PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mike Howard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jay Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Howard's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Juicy. Penn is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Pantera - I'm Broken. Howard has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Jay Penn told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Howard
vs
Penn

165 cm
20
163 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

188 cm
25
155 lbs
5 - 8 - 0

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mike Howard!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jay Penn!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Penn lands a nice leg kick that just misses Howard's sensitive parts.
Howard is breathing heavily.
Penn displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Howard.

Howard bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Penn manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Penn not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Penn is looking for a kimura but Howard is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Penn to get the leverage.
Penn moves nicely into side control.
Howard on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Howard tries to get out of the position.

Penn decides to stand up, so the ref orders Howard to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Penn. No joy for Howard on that attempt.
Penn shoots in for a takedown but Howard shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

Penn gets a clinch.
Howard could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

Penn ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Penn no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Penn is on top in guard.
Howard might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Penn drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Penn jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Penn wants to control from the top but Howard keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penn passes into half guard.
Penn works his way into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Penn controls the position.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Penn is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Howard has escaped the position, nice work there.
Howard tries to improve position but can't.
Howard being controlled for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Penn wants to control but Howard is keeping him busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jay Penn 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.

Howard fails with the takedown

and Penn counters by moving into the clinch.

Penn pulls guard successfully.

Penn is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Howard is aware though and is defending well.

Penn has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Howard doesn't defend quickly enough and Penn has managed to lock this one up! Can Howard escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Penn on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Jay Penn!
Jay Penn is the new lightweight champion!