PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mick Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Shotton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). James Shotton has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Mick Penn's chin.

Penn
vs
Shotton

170 cm
18
160 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

179 cm
19
160 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

CBK MMA Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Mick Penn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, James Shotton!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, James Atkins and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Penn scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Penn has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Penn content just to control the position here.
Shotton is trying to escape the mount.
Penn content just to control the position here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shotton tries to hold on but Penn pushes him away.
Penn takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Penn punching from mount but Shotton doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Penn sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Shotton takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Shotton looks gassed!
Penn controlling his opponent.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Mick Penn just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Shotton misses with a takedown attempt

and Penn counters with a takedown into side control.
Shotton parries the strikes from Penn easily there. Penn is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Shotton to escape.
Penn lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Shotton down.
Shotton dodges the ground and pound from Penn.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An elbow from Penn crashes against the mat.
Shotton struggling a bit here.
Shotton is being controlled here.
Penn tries to score with some ground and pound. Shotton controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Penn remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Penn tries to move into full mount but can't pass Shotton's legs.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Shotton seems a little lost for a moment, as Penn dominates the positioning.
Shotton prevents Penn from improving position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
A lull in the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penn landing strikes.
Shotton being controlled for a moment.
Penn's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Mick Penn just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Penn shoots in and bounces Shotton off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Penn stays in close to Shotton's body and controls the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shotton utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Penn accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Penn showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mick Penn dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Penn looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Shotton!
Penn takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Penn with good strikes from the mount here!
Penn looking to control and managing it successfully.
A nice elbow there by Penn.
Penn sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Penn has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Mick Penn just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Shotton misses with a kick to the body.
Shotton is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Shotton shoots in and bounces Penn off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Penn is pulling down on Shotton's head. It's preventing any offense from Shotton, at least for the moment.
Shotton stopping the sweep attempt from Penn.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shotton wants to stand and escape but instead Penn has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Penn not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Mick Penn just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Penn scores a takedown into full mount!
Penn dominating with strikes here.
Penn sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Penn avoids the attempt from Shotton to control.
Penn content just to control the position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mick Penn dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Shotton gets caught flat footed, as Penn shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Penn controls from within his opponent's guard.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Mick Penn just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Penn shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Mick Penn overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Penn controlling the pace for now.
Penn seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Shotton for as long as he can get away with.
Shotton takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Mick Penn just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Penn darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Penn is looking to advance position but Shotton won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penn is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Penn looking to control and managing it successfully.
Shotton blocking the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penn content just to control the position here.
Penn pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Penn controlling from mount.
Shotton's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Penn thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Penn controlling from the full mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Mick Penn just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Penn changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Shotton looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Shotton pushes Penn away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Penn gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Penn controlling from side mount.
James Shotton has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mick Penn is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Penn tries to advance to mount but Shotton denies him.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mick Penn showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Penn has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:26
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:25
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mick Penn!