PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between BJ Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jag Smits (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smits comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Kanye West - Amazing kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! BJ Penn had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Penn
vs
Smits

175 cm
22
170 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

177 cm
23
162 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Resistance

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, BJ Penn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jag Smits!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab lands there for Penn.
Smits avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Smits clinches.

Smits breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Smits takes the fight into the clinch.

Smits breaks the clinch.
Nice shot by Penn.

Smits darts in and clinches Penn up against the cage.
Penn has had enough of the clinch but Smits keeps him there for the moment.

Smits pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Smits steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Penn.
Penn swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Penn misses with a wild body shot.

Smits takes the fight into the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Smits creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Smits blocking some punches.

Smits's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Smits lands with a nice body kick.
Penn is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Smits pushes Penn up against the cage in a clinch.

Smits breaks the clinch.
BJ Penn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Smits rushes Penn and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Smits pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
An inside leg kick lands from Smits.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Smits.
Smits ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Smits drops Penn with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Penn! Smits dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jag Smits!