UFC Classic: Georges St-Pierre vs BJ Penn | FREE FIGHT

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there late kick control by bj fans approve of the return of the prodigy what a standing ovation for B.J Penn when Bruce Buffer officially welcomes him back to the octagon. Hardcore fans know that BJ is sure he got it. I mean, as a fan, I'm very excited to see him back in the UFC. uh-oh, push George St. Pierre. wincing in pain, his right eye may have been poked there, he's bleeding from that eye too, a little stumble there, he's also bleeding from his nose, good kick to the leg from Saint Pierre, oh yeah, lots of blood Now, when a guy bleeds out. nose, one thing you have to think about, it's going to be very difficult for him to breathe through that nose, so a lot of times they breathe with their mouth wide open, a quick spinning back kick catches him a little bit and when his mouth it's wide open makes them more susceptible to knockouts high kick bj so composed so relaxed there the pace slows down here a little no closure here for bj the return tonight of b.j

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Me in for bj here, the dj is very comfortable when things get difficult, but so is saint pierre with experience in brazilian jiu jitsu, but bj's brazilian jiu jitsu is one of the best in the world. His takedown defense is also fantastic. Look at this crazy flexibility. and balancing this guy makes you grab a leg, he'll bounce and pull it out. I want to talk about what a great

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er this guy is. He was training with Randy Couture, who we all know, weighs about 220 pounds and Randy had a hard time keeping B.J on his back.

BJ just continued standing. B.J when he was talking about this fight he said I'm excited, man, I'm excited for the first time in a long time and he's a guy that should probably fight at 155. and in the past, yeah, other than when he faced matt hughes, basically the george st pierre's face is very broken and he is already bleeding a lot from his nose, his eyes are swollen shut, i mean, bj went up to fight for the welterweight title at ufc 46. bj is unharmed and george st pierre is bleeding all over sides good inside kicks from saint pierre, although st pierre continues to try to push forward during the first of three five minute rounds, the only five five minute round fight scheduled for tonight is our middleweight title main event between Saint Pierre's teammate David Lewazzo and champion Rich Franklin, who is still ahead here at UFC 58.

Another good leg kick from Saint Pierre, another one that catches him in the same spot every time BJ avoids the inside kick that time. pierre is very funny, good body shot from b.j

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under the right eye, nose opened early when joe talked about a very good first round for b.j penn pj pen is a deceptively strong striker, i mean if you look at his body, not an impressive looking specimen but the guy has knockout power in his tying hands this will be about the end of round number one and the only blood on b.j penn is the blood that just came out of george st pierre's face and here's a beautiful hook by b.j that did the damage to George's nose, you see he just cuts it, you don't know, it doesn't have that much power, it's a low shot, but on the tip of his nose, so his nose It is broken, probably broken, which makes it, as we said before, breathe.

From his mouth, great reaction from Matt Hughes watching the replays along with all of us. Saint Pierre's has a lot of jumping here, although Joe wants to bring the fight, it's almost like he knows that he needs to pick up the pace and like you. He said he was disappointed in himself in the first round and it seems like he's okay, well I'm going to take this one to bj in the second round. He went for the back kick there so Bj had been checking the front leg so he went. throw it the same way but follow through to the back leg, so he's trying different things here, but you know, it's a little limited because he doesn't want to grab Jane, take her to the ground, but it's very difficult. do anything to bj penn once he's on the ground look at this look at this i mean look at this takedown effect look at seeing him get up again very impressive okay let's see bj's guard here we know bj's guard is amazing jiu jitsu bj everyone around is amazing, has incredibly flexible legs and very, very crazy dexterity.

He may like to take his leg and put it behind his head without using his hands, just lift it up and put it behind his head. St Pierre does a great job of almost switching. gears here in the second round Joe then, like you said, in the first round, I think he was very disappointed in himself, George decides to get up from there, oh, good job done by St Pierre, scoring his first points of the night, look at that stage. I mean he can stand up while the guy is holding his leg he does it all the time he was just waiting for that chance to get back on his feet. hughes has been quoted as saying he wants b.j penn because b.j penn is the man he defeated he sees how calmly bj reviews those kicks his mental focus is amazing the kid hilo is a born fighter i mean, you're not talking about a guy who has that fighting he is from a rich family he grew up with money it doesn't matter he loves the competition he loves fighting abj stands o bj forgive me it means baby j all of us in the family have the name jay penny he is the youngest so when he was little he they called baby jay baby jay I will be watching the night of the ultimate fight with all of us on Spike TV down the street at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino venue live on Spike TV on Thursday, April 6 at 9 p.m. m.

