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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Brody Pennington (ranked 3970 p4p, 3961 weight class) and Jose Carranza (ranked 0 p4p, 366 weight class). Carranza has chosen Delincuente as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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| 175 cm 24 151 0 - 0 - 0 |
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182 cm 25 155 0 - 0 - 0 |
Good takedowns Basic striking Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt Excellent MT Intelligent |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brody Pennington! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jose Carranza! The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Alan Glass and George Francis.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pennington closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Carranza to the mat! Carranza manages to get full guard. Pennington is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control. Pennington has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Pennington seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Carranza for as long as he can get away with.
 The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity. Carranza tries a head kick but it misses.
Pennington scores with a takedown into Carranza's guard.
Pennington is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Carranza is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Carranza has escaped and now he's on top!

 That's two minutes gone in the round. Pennington trying to control the position here. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Pennington continues to stall.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. Carranza stops Pennington from standing up. A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Pennington holds on and takes a little breather. Pennington wants to sweep but no luck.
 That's four 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.
Pennington has his foot on Carranza's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Carranza works his way back into a safe position though. The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult. There's a bit of a scramble here and now Pennington is on top in guard.
Pennington sitting in guard, not really doing much. Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out! This is a sustained period of stalling by Pennington. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Brody Pennington dominated that round. The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Pennington closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth. Carranza wants to get back to his feet but Pennington is dominant here and he's now got Carranza's back! Pennington biding his time, controlling Carranza.
Pennington has managed to slip his arm under Carranza's chin. This could be all over... yep, Carranza is tapping out! Submission win for Pennington.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Brody Pennington!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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