PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Brandon Pena (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonathan Lewis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Pena might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Pitbull- Gasolina. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Pena
vs
Lewis

170 cm
24
147 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

185 cm
24
145 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Decent knees
Knockout power

Fighters Edge Nutrition and Supplements
JOKER FIGHTGEAR

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brandon Pena!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jonathan Lewis!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Columbo Gatti and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lewis moves out of range as Pena strikes.
Pena tries to clinch but Lewis moves out of range.
Lewis swats away the attempt to clinch by Pena.
Pena moves in looking to clinch but Lewis pushes him off.
Pena tries to clinch up.

Pena closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Pena tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pena landing knees to the body.
Pena managing to block the knees to the body from Lewis.
Lewis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pena.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pena is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Lewis gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Lewis takes an elbow to the forehead.
Pena lands an elbow inside.
Pena using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lewis has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lewis is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Pena lands an elbow just above Lewis 's eye.
Pena stalling.
Pena tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lewis managing to block the knees to the body from Pena.
Pena managing to block the knees to the body from Lewis.
Lewis blocks an elbow strike from Pena.
Pena tries to land knees in the clinch but Lewis avoids the damage to the body.
Pena tries a knee to the head but Lewis blocks it.
Pena on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lewis dodges an elbow strike from Pena.
Pena blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pena blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pena lands an elbow that stopped Lewis in his tracks for a moment.
Pena using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lewis has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pena tries a knee to the head but Lewis blocks it.
Pena throws a knee to the head but misses.

Pena escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pena tries to bum rush Lewis with a series of wild strikes but Lewis uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A jab lands there for Pena.
Pena circles away from the clinch attempt

and Pena counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lewis is looking to stand up but Pena isn't so interested in that idea.

Pena gets to his feet - Lewis follows without any prompting.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pena circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pena closes the distance but Lewis moves to the side

and Lewis counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Lewis blocks the elbow strike.
Lewis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pena misses with a knee to the head.
Lewis missing with knees to the body.
Pena throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pena tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pena looking to throw knees to the head but Lewis is blocking nicely.
Lewis blocks an elbow strike.
Lewis missing with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
A bit of stalling here from Pena.
Pena tries a knee to the head but Lewis blocks it.
Pena managing to block the knees to the body from Lewis.
Lewis takes an elbow to the temple.
Pena tries to land a knee to the head but Lewis blocks with his arms.
Pena connects with a knee to the head.
Lewis avoiding damage as Pena throws knees to the body.
Lewis avoids the elbow strike from Pena, against the cage.
Pena controlling the action here for a moment.
Pena tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lewis managing to block the knees to the body from Pena.
Pena blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A shot in the inside from Pena.
Pena stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Lewis tries to pull guard but Pena won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brandon Pena 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.

Lewis closes the distance looking to clinch

and Pena counters by moving into the clinch.
A knee to the head by Pena.
Pena on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pena with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Lewis is rocked!
Pena pressing his opponent against the cage.
Lewis is still on wobbly legs! Can Pena finish him?
Pena tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pena throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lewis blocks it with crossed arms.
Pena misses with a knee to the head.
Pena lands an elbow just above Lewis 's eye.
Pena looking to throw knees to the head but Lewis is blocking nicely.
Lewis letting Pena take a breather here.
Pena lands an elbow inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pena using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lewis has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pena with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pena tries to land a knee to the head but Lewis blocks with his arms.
Lewis seems to have recovered his senses.
Pena leaning against his opponent.

Pena drags the fight down to the ground.
Lewis wants to stand and escape but instead Pena has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Pena has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Lewis is proving hard to escape from.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Pena won't allow Lewis to get back to his feet.

Pena gets to his feet. Lewis looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pena tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Lewis holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Lewis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pena.
Pena throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lewis blocks it with crossed arms.
Pena comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Pena tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lewis landing knees to the body.
Pena landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Pena with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pena throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lewis blocks it with crossed arms.
Lewis tries to land knees in the clinch but Pena avoids the damage to the body.
Pena throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lewis blocks it with crossed arms.
Pena throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pena throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lewis blocks it with crossed arms.
Lewis trying to land knees to the body.
Pena tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pena gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lewis missing with knees to the body.
Pena avoiding damage as Lewis throws knees to the body.
Pena misses with a knee to the head.
Pena throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lewis blocks it with crossed arms.
Pena tries a knee to the head but Lewis blocks it.
Pena throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pena tries a knee to the head but Lewis blocks it.
Pena content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Pena lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Pena lands a knee to the head.
Pena using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lewis has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pena lands a nice elbow.
Pena misses with a knee strike.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Pena blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Pena avoiding damage as Lewis throws knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brandon Pena dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Pena throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Lewis counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Lewis.
Pena trying to land knees to the body.
Pena with a knee to the head.
Pena comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Lewis blocks an uppercut.
Pena connects with a nasty looking knee right to Lewis's face.
Pena using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lewis has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lewis blocks the elbow strike.
Pena on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pena lands an elbow inside.
Lewis dodges an elbow strike from Pena.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pena with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Pena.
Pena lands a knee to the body.
Pena lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Pena throws an elbow that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lewis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pena.
Pena using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Lewis wants a takedown.
Lewis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pena.
Pena throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lewis blocks it with crossed arms.
Pena lands a damaging elbow.
Pena leaning against his opponent.
Pena comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Pena pushes off an throws an elbow but Lewis leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Pena throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lewis blocks it with crossed arms.
Pena tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Lewis just stands there and leans against the cage.
Pena stalling the fight.
Lewis avoids a wild elbow strike from Pena.
Pena missing with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pena throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lewis blocks it with crossed arms.
Pena with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lewis tries to land knees in the clinch but Pena avoids the damage to the body.
Lewis takes an elbow to the temple.
Pena misses with a knee to the head.
Pena avoiding damage as Lewis throws knees to the body.
Pena tries a knee to the head but Lewis blocks it.
Pena on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lewis tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Pena just stands there and leans against the cage.
Pena tries to land a knee to the head but Lewis blocks with his arms.
Pena tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pena avoiding damage as Lewis throws knees to the body.
Lewis dodges an elbow strike from Pena.
Pena connects with a knee to the head.
Pena holding his opponent close, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pena misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lewis.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Pena.
Pena tries to land a knee to the head but Lewis blocks with his arms.
Pena throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lewis blocks it with crossed arms.
Pena misses with a knee strike.
Pena misses with a knee strike.
Lewis being controlled against the cage.
Knees to the body from Pena.
Pena managing to block the knees to the body from Lewis.

