PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between James Reign (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and DJ Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reign comes to the cage accompanied by The Name. Penn comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Til I Collapse kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! James Reign could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to DJ Penn's chin.

Reign
vs
Penn

175 cm
23
165 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

176 cm
27
162 lbs
10 - 5 - 2

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, James Reign!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, DJ Penn!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reign lands with an uppercut that bounces Penn off the cage and back into range.
Reign misses with a double jab.
Reign lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

Reign moves into the clinch.
Penn is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Reign - that landed with a thud.
Reign lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Reign tries a body shot but Penn blocks it.
Penn is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Reign is defending well for now.
Reign lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Penn jumps guard but Reign stands there with Penn around his waist. Penn gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Reign scores with a nice hook to the head.
Reign lands with a short shot to the head.
Penn prevents a body shot from Reign.
Penn is trying to drag Reign to the mat but Reign just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Penn misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Penn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Reign working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Reign lands a nice uppercut.

Penn is rocked!
A nice right hand lands inside from Reign.
Penn is still on wobbly legs! Can Reign finish him?
Penn swings wildly with an uppercut but Reign uses good head movement to avoid it.
Reign lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Penn.
Penn misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch on the inside from Penn fails to land.
Reign is working Penn over against the cage.
Reign has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Penn avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Penn seems to have recovered his senses.
Reign lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Reign lands a left hand that snaps the head of Penn backwards.
Reign is pressed up against the cage. Penn has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Reign down to the mat. Reign avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
James Reign has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of DJ Penn.
Reign lunges at Penn with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Penn's hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
No luck for Penn with that takedown attempt.
Reign shoots in for a takedown but Penn shows good takedown defense.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reign jabs Penn to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Reign lands with a shot to the body.

Reign clinches with his opponent.
Nice body punch from Reign - that landed with a thud.
Reign lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Reign ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Reign no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Penn is fighting to break Reign's control of his arms but Reign is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Reign keeping full guard, as Penn tries to pass.

Reign looking for a guillotine here but Penn defends easily.

Reign looking for subs off his back but Penn has passed one foot through into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penn is looking to advance position but Reign won't allow it.

Reign looking for submissions off his back.
Reign is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Penn scores with a couple of nice shots.
Reign works his way to full guard. Good work.
Reign manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Penn is desperately trying to improve his position but Reign has a good base and remains in mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reign wants to control the pace but Penn is squirming around nicely.
Reign prevents Penn from getting the reversal.
Penn wants to control but Reign is having none of it.

Reign has hold of Penn's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Penn manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Penn is in all sorts of trouble here.
Reign tries to control but Penn wriggling away.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Penn is working to get back to half guard.
Penn is squirming around, avoiding Reign's attempts to control the action.

Penn tries to improve his position but Reign has taken his back! Reign has a choke - it's sunk in pretty tight... Will Penn tap? No... maybe... yes! He's tapped! Reign pushes Penn away and gets up to celebrate with his corner!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). James Reign!
James Reign retains his lightweight title!
An out of breath James Reign thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.