PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tokyo Drift (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damien Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Drift
vs
Penn

167 cm
29
148 lbs
6 - 8 - 0

168 cm
18
154 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Determined

Brute

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tokyo Drift!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Damien Penn!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drift throws a sloppy head kick and Penn moves out of range easily.

Penn gets tackled into the cage by Drift. Drift maintains the clinch.
Penn tries to pull guard but Drift forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Penn tries to pull guard but Drift forces him back to his feet, against the cage.

Drift wants the takedown. Penn is fighting it off but Drift persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Penn's guard against the cage.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

Penn looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Penn controls Drift momentarily but Drift frees himself.
Drift has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Penn working a defensive guard but Drift passes into half guard.
Penn trying to hold on to Drift's head to control him but Drift postures up.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Penn looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Drift stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Penn to get to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drift fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Drift closes the distance and clinches.
Drift prevents a takedown attempt there.
Tokyo Drift has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Damien Penn.
Penn is working for takedown but Drift is calmly controlling the position for now.
Drift lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Penn is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Drift gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Drift pulls Penn into guard.
Penn won't allow Drift to get back to his feet.
Penn wants to control from the top but Drift keeps moving.

Drift is looking for a triangle but Penn pushes his legs off easily.
Drift keeping full guard, as Penn tries to pass.
Drift knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Penn on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penn won't allow Drift to get back to his feet.
Penn wants to control from the top but Drift keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Penn slips nicely into half guard.
Penn controlling the action here.
Penn is trying to control the action in half guard but Drift is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Drift regains full guard. Nicely done.
Penn trying to control the position from guard on top but Drift is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Drift manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Penn fails with a takedown attempt.

Drift has closed the distance and engaged Penn in a clinch.
Penn looking for a takedown.
Drift with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Drift throws a knee to the head but misses.
Penn is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Drift gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Penn jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Drift walks away with a smile on his face. Penn gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Drift rushes Penn and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Drift pushes Penn back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Penn gets control of Drift's arms and successfully pulls guard. Penn will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

Penn looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Penn has his foot on Drift's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Drift works his way back into a safe position though.
Drift wants to stand but Penn is controlling his posture from full guard.

Penn looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Drift passes into side control.
Penn is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Drift stands up.
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 Tokyo Drift will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Nice shot by Drift.
Drift lands a head kick!
Drift connects with a looping right hand.

Drift drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Drift wants to control from the top but Penn keeps moving.

Penn looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Penn looking for a guillotine here but Drift defends easily.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drift tries to stand but Penn is controlling from the bottom.
Penn working a defensive guard here.

Penn working for a triangle but Drift defends it easily.
Drift tries to stand but Penn is controlling from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Penn had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Drift defends it easily.

Drift gets to his feet - Penn follows without any prompting.
Drift lands with a right hand.
Drift scores with a head kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Drift closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Penn to the mat! Penn manages to get full guard.
Penn controls Drift momentarily but Drift frees himself.
Drift trying to stand up but can't free himself from Penn's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Penn is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Drift is aware though and is defending well.

Penn is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Drift is aware though and is defending well.
Drift content to stall in guard here.

Penn looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Drift wants to stand but Penn has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Drift trying to control the position from guard on top but Penn is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Damien Penn has got the better of the ground game so far.
Penn trying to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drift wants to stand but Penn is controlling his posture from full guard.

Penn has his foot on Drift's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Drift works his way back into a safe position though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Penn had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Drift defends it easily.

Penn escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Drift gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Drift is looking to stand up but Penn won't let him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Damien Penn will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Drift's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Drift misses with a straight left.

Drift has closed the distance and engaged Penn in a clinch.
Penn fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Drift breaks from the clinch.

Drift throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Penn tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Drift is in Penn's guard.
Penn working a defensive guard here.

Drift got a little sloppy there for a moment and Penn has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Drift has managed to get both his arms back between Penn's legs - danger averted.
Penn trying to keep a closed guard but Drift is proving a slippery customer.
Drift with a flurry of punches that miss.

Penn is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Drift rolls with it to try and escape but Penn cranks on the arm and Drift is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Damien Penn!
Damien Penn is the new featherweight champion!
Damien Penn very nearly forgot to thank Brute amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.