PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Paul Daley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and BeeJay Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Daley
vs
Penn

190 cm
25
182 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

184 cm
22
183 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Paul Daley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, BeeJay Penn!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Vladimir Khabensky and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Penn misses with the combination.
Daley steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Penn.
Penn misses with a body shot.
Penn lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Daley circles away quickly and effectively.
Daley tries to clinch up.
Daley fails with an attempt to clinch.
Penn just misses with a punch to the body.
Penn looks to score with a jab to the body but Daley is just out of range.
Penn scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Penn lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Daley tries to clinch up but Penn circles away and keeps his distance.
Penn misses the jab.
Penn fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daley tries to clinch but Penn moves out of range.
Penn with a jab.
Daley tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Penn is able to avoid easily.
Penn scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Daley is rocked!
Penn throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Oh Daley is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Daley is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Penn tries to bum rush Daley with a series of wild strikes but Daley uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Daley drops his hands momentarily. Penn doesn't need a second invitation, landing a shot to the temple. Daley staggers and falls to the mat and the ref dives in to save him from any more punishment. Daley doesn't seem happy with the stoppage but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). BeeJay Penn!