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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Keenan Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eddie Franco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Penn comes to the cage accompanied by Rastaman Chant. Keenan Penn is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Keenan Penn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eddie Franco!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Franco shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Penn as he jumps to the side.
Franco throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Penn was covering up waiting for the punch and Franco finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Franco stands up over Penn, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Franco has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Franco with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Franco distracts Penn with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Franco looking to pass the guard.
Franco distracts Penn with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Franco trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Franco with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Penn escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Franco gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Franco content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Franco cracks Penn with a solid left hand.
Penn is looking for a triangle but Franco pushes his legs off easily.
Franco with a flurry of punches that miss.
Penn bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Franco's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn throws a strike but Franco rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Franco's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Penn working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Franco.
Franco in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Franco postures up in Penn's guard and throws a big left but Penn blocks it.
Franco throwing strikes but missing.
Franco lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Penn working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Franco.
Franco cracks Penn with a solid left hand.
Franco lands a couple of elbows.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Franco's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Penn is looking for a triangle but Franco pushes his legs off easily.
Franco content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Franco with a nice head shot there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Penn trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Franco works over Penn with some ground and pound from guard.
Franco scoring with some ground and pound.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Franco's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Penn is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Penn is breathing heavily.
Franco wants to pass the guard but Penn is keeping the position.
Franco is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Franco cracks Penn with a solid left hand.
Franco scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Franco postures up and lands a big shot to Penn's brow.
Franco is working Penn over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Franco preventing the sweep.
Franco lands a couple of elbows.
Franco postures up and lands a big shot to Penn's brow.
Penn doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Franco stands and throws Penn's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Penn is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Franco in side control lands a decent elbow.
Franco lands a decent elbow from side control.
Franco in side control lands a decent elbow.
Franco lands some shots froms side control.
Franco in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Franco lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Penn down.
Franco cracks Penn with a big elbow.
Franco cracks Penn with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Franco lands a few punches from side control.
Franco grinds an elbow into Penn's temple.
Franco is chipping away with strikes.
Franco working the body and head with strikes.
Franco works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Franco lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Franco landing a few strikes.
Penn tries to buck Franco off but Franco is having none of it.
Penn takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Franco has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Franco fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Franco looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Franco looking to finish Penn with some ground and pound. This is bad for Penn!
Franco working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Franco with the ground and pound from mount.
Franco unloading with bombs!
Franco landing strikes from the mount.
Franco lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Penn hang on?
A nice elbow there by Franco.
Franco pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Franco lands with some strikes.
Franco looking to finish Penn with some ground and pound. This is bad for Penn!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eddie Franco dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Penn stuffs the takedown.
Franco fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Keenan Penn is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
No luck for Franco with that takedown attempt.
Keenan Penn has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eddie Franco.
Penn shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Franco manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Penn wants to get up but he can't break Franco's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Franco can do anything to dispel that myth.
Penn trying to control but Franco is working from the bottom.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Franco has his feet on Penn's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Franco shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Penn counters by moving into the clinch.
Franco stops a takedown attempt from Penn.
Franco tries for a takedown. No joy.
Penn pulls guard successfully.
Franco is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Franco stands up over Penn, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Penn tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Penn working a defensive guard here.
Franco postures up and lands a big shot to Penn's brow.
Franco is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Franco landing some decent shots from guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franco working some strikes from top position.
Penn is looking to stand up but Franco isn't so interested in that idea.
Franco postures up and lands a big shot to Penn's brow.
Franco stands up over Penn, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Franco postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Franco cracks Penn with a solid left hand.
Franco landing some decent shots from guard.
Franco landing some decent shots from guard.
Franco thows a big elbow that misses.
Franco preventing the sweep.
Franco stands up over Penn, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Franco postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Franco working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Penn's head.
Penn has momentary wrist control but Franco slips an elbow through the middle.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Penn is on top in guard.
Franco is adopting a defensive guard.
Penn throws a strike but Franco rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Franco tries to free his leg and advance position but Penn is retaining full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Franco is in close to Penn's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Franco scoring with punches to the head and body.
Penn throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Franco passes into half guard.
Franco lands with a punch from half guard.
Nice strikes from Franco there.
Franco lands strikes from half guard.
Penn wants to get back to full guard.
Franco seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Franco scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Franco is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Franco is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Franco working Penn over with strikes here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Eddie Franco will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Franco shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Franco working over Penn with some ground and pound. Penn looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Penn trying to control but Franco postures up.
Penn missing with punches from the bottom.
Franco looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Penn with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Franco lands strikes from half guard.
Penn taking some punishment here, with Franco in his half guard.
Penn has hold of Franco's hands but Franco slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Franco scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Nice strikes from Franco there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Penn misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Franco is nestled in close to Penn, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Franco is thwarting Penn's attempts to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Franco wants to pass the guard but Penn is defending well.
Franco prevents Penn from standing back up.
Penn taking some punishment here, with Franco in his half guard.
Franco lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Franco is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Ground and pound from Franco.
Franco working over Penn with some ground and pound. Penn looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Ground and pound from Franco.
Penn on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Franco is nestled in close to Penn, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Penn is looking to improve his position.
Franco drops an elbow to the side of Penn's head.
Franco scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Franco lands a nice short elbow.
Franco is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Penn is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Penn is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Franco scores with a couple of nice shots.
Franco slips a nice elbow through Penn's hands, connecting with Penn's forehead.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Franco connects with a nice short shot to Penn's temple.
Franco landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Penn taking some punishment here, with Franco in his half guard.
Franco lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Franco winds up and cracks Penn with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Penn gets full guard.
Penn 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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Franco distracts Penn with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Franco working some strikes from top position.
Penn can't keep his opponent in guard - Franco advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Franco working the head and body with strikes.
Franco lands strikes from half guard.
Franco is nestled in close to Penn, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Franco lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Franco working over Penn with some ground and pound. Penn looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Penn throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Franco is pressing down on Penn's thigh, looking to free his foot. Penn is holding on for now.
Nice strikes from Franco there.
Penn looking for submissions off his back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Nice strikes from Franco there.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Franco connects with a nice short shot to Penn's temple.
Nice strikes from Franco there.
Franco is nestled in close to Penn, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Penn looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Penn trying to hold on to Franco's head to control him but Franco postures up.
Franco seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Eddie Franco is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Keenan Penn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Franco moves into full mount! Penn won't be happy about that!
And that's the end of the fight!
Eddie Franco comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Franco winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eddie Franco!
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