PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between DJ Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Mendes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mendes has chosen My Way by Limp Bizkit as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Penn
vs
Mendes

176 cm
24
155 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

173 cm
24
159 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, DJ Penn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Daniel Mendes!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Penn wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Mendes shoots in but no luck this time.

Penn shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Penn showed some decent athleticism there.
Penn thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Mendes's head.
Penn tries to pass to full mount but Mendes defends it.

Penn wants to work for an arm triangle but Mendes is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Penn is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Penn scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Penn thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Penn is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Mendes sees it coming and defends easily.

Penn in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Mendes tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Penn!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). DJ Penn!