PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Baby Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christian Drake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Drake's choice of entrance music: Travis Porter - All the Way Turnt Up. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Penn
vs
Drake

175 cm
23
172 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

183 cm
21
174 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

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Counter striker
Granite chin

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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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Baby Penn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Christian Drake!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Drake shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Penn is trying to escape the mount.
Drake tries to control but Penn wriggling away.
Drake controlling the pace for now.
Drake prevents Penn from getting the reversal.
Penn throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Drake postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Penn looks a forlorn figure.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Drake working the ground and pound effectively.
Drake has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Drake prevents Penn from getting the reversal.
Drake lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Drake prevents Penn from getting the reversal.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn is working hard here to advance position.
Drake lands with some strikes.
Drake controlling from the full mount.
Drake lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Penn knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Drake on the ground.
Penn is wriggling around trying to escape.
Drake controlling the position easily from mount.
Drake working Penn over with strikes here.
Penn is trying to escape the mount.
Drake fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drake unloading with bombs!
Drake dominating with strikes here.
Drake tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Penn is in all sorts of trouble here.
Penn is breathing heavily.
Drake working the ground and pound effectively.
Drake is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Penn can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Penn tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Drake controlling the position easily from mount.
Drake working the ground and pound effectively.
Drake looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drake looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Penn is working to get back to half guard.
Drake lands a big elbow.
The referee warns Penn that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

Penn is rocked!
Drake unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Penn wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Drake celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Christian Drake!