PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between DJ Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Penn comes into the arena with Til I Collapse blaring out of the sound system. Michael Jones acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Penn
vs
Jones

176 cm
25
162 lbs
7 - 4 - 2

175 cm
29
167 lbs
9 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, DJ Penn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Michael Jones!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Ren Mimura and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Penn smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Penn waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jones.
Penn misses with a shot to the body
and Jones counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jones is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Penn.
Jones shoots in looking for a takedown but Penn manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Jones's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Penn throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Jones throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Penn tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Jones is in Penn's guard.
Jones throwing strikes but missing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones preventing the sweep.
Jones slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Penn looking to hit a scissor sweep but Jones is one step ahead there.
Jones working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Penn's head.
Jones is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Jones throws an elbow that misses. Penn uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Jones's guard. Nice move by Penn!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones keeping moving, preventing Penn from controlling successfully.
Penn wants to pass the guard but Jones is keeping the position.

Penn drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Jones dives on top into guard.
Penn tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Jones has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Jones trying to control the position from guard on top but Penn is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jones tries to free his leg and advance position but Penn is retaining full guard.

Penn has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Jones can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penn is trying to control the position but Jones postures up.
Penn looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Jones puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Penn is trying to control but can't.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Penn looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Penn is in trouble now - Jones has advanced to mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Penn is trying desperately to improve position.
Jones landing strikes from the mount.

Jones is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Penn has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Penn!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jones is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Penn is controlling him.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Penn tries to free his leg and advance position but Jones is retaining full guard.
Penn passes into half guard.
Penn trying to pass the guard but Jones defending well.
Penn seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Jones does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Penn looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Jones is in trouble now - Penn has advanced to mount!

Penn goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Jones turns into him and now he's in Penn's guard.
Penn keeping moving, preventing Jones from controlling successfully.

Penn looking for a guillotine here but Jones defends easily.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Jones working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Jones 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.
Jones stopping the sweep attempt from Penn.
Jones tries to free his leg and advance position but Penn is retaining full guard.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jones accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Penn keeping moving, preventing Jones from controlling successfully.
Jones won't allow Penn to sweep him here.
Jones passes into half guard.

Penn looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Penn is trying to get back to full guard.
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. Jones connects with a nice short shot to Penn's temple.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Jones looks to land a strike but Penn avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Jones looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
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.
Jones sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Penn lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Jones!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Penn mounts Jones! Really nice guard pass there!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that DJ Penn will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

No luck for Jones with that takedown attempt.
Jones fails with an attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Penn swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jones thows a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn cracks a nice hook into Jones's ribs.
Penn leaves Jones with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Nice defenses there by Jones.
Jones throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jones misses with a takedown
and Penn counters with a nice uppercut.
DJ Penn has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michael Jones.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Penn sprawls well. Penn wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Jones gets slowly back to his feet.

Jones clinches with his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penn misses with a body punch.
Penn wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jones has him pressed against the cage.
Jones blocking some punches.
Penn prevents a takedown attempt there.
Jones looking for a takedown.
Jones has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Penn avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Jones drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jones blocks an uppercut.
Penn lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Jones.
Jones swings wildly with an uppercut but Penn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jones drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Penn gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Penn cracks Jones with a nice body shot.
Jones has Penn pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Penn looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Penn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Penn wants to break free but Jones has control.
Penn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jones's elbow.
Penn is trying to push Jones away but Jones has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Penn wants to break free but Jones has control.
Jones can't get the takedown.
Penn can't find room to land a body shot as Jones controls the action.
Jones pressing his opponent against the cage.
Penn is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Penn manages to break the clinch.
Penn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jones.
Jones will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Jones or perhaps it was just good defense by Penn which made him look bad.
Jones looks for a takedown but Penn sprawls well.
Jones shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Penn sprawls well. Penn wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Jones gets slowly back to his feet.

That's six 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.
A swing and a miss from Jones.
Penn swings for the body but Jones moves out of range.
Jones ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Jones swings away with a body shot that misses
and Penn counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Jones moves forwards but Penn connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Penn looks to land a right hand but Jones moved out of range.
Penn thuds a left hand into Jones's body.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Jones.
Penn bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Jones fails with an attempt to clinch.
Penn looks for the body kick but Jones saw that one coming.
Jones throws a body punch but Penn moves out of range.
Jones tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Jones. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Jones.
Jones shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Penn defends it nicely.
Penn throws a body kick that misses.
Jones throws the left hand but Penn avoids the punch easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
DJ Penn showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Penn has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for DJ Penn!
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight for DJ Penn!
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight for DJ Penn!

DJ Penn wins by unanimous decision!
Our winner, DJ Penn, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.