PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Brandon Pena (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steven Gerrard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pena comes to the ring accompanied by Pitbull- Gasolina. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Pena
vs
Gerrard

170 cm
23
147 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

168 cm
19
140 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Fighters. First.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brandon Pena!
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, Steven Gerrard!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Alyssa Summers and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Pena has taken the fight to the clinch.
Gerrard wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pena has him pressed against the ropes.
Pena tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gerrard wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Pena with a knee to the head.
Gerrard tries to break the clinch but Pena is controlling the position.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Pena.
Pena looking to stall.
Gerrard wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Pena breaks the clinch.
Pena tries to clinch there but Gerrard circles away.
Gerrard fails to land with a series of punches.
Pena takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Pena takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Gerrard fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Gerrard throws a nice looking combination but Pena bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gerrard misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Danga de danga de dang - Pena scores with a four punch combination!
Decent striking displayed by Gerrard there.
Pena shoots in but Gerrard avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Pena clinches with his opponent.
Gerrard is looking to break free of the clinch but Pena has double underhooks.

Pena breaks the clinch.
Gerrard throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Pena counters by moving into the clinch.

Pena manages to break the clinch.
Pena tries to clinch but Gerrard is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pena doesn't manage to clinch there - Gerrard circles away.
A left and a right from Pena both land. Nice combination.
Gerrard misses with a wild body shot.
Gerrard fails to land with a series of punches.
Pena doesn't manage to clinch there - Gerrard circles away.
Pena tries to clinch but Gerrard is having none of it.
Gerrard throws a right and a left that both miss.
Steven Gerrard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Pena clinches with his opponent.
Gerrard wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pena has him pressed against the ropes.
Pena scores a nice knee to the body.
Gerrard wants to get back to striking at distance but Pena won't allow it.
Pena scores a nice knee to the body.
Gerrard wants to break free but Pena has control.
Pena looking to throw knees to the head but Gerrard is blocking nicely.
Pena is breathing heavily.
Pena misses with a knee to the head.
Gerrard is looking to break free of the clinch but Pena has double underhooks.
Pena lands an elbow that stopped Gerrard in his tracks for a moment.
Pena lands a nice knee to the body.
Pena trying to stall but Gerrard improves his position.
Maybe Pena would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
Gerrard blocking some punches.
Pena prevents Gerrard from breaking the clinch.
Pena lands an elbow just above Gerrard 's eye.
Knees to the body from Pena.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pena tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gerrard wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pena has him pressed against the ropes.
Pena tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gerrard wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pena has him pressed against the ropes.
Gerrard wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gerrard wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pena has him pressed against the ropes.
Pena keeps control of Gerrard as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gerrard is trying to break free.
Pena working aggressively here.
Gerrard is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Pena swings wildly with an uppercut but Gerrard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pena using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Gerrard wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Pena is looking to control Gerrard's arms but Gerrard gets an underhook and turns him. Now Pena has his back to the ropes.
Knees to the body from Pena.
Pena keeps control of Gerrard as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Pena content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Gerrard is trying to break free.
Gerrard wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gerrard takes an elbow to the temple.
Gerrard wants to get back to striking at distance but Pena won't allow it.
Gerrard is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gerrard is trying to break free.
Gerrard is trying to break the clinch but Pena has him pressed against the ropes.
Gerrard takes a knee right on the jaw!
Gerrard wants to get back to striking at distance but Pena won't allow it.
Gerrard is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Pena landing knees to the head.
Pena tries to land a knee to the head but Gerrard blocks with his arms.
Gerrard wants to get back to striking at distance but Pena won't allow it.
Pena misses with a knee to the head.
Gerrard wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gerrard swings wildly with an uppercut but Pena uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gerrard wants to break free but Pena has control.
A short right from Pena.
Pena throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gerrard blocks it with crossed arms.
Gerrard is trying to break the clinch but Pena has him pressed against the ropes.
Pena with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gerrard is trying to break the clinch but Pena has him pressed against the ropes.
Pena landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gerrard wants to get back to striking at distance but Pena won't allow it.
Pena looking to slow down the pace here.
Gerrard wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Pena tries a knee to the head but Gerrard blocks it.
Gerrard can't break the clinch.
Pena prevents Gerrard from breaking the clinch.
Pena with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Pena pulls guard successfully.
Gerrard with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Pena wants to sweep here but Gerrard controlling him for the moment.
Pena working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Gerrard.
Gerrard pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Pena is keeping the position for now.
Gerrard is looking to work some ground and pound but Pena has wrist control.
Pena is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Pena wants to take a breather but Gerrard is having none of it.
Gerrard is trying to get back to full guard.
Pena is trying to control the action in half guard but Gerrard is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Pena is thwarting Gerrard's attempts to control the position.
Pena content to control rather than advance.
Gerrard strikes from the bottom but Pena passes into mount!

