PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Albert Ward (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Georges St Peirre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St Peirre comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Sans Pression - Numero 1 kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Ward
vs
St Peirre

190 cm
18
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

BeastMode

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Albert Ward!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Georges St Peirre!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Cecil Peabody and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ward tries to bum rush St Peirre with a series of wild strikes but St Peirre uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ward really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
St Peirre throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Ward fails to land the takedown.
St Peirre fails with a takedown attempt.
St Peirre slips a jab and a cross from Ward.
Ward misses with a double jab
and St Peirre counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Ward misses the target.
St Peirre closes the distance and clinches up with Ward, looking for a takedown. St Peirre pushes Ward against the cage but Ward circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Ward gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ward swings wildly with an uppercut but St Peirre uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ward wants a takedown but no success here.
Ward gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ward manages to break the clinch.
Ward throws a series of punches but St Peirre avoids them all with ease.
Ward ducks down and throws a hook to the body but St Peirre moves away.
Ward slaps away a takedown attempt from St Peirre, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Albert Ward has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Georges St Peirre.
St Peirre looks winded!
Ward scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

It looks like Georges St Peirre has been cut.
St Peirre misses with a kick to the body.
St Peirre slips a jab and a cross from Ward.
Ward swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and St Peirre counters with a three punch combo that has Ward backing up. Ward nods at St Peirre to acknowledge the strikes.
St Peirre tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ward misses with a double jab.

Ward moves into range and clinches up with St Peirre.

Ward escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
St Peirre tries to clinch up
and Ward counters with a left and a right that stings St Peirre.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ward tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
St Peirre takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Ward looks for a takedown but St Peirre sprawls well.
Ward misses with a double jab
and St Peirre counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ward circles away from the clinch attempt.
St Peirre lands with a right hand.
Ward misses with a wild body shot.
St Peirre shoots in but Ward avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Ward throws a combination but it was largely blocked by St Peirre.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ward closes the distance and clinches.

Ward breaks from the clinch.
Ward throws a body kick that misses.
Nice takedown defense from Ward. No joy for St Peirre on that attempt.
Ward fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ward throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
St Peirre changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Ward tries to avoid it but St Peirre manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Ward to the ground. Ward escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Ward looks to land a right hand but St Peirre moved out of range.

Ward closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. St Peirre did well to prevent Ward getting side control.
Ward lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Ward working over St Peirre with some ground and pound. St Peirre looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Ward lands with a punch from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Peirre is trying to get back to full guard.
Ward passes the guard and advances to mount!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Ward wants to finish this one by submission but St Peirre is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Ward.
Ward working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ward with a couple of short strikes.
Ward looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Albert Ward dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Georges St Peirre's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

A combination from Ward does no damage.
No luck with that takedown attempt from St Peirre.
Ward scores with a one two! St Peirre had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
St Peirre misses with a wild combination.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ward has managed to clinch.

Ward has clasped his hands together around St Peirre's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Ward scoring with punches from side control.

Ward is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. St Peirre looks calm but he's in trouble here. Ward gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. St Peirre is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Ward lets go of the hold and St Peirre can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Albert Ward!
Albert Ward spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.