PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Penn Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pedro Mendez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Penn Jr
vs
Mendez

195 cm
19
213 lbs
4 - 0 - 1

190 cm
29
215 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Good kicks
Very quick

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, James Penn Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Pedro Mendez!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mendez gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Penn Jr counters with a head kick.
Penn Jr wants to slow Mendez down by chopping away at his legs.
Penn Jr lands with a kick to the temple. Mendez shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Mendez keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Mendez fails with a takedown attempt.
James Penn Jr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Penn Jr looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Penn Jr throws a head kick that Mendez semi-blocks.

It looks like Pedro Mendez has been cut.
Penn Jr feints and then cracks Mendez's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Mendez down.
Penn Jr scores with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Penn Jr, right into the meat.
Penn Jr lands with a kick to the temple. Mendez shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Penn Jr scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Penn Jr throws a low kick but Mendez avoids it.
Penn Jr dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Mendez. That did some damage!
Penn Jr connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Penn Jr buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Mendez looks gassed!
Penn Jr moves into range and lands a nice leg 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 Jr connects with an inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penn Jr connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A nice leg kick lands there from Penn Jr.
Mendez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Penn Jr.
Penn Jr connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Penn Jr cracks the inside of Mendez's front leg.
Penn Jr scores with a head kick. Mendez tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Penn Jr with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Penn Jr connects with a leg kick. Mendez looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
James Penn Jr is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A slapping leg kick lands for Penn Jr.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Penn Jr.
Penn Jr lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Penn Jr lands with a thumping leg kick.
Penn Jr lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Penn Jr lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Mendez takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Penn Jr connects with a high kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mendez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Penn Jr.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Penn Jr throws a quick inside leg kick.
That kick from Penn Jr tenderised Mendez's leg. Mendez is trying to keep his angry face on.
Penn Jr lands a nice leg kick that just misses Mendez's sensitive parts.
Penn Jr cracks the inside of Mendez's front leg.
Mendez on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Penn Jr. Penn Jr obviously looking to wear him down.
Penn Jr throws a nice outside leg kick.
Mendez takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mendez takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Penn Jr fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Mendez has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Penn Jr dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pedro Mendez's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Penn Jr lands with a slapping head kick.
Penn Jr throws a nice outside leg kick.
Mendez's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Penn Jr lands with a slapping head kick.

That has opened up Pedro Mendez's cut even more.
An inside leg kick lands from Penn Jr.
Penn Jr scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Penn Jr.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Penn Jr lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Mendez might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Penn Jr has got the better of the exchanges.
Penn Jr lands with a kick to the temple. Mendez shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Penn Jr lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Mendez is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn Jr connects with an inside leg kick.
Penn Jr is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mendez can do to turn this around?
Penn Jr delivers a nice body kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Penn Jr.
Penn Jr throws a leg kick which misses Mendez's front leg but catches the back leg as Mendez tries to avoid it.
Penn Jr lands with a kick to the temple. Mendez shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
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!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Penn Jr.
Penn Jr looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Mendez chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Penn Jr can pounce on him.
An inside leg kick lands from Penn Jr.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendez on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Penn Jr. Penn Jr obviously looking to wear him down.
James Penn Jr is winning the standup battle so far.
Penn Jr lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Mendez on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Penn Jr moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Mendez tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A good leg kick by Penn Jr.
A solid leg kick lands there for Penn Jr.
Penn Jr dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Mendez. That did some damage!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Penn Jr, right into the meat.
A chopping leg kick lands by Penn Jr.
Penn Jr scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Penn Jr cracks the inside of Mendez's front leg.
Penn Jr connects with a high kick.

The cut above Pedro Mendez's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Penn Jr fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Mendez has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Penn Jr lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Penn Jr lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Penn Jr scores with a push kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Penn Jr.
Penn Jr thumps Mendez with a low kick.
Penn Jr connects with an inside leg kick.
Penn Jr scores with a leg kick.
Penn Jr lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Penn Jr feints and then cracks Mendez's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Mendez down.
Mendez takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Penn Jr fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Mendez has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Penn Jr dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Pedro Mendez's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Penn Jr throws a nice inside leg kick.
Penn Jr looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Penn Jr throws a head kick that Mendez semi-blocks.
Penn Jr lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Penn Jr connects with a solid leg kick.
Penn Jr lands with a nice body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mendez tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Good leg kick by Penn Jr there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A good leg kick by Penn Jr.
Mendez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn Jr connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Penn Jr scores with a leg kick.
Penn Jr turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Penn Jr throws a nice inside leg kick.
That kick from Penn Jr tenderised Mendez's leg. Mendez is trying to keep his angry face on.
Penn Jr goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Penn Jr lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Penn Jr connects with an inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penn Jr plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Penn Jr lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Penn Jr fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mendez.
Mendez takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Penn Jr lands a head kick. Mendez smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

Pedro Mendez's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Penn Jr connects with a leg kick. Mendez looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Penn Jr lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Penn Jr feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Mendez's calf.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendez on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Penn Jr looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Penn Jr, right into the meat.
Penn Jr throws a quick inside leg kick.
Penn Jr connects with a leg kick. Mendez looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A good leg kick by Penn Jr.
Penn Jr moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Penn Jr throws a leg kick which misses Mendez's front leg but catches the back leg as Mendez tries to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Penn Jr fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Mendez has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice leg kick lands there from Penn Jr.
Penn Jr fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Mendez has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Penn Jr is looking to slow Mendez down with leg kicks.
Penn Jr thumps Mendez with a low kick.
Penn Jr chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mendez takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Mendez on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Penn Jr. Penn Jr obviously looking to wear him down.

And that's the end of the fight!
James Penn Jr showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Penn Jr 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 Jr!