PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between anderson silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and DJ Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). DJ Penn acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

silva
vs
Penn

189 cm
18
205 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

190 cm
18
203 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Attack Clothing

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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, anderson silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, DJ Penn!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Wesley Smith and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Penn swats away the attempt to clinch by silva.
Left hook, right uppercut from Penn.

It looks like anderson silva has been cut.
silva shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Penn but Penn pushes him off and we're back to square one.
silva tries to score a power double leg takedown but Penn sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten silva somewhat.
A punch combination from Penn misses.
Penn takes a head kick and keeps coming.
No joy there for Penn, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
silva scores with a head kick.
Penn misses with a body kick.
Penn comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Penn throws and low kick but silva moves out of range easily.
Penn lands with a nice combination. silva backs away looking to recover.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Penn thuds a left hand into silva's body.
DJ Penn is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn looks to land a body kick but silva moved away.
Penn throws a combination. silva tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
silva is breathing heavily.
Penn throws a head kick that misses
and silva counters with a good, hard body kick but Penn shrugs it off.
Penn looks to land a body kick but silva moved away.
Penn throws a lazy head kick
and silva counters with a two punch combo.
silva looks to land a left hand but Penn moved out of range nicely.
silva dodges the punch combination from Penn.
Penn scores with a sloppy right hand. silva should have avoided that one.
silva tries to score a power double leg takedown but Penn sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten silva somewhat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for anderson silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Penn tries a head kick but it misses.
Penn motions for silva to come forward. Penn throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Penn tries to land a front kick but silva steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for silva. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penn lands a high kick!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Penn throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A head kick misses from Penn.
A head kick misses from Penn.
Danga de danga de dang - Penn scores with a four punch combination!

anderson silva's cut is getting worse.
Penn throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Penn throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
A left and a right from Penn both land. Nice combination.
Penn is working the combinations to good effect here.
Penn throws a sloppy head kick and silva moves out of range easily.
Penn will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Penn throws a right hand that silva ducks under and follows up with a left that silva also avoids with ease.
Penn throws a sloppy head kick
and silva counters with a big head kick but Penn shrugs it off.
Penn throws a leg kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penn lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Penn throws a head kick that misses.
Penn misses with a few strikes there.
Penn with a jab.
Some wild striking there from Penn.
Some bone on bone action there as silva checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Penn misses with a low kick.
Penn misses with a double jab.
Penn lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
silva avoids the head kick by Penn.
A head kick misses from Penn.
Penn closes the distance and lands a one-two.

anderson silva's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Penn throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
silva blocks a head kick by Penn.
Penn misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Penn misses with a wild combination.
Penn misses with a head kick.
silva has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
silva checks a low kick from Penn.
A head kick misses from Penn.
Penn misses with a body kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Penn is looking to land body kicks.
Penn throws a leg kick but silva sees it coming and moves out of range.
Penn fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

DJ Penn dominated that round.
The cut man is working on anderson silva's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Penn throws a head kick but silva moves out of range.
Penn throws a combination but it was largely blocked by silva.
Penn looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Penn misses with the combination.
Nice sprawl there from Penn as silva shoots in.
Penn throws a series of punches but silva moves out of range.
silva misses with a double jab
and Penn counters with a stiff right hand.
DJ Penn seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
silva darts in trying to clinch
and Penn counters with a one-two to the body.
anderson silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Penn looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
silva is looking to clinch but Penn is avoiding it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn lands with a nice combination. silva backs away looking to recover.
silva doesn't succeed with the takedown
enabling Penn to counter with a crisp jab.
Penn finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
silva takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
silva walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Penn misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Penn throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Penn goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Penn throws a series of punches but silva avoids them all with ease.
silva has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

Jeez, anderson silva's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Penn lands a jab-cross combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Danga de danga de dang - Penn scores with a four punch combination!
Penn will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Penn throws a head kick that misses.
Penn tries to score with a low kick but silva moves his leg out of the way.
Penn tries a head kick but it misses.
Penn throws a series of strikes that have silva backpedaling.
Penn misses with a head kick.
Penn throws the kick towards the body but silva avoids it.
silva moves out of range of the body kick from Penn.
Penn pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Penn lands a jab.
Penn throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penn throws a leg kick but silva sees it coming and moves out of range.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether silva might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
silva checks a low kick from Penn.
Penn fails to land with a series of punches.
A left and a right from Penn both land. Nice combination.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at anderson silva's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). DJ Penn!