't like being in this position too much.
St Pierre tries to hold on but Durden postures up.
St Pierre is squirming around, avoiding Durden's attempts to control the action.
Durden looking to control and managing it successfully.
Durden lands a big shot there that rocks St Pierre but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tyler Durden comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think St Pierre has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Lance St Pierre!
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hype
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