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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Chad Mcbride (ranked 4654 p4p, 1890 weight class) and Brody Pennington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brody Pennington has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Good takedowns
Basic striking
Solid chin |
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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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chad Mcbride!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brody Pennington!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Eddie Farnsworth and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pennington fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Mcbride to the ground. Pennington is now in Mcbride's guard.
Pennington controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Mcbride is trying to control the position but Pennington postures up.
Pennington is stalling in the full guard.
Mcbride is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pennington seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Pennington stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Pennington wants it to stay on the feet.
Pennington avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pennington closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Mcbride to the mat! Mcbride manages to get full guard.
Pennington showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Pennington has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Mcbride is proving hard to escape from.
Pennington slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mcbride has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Pennington has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.
Pennington wants to take the fight to the mat but Mcbride manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
A short left from Mcbride.
Pennington manages to pull guard.
Mcbride controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Mcbride trying to control the position from guard on top but Pennington is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pennington utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Mcbride avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Pennington keeping moving, preventing Mcbride from controlling successfully.
Mcbride knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Pennington on the ground.
Pennington has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Mcbride can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Pennington is controlling Mcbride's posture.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mcbride showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Mcbride trying to control but Pennington is working from the bottom.
Pennington pulls Mcbride in close to prevent any damage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Brody Pennington dominated that round.
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.
Mcbride feints a jab promting Pennington to slip. Mcbride then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Pennington slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Pennington avoids the body shot from Mcbride.
Pennington is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Mcbride lands with a straight right. Pennington didn't see that one coming.
Pennington shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Mcbride sprawls well. Mcbride wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Pennington gets slowly back to his feet.
Nice sprawl there from Mcbride as Pennington shoots in.
Pennington uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mcbride.
Pennington looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Mcbride!
Pennington working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mcbride is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Pennington is controlling him well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcbride tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Pennington wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Pennington wants to stand but Mcbride has his arm trapped.
Pennington is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Mcbride's shoulder. That is not cool.
Pennington decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Pennington shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Mcbride as he avoids it easily.
Mcbride was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Chad Mcbride has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brody Pennington.
Pennington fails with the takedown.
Pennington shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Mcbride counters with a nice uppercut.
Pennington shoots in and drives through. Mcbride sprawls well.
It looked like Mcbride wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Mcbride throws a head kick that misses.
And Pennington tries to counter it with a takedown but Mcbride pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Pennington shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Mcbride napping and manages to drive through into side control!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pennington decides to stand up, so the ref orders Mcbride to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pennington fails to land the takedown.
Pennington gets the takedown into side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mcbride trying to control but Pennington flips him over like a cheap hooker and has his back!
Pennington is working on the RNC. He looks like he's got it but Mcbride won't tap... Oh, he's out! The ref rips Pennington off his unconscious opponent!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Brody Pennington!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Brody Pennington waved his t-shirt featuring HARDTACK 160Q Fuel Your Fight! 🥊's logo in front of the cameras.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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