PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roger Penrose (ranked 2623 p4p, 4053 weight class) and Ren Lily (ranked 85 p4p, 140 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Ren Lily was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Penrose
vs
Lily

194 cm
25
300
2 - 0 - 0

196 cm
25
280
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Good kicks
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Roger Penrose!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ren Lily!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Daniel Franklin and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Penrose with a nice cross.

It looks like Ren Lily has been cut.
Lily misses with a few strikes there.
Penrose jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Penrose misses with a looping left.
Penrose with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Lily throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Penrose rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lily moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lily on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Penrose. Penrose obviously looking to wear him down.
Lily with a poor takedown
and Penrose counters with a nice uppercut.
Penrose uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Penrose is looking to slow Lily down with leg kicks.
A slow jab from Lily misses its intended target.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lily looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Penrose fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Penrose scores with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Penrose fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Lily.
Penrose lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Penrose keeps the fight on the outside.
Penrose throws a quick counter kick to the body but Lily avoids it.
Lily tries to clinch but Penrose moves out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Penrose.
Lily tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Penrose cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Penrose scoring well with a low kick there.
Lily fails in his attempt to clinch.
An attempted straight right counter from Penrose misses the target.
Penrose has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Monkey Business (Best Sparring) in the buildup to the fight.
Penrose swats away the attempt to clinch by Lily.
Penrose lands with a right hand.
Lily throws a right hand that Penrose ducks under and follows up with a left that Penrose also avoids with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lily tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Penrose throws a nice outside leg kick.
Lily tries to clinch but Penrose moves out of range.
Penrose throws a half hearted mid kick.
Penrose thows a body kick. Lily tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Penrose! Lily is out on his feet! Penrose rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Lily is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Lily is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Roger Penrose!
Roger Penrose retains his super heavyweight title!
Roger Penrose seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.