PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Bj Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago Rosales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Penn might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to BJ Penn. Bj Penn has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Penn
vs
Rosales

175 cm
31
148 lbs
25 - 20 - 0

175 cm
30
137 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

Good wrestler
Brawler
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bj Penn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Thiago Rosales!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Paul Gruel and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horrible takedown by Rosales or perhaps it was just good defense by Penn which made him look bad.
Rosales misses with a takedown attempt - Penn sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Rosales on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Rosales has his takedown stuffed
and Penn counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bj Penn has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thiago Rosales.
Rosales fails with the takedown
and Penn counters with a stiff right hand.
Rosales with a poor takedown
and Penn counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Penn connects with the punch.

Rosales is rocked!
Penn closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Rosales! Penn dives in looking to finish! Rosales is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bj Penn!
Bj Penn was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.