PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Henri Eskola (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and BJ Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Penn has chosen David Guetta - Titanium as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. BJ Penn is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Eskola
vs
Penn

180 cm
26
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

170 cm
25
162 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Big heart

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Determined

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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 Helsinki, Henri Eskola!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, BJ Penn!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Tarja Halkonen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Eskola avoids the head kick by Penn.

Eskola looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Penn!
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

Eskola jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Penn manages to avoid the submission attempt.
You can see the frustration on Penn's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Penn is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

Eskola wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Penn, who protects the arm well.
You can see the frustration on Penn's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Penn sneaks back into half guard.
Eskola looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

Penn is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Eskola pulls his head out easily.
Penn punching from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn manages to get to full guard.

Penn is looking to sinch up a triangle. Eskola throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Penn's body to avoid the submission. Penn has instead reached around Eskola's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Penn arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). BJ Penn!
After the fight, BJ Penn was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.