Post by The Sandmen on Apr 9, 2015 17:01:09 GMT -5
Georges St-Pierre looks like he has been waiting for this fight forever.
Thiago Alves raises his fists in his corner. He seems confident.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
The bets gives an equal chance to both fighters to score the win today.
The referee of the bout is Dan Miragliotta.
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Round 1
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Georges St-Pierre and Thiago Alves touch gloves in the center to get this fight started!
Georges St-Pierre fakes a punch and launches himself over Alves!
Nice move by GSP who clinches and pushes Alves against the cage
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Brutal punches to Alves's face while in the clinch!
Alves can't take many more shots like those!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Alves struggles and launches a few punches to GSP's head
Those punches are hitting! GSP covers his head!
The clock says 0:45 in the 1 round
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Alves struggles and launches a few punches to GSP's head
Those punches are hitting! GSP covers his head!
The fighters are clinching.
Georges St-Pierre shoots and grab one of Thiago Alves's leg, attempting to take him down with a Single Leg
Alves lose his balance and falls to the mat
Georges St-Pierre is in open guard over Alves
Alves measures the resilience of GSP's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
GSP blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
The clock says 1:10 in the 1 round
Georges St-Pierre is in open guard over Alves
Alves tries to close his guard around GSP
He is not able to do it
Georges St-Pierre is in open guard over Alves
As the fight continues it seems that Thiago Alves is taking the best of the fight.
Alves tries to close his guard around GSP
He is not able to do it
The clock says 1:30 in the 1 round
Georges St-Pierre is in open guard over Alves
Alves tries to close his guard around GSP
He succeeds!
Georges St-Pierre is in closed guard over Alves
GSP use some of his wrestling skills to escape from the closed guard!
Thiago Alves holds Georges St-Pierre and prevents him from moving to a better position!
Georges St-Pierre is in closed guard over Alves
Alves is moving on the ground...
GSP tries to counter Alves's moves on the ground.
Alves misses a step and Georges St-Pierre sees an opportunity to counter him!
GSP use some of his wrestling skills to escape from the closed guard!
After a few tentative moves, he jumps to side mount! The crowd in Scandinavium (Gothenburg, Sweden) is cheering him!
The clock says 2:05 in the 1 round
Georges St-Pierre is in side mount over Thiago Alves
GSP launches a barrage of elbows over Alves's face!
Those elbows may finish the fight soon if Alves doesn't fight back!
Georges St-Pierre is in side mount over Thiago Alves
Alves measures the resilience of GSP's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
GSP blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Georges St-Pierre is in side mount over Thiago Alves
Alves tries to show some ground skills
GSP uses his strength to keep GSP at a disadvantage
Thiago Alves gets sloppy and Georges St-Pierre tries to take advantage...
Georges St-Pierre aggressively and repeatedly punches Alves.
He needs to do something soon or the referee will stop the fight!
Georges St-Pierre is in side mount over Thiago Alves
Georges St-Pierre looks to mount Thiago Alves...
Thiago Alves sees an opening and locks his opponent in half guard.
The referee decides to stand up the fighters since there was not much action on the ground.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Georges St-Pierre grabs Alves
Thiago Alves gets thrown to the mat.
Georges St-Pierre is in open guard over Alves
GSP delivers a few accurate elbows!
Alves is being hit hard and trys to escape! He has to give his back!
GSP is in rear mount over Alves
Alves has GSP controlling his back while on the ground. He tries to roll and find an escape...
GSP is unable to move under Alves control.
GSP tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
GSP gets a good position on the ground. ..
and what an incredible flurry! He's just wailing away at Thiago Alves! The referee is saying he's going to stop it if Thiago Alves doesn't defend himself!
Alves's Nose is bruised after the punishement he's received!
There is a small laceration on Thiago Alves's Nose
GSP is in rear mount over Alves
GSP tries to get a hook in!
Things get worse for Alves! GSP has one hook in and keeps working!
GSP is in rear mount over Alves with one hook in
Alves has to use some of his skills to escape safely from this position...
Alves is unable to find a way to scape from this.
The clock says 3:50 in the 1 round
GSP is in rear mount over Alves with one hook in
Georges St-Pierre isolates an arm looking for an armbar from the back...