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.
Pena with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pena lands a damaging elbow.
Pena looking to throw knees to the head but Lewis is blocking nicely.
Pena trying to land knees to the body.
Pena connects with a nasty looking knee right to Lewis's face.
Pena tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pena misses with a knee to the head.
Pena misses with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lewis goes for a takedown in the clinch but Pena prevents it.
Brandon Pena has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jonathan Lewis.
Pena jumps guard but Lewis stands there with Pena around his waist. Pena gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Lewis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pena.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Pena creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Pena creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Pena stalls.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brandon Pena clearly takes that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

A shot to the body from Pena misses

and Lewis counters by clinching up.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Pena takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Pena tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lewis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pena.
Pena tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pena throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pena taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Lewis takes an elbow to the temple.
Lewis avoids a wild elbow strike from Pena.
Pena throws a knee to the head but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lewis takes a knee right on the jaw!
Pena missing with knees to the body.
Pena lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Pena gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Pena pushes off an throws an elbow but Lewis leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pena tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pena throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Lewis trying to land knees to the body.
Pena tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lewis.
Lewis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pena.
Pena tries to land a knee to the head but Lewis blocks with his arms.
Pena lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Pena stalling against the cage.
Pena lands a nice elbow.
Pena displaying some good clinch control by pressing Lewis up against the cage.
Pena looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Pena tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
The referee calls for Pena to work.
Pena tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pena tries a knee to the head but Lewis blocks it.
Pena on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lewis avoids the elbow strike from Pena, against the cage.
Pena throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pena throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lewis blocks it with crossed arms.
Pena throws an elbow that misses.
Pena throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lewis blocks it with crossed arms.
Lewis trying to land knees to the body.
Lewis trying to land knees to the body.
Pena throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lewis blocks it with crossed arms.
Pena tries to land a knee to the head but Lewis blocks with his arms.
Lewis dodges an elbow strike from Pena.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Pena is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pena looking to throw knees to the head but Lewis is blocking nicely.
Pena tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pena with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pena tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pena tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lewis avoids a wild elbow strike from Pena.
Pena managing to block the knees to the body from Lewis.
Pena tries a knee to the head but Lewis blocks it.
Lewis avoids the elbow strike from Pena, against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Pena scores with a nice short uppercut.
Pena misses with a knee to the head.
Pena taking a breather.
Lewis missing with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Pena tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pena using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lewis has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pena trying to land knees to the body.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Pena misses with a knee strike.
Lewis dodges an elbow strike from Pena.
Lewis trying to land knees to the body.
Lewis managing to block the knees to the body from Pena.
Pena misses with a knee strike.
Pena looking to stall.
Pena with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The referee calls for Pena to work.
Pena pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Pena tries to stall but Lewis uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Pena avoiding damage as Lewis throws knees to the body.
Lewis avoids a wild elbow strike from Pena.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brandon Pena had his way with Jonathan Lewis in that round.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Pena clinches but Lewis breaks the clinch

and Lewis counters by moving into the clinch.
Pena using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lewis has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pena is struggling to control the position.
Pena with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pena tries to land knees in the clinch but Lewis avoids the damage to the body.
Lewis dodges an elbow strike from Pena.
Pena tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lewis blocks an elbow strike.
Lewis trying to land knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pena tries to land a knee to the head but Lewis blocks with his arms.
Lewis being controlled against the cage.
Pena tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pena tries to stall but Lewis uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pena with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Pena throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Pena.
Pena tries to land a knee to the head but Lewis blocks with his arms.
Lewis lands a nice knee to the body.
Pena misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lewis.
Pena connects with a knee to the head.
Pena leaning against his opponent.
Pena blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pena avoiding damage as Lewis throws knees to the body.
Pena throws an elbow that misses.
Pena effectively controlling the action here.
Lewis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pena.
Pena misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lewis.

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.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lewis.
Lewis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pena.
Pena misses with a knee to the head.
Lewis unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pena lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Pena blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pena is stalling here.
Lewis blocks an elbow strike from Pena.
Pena stalls.
Pena with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pena lands an elbow just above Lewis 's eye.
Pena misses with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lewis trying to land knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Lewis avoiding damage as Pena throws knees to the body.
Pena misses with a knee strike.
Pena on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lewis avoiding damage as Pena throws knees to the body.
Pena scores a nice knee to the body.
Lewis lands a nice knee to the body.
Pena avoiding damage as Lewis throws knees to the body.
Brandon Pena is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Pena working aggressively here.
Pena avoiding damage as Lewis throws knees to the body.
Lewis missing with knees to the body.

That's four 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.
Pena misses with a knee to the head.
A bit of stalling here from Pena.
Lewis jumps guard but Pena stands there with Lewis around his waist. Lewis gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Pena with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Pena tries a knee to the head but Lewis blocks it.
Jonathan Lewis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pena with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brandon Pena showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Pena has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 50:45
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 50:45
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 50:45

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brandon Pena!
Brandon Pena retains his featherweight title!