PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Fred Ettish (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brenno Penna (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ettish's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Denim Demon. Penna has chosen APOCALYPSE NOW as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Ettish
vs
Penna

187 cm
24
198 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

172 cm
25
192 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
KO power

ADCC Champion
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fred Ettish!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brenno Penna!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Frank Dennis and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Penna wants to clinch but Ettish slips to the side
and Ettish counters with an inside leg kick.
Penna lands a right hook to the body.
Penna closes the distance but Ettish moves to the side
and Ettish counters with an inside leg kick.
Penna wants to clinch but Ettish slips to the side
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Penna has his takedown stuffed
and Ettish counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Penna tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Ettish counters with a low kick, right behind Penna 's knee.
Penna looks gassed!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Ettish connects with an inside leg kick.
Ettish lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ettish lands with a nice body punch.
Penna on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Ettish lands a right hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ettish displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Ettish scores with a jab. Penna acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Penna takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Ettish scores with a kick to the body.
Ettish thumps Penna with a low kick.
Ettish connects with a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penna has his takedown stuffed
and Ettish counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Ettish comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Ettish scores with a nice right hand.
Penna needs to keep his hands up - Ettish had a free shot at his head there.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Penna crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Ettish - the referee stops the clock and Penna gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Ettish. Penna manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Penna on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Penna with a lazy takedown attempt
and Ettish counters with a nice body kick.
Fred Ettish has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brenno Penna.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ettish lands a slapping body shot.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ettish.
Nice body kick from Ettish.
Fred Ettish is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ettish moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Penna misses with a takedown
and Ettish counters with a thumping low kick.
A shot to the liver by Ettish. Beautiful body shot.
Brenno Penna seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ettish scores with a nice body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ettish lands a jab to Penna's midsection.
Penna misses with a takedown
and Ettish makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Ettish jabs Penna to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Ettish lands a jab.
Penna throws a lazy head kick
and Ettish counters with a nice body kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ettish scores with a leg kick.
Penna is trying desperately to land a takedown but Ettish is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Penna.
Ettish is looking to slow Penna down with leg kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fred Ettish 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.

Ettish scores with a crisp jab that stopped Penna in his tracks.
Penna tries to clinch
and Ettish makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Penna really felt that one!
Penna doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Ettish counters with a head kick. That will keep Penna thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Penna takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Ettish fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Penna has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Ettish.
Penna fails with the takedown
and Ettish counters with a nice body kick.
Penna is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Penna crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Ettish - the referee stops the clock and Penna gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Ettish. Penna manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Ettish is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
The fighters circle momentarily. Ettish darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Ettish keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Ettish lands the left hand.
Ettish throws a nice inside leg kick.
Penna throws a lazy uppercut
and Ettish counters with a left to the body.
Ettish throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Penna with a lazy takedown attempt
and Ettish counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Fred Ettish has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brenno Penna.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Penna sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
A shot to the liver by Ettish. Beautiful body shot.
Good exchange - Ettish coming out on top.
Penna sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Penna misses with a takedown
and Ettish counters with a left to the body.
Ettish is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Penna can do to turn this around?
Ettish throws a nice inside leg kick.
Penna tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penna has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Ettish finds it's way round the side to connect with Penna's head.
Penna walks into a left hand.
Ettish throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ettish fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Penna has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Ettish turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Penna fails with the takedown
and Ettish counters with a left to the body.
Ettish takes a swing at Penna's ribcage but misses.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Penna might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Ettish has got the better of the exchanges.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Penna tries for a takedown but Ettish circles away easily
and Ettish counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Penna thinking.
Ettish stuns Penna with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Penna takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Penna misses the body punch
and Ettish counters with a nice body kick.
Brenno Penna is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ettish scores with a body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ettish lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ettish connects with a solid leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fred Ettish dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Penna misses with a shot to the body
and Ettish counters with a nice body kick.
Ettish fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Penna.
Ettish moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Ettish lands a glancing blow to the side of Penna's head.
Ettish lands a jab to the nose.
Ettish scores with a jab to the head.
Ettish thumps Penna with a low kick.
Penna takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ettish buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ettish feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Penna's calf.
Ettish bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Penna's head backwards.
Penna on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ettish. Ettish obviously looking to wear him down.
Penna gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Ettish.
Penna with a poor takedown
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Ettish scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Penna doesn't seem bothered though.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ettish.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Ettish. Penna shrugs it off though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ettish throws a head kick that misses.
Ettish throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Penna's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Penna misses with a takedown attempt
and Ettish makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Ettish throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Ettish lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ettish thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Penna if he has to take too many more of those.
Penna with a lazy takedown attempt
and Ettish connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fred Ettish has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brenno Penna.
Ettish throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Ettish tenderised Penna's leg. Penna is trying to keep his angry face on.
Penna takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Ettish connects with a leg kick. Penna looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Ettish moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Penna takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ettish fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Penna.
Nice body punch from Ettish.
Penna has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Ettish finds it's way round the side to connect with Penna's head.
Brenno Penna has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ettish throws a nice outside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ettish is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Ettish.
Ettish throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Ettish throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Ettish lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ettish lands a nice shot to the body.
Penna takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Fred Ettish showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ettish 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:24
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:24
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fred Ettish!