PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Total Arso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steel Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Penn comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Never Get Caught kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The key to victory for Total Arso has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Arso
vs
Penn

170 cm
25
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

150 cm
25
300 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Total Arso!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Steel Penn!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Anthony Taglia and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Arso displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Penn.
Arso looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Steel Penn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Penn scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Penn controlling from side mount.
Penn wants to lay and pray for a moment but Arso keeps working.
Arso keeping his opponent close.
Arso is trying to control Penn's posture but Penn avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arso is working to avoid the ground and pound but Penn connects with a decent elbow.
Arso is looking for a sweep.
Arso struggling a bit here.
Penn remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Penn working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Arso could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Arso is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee asks Penn politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Penn prefers to stall for the moment though.
Penn throws a strike aimed at the side of Arso's head but Arso avoids it well.
Penn in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Penn working the head with strikes.
Arso being controlled for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arso avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Penn.
The ground and pound from Penn seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Penn scores with punches from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Arso's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Penn wants to control but Arso is keeping him busy.
Penn remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Arso is not content to let Penn control the position.
Penn working away.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Penn lands a nice forearm strike.
Arso is not content to let Penn control the position.
Penn working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Penn scoring with punches and elbows.
Penn landing strikes.
Arso can't do much from the bottom here.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Penn controls the position.
Arso struggling a bit here.
Penn landing a few strikes.
Arso is looking to reverse the position.
Penn working away.
Penn cracks Arso with a big right hand but Arso just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Penn in side control, just content to control the action for now.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Penn in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Penn in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Arso is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Penn off and has taken his back!
Penn is keeping busy.
Penn is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Arso will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Arso is not going to allow Penn to sit and survive in this position.
Arso is hanging on to Penn's back as he tries to escape.
Arso is looking to control Penn but Penn is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Penn tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Arso punching from mount but Penn doing a good job of avoiding damage.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Penn wants to control but Arso is having none of it.
Penn is squirming around, avoiding Arso's attempts to control the action.
Penn tries to hold on but Arso postures up.
Arso manages to capitalize on a mistake by Penn to take his back!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Penn is really stuck here.
Penn trying to control the hands but Arso breaks the grip.

And that's the end of the fight!
Steel Penn comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Penn has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight for Steel Penn!
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight for Steel Penn!
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight for Steel Penn!

Steel Penn wins by unanimous decision!
An intense looking Steel Penn took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'Run with it, when Im still here and playing months from now you will be the one with egg on your face.'.