PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between CJ Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andre Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Penn comes to the cage accompanied by We are the ocean-waiting room. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Penn
vs
Santos

167 cm
22
158 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

173 cm
27
155 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Powerful

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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, CJ Penn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Andre Santos!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Colin Fray and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Penn tries for a takedown but Santos circles away easily
and Santos counters with a straight right hand.
Penn has his takedown stuffed
and Santos connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Santos scores with a nice strike.
Penn misses with a takedown
and Santos cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for CJ Penn. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Santos connects with a single shot there.
Penn drops his hands momentarily and Santos takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Santos throws a jab but it's blocked by Penn.
Santos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Santos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Penn was well out of range. Poor timing from Santos.
Penn fails with the takedown
and Santos connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
CJ Penn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Penn shoots and misses
and Santos makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn swings away with a body shot that misses
and Penn takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Santos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Penn was well out of range. Poor timing from Santos.
Santos lands a lovely overhand right.
Santos is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Penn.
Santos listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Santos is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Penn had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Santos is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Penn.
Penn has his takedown stuffed
and Penn takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Penn tries for a takedown but Santos circles away easily
and Santos counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Penn thinking.
Penn closes this distance looking for a takedown but Santos circles away.
Penn doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Santos counters with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penn takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Santos throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Penn.
Santos stuns Penn with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Santos throws a nice looking combination but Penn bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Santos slaps away a takedown attempt from Penn, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Santos listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Penn with a lazy takedown attempt
and Santos counters with a series of strikes. Penn will be more careful next time no doubt.
Santos throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Penn on the side of the head.
Santos connects with a crisp jab.
Penn tries for a takedown but Santos circles away easily
and Santos counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Santos misses with a low kick.
Andre Santos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos fails to land with a series of punches.
Santos throws an overhand right that lands on Penn's shoulder, as Penn tries to avoid the shot.
Santos throws a right and a left that Penn avoids nicely.
Santos throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Penn with a lazy takedown attempt
and Penn takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A jab lands there for Santos.
A left and a right from Santos both land. Nice combination.
Penn with a poor takedown
and Santos cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Penn displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Santos throws out the jab.
Santos digs a good hook to Penn's body.
Santos lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Penn looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Santos is fending him off so far but Penn persists. Nope, Santos circles away and we're back to standing.
Santos is looking to score with low kicks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Penn tries for a takedown but Santos circles away easily
and Santos connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A looping hook to the body misses from Santos. Penn does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Santos missing with a left hand there. Penn was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Santos lands a jab to Penn's midsection.
Santos scores with a punch to the head.
Penn keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Santos.
Jab from Santos.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Penn. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Penn takes a jab right on the kisser.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Santos fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Santos swinging wildly here.
Penn throws a body punch but Santos moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andre Santos dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Santos moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
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.
Penn gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Santos cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Penn gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Santos counters with a left to the body.
Santos misses the jab.
Penn shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Penn takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for CJ Penn. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Santos works Penn's body with a nice hook.
Penn avoids the body shot from Santos.
Santos misses with a wild body shot.

Penn drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Santos gets back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Santos can do anything to dispel that myth.
Penn misses with a head shot. Santos uses the momentum to regain guard.
Penn postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Santos pulls Penn in to control the position.
Penn won't allow Santos to sweep him here.
Penn postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penn content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Santos controlling the position.
Penn wants to pass the guard but Santos is keeping the position.
Penn with a flurry of punches that miss.
Santos pulls Penn in to control the position.
Santos 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.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Andre Santos.
Penn has his takedown stuffed
and Santos counters with a right hand to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Santos throws a hook but Penn avoids it easily.
Penn missing with a left hand there. Santos was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penn fails with the takedown
and Santos counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Penn thinking.
Penn gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Santos counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Andre Santos seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Penn bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Penn takes one to the chin there.
Penn takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Santos throws a nice looking combination but Penn bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Penn with a lazy takedown attempt
and Santos counters with a straight right hand.
Penn has a takedown stuffed.
A nice combination there by Santos.
Santos dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos lands the left hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sloppy strikes from Santos. Those never looked like landing.
Santos misses with a body shot.
Santos throws a looping overhand right but Penn ducks down to avoid it.
Penn moves out of range as Santos strikes.
Penn shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Santos counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Penn with a poor takedown
and Santos counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Penn tries for a takedown but Santos circles away easily
and Santos counters with a stiff right hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Penn doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Santos counters with a straight right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andre Santos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Santos scores with the left hand. Penn knows he should have avoided that one.
Santos lands a nice shot that snaps Penn's head back.

Penn closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Penn missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Santos blocking the ground and pound attempt from Penn.
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.
Santos tries to roll over but Penn keeps him under control.
Penn sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Santos defending well though.
Penn with the ground and pound but Santos uses the opportunity to regain guard.

Santos working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Penn doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Penn manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Santos not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Santos swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Santos bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Penn's guard.
Santos sitting in guard here, content to control.
Santos must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Santos tries to free his leg and advance position but Penn is retaining full guard.

Penn is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Santos works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Santos is trying to control the action in half guard but Penn is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos stalling.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Penn is refusing to be controlled, as Santos sits in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Penn wants to improve his position but Santos is controlling well.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
The fighters are battling for position here. Penn manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

Penn is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Santos showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Penn looking for a guillotine here but Santos defends easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos sitting in guard, not really doing much.

Andre Santos has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Penn with a poor takedown
and Santos counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Penn misses with a takedown attempt
and Santos cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Penn misses the shot to the body.
Santos misses with a looping left.
Penn throws a big shot that misses.
Penn avoids a kick to the body.
Penn uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Santos.
Santos works the jab nicely.
Penn misses with a takedown attempt
and Santos counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for CJ Penn. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Penn misses with a takedown attempt
and Santos counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Penn thinking.
Santos connects with a nice looking jab.
Santos throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
CJ Penn is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fighters circling - Santos throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Penn shoots and misses
and Santos cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
CJ Penn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Penn showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Santos.
Santos lands a head shot.
Santos has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Penn misses with a takedown attempt
and Santos counters with a straight right hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Penn walks into a left hand.
Penn misses with a takedown attempt
letting Santos counter with a right hand.
Penn takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

And that's the end of the fight!
Andre Santos comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Santos winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Paul Gruel scores the fight for Andre Santos!
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight for Andre Santos!
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight for Andre Santos!

Andre Santos wins by unanimous decision!
Andre Santos took his opportunity to call for a title shot in his post fight interview.