PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Paul Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bernardo Puzo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Penn comes to the cage accompanied by Loser. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Penn
vs
Puzo

169 cm
24
151 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

178 cm
20
145 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Paul Penn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bernardo Puzo!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Penn uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Puzo has time to react.
Penn takes a swing at Puzo's ribcage but misses.
Penn takes a swing at Puzo's ribcage but misses.
Penn misses the body punch
and Puzo makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Puzo. Penn does a little dance to reset his feet.
Penn misses the shot to the body.

Puzo takes the fight into the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Puzo.
Puzo scores with a shot to the side of Penn's head.
Penn stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

Penn breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Penn lands a body shot.
Penn shoots and misses
and Puzo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Penn misses with a series of wild punches.
Puzo takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Penn pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Puzo misses.
Puzo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Penn misses with a double jab
and Puzo counters with a straight right hand.
Penn pivots, looking for a leg kick but Puzo is out of range and Penn settles back down.
Penn swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Puzo counter with a right hand.
Penn is looking to wear down Puzo with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Penn throws a nice inside leg kick.
Puzo thuds a left hand into Penn's body.
Puzo looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A big right from Puzo misses.
Penn has his takedown stuffed
and Puzo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Penn shoots in for a takedown but Puzo shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Penn. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penn misses with a hook to the body
and Puzo counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
No joy there for Puzo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Penn misses with an uppercut
and Puzo counters with a nice uppercut.
Penn misses with an uppercut
enabling Puzo to counter with a crisp jab.
Penn throws a lazy uppercut
and Puzo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Penn fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Penn throws out a leg kick but Puzo moves out of range and Penn only half commits.
Penn misses with a shot to the body

and Puzo moves into the clinch.

Penn breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Penn scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Penn takes a swing at Puzo's ribcage but misses.
Puzo dodges the punch combination from Penn.
Penn wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Puzo was well out of range. Poor timing from Penn.
Penn throws a sloppy head kick and Puzo moves out of range easily.
Penn misses with a lunging right hand
and Puzo counters with a three punch combo that has Penn backing up. Penn nods at Puzo to acknowledge the strikes.
Puzo walks into a left hand.
Penn misses with a lunging right hand
and Puzo counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Penn thinking.
Penn throws a right hand that Puzo ducks under and follows up with a left that Puzo also avoids with ease.
A combination from Penn does no damage.
Penn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Puzo moves away.
Penn scores with a nice strike.
Penn throws a poor cross that misses
and Penn takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bernardo Puzo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Donk. Puzo catches Penn right on the button with a cross.
Penn falls off balance throwing a combination
and Puzo counters with a stiff right hand.
Penn throws a body kick that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Puzo takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Puzo circles away from the clinch attempt
and Puzo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Penn throws a body punch but Puzo moves out of range.
Puzo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Penn.
Penn throws a sloppy body shot

and Puzo counters by clinching up.
Puzo prevents Penn from breaking the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Penn.
A short uppercut from Puzo.

Penn breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Puzo moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Penn uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Puzo.
Penn misses with a body shot
and Puzo counters with a stiff right hand.
Penn closes the distance and clinches up with Puzo, looking for a takedown. Penn pushes Puzo against the cage but Puzo circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Paul Penn will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Penn thows a body shot but no joy.
Penn with a lazy takedown attempt
and Penn takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A shot to the body from Penn misses
and Puzo counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Puzo has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Penn tries to work over Puzo's front leg with a kick but Puzo checks it.
Puzo scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Penn swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Puzo counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Penn swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Puzo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Penn shoots in but Puzo avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Penn getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Penn misses with a hook
and Puzo counters with a nice uppercut.
Penn gets cracked there but stands up to it.

Penn bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
You can see the frustration on Puzo's face as Penn controls the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn is looking to take a break and control but Puzo is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Puzo can do anything to dispel that myth.
Penn taking a breather here.
Penn seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Puzo for as long as he can get away with.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

We're going to have a standup here because Paul Penn wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Penn misses with a body shot.
Penn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bernardo Puzo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Puzo getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Penn fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Puzo manages to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penn tried to score with a low kick but Puzo checks it.
Penn fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Penn. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Penn misses with a right hand
and Puzo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Penn swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Puzo counters with a nice uppercut.
Puzo on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Penn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Puzo takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Puzo is looking to clinch.
Penn misses with a body shot

and Puzo counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Puzo.

Penn decides to pull guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Penn is on top in guard.
Penn wants to control from the top but Puzo keeps moving.
Puzo really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Penn. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Penn tries to free his leg and advance position but Puzo is retaining full guard.
Penn is stalling in the full guard.
Penn stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Puzo swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Penn showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Penn dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Penn misses with a kick to the body.
Penn misses with a straight right.
Penn throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Puzo on the side of the head.
Penn wants to clinch.
Penn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Puzo moves away.
Paul Penn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Penn throws a sloppy body shot
and Puzo counters with a stiff right hand.
Penn misses with a left hand
and Puzo counters with a straight right hand.
Penn throws a lazy uppercut
and Puzo counters with a left to the body.
Penn misses with a shot to the body
and Puzo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Penn tries a head kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn tries to bum rush Puzo with a series of wild strikes but Puzo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Penn misses with a double jab
and Puzo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Puzo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Penn on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Penn misses with a lunging right hand
letting Puzo counter with a right hand.
Puzo lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Puzo misses with a looping left.
Penn looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Puzo misses with an uppercut. Penn saw that one coming.
Penn takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Penn shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Puzo sprawls well. Puzo wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Penn gets slowly back to his feet.

Penn scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penn is keen to just control but Puzo is a slippery customer.
Penn moves into full mount! Puzo won't be happy about that!
Penn trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Penn is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Puzo to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Puzo shrugs it off.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Penn takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Penn trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Bernardo Puzo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penn wants to take his opponent's back but Puzo doesn't allow it.
Penn content just to control the position here.
Penn throwing strikes here but Puzo is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Paul Penn is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

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.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Penn controlling his opponent.
Penn takes Puzo's back. Could be looking for a rear naked choke here - either way, Puzo is in trouble.
Penn controls the action.

And that's the end of the fight!
Paul Penn showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Penn, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28

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