PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tatsuya Kimura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and DJ Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Kimura might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Cautionary Warning. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Kimura
vs
Penn

190 cm
19
150 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

176 cm
22
162 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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 Tokyo, Tatsuya Kimura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, DJ Penn!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shigeki Sano and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Penn misses with a low kick.
Penn keeps the fight on the outside.
Tatsuya Kimura seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Penn lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Kimura wants to clinch up but Penn keeps it at a distance.
Kimura fails in his attempt to clinch.
Penn throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Kimura on the side of the head.
Kimura really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Penn scores with a jab to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kimura fails with the takedown.
Kimura swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Penn counters with a straight right hand.
Penn swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kimura tries to clinch up but Penn circles away and keeps his distance.
Penn fails to land with a series of punches.

Penn clinches up with Kimura and pushes him back against the cage.
Penn jumps guard but Kimura stands there with Penn around his waist. Penn gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Penn tries to break the clinch but Kimura is controlling the position.
Kimura goes for a takedown attempt but Penn pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Penn misses with a takedown attempt

and Kimura counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Penn tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Penn bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Kimura's guard.
Penn trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Penn thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kimura keeping full guard, as Penn tries to pass.
Penn sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Kimura's guard.
Penn throwing shots but Kimura is blocking nicely.
Kimura knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Penn on the ground.
Penn frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

Penn working from mount. He moves in close and looks like he might be going for an arm triangle... He's hopped off to the side and he's transitioned into an Anaconda choke. Kimura turning a nasty shade of purple. He's refusing to tap but he's gone! He's out! The ref rips Penn off and cradles Kimura's limp body as Penn celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Anaconda Choke). DJ Penn!