That's six minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Pena blocks Gerrard's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Pena raining down shots from the mount!
Pena content just to control the position here.
Pena moves to the back position.
Gerrard looking very determined here, making life difficult for Pena.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Pena is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
Gerrard is trying to get back to his feet but Pena has full control of the position and if anything, Gerrard has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Pena is landing with strikes from the back.
Pena is hanging on to Gerrard's back as he tries to escape.
Gerrard is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Pena trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Gerrard doesn't escape.
Gerrard is covering up but some of the strikes from Pena are getting through and doing damage.
Gerrard wants to escape the position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Gerrard looking very determined here, making life difficult for Pena.
Pena controlling well, preventing Gerrard from escaping the position.
Pena really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Gerrard.
Pena trying to control.
Pena just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
Pena is looking to control Gerrard but Gerrard is wriggling around and keeping busy.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Brandon Pena just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Pena clinches.
Pena is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Gerrard is keeping busy.
Pena crunches a lovely knee into Gerrard's ribcage.
A knee to the head by Pena.
Pena landing knees to the body.
Pena is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Pena is looking to control Gerrard's arms but Gerrard gets an underhook and turns him. Now Pena has his back to the ropes.
Pena tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pena jumps guard but Gerrard stands there with Pena around his waist. Pena gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Gerrard wants to get back to striking at distance but Pena won't allow it.
Pena prevents Gerrard from breaking the clinch.
Gerrard has had enough of the clinch but Pena keeps him there for the moment.
Pena gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Pena with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brandon Pena dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Pena takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Pena uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gerrard.
Pena takes a jab right on the kisser.
Pena fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Pena gets a takedown into half guard.
Gerrard tries to roll over but Pena keeps him under control.
Gerrard misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Gerrard has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Pena is working away from the top position though.
Gerrard is trying to control but Pena manages to pass to mount!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gerrard slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pena controlling the action here.
Gerrard wants to get back to full guard but Pena has mounted him!

Pena is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Gerrard is surviving well by controlling Pena's body position as best he can.
Gerrard is desperately trying to improve his position but Pena has a good base and remains in mount.
Gerrard is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Pena tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Gerrard really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

Pena looking to secure an arm triangle but Gerrard defends it well.
Gerrard is trying to escape the mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gerrard regains half guard.
Gerrard has a hand on Pena's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Pena takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Gerrard wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
Pena keeps control of the position as Gerrard tries to break free.

Gerrard defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Gerrard turns into Pena and is now in his guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gerrard wants to pass the guard but Pena is keeping the position.
Gerrard trying to control the position from guard on top but Pena is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Pena wants to stand up but Gerrard is controlling him.
Pena avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Gerrard looking to sit in guard and control but Pena gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Gerrard keeping moving, preventing Pena from controlling successfully.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Pena bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Pena tries to clinch but Gerrard moves out of range.
Gerrard swats away the attempt to clinch by Pena.

Pena clinches.
Pena connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gerrard's face.
Pena pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Pena connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gerrard's face.
Gerrard wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pena has him pressed against the ropes.
Pena landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Pena stalling in the clinch but Gerrard improves position.
Pena using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gerrard has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pena keeps control of Gerrard as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Pena using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gerrard has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gerrard has Pena pressed against the ropes.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Pena misses with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Pena.
Gerrard takes a knee right on the jaw!
Pena prevents Gerrard from breaking the clinch.
Pena throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pena's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Pena scores with a shoulder strike.
Pena misses with a knee strike.
Pena with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Gerrard is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Pena using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Gerrard is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Gerrard wants to break free but Pena has control.
Gerrard wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gerrard wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Pena comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Pena with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Gerrard tries to break the clinch but Pena is controlling the position.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Pena connects with a knee to the head.
Pena scores with a shoulder strike.
Pena with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gerrard wants to get back to striking at distance but Pena won't allow it.
Pena connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gerrard's face.
Pena lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gerrard trying to stall but Pena improves his position.
A knee to the head by Pena.
Pena landing knees to the head.
Gerrard is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Pena misses with a knee to the head.
Pena lands a knee to the head.
Pena lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Pena avoiding damage.
Pena connects with a knee to the head.
Pena lands a right hand.
Gerrard takes a knee right on the jaw!
Pena keeps control of Gerrard as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Pena looking to slow down the pace here.
The referee calls for Pena to work.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Pena scores with a knee to the head.
Gerrard wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pena has him pressed against the ropes.
Gerrard is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Pena leaning against his opponent.
Gerrard wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Pena connects with a knee to the head.
Pena with a knee to the head.
Gerrard wants to break free but Pena has control.
Pena with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pena throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pena manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Gerrard looking to stall.
Pena landing knees to the head.
Gerrard is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Gerrard is looking to break free of the clinch but Pena has double underhooks.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Pena lands an elbow just above Gerrard 's eye.
Gerrard takes an elbow to the temple.
Pena lands a nice elbow.
Pena scores with a knee to the head.
Gerrard wants to break free but Pena has control.
Pena is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Gerrard is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Pena pulls guard effortlessly.
Pena pulls Gerrard in close to his closed guard and prevents Gerrard from doing any damage or advancing position.
Gerrard looking to sit in guard and control but Pena gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Steven Gerrard has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Gerrard keeping moving, preventing Pena from controlling successfully.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brandon Pena showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Pena 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 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight for Brandon Pena!
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight for Brandon Pena!
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight for Brandon Pena!

Brandon Pena wins by unanimous decision!