PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rick James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steel Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

James
vs
Penn

195 cm
44
218 lbs
45 - 28 - 0

189 cm
29
213 lbs
18 - 16 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Decent wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 45 - 28 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rick James!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Steel Penn!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Chris Saunders and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bitch! catches Penn with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Bitch! misses with a wild body shot.
Bitch! missing with a left hand there. Penn was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Penn is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Penn slips under a jab from Bitch!.
Bitch! throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bitch! moves out of range as Penn strikes.
Bitch! lands a nice leg kick that just misses Penn's sensitive parts.
Penn dodges the punch combination from Bitch!.
Penn tries to work over Bitch!'s front leg with a kick but Bitch! checks it.
Penn throws a leg kick
and Bitch! counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bitch! thuds his right hand into Penn's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Bitch! misses with a body punch

and Penn counters by clinching up.
Penn lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Rick James, Bitch! has been cut.
Bitch! lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bitch! has a couple of punches blocked by Penn.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bitch! throws an elbow but it misses.
Bitch! swings wildly with an uppercut but Penn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bitch! throws a head punch that misses.
Bitch! throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bitch! has a couple of punches blocked by Penn.
Penn misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bitch! swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bitch! misses with an elbow over the top.
Penn missing with knees to the body.
Penn struggles to land a body shot inside as Bitch! controls his hands.
Penn takes an elbow to the temple.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Penn.
Penn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bitch! prevents a body shot from Penn.
Bitch! working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penn unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bitch! lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bitch! looks to throw an elbow but misses.
We've been informed that Penn has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Penn's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Penn lands a nice shot to the body.
Bitch! tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Penn's elbow.
Bitch! misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bitch! tries to land knees in the clinch but Penn avoids the damage to the body.
Bitch! throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Penn lands with a short shot to the head.
Bitch! misses with a punch on the inside.
Bitch! misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Penn creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Bitch! fails to land.
Bitch! throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bitch! swings wildly with an uppercut but Penn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bitch! pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penn lands a hook that snaps the head of Bitch! backwards.
Bitch! lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bitch! throws an elbow but misses.
Penn scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nice elbow from Bitch!.
Penn'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.
Penn tries a body shot but Bitch! blocks it.
Penn lands a hook that snaps the head of Bitch! backwards.
Penn digs a right hand underneath Bitch!'s ribcage. Bitch! let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Penn lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bitch! backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Penn.
Penn lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bitch! tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Penn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Penn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bitch!'s elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bitch! tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bitch! lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bitch! lands an uppercut.
Penn dodges an elbow strike from Bitch!.
Bitch! swings wildly with an uppercut but Penn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Penn blocks an elbow strike from Bitch!.
Bitch! throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Penns head.
Penn takes an elbow to the temple.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bitch!.
Penn takes a shot to the head.
Penn working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bitch! lands an elbow that stopped Penn in his tracks for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rick James, Bitch! dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rick James, Bitch!'s cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Penn misses with a body kick.
As Penn backs away, Bitch! returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Penn.
Penn takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Bitch! takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Penn is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Penn takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bitch! tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Penn feints the counter takedown.
Bitch! throws a leg kick that misses.
Bitch! fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Bitch! is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Penn can do to turn this around?
Penn wants to slow Bitch! down by chopping away at his legs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Bitch! closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Penn managing to block the knees to the body from Bitch!.
Penn pushes Bitch! back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bitch! has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Penn scores with a shoulder strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bitch! swings wildly with an uppercut but Penn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Penn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bitch! working aggressively here.
Bitch! gets through Penn's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bitch! misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bitch! has a couple of punches blocked by Penn.
Penn lands a shoulder strike.
Bitch! lands with a short shot to the head.
Bitch! lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Penn working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Penn fails to land.
Bitch! pushes Penn back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Penn lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bitch! backwards.
Bitch! dodges an elbow strike from Penn.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bitch! misses with the head strike.
Bitch! lands with a right to the head.
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!
Penn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Penn misses with some punches.
Bitch! misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bitch! throws a head punch that misses.
Bitch! is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Penn is defending well for now.
Bitch! creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Penn has Bitch! pushed against the cage.
Penn on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Penn can't find room to land a body shot as Bitch! controls the action.
Penn lands an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bitch! throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bitch! throws an elbow but misses.
Bitch! misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bitch! tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bitch! throws an elbow but misses.
Penn lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bitch!.
Penn tries to throw a body punch but Bitch! avoids it by throwing Penn back against the cage.
Bitch! blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Penn lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bitch! prevents a body shot from Penn.
Rick James, Bitch! has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Penn breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Penn lands a big right hand that sends Bitch! crashing to the mat! Penn stays standing though and waves Bitch! back to his feet!

Bitch! is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bitch! tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Penn is able to avoid easily.
Oh Bitch! is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rick James, Bitch! seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Penn is looking to clinch.
Crack! A monster head kick from Penn and Bitch! falls like a tree - timbeeeeeeeeeeerrrr! A highlight reel knockout by Penn!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Steel Penn!
Steel Penn thanked the fans post fight for their support.