Alves locks his hands and forces his weight on top of Georges St-Pierre unil he can pull his arm free! GSP lost his dominant position.
Thiago Alves is in closed guard over GSP
Not a desiderable position that Alves is in now. Georges St-Pierre is well knowed for his strong and relentless GnP.
GSP measures the resilience of Alves's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Alves's side.
The clock says 4:15 in the 1 round
Thiago Alves is in closed guard over GSP
Thiago Alves tries to better his position on the ground...
Alves breaks the closed guard of Georges St-Pierre and moves to half guard
Thiago Alves is in side mount over Georges St-Pierre
GSP tries to show some ground skills
Georges St-Pierre put Alves in half guard.
Thiago Alves is in half guard over GSP
Thiago Alves doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He can't do it because of GSP's moves.
The clock says 4:50 in the 1 round
Thiago Alves is in half guard over GSP
Alves tries to stand up!
GSP doesn't allow him!
Thiago Alves is in half guard over GSP
GSP tries to move on the ground and shows Thiago Alves a crack in his guard which he uses for a big elbow!
GSP uses his forearms to block the impact!
Alves clumsily fails here and it's time for Georges St-Pierre to fight back!
Georges St-Pierre tries to close the guard.
Nothing from this effort.
The referee decides to stand up the fighters since there was not much action on the ground.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Scandinavium (Gothenburg, Sweden) are cheering for the fighters.
Dan Miragliotta separates the fighters as the round concludes. The fighters shake hands as they head back to their corners.
This round is clearly for Georges St-Pierre.
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Round 2
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Alves tries to grapple
GSP moves aside keeping the fight a strinking range
Thiago Alves is opening up on GSP and raining down combinations!
GSP doesn't look worried as he defends.
Alves clumsily fails here and it's time for Georges St-Pierre to fight back!
GSP is holding Thiago Alves's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Thiago Alves loses balance and goes to the ground.
Georges St-Pierre is in side mount over Thiago Alves
Georges St-Pierre looks to mount Thiago Alves...
Georges St-Pierre slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Georges St-Pierre is in full mount over Thiago Alves
Thiago Alves tries to roll on the ground...
He makes a reversal!
Thiago Alves is in closed guard over GSP
Thiago Alves tries to pass Georges St-Pierre's guard...
Thiago Alves passes momentarily but Georges St-Pierre regains full guard.
Thiago Alves is in closed guard over GSP
Alves is in closed guard... GSP tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Thiago Alves!
The clock says 1:10 in the 2 round
Georges St-Pierre is in full mount over Thiago Alves
Georges St-Pierre throws down elbows...
He's tearing up Alves's face with those brutal elbows! Alves needs to do something! The referee is threatening to stop it!
Georges St-Pierre is in full mount over Thiago Alves
GSP tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Georges St-Pierre controls the situation despite Thiago Alves efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Georges St-Pierre is in full mount over Thiago Alves
GSP suddenly holds Thiago Alves's arm and tries an armbar!
Alves Hyper-extended his arm
That Armbar looks tight...
GSP is locking that Armbar...
GSP is locking that Armbar...
Alves can break the lock and now he is in a closed guard over Georges St-Pierre!
Thiago Alves is in closed guard over GSP
Georges St-Pierre launches a few punches to Alves's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Alves tries to cover his face,
Thiago Alves is in closed guard over GSP
Alves is in closed guard... GSP tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Thiago Alves!
Georges St-Pierre is in full mount over Thiago Alves
Georges St-Pierre throws the leg over and rolls it over into an armbar!
Punishing hold!
That's more than Alves can stand! His arm is outstretched and he taps before getting an injury.
Winner is Georges St-Pierre by Submission (Armbar) at 2:02 Round 2
Statistics: Georges St-Pierre
Punches 0/0 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 4/5 (80%)
Takedowns 2/2 (100%)
GnP strikes 25/31 (81%)
Submissions 3/3 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 325 s
Statistics: Thiago Alves
Punches 0/3 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 4/7 (57%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/5 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 325 s
Weird. To look at stats, or to look at the way this fight played out, or to look at the end health-bars, this looks like a GSP domination. But many times in this fight, Thiago was notably winning. Unsure how that comes about with only 4 landed strikes, but the simbars don't usually lie. Shady afterhours bars, however, do. Avoid them. Or you'll end up waking up the next morning with a 14 year old and some statutory offenses to your name.
