PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Scott Irish (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and MJ Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). MJ Penn is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Irish
vs
Penn

184 cm
18
142 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
140 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Inexperienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

CBK MMA Nutrition

SPARTAN FIGHTWARE
HGH Nutrients

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Scott Irish!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, MJ Penn!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Daniel Bishop and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Irish misses with a series of wild punches.
Penn fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Irish avoids it really well and circles away.
Penn fails with a takedown attempt.
Penn slips a jab and a cross from Irish.
Irish misses with a two punch combination.
Irish looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Irish misses with a few strikes there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A combination from Irish does no damage.
Irish fails to land with a series of punches.
Irish throws a nice looking combination but Penn bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Penn is defended easily by Irish.
Scott Irish has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of MJ Penn.
Irish throws a right hand that Penn ducks under and follows up with a left that Penn also avoids with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn slips a jab and a cross from Irish.
Irish throws a right and a left that Penn avoids nicely.
Irish misses with a wild combination.

Penn changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Irish looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

Penn looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Irish is trying to buck Penn off.

Penn tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Penn has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Penn looks gassed!
Irish tries to escape but Penn is in control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Penn tries for a kimura but Irish is defending well.

Penn working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

Penn looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Irish pushes Penn away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Penn gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Irish swinging wilding here.
Irish misses with a jab, cross combination.
Irish looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Irish defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Penn.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Irish!
Irish misses with a few strikes there.
Irish throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Penn shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Irish lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Irish.
Scott Irish seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Penn avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Irish looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Penn tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Irish swivels and escapes.
Irish misses with a series of wild punches.
Irish fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Irish swinging wilding here.
Scott Irish is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A punch combination from Irish misses.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Irish throws a series of punches but Penn moves out of range.
Penn looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Irish is fending him off so far but Penn persists. Nope, Irish circles away and we're back to standing.
Penn dodges the punch combination from Irish.
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 Scott Irish will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

A right-left combo lands from Irish.
Irish misses with a few strikes there.
Nice sprawl there from Irish as Penn shoots in.
Irish looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Penn slips a jab and a cross from Irish.
A left and a right from Irish both land. Nice combination.
Irish misses with the combination.
Irish throws a series of punches but Penn moves out of range.
Penn is breathing heavily.
Irish throws a one two combo.
Irish looks to land a combination but Penn avoids it well.
Irish throws a series of punches but Penn avoids them all with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Irish swinging wilding here.
Penn slips a jab and a cross from Irish.
Penn dodges the punch combination from Irish.
Irish throws a right and a left that both miss.
Irish fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Irish fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Irish will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A punch combination from Irish misses.
Irish misses with a wild combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Irish!
Irish misses with a series of wild punches.
Irish throws a right hand that Penn ducks under and follows up with a left that Penn also avoids with ease.
Irish throws a series of punches but Penn avoids them all with ease.
Irish throws a right hand that Penn ducks under and follows up with a left that Penn also avoids with ease.
Irish lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Penn backs up against the cage.
Penn shoots in for a double leg but Irish sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
A punch combination from Irish misses.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Penn is defended easily by Irish.
Scott Irish has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of MJ Penn.
Penn showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Irish.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Irish rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Penn moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Irish throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Left hook, right uppercut from Irish.
Penn slips a jab and a cross from Irish.
Irish misses with a double jab.
Irish really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Penn avoids a punch combination nicely.
Penn dodges the punch combination from Irish.

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.
Irish will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Irish misses with a jab, cross combination.
Irish misses with a wild combination.
Irish misses with a jab, cross combination.
Irish looks to land a combination but Penn avoids it well.
Penn dives in and grabs Irish's left leg, looking for a takedown. Irish pushes down on Penn's head and hops out.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Irish works over Penn's head and body with a nice combination.
No joy there for Irish, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Irish misses with a double jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Scott Irish dominated that second 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.

