PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Geordie St Pearce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Riddle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John Riddle has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

St Pearce
vs
Riddle

183 cm
19
179 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

185 cm
25
178 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

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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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Geordie St Pearce!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, John Riddle!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Summer Carpenter and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Pearce takes a swing at Riddle's ribcage but misses.
Riddle throws out a powerful jab.
Riddle lands the left hand.
St Pearce misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Riddle.
St Pearce throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Riddle connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Riddle staying out of range there.
Riddle uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by St Pearce.
St Pearce on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Riddle. Riddle obviously looking to wear him down.
St Pearce tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Riddle was well out of range. Poor timing from St Pearce.
Riddle ducks under a wild hook from St Pearce.
We've been hearing reports that St Pearce has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Riddle waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract St Pearce.
St Pearce with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Riddle lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and St Pearce has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from St Pearce and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
St Pearce throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Riddle avoids the body shot from St Pearce.
Riddle tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but St Pearce paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Riddle throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
St Pearce swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
St Pearce scores with a hook to the body. Riddle takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riddle feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to St Pearce's calf.
Riddle lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

St Pearce darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
St Pearce lands strikes from half guard.
Riddle is trying to defend against the ground and pound but St Pearce scores with a couple of nice shots.
Riddle is trying to defend against the ground and pound but St Pearce scores with a couple of nice shots.
Riddle wants to improve his position but St Pearce is controlling well.
Riddle is pressing down on St Pearce's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
St Pearce postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells St Pearce's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
St Pearce stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Riddle swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Our spies down at at Madz Crossfit 15 coaches $500pw inform us that Riddle has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
St Pearce postures up and lands a big shot to Riddle's brow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pearce is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
St Pearce scoring with punches to the head and body.

Riddle has an active guard here but St Pearce has managed to pass into half guard.
St Pearce working Riddle over with strikes.
St Pearce is nestled in close to Riddle, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
St Pearce lands with a punch from half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. St Pearce lands a nice short elbow.
St Pearce scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
St Pearce seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Well, if St Pearce is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
St Pearce drops an elbow to the side of Riddle's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riddle has hold of St Pearce's hands but St Pearce slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Riddle is rocked!
St Pearce looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Riddle is still in real trouble! Can St Pearce finish him?
St Pearce lands with a punch from half guard.
St Pearce lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Riddle! More strikes land and this one is all over! St Pearce jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Geordie St Pearce!