PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between BJ Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Hughs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Penn comes to the cage accompanied by BJ Penn. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Penn
vs
Hughs

175 cm
23
155 lbs
15 - 7 - 0

178 cm
23
167 lbs
13 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Powerful

Vodka Rags
BioPharm Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, BJ Penn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joe Hughs!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Penn lands with a right hand.
Hughs connects with an inside leg kick.
Hughs misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Penn takes a swing at Hughs's ribcage but misses.
Hughs is looking to score with low kicks.
Penn lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Hughs takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hughs looks to land a right hand but Penn moved out of range.
Hughs finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Penn looks to land a left hand but Hughs moved out of range nicely.

Penn scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughs tries to bench press Penn off him but Penn keeps the position.
Penn looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Hughs is avoiding damage well.
Penn grinds an elbow into Hughs's temple.
Penn landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Penn trying to control the action but Hughs is working from the bottom.
Penn has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Hughs prevents Penn from improving position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Penn is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Hughs is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Penn with the ground and pound but Hughs regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Hughs won't allow Penn to pass to mount.
Penn missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Penn is trying for a kimura here. Hughs looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Penn wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). BJ Penn!