Thiago Alves raises his fists in his corner. He seems confident.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
The bets gives an equal chance to both fighters to score the win today.
The referee of the bout is Dan Miragliotta.
=========================================
Round 1
=========================================
Georges St-Pierre and Thiago Alves touch gloves in the center to get this fight started!
Georges St-Pierre fakes a punch and launches himself over Alves!
Nice move by GSP who clinches and pushes Alves against the cage
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Brutal punches to Alves's face while in the clinch!
Alves can't take many more shots like those!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Alves struggles and launches a few punches to GSP's head
Those punches are hitting! GSP covers his head!
The clock says 0:45 in the 1 round
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Alves struggles and launches a few punches to GSP's head
Those punches are hitting! GSP covers his head!
The fighters are clinching.
Georges St-Pierre shoots and grab one of Thiago Alves's leg, attempting to take him down with a Single Leg
Alves lose his balance and falls to the mat
Georges St-Pierre is in open guard over Alves
Alves measures the resilience of GSP's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
GSP blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
The clock says 1:10 in the 1 round
Georges St-Pierre is in open guard over Alves
Alves tries to close his guard around GSP
He is not able to do it
Georges St-Pierre is in open guard over Alves
As the fight continues it seems that Thiago Alves is taking the best of the fight.
Alves tries to close his guard around GSP
He is not able to do it
The clock says 1:30 in the 1 round
Georges St-Pierre is in open guard over Alves
Alves tries to close his guard around GSP
He succeeds!
Georges St-Pierre is in closed guard over Alves
GSP use some of his wrestling skills to escape from the closed guard!
Thiago Alves holds Georges St-Pierre and prevents him from moving to a better position!
Georges St-Pierre is in closed guard over Alves
Alves is moving on the ground...
GSP tries to counter Alves's moves on the ground.
Alves misses a step and Georges St-Pierre sees an opportunity to counter him!
GSP use some of his wrestling skills to escape from the closed guard!
After a few tentative moves, he jumps to side mount! The crowd in Scandinavium (Gothenburg, Sweden) is cheering him!
The clock says 2:05 in the 1 round
Georges St-Pierre is in side mount over Thiago Alves
GSP launches a barrage of elbows over Alves's face!
Those elbows may finish the fight soon if Alves doesn't fight back!
Georges St-Pierre is in side mount over Thiago Alves
Alves measures the resilience of GSP's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
GSP blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Georges St-Pierre is in side mount over Thiago Alves
Alves tries to show some ground skills
GSP uses his strength to keep GSP at a disadvantage
Thiago Alves gets sloppy and Georges St-Pierre tries to take advantage...
Georges St-Pierre aggressively and repeatedly punches Alves.
He needs to do something soon or the referee will stop the fight!
Georges St-Pierre is in side mount over Thiago Alves
Georges St-Pierre looks to mount Thiago Alves...
Thiago Alves sees an opening and locks his opponent in half guard.
The referee decides to stand up the fighters since there was not much action on the ground.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Georges St-Pierre grabs Alves
Thiago Alves gets thrown to the mat.
Georges St-Pierre is in open guard over Alves
GSP delivers a few accurate elbows!
Alves is being hit hard and trys to escape! He has to give his back!
GSP is in rear mount over Alves
Alves has GSP controlling his back while on the ground. He tries to roll and find an escape...
GSP is unable to move under Alves control.
GSP tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
GSP gets a good position on the ground. ..
and what an incredible flurry! He's just wailing away at Thiago Alves! The referee is saying he's going to stop it if Thiago Alves doesn't defend himself!
Alves's Nose is bruised after the punishement he's received!
There is a small laceration on Thiago Alves's Nose
GSP is in rear mount over Alves
GSP tries to get a hook in!
Things get worse for Alves! GSP has one hook in and keeps working!
GSP is in rear mount over Alves with one hook in
Alves has to use some of his skills to escape safely from this position...
Alves is unable to find a way to scape from this.
The clock says 3:50 in the 1 round
GSP is in rear mount over Alves with one hook in
Georges St-Pierre isolates an arm looking for an armbar from the back...
Alves locks his hands and forces his weight on top of Georges St-Pierre unil he can pull his arm free! GSP lost his dominant position.
