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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Edward Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kostya Tszyu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kostya Tszyu struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 147.1lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Edward Penn has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Edward Penn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kostya Tszyu!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Alan Glass and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Penn misses with a hook.
Penn throws a hook but Tszyu avoids it easily.
Tszyu bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tszyu misses with a double jab.
Nice defenses there by Tszyu.
Tszyu throws a right hand that Penn ducks under and follows up with a left that Penn also avoids with ease.
Tszyu misses with a wild combination.
Penn throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Tszyu counters by clinching up.
Penn fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Penn lands a nice uppercut.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Penn working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Penn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Penn can't break the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tszyu.
Penn lands a shot to the body.
Penn can't find room to land a body shot as Tszyu controls the action.
Tszyu lands a body shot in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tszyu.
Penn wants to get back to striking at distance but Tszyu won't allow it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tszyu scores with a nice hook to the head.
Penn tries to break free but Tszyu pushes him back against the cage.
Tszyu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Penn wants to stall.
Tszyu has a couple of punches blocked by Penn.
A head punch on the inside from Tszyu fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Penn.
Penn tries to pull guard but Tszyu won't allow it.
Tszyu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Penn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Penn has a couple of punches blocked by Tszyu.
Tszyu has Penn pressed against the cage, preventing Penn from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Penn tries to pull guard but Tszyu won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Edward Penn. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tszyu lands a body shot in the clinch.
Tszyu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Penn tries to break free but Tszyu pushes him back against the cage.
Come on Tszyu - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Penn lands a nice shot to the body.
Tszyu lands a body punch.
Penn is trying to break the clinch but Tszyu has him pressed against the cage.
Penn is trying to break the clinch but Tszyu is controlling him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tszyu keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Penn's efforts to push away.
Penn lands a body punch.
Tszyu misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Penn softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tszyu digs a right hand underneath Penn's ribcage. Penn let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Penn can't break the clinch.
Tszyu lands a hook that snaps the head of Penn backwards.
Stalling in the clinch from Tszyu.
Penn can't break the clinch.
Tszyu tries to throw a body punch but Penn avoids it by throwing Tszyu back against the cage.
Tszyu keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Penn's efforts to push away.
Penn wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tszyu misses with the head strike.
Penn cracks Tszyu with a nice body shot.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Penn misses with a body punch.
Tszyu scores with a shoulder strike.
Tszyu taking a breather.
Penn breaks the clinch.
Penn throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Tszyu counters with a two punch combo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Penn throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Penn misses with a combination
and Tszyu counters with a two punch combo.
Tszyu looks to land a combination but Penn avoids it well.
Penn looks to land a right hand but Tszyu moved out of range.
Penn misses with an uppercut. Tszyu saw that one coming.
Penn misses with a combination
and Tszyu counters with a nice body shot.
Tszyu ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Penn throws a hook to the side of Tszyu's head but Tszyu sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A big right from Penn misses.
Penn swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Tszyu counters with a stiff right hand.
Penn thows a left - swing and a miss!
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.
Penn falls off balance throwing a combination
and Tszyu counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Penn is breathing heavily.
Penn has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Penn falls off balance throwing a combination
and Tszyu counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Penn is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tszyu.
Penn throws a combination that misses
and Tszyu counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Tszyu.
Penn's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tszyu scores with a shoulder strike.
Penn is looking to break free of the clinch but Tszyu has double underhooks.
Penn wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tszyu pushes Penn back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tszyu is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tszyu lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Penn can't break the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tszyu.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kostya Tszyu 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 shot to the body
and Tszyu counters with a two punch combo.
Penn misses with a body punch
and Tszyu counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Tszyu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tszyu swings wildly with an uppercut but Penn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tszyu scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tszyu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Penn wants to break free but Tszyu has control.
Penn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Penn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tszyu doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tszyu softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Penn is trying to break the clinch but Tszyu is controlling him.
A head punch on the inside from Penn fails to land.
Penn lands a shoulder strike.
Penn softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tszyu lands a shoulder strike.
Penn wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tszyu lands an uppercut.
Tszyu scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short right from Tszyu.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tszyu.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tszyu has him pressed against the cage.
Tszyu misses with a punch on the inside.
Tszyu lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Tszyu lands with a short shot to the head.
Penn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tszyu throws a punch but it's blocked by Penn.
Tszyu lands with a short shot to the head.
Penn tries to pull guard but Tszyu holds him up against the cage and eventually Penn drops back down to his feet.
Tszyu pushes Penn back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Penn stalling.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Penn is trying to break free.
Tszyu lands a nice shot to the body.
Penn stalling in the clinch but Tszyu improves position.