Irish misses with a double jab.
Irish throws a right hand that Penn ducks under and follows up with a left that Penn also avoids with ease.
Irish misses with a double jab.
Irish moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
A combination from Irish does no damage.
Penn shoots in for a takedown but Irish shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Penn fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Irish swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
No joy there for Irish, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Irish throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Penn takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Irish rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Penn moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Irish misses with a two punch combination.
Scott Irish is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A combination from Irish does no damage.
Irish throws a right and a left that Penn avoids nicely.
Irish scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
No joy there for Irish, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Irish lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Penn circles away quickly and effectively.
Irish swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Irish throws a series of punches but Penn moves out of range.
Irish throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Irish lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Irish swinging wilding here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Irish misses with a two punch combination.
Irish misses with the combination.
Irish looks to land a combination but Penn avoids it well.
Penn shoots in but Irish avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Scott Irish has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of MJ Penn.
A combination from Irish does no damage.
Penn will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Irish misses with the combination.
Penn dodges the punch combination from Irish.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Irish misses with the combination.
Irish will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Irish throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Irish throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Irish misses with a wild combination.
Irish will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Irish lands with a nice combination. Penn backs away looking to recover.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Penn will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Penn fails with a takedown attempt.
Irish throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Irish swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Irish is working the combinations to good effect here.
Irish throws a series of punches but Penn moves out of range.
Penn dodges the punch combination from Irish.
Irish throws a right hand that Penn ducks under and follows up with a left that Penn also avoids with ease.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Irish scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Irish misses with a few strikes there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Scott Irish clearly takes that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Irish throws a combination. Penn tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Irish throws a nice looking combination but Penn bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Penn dodges the punch combination from Irish.

Penn shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Irish knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Penn on the ground.

Penn jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Irish is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Irish and Penn has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.

Penn is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Irish is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Irish is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Penn asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Penn is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Irish throws Penn to one side and escapes!
Irish throws a nice looking combination but Penn bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Irish throws a series of punches but Penn avoids them all with ease.
Irish misses with a series of wild punches.
Irish throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Irish lands with a nice combination. Penn backs away looking to recover.
Irish misses with a series of wild punches.
Irish scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Irish will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Irish fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Irish misses with a two punch combination.
Irish leaves Penn with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Penn takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Irish rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Penn moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A punch combination from Irish misses.
Penn showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Irish.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Irish misses with a series of wild punches.
Irish displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Penn.
Penn avoids a punch combination nicely.
Irish looks to land a combination but Penn avoids it well.
A punch combination from Irish misses.
Irish fails to land with a series of punches.
Irish throws a series of punches but Penn moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Irish misses with a few strikes there.
Irish misses with a few strikes there.
Irish throws a series of punches but Penn avoids them all with ease.
A right-left combo lands from Irish.
Irish misses with a few strikes there.
Irish displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Irish misses with a double jab.
Penn dodges the punch combination from Irish.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Irish misses with a two punch combination.
Irish lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Penn circles away quickly and effectively.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Scott Irish had his way with MJ Penn in that round.
That's time! Irish's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Irish fails to land with a series of punches.
Irish misses with a wild combination.

Penn decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Irish is trying to stand.

Penn seems to be looking for submissions.
Irish is trying to stand back up but Penn is controlling him

Irish kicks Penn off and gets back to his feet.
Irish throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Irish fails to land with a series of punches.
Penn showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Irish.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Irish lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Irish throws a right and a left that Penn avoids nicely.
Irish swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Irish moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Irish throws a series of punches but Penn avoids them all with ease.
A combination from Irish does no damage.
Irish throws a nice looking combination but Penn bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Penn showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Irish.
Irish works over Penn's head and body with a nice combination.

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.
Irish misses with a few strikes there.
Penn showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Irish.
Irish lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Irish moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Irish throws a right and a left that Penn avoids nicely.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Penn is defended easily by Irish.
Irish swinging wilding here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Irish misses with a two punch combination.
Irish closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Irish rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Penn moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A punch combination from Irish misses.
Irish throws a series of punches but Penn avoids them all with ease.
MJ Penn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Irish throws a right hand that Penn ducks under and follows up with a left that Penn also avoids with ease.
Scott Irish is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Irish lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Penn circles away quickly and effectively.
Irish throws a series of punches but Penn moves out of range.
Irish misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Irish swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

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.
Irish fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Irish swinging wilding here.
Scott Irish is winning the standup battle so far.
Irish scores with a three punch combo!
Penn avoids a punch combination nicely.
Penn shoots in for a double leg but Irish sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Irish will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Irish misses with the combination.
Irish lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Penn circles away quickly and effectively.

And that's the end of the fight!
Scott Irish showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Irish, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 James Glass scores the fight 50:45
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 50:45
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 50:45

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Scott Irish!
Scott Irish is the new featherweight champion!