PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between King Hit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Penties (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). King Hit is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Hit
vs
Penties

183 cm
25
179 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

174 cm
23
175 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, King Hit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ben Penties!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Donatello Bradman and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A cross from Hit lands.
Penties is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Penties tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hit swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hit swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Penties slips a jab and a cross from Hit.
Penties shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Hit as he avoids it easily.
Donk. Hit catches Penties right on the button with a cross.

Penties shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Penties showed some decent athleticism there.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Hit is refusing to be controlled, as Penties sits in half guard.
Penties with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Penties lands with a punch from half guard.
Hit on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Hit tries to get out of the position.
Hit wants to stand back up but Penties manages to pass into side control.

Penties is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Hit knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Penties has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Hit!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penties throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Penties punching from mount but Hit doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Penties lands a nice shot to the head.
Penties lands a big shot there that rocks Hit but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

Penties looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Penties wants to finish this one by submission but Hit is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Penties.
Hit knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Penties on the ground.

Penties looking for a guillotine from mount but Hit is having none of it.
Hit is squirming around, avoiding Penties's attempts to control the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Penties thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Penties tries to control but Hit wriggling away.

Penties jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Hit manages to avoid the submission attempt.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Penties sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Hit is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Hit throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Penties.
Hit pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Penties back to the cage. Hit follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Hit displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Hit getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Penties throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Penties tries to close the distance and clinch but Hit swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Penties tries to clinch up.
No luck for Penties with that takedown attempt.
Hit fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Penties jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Penties tries to clinch up but Hit circles away and keeps his distance.
Hit closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Hit throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
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!

Hit gets tackled into the cage by Penties. Penties maintains the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Penties tries to pull guard but Hit won't allow it.
Penties prevents Hit from breaking the clinch.
Penties fails to pull the fight into his guard.
King Hit has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ben Penties.
Hit wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Penties has him pressed against the cage.

Penties breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Penties shoots for a double leg takedown but Hit sprawls well. He's pushed Penties's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
King Hit is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hit misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hit thuds his right hand into Penties's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Hit throws a series of punches but Penties avoids them all with ease.
Hit throws a left and a right that both miss
and Penties counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hit swinging wildly here.
King Hit seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penties showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hit.
Penties showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hit.
Hit throws a combination that misses
and Penties counters with a low kick, right behind Hit 's knee.
Penties fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Hit avoids it really well and circles away.
Penties fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hit throws a right hand that Penties ducks under and follows up with a left that Penties also avoids with ease.
Penties slips a jab and a cross from Hit.
Hit looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
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!
Hit feints a jab promting Penties to slip. Hit then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Penties slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Hit avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hit lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Penties at a distance.
Hit misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sloppy strikes from Hit. Those never looked like landing.
No joy there for Hit, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hit throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Penties.
Penties is looking to clinch but Hit is avoiding it.
Hit fails to land with a series of punches.
Hit takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Penties.
Hit misses with the combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hit throws a left and a right that both miss
and Penties counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

It looks like King Hit has been cut.
Some wild striking there from Hit.
Hit lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Penties circles away quickly and effectively.
Penties dodges the punch combination from Hit.
Penties does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Penties tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hit was well out of range. Poor timing from Penties.
Hit will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Penties avoids a punch combination nicely.
King Hit is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hit swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Penties looks to throw the jab but Hit is out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

King Hit dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on King Hit's cut.
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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Hit scores with a nice head shot.
Hit swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Penties counters with a flying knee that sends his opponent to the canvas! Penties looking to finish!

Hit is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Penties trying to control the position from guard on top but Hit is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Oh Hit is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Penties sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Hit's guard.

Penties is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Hit doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Penties.
Penties passes the guard and advances to mount!
Penties misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Hit seems to have got his legs back now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hit is trying to stand up.

Hit defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Penties.
Penties wants to control the pace but Hit is squirming around nicely.
Hit is trying to stand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penties looking to control but Hit is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Penties with good strikes from the mount here!
Poor strikes thrown by Penties there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Penties lands a big shot there that rocks Hit but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Penties scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Hit?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Penties is working to isolate an arm here. It's a telegraphed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Penties extends the arm and Hit is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ben Penties!
During a confident post fight interview, Ben Penties thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.