Penn has had enough of the clinch but Tszyu keeps him there for the moment.
Tszyu lands a body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tszyu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tszyu lands an uppercut.
Tszyu has a couple of punches blocked by Penn.
Tszyu working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Penn blocks an uppercut.
Tszyu lands an uppercut.
Tszyu throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Penns head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tszyu makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Penn is leaning against Tszyu and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Tszyu holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Penn's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tszyu blocks a jab.
Penn misses with a shot to the body
and Tszyu counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice body punch from Penn.
Penn throws a left and a right that both miss
and Tszyu counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Tszyu.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Tszyu.
Tszyu scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tszyu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Penn wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tszyu has a couple of punches blocked by Penn.
Penn wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tszyu has him pressed against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Tszyu.
A short left from Tszyu.
A left hand lands to the body for Tszyu.
Penn is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tszyu misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A shot in the inside from Tszyu.
A short left from Tszyu.
Penn breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A big right from Penn misses.
Penn misses with a double jab
and Tszyu counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Penn throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Penn misses with a combination
and Tszyu counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
A slow jab from Penn misses its intended target.
Penn throws a sloppy body shot
and Tszyu connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Penn throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A swing and a miss from Penn.
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.
Penn swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Tszyu moves into the clinch.
Tszyu lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Penn backwards.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Tszyu takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tszyu.
Tszyu doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Penn misses with a punch on the inside.
A body shot lands from Penn.
Penn takes a shot to the head.
Penn blocking some punches.
Penn is trying to force a seperation but Tszyu has the dominant position.
Kostya Tszyu seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Penn is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Penn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Penn working aggressively here.
Tszyu lands a shoulder strike.
A body shot lands from Tszyu.
Tszyu lands an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tszyu.
Penn is trying to break the clinch but Tszyu is controlling him.
Penn works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Tszyu digs a right hand underneath Penn's ribcage. Penn let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Tszyu effectively controlling the action here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kostya Tszyu showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Penn throws a hook but Tszyu blocks it.
Edward Penn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A shot to the body from Penn misses
and Tszyu connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Penn swings away with a body shot that misses
and Tszyu counters with a one-two to the body.
Penn thows a left - swing and a miss!
Penn throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Tszyu counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Tszyu misses with some punches.
Penn wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tszyu has him pressed against the cage.
Tszyu lands a body punch in the clinch.
Tszyu keeps control of Penn as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Penn fails to pull the fight into his guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tszyu is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Penn tries to break free but Tszyu pushes him back against the cage.
Penn wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tszyu works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Tszyu throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Penns head.
Tszyu lands a left hand that snaps the head of Penn backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tszyu taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Penn's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Penn pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Penn misses with an uppercut. Tszyu saw that one coming.
Penn misses the body punch
and Tszyu counters with a series of strikes. Penn will be more careful next time no doubt.
Tszyu lands a two punch combo.
Penn misses with a jab to the body
and Penn takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tszyu avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tszyu slips a straight right by Penn.
Tszyu slips a straight right by Penn.
Penn misses with a jab to the body
and Tszyu counters with a two punch combo.
Tszyu uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Penn.
Penn throws a hook to the side of Tszyu's head but Tszyu sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penn throws a left and a right that both miss
and Tszyu connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tszyu ducks under a wild hook from Penn.
Penn avoids a punch combination nicely.
Penn misses with a body punch
and Tszyu counters by moving into the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Tszyu.
Tszyu lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A right hand to the body from Tszyu.
Tszyu lands an uppercut.
Penn tries to work over Tszyu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tszyu lands a right hand.
Penn is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Tszyu is stalling here.
Tszyu lands with a left to the head.
Tszyu digs a right hand underneath Penn's ribcage. Penn let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Tszyu slowing the pace effectively.
Penn is trying to break free.
Tszyu just leaning against Penn, taking a breather.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tszyu lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Tszyu keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Penn's efforts to push away.
Penn is looking to break free of the clinch but Tszyu has double underhooks.
A short body shot lands from Tszyu as the two fighters clinch.
Tszyu softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Penn manages to pull guard.
Penn managing to control the position.
Tszyu postures up in Penn's guard and throws a big left but Penn blocks it.
Tszyu wants to control from the top but Penn keeps moving.
Penn lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Tszyu!
Tszyu is trying desperately to improve position.
Edward Penn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tszyu is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Penn looking to control but Tszyu is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Tszyu tries to improve his position but Penn has taken his back! Penn has a choke - it's sunk in pretty tight... Will Tszyu tap? No... maybe... yes! He's tapped! Penn pushes Tszyu away and gets up to celebrate with his corner!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Edward Penn!
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