The Montreal native ducked a punch and completed a double-leg takedown that let him work from the top early. Fitch got up, but St. Pierre put the former Purdue University wrestler right back down with a single-leg.

Again Fitch got to his feet. Moments later he was down again -- this time from a straight right hand that countered a leg kick. St. Pierre pounced with a two-minute onslaught of punches and elbows that foreshadowed the punishment to follow over the next four rounds.

The fighters stayed on their feet throughout the second. After a punishing first round, it was a good stanza for Fitch. The American Kickboxing Academy-trained fighter punched in combinations, landing well to the body and also finding success with a left hook to the head. St. Pierre began to look a little less invincible, though he consistently stuck a jab in Fitch’s face and followed with enough strikes to win the round.