PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bill Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonathon Vermont (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Penn
vs
Vermont

183 cm
26
180 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

175 cm
26
170 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bill Penn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jonathon Vermont!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Micheangelo Fripello and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Penn shoots and misses

and Vermont counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Vermont.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Penn is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Penn is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

Vermont drops back looking for a leg! Penn is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Penn manages to kick Vermont off! Vermont jumps back into Penn's guard.

Vermont thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Vermont drops back looking for a leg! Penn is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Penn manages to kick Vermont off! Vermont jumps back into Penn's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vermont pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Penn is keeping the position for now.

Penn looking for a guillotine here but Vermont defends easily.
Vermont tries to free his leg and advance position but Penn is retaining full guard.

Penn working for a triangle but Vermont defends it easily.
Vermont passes Penn's left leg - he's now in half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Penn wants to control but Vermont is keeping busy and won't allow it.

Vermont is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Penn is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jonathon Vermont!