PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between BJ Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nando Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nando Martinez has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Penn
vs
Martinez

175 cm
22
155 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

180 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, BJ Penn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Nando Martinez!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Penn shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Martinez as he jumps to the side.
Penn shoots in looking for a takedown. Martinez tries to sprawl out of it but Penn keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Martinez manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Penn shoots in looking for a takedown. Martinez tries to sprawl out of it but Penn keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Martinez manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for BJ Penn. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Martinez misses with a takedown

and Penn counters with a nice double leg into side control. Martinez won't be happy with that.
Martinez is looking to regain half guard here but Penn keeps moving and retains side control.

Penn is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Martinez has escaped the position, nice work there.
Martinez is trying to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Penn presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!

Penn looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Penn can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Martinez is looking to escape.

That's two 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.
Penn landing strikes from the mount and Martinez is in trouble!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Penn cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Martinez really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Martinez tries to improve his position but instead Penn has taken his back!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez wants to escape the position.
Martinez trying to control the hands but Penn won't let him.
Martinez manages to reverse the position and now he's in Penn's guard. Nice work there by Martinez.
Martinez really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Penn. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Martinez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Martinez wants to clinch

and Penn counters with a shoot takedown. Martinez fights it but they end up in guard.
Martinez trying to keep a closed guard but Penn is proving a slippery customer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez looking to hit a scissor sweep but Penn is one step ahead there.
Martinez looks gassed!

Martinez has an active guard here but Penn has managed to pass into half guard.

Martinez with the active half guard here but Penn passes nicely into side control.

Penn working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

BJ Penn dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Penn misses with a takedown attempt
and Martinez counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Martinez tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Penn counters with a takedown into side control.
You can see the frustration on Martinez's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Penn scores with a couple of short elbows.
Penn lands a decent elbow from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Penn wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
BJ Penn overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Martinez is trying to control Penn's posture but Penn avoids it.
Penn has control of an arm but Martinez manages to advance to Penn's back!
Martinez just trying to survive but Penn is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.

Penn has got one arm under Martinez's chin. This could be trouble... Martinez trying to control the other hand but Penn gets it free and sqeezes tight - just a matter of time now! Yep, Martinez has tapped out! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). BJ Penn!