Ultimate Fight Night with Rashad Evans and Joe Stevenson, The Ultimate Fighter Season 2 winners Chris Lieben and Stephan. Bonuses are also on the card tonight, they all have the name Jay Penn so it's kind of like George Foreman, actually it's an eccentric family, yeah I guess you could say his brother, a lot of side closest around here, he managed to get through to that. maybe that kick went through bj didn't seem to be a rock bite at all but it did go through saint pierre trying to move him against the fence t-pen just lifts that leg casually and that's a defensive mechanism to keep saint pierre from power need to see how he does it crosses his shin keeps his knees from buckling broke down in tears when he defeated welterweight champion matt hughes and won his belt that's all he ever wanted was a title he disappointingly missed his chances a couple of times in 155 losing to jen's pulver, except for a few brief exchanges on the ground, this has basically been a kickboxing bat battle between these two guys.

Penn had that title shot draw against Carl Uno and then eventually won the belt from him. and like Dana White said, hey, you have a contract dispute, you know two parties have different opinions and the truth usually lies somewhere in the middle, but the good news is that it's back. I'm sure as a fan Dana White wanted to have him back. Also, no doubt, stay out of the back of your head because the last seconds of round number two are approaching, that counts for points and you would love to score some points at the end of the round too, yes, you have to leave that , leave that last impression in the judges minds much better second round joe for george st pierre definitely better but he's still bleeding like a trapped pig third and final round and start oh good kick from st pierre a good return from bj good left hook pj doesn't like the judges very much because he has made some decisions that don't favor him, he would love to finish this before going to the judge's scorecards.

St. Pierre is a purple belt in Brazilian jiu jitsu. A black belt. Canadian welterweight champion George St. Pierre, who is a hero in mixed martial arts. the arts are Randy's natural couture. George has to know he's going to do something here, it's just that Shealy looks lonely, the way he's busted, he had a round each, although BJ is throwing little kicks with his heel in, so you see he's raising his leg up george has a leg hold oh there we go bam oh that will score a lot of points let's see what bj can do from his back here again bj just pushes his hips with his feet up that punch could give him the advantage in this third round scoring for george st pierre, it seems like this has been the most significant event in this round so far, we still have about two and a half minutes left.

Well, penn from the beginning seemed absolutely unstoppable, but st pierre has done a good job. of bringing this into your world, well you have to think about how it happened, I mean number one was the iPod bj had excellent endurance without taking anything away from it, but that poke in the eye had a lot to do with it, number two , he just cut off the tip of his nose, which probably broke it and that's been haunting him ever since. Blood is coming out of her. St. Pierre, though he speeds up in round number two and BJ knocks George down.

Now George definitely doesn't want to. being on his back with bj on top of him, good work by george on his feet, beautiful takedown defense, bj looked at the clock: minutes and 40 seconds 90 seconds left and right now joe, this could be anyone's fight, absolutely george st pierre could still pull this off and it looked like bj was going to come out on top at first the winner gets a title shot against matt hughes for the world welterweight championship the former champion against uh a man who could very well be the future champion here comes baby j final minute and another takedown by st pierre that could seal the deal george is doing a good job staying down pajamas squirms he has his feet on his hips again what he likes to do is put oh looking for another partner looking for a block shoulder wow look at b.j's flexibility, that's what I was talking about before he has amazing flexibility.

Can he finish it here? Joe, not right there. 20 seconds with your right leg extended and turn around or you might get a gogo diagram. There are 15 seconds left there. He has to do it. grab his foot there's a technique called gogo plaza georgia is out look at bj lakes he just came back up who wow gets to fight matt hughes i would hate to have to score that fight george saint-pierre could very well have made it, let's take a look at some of the action from that takedown round by george st pierre and let's look at this crazy flexibility from b.j penn and he just throws the other leg over the top, look at that and what a reaction at the end of the fight by matt hughes our welterweight champion lorenzo fertitta dana white the ufc president after the three rounds of action we go to the judge's cards to make a decision before the decision should have a big hand for these ufc welterweight warriors nelson hamilton scores the fight 29 -28 pierre cecil people scores approximately 29 28 10 and marcus rosales scores the fight 29 28 for the winner by split decision george rush george rush saint pierre wins by split decision he will get his rematch with matt hughes you