Thiago Alves is in closed guard over GSP
Not a desiderable position that Alves is in now. Georges St-Pierre is well knowed for his strong and relentless GnP.
GSP measures the resilience of Alves's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Alves's side.
The clock says 4:15 in the 1 round
Thiago Alves is in closed guard over GSP
Thiago Alves tries to better his position on the ground...
Alves breaks the closed guard of Georges St-Pierre and moves to half guard
Thiago Alves is in side mount over Georges St-Pierre
GSP tries to show some ground skills
Georges St-Pierre put Alves in half guard.
Thiago Alves is in half guard over GSP
Thiago Alves doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He can't do it because of GSP's moves.
The clock says 4:50 in the 1 round
Thiago Alves is in half guard over GSP
Alves tries to stand up!
GSP doesn't allow him!
Thiago Alves is in half guard over GSP
GSP tries to move on the ground and shows Thiago Alves a crack in his guard which he uses for a big elbow!
GSP uses his forearms to block the impact!
Alves clumsily fails here and it's time for Georges St-Pierre to fight back!
Georges St-Pierre tries to close the guard.
Nothing from this effort.
The referee decides to stand up the fighters since there was not much action on the ground.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Scandinavium (Gothenburg, Sweden) are cheering for the fighters.
Dan Miragliotta separates the fighters as the round concludes. The fighters shake hands as they head back to their corners.
This round is clearly for Georges St-Pierre.
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Round 2
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Alves tries to grapple
GSP moves aside keeping the fight a strinking range
Thiago Alves is opening up on GSP and raining down combinations!
GSP doesn't look worried as he defends.
Alves clumsily fails here and it's time for Georges St-Pierre to fight back!
GSP is holding Thiago Alves's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Thiago Alves loses balance and goes to the ground.
Georges St-Pierre is in side mount over Thiago Alves
Georges St-Pierre looks to mount Thiago Alves...
Georges St-Pierre slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Georges St-Pierre is in full mount over Thiago Alves
Thiago Alves tries to roll on the ground...
He makes a reversal!
Thiago Alves is in closed guard over GSP
Thiago Alves tries to pass Georges St-Pierre's guard...
Thiago Alves passes momentarily but Georges St-Pierre regains full guard.
Thiago Alves is in closed guard over GSP
Alves is in closed guard... GSP tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Thiago Alves!
The clock says 1:10 in the 2 round
Georges St-Pierre is in full mount over Thiago Alves
Georges St-Pierre throws down elbows...
He's tearing up Alves's face with those brutal elbows! Alves needs to do something! The referee is threatening to stop it!
Georges St-Pierre is in full mount over Thiago Alves
GSP tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Georges St-Pierre controls the situation despite Thiago Alves efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Georges St-Pierre is in full mount over Thiago Alves
GSP suddenly holds Thiago Alves's arm and tries an armbar!
Alves Hyper-extended his arm
That Armbar looks tight...
GSP is locking that Armbar...
GSP is locking that Armbar...
Alves can break the lock and now he is in a closed guard over Georges St-Pierre!
Thiago Alves is in closed guard over GSP
Georges St-Pierre launches a few punches to Alves's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Alves tries to cover his face,
Thiago Alves is in closed guard over GSP
Alves is in closed guard... GSP tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Thiago Alves!
Georges St-Pierre is in full mount over Thiago Alves
Georges St-Pierre throws the leg over and rolls it over into an armbar!
Punishing hold!
That's more than Alves can stand! His arm is outstretched and he taps before getting an injury.
Winner is Georges St-Pierre by Submission (Armbar) at 2:02 Round 2
Statistics: Georges St-Pierre
Punches 0/0 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 4/5 (80%)
Takedowns 2/2 (100%)
GnP strikes 25/31 (81%)
Submissions 3/3 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 325 s
Statistics: Thiago Alves
Punches 0/3 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 4/7 (57%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/5 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 325 s
Weird. To look at stats, or to look at the way this fight played out, or to look at the end health-bars, this looks like a GSP domination. But many times in this fight, Thiago was notably winning. Unsure how that comes about with only 4 landed strikes, but the simbars don't usually lie. Shady afterhours bars, however, do. Avoid them. Or you'll end up waking up the next morning with a 14 year old and some statutory offenses to your name.