PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Drake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Penn comes to the cage accompanied by Everything in it's right place. Drake has chosen Sweep The Leg as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Penn
vs
Drake

225 cm
21
326 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

225 cm
26
300 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful

Legal High's [CBK]
Legal High's [CBK]

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, James Penn !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Thomas Drake!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drake fails to land with a series of punches.
Drake throws a head kick but Penn moves out of range.
Penn throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Penn lands with a good body shot.
Penn avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Penn showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Drake.
A swing and a miss from Drake.
Penn moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Penn .
Penn tries a head kick but it misses.
Drake misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Drake misses with a double jab.
Penn buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Penn will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Crunch! Penn slams his shin into Drake's torso.
Drake looks gassed!
Penn feints and then cracks Drake's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Drake down.
Drake 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 dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Drake. That did some damage!
Penn scoring well with a low kick there.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Penn - that will leave a mark!
A chopping leg kick lands by Penn .
Penn moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Penn lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Penn feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Drake's calf.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A good leg kick by Penn .
Drake takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Penn with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Drake's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Penn , right into the meat.
Drake chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Penn can pounce on him.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Penn , right into the meat.
Drake takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Drake takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penn looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Thomas Drake seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A nice inside leg kick there by Penn . That's going to slow Drake down.
Penn lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Penn lands a head kick!
Drake walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Penn lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Penn scores with a leg kick.
Penn throws a front kick that sends Drake stumbling back into the cage.
Penn lands with a thumping leg kick.
Penn chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Penn fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Penn lands with a cross.
Penn lands a slapping body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Penn there.
Penn fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Drake.
Good leg kick by Penn there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Drake on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Penn . Penn obviously looking to wear him down.
Drake looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Penn turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Penn lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Penn throws a nice inside leg kick.
Penn lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Penn chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Penn lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Penn looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Penn thumps Drake with a low kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Penn cracks Drake with an open hand slap.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Penn lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Penn thumps Drake with a low kick.
Nice straight punches there by Penn . You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Penn .
Penn buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Drake on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Penn . Penn obviously looking to wear him down.
Penn lands a slapping body shot.
A good leg kick by Penn .
Penn throws a quick inside leg kick.
Penn throws a nice outside leg kick.
Drake takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Penn lands with a good body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Penn thuds a left hand into Drake's body.
Drake takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Drake drops his hands momentarily and Penn takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Penn 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.

Drake takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
James Penn is winning the standup battle so far.
Penn showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Drake.
Penn lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Drake throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Penn .
Penn connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Penn looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A good leg kick by Penn .
Penn lands with a nice body punch.
Penn scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Penn - that will leave a mark!
Penn scores with a hook to the body. Drake takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Drake is breathing heavily.
Drake showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Penn .
A good leg kick by Penn .

That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Penn throws a leg kick which misses Drake's front leg but catches the back leg as Drake tries to avoid it.
Penn jabs at Drake's body.
A good leg kick by Penn .
Penn is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Drake can do to turn this around?
Drake takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Penn scoring well with a low kick there.
Drake takes a kick to the side of the head.
Drake has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Penn .
Penn turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Penn . That's going to slow Drake down.
Penn lands with a nice body punch.
Penn throws a nice outside leg kick.
Penn scores with a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penn throws a quick inside leg kick.
Penn looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Penn scores with a jab to the body.
Drake walks into a stiff left hand from Penn .
Penn scores with a crisp jab that stopped Drake in his tracks.
Penn scores with a leg kick.
Drake takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Penn jabs Drake right on the nose. Drake blinks but takes it well.
Drake chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Penn can pounce on him.
Nice jab there from Penn .
Drake needs to keep his hands up - Penn had a free shot at his head there.
Penn chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Penn lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drake takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Drake misses with a straight left.
Thomas Drake is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Drake looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Penn scores with the left hand. Drake knows he should have avoided that one.
Penn throws a leg kick which misses Drake's front leg but catches the back leg as Drake tries to avoid it.
Drake doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A good leg kick by Penn .
Drake sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Penn ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Penn lands with a thumping leg kick.
Penn throws a quick inside leg kick.
Penn connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Penn throws a one two combo.
Penn scoring well with a low kick there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Penn .
Penn throws a leg kick which misses Drake's front leg but catches the back leg as Drake tries to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Penn thumps Drake with a low kick.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Drake might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Penn has got the better of the exchanges.
Penn lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nice body kick there by Penn .
Drake on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Penn . Penn obviously looking to wear him down.
A good leg kick by Penn .
Penn connects with a solid leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Penn . That's going to slow Drake down.
Penn lands a right hook to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Penn looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Drake moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Drake takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Penn is looking to slow Drake down with leg kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Penn dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Nice straight punches there by Penn . You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Penn .
Drake falls off balance throwing a combination
and Penn counters with a good low kick that Drake was not able to check.
Penn uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Drake.
Drake throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Penn counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Penn lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Penn scores with a nice head shot.
A head kick from Penn lands but Drake takes it in his stride.
A head kick by Drake misses
and Drake takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Penn scores with a head kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Penn , right into the meat.
Penn fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Drake.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Drake on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Penn . Penn obviously looking to wear him down.
Penn scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drake takes a jab right on the kisser.
Drake ducks right into an uppercut from Penn .
Drake slips a jab and a cross from Penn .
Drake walks forward, straight into a front kick from Penn .
Penn cracks the inside of Drake's front leg.
A chopping leg kick lands by Penn .
Penn scoring well with a low kick there.
A nice inside leg kick there by Penn . That's going to slow Drake down.
Penn connects with a solid leg kick.
Good leg kick by Penn there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Penn lands a head kick!
Penn moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Penn moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penn lands a nice leg kick that just misses Drake's sensitive parts.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Penn lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Penn connects with a nice looking jab.
Penn thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Drake if he has to take too many more of those.
Penn throws a head kick that Drake semi-blocks.
Drake on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Penn with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Penn lands a nice leg kick that just misses Drake's sensitive parts.
Good leg kick by Penn there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Penn lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Penn lands with a thumping leg kick.
Penn looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Penn fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Drake.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penn lands with a kick to the temple. Drake shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Drake has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Penn . Drake shrugs it off though.
Drake takes one to the side of the head.
Penn throws a quick inside leg kick.
Penn thows a body kick. Drake tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Drake walks forward, straight into a front kick from Penn .
Penn chopping away at his opponent's legs.
James Penn is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A nice inside leg kick there by Penn . That's going to slow Drake down.
Penn throws a nice head kick!
A nice leg kick lands there from Penn .
A good leg kick by Penn .
Penn throws a nice outside leg kick.
Drake stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Penn .
A solid leg kick lands there for Penn .

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Penn throws a nice inside leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Penn .
Penn fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Drake.
Penn keeps Drake at a distance using the push kick.
Penn cracks a nice hook into Drake's ribs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Drake on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Drake takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Penn chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Drake stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Penn .
A solid leg kick lands there for Penn .
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A solid leg kick lands there for Penn .
Nice jab there from Penn .
Thomas Drake has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Drake takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

And that's the end of the fight!
James Penn showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Penn 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 30:24
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:24
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Penn !