PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between ZyD XV (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sith Steel Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sith Steel Penn will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

XV
vs
Steel Penn

187 cm
27
195 lbs
9 - 8 - 0

180 cm
28
190 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Decent elbows
Granite chin

ADCC Champion
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, ZyD XV!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Sith Steel Penn!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Josh West and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
XV ducks right into an uppercut from Steel Penn.

XV rushes Steel Penn and presses him up against the cage.
Steel Penn is trying to break free.
XV has Steel Penn pressed against the cage, preventing Steel Penn from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
XV gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by XV.
Steel Penn working aggressively here.
Come on XV - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

Steel Penn's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Steel Penn lands a nice uppercut.
Steel Penn tries to circle away but XV has him pinned against the cage.
Steel Penn blocks a body shot from XV.

That's one minute gone in the round.
XV pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Steel Penn is trying to break the clinch but XV is controlling him.
XV prevents Steel Penn from breaking the clinch.
Steel Penn is trying to force a seperation but XV has the dominant position.
Steel Penn can't break the clinch.
Steel Penn is trying to break free.
XV stalling against the cage.
Steel Penn wants to break the clinch but can't.
Steel Penn looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Steel Penn blocks the elbow strike.
Steel Penn is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Steel Penn manages to break the clinch.
XV swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Steel Penn lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and XV has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from XV and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
XV throws a hook to the side of Steel Penn's head but Steel Penn sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
XV closes the distance but Steel Penn moves to the side
and Steel Penn counters with a nice low kick that buckles XV's knee momentarily.
XV pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
XV tries to clinch up.
Steel Penn misses with a low kick.
XV takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A frustrated look appears on Steel Penn's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Steel Penn is looking to break free of the clinch but XV has double underhooks.

Steel Penn escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Steel Penn connects with a good right hand that stumbles XV. XV circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
XV missing with a left hand there. Steel Penn was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
XV fails with an attempt to clinch.

XV drives through and clinches with Steel Penn against the cage.
Steel Penn wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but XV has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steel Penn is trying to break the clinch but XV is controlling him.

Steel Penn manages to break the clinch.
Steel Penn throws a jab when XV was well out of range.
Steel Penn misses with a body shot.
XV uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Steel Penn.
Steel Penn lands with a hook. XV tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Nice shot lands for Steel Penn.
Steel Penn moves into range and connects with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
XV moves in looking to clinch but Steel Penn pushes him off.
XV fails in his attempt to clinch.

XV gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by XV.
Steel Penn is trying to break free.
A head punch blocked on the inside by XV.
Steel Penn takes a shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
XV blocks a punch to the side of the head.
XV makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Steel Penn wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but XV has him pressed against the cage.
XV keeps control of Steel Penn as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Steel Penn breaks from the clinch.
Steel Penn shoots for a takedown but XV saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Good work by XV as he checks the leg kick.
XV tries to close the distance and clinch up but Steel Penn swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Steel Penn throws a head kick but XV moves out of range.
XV tries to clinch but Steel Penn moves out of range.
Steel Penn connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between XV's hands.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Steel Penn lands a head shot.
Steel Penn swats away the attempt to clinch by XV.

XV pushes Steel Penn up against the cage in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sith Steel Penn dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

XV wants to clinch.
XV tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Steel Penn manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd cheers as Steel Penn lands an impressive looking overhand right. XV doesn't seem phased though.
Steel Penn moves away from the strike by XV.
Steel Penn listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Steel Penn throws a lazy uppercut

and XV holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Steel Penn is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Steel Penn wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
XV throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Steel Penn blocks it with crossed arms.
Steel Penn looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Steel Penn is trying to push XV away but XV has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Steel Penn scores with a nice hook to the head.
Steel Penn can't break the clinch.
Steel Penn is looking for a takedown up against the cage. XV gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steel Penn wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
XV lands an elbow just above Steel Penn 's eye.
Steel Penn lands with a right to the head.
Steel Penn working aggressively here.
Steel Penn wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Steel Penn tries to break free but XV pushes him back against the cage.
XV misses with a short punch on the inside.
XV lands a body punch.
Steel Penn softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sith Steel Penn seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A frustrated look appears on Steel Penn's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Steel Penn gets through XV's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, XV just misses with a elbow thrown towards Steel Penn's brow.
XV is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Steel Penn wants to break free but XV has control.
Steel Penn lands a right hand that snaps the head of XV backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
XV tries to land knees in the clinch but Steel Penn avoids the damage to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, XV throws an elbow but misses.
Steel Penn has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Steel Penn looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
XV throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
XV misses with a body punch.
Steel Penn tries to break free but XV pushes him back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Steel Penn fails to land.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
XV lands an elbow that stopped Steel Penn in his tracks for a moment.

Steel Penn manages to break the clinch.
Steel Penn lands a jab to the head.
XV wants to clinch
letting Steel Penn counter with a right hand.
XV is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Steel Penn.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - XV looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Steel Penn lands a nice hook to XV's body. XV takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
XV doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Steel Penn avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Steel Penn scores with a crisp jab that stopped XV in his tracks.
Steel Penn lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
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!
XV tries to clinch but Steel Penn is having none of it.
Steel Penn misses with a leg kick.
Steel Penn tries to land a leg kick but XV saw it coming and moves away.

Steel Penn cracks XV with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Steel Penn has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning XV to stand back up!

XV is rocked!
Steel Penn lands a nice hook to XV's body. XV takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Oh XV is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Steel Penn ducks down and throws a big overhand right - it lands flush on the jaw, knocking XV out cold! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Sith Steel Penn!
Sith Steel Penn spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.