PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cruz Jefferson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jefferson comes to the cage accompanied by Damian Marley - Welcome to Jamrock. Penn has chosen Go To Church as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Jefferson
vs
Penn

185 cm
31
185 lbs
19 - 18 - 0

185 cm
33
179 lbs
26 - 18 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cruz Jefferson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Brian Penn!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Yves DeLean and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jefferson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Penn misses with a wild body shot.
Penn loads up on a big right hand but Jefferson slips the punch.
Jefferson lands with a nice body punch.
Penn misses with a looping right.
Jefferson thows a body shot but no joy.
Decent striking displayed by Penn there.
Jefferson connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Penn momentarily.

Jefferson darts in and clinches Penn up against the cage.
I was talking to Jefferson's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Penn misses with a body punch.
We've been informed that Penn has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Penn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Penn has a couple of punches blocked by Jefferson.
Jefferson misses with an elbow over the top.
Jefferson holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Jefferson looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jefferson is trying to maintain a safe position but Penn gets an underhook and turns Jefferson into the cage.
Jefferson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Brian Penn has been cut.
Jefferson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Jefferson.
Jefferson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Penn throws a punch but it's blocked by Jefferson.
Penn lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Penn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Penn tries to work over Jefferson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jefferson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jefferson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Penn throws a punch but it's blocked by Jefferson.
Jefferson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Jefferson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Penn doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Penn takes a shot to the head.
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!
Penn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jefferson pushes Penn back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penn scores with an uppercut up the middle.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Penn creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Jefferson landing knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Jefferson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Penn lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jefferson backwards.
Jefferson lands with a left to the head.
Jefferson is trying to maintain a safe position but Penn gets an underhook and turns Jefferson into the cage.
Jefferson throws a head punch that misses.
Jefferson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Penn up against the cage.
Penn lands with a left to the head.
Jefferson blocks an uppercut.
Jefferson blocks an uppercut.
Jefferson prevents a body shot from Penn.
Penn lands a shoulder strike.
Penn misses with the head strike.
A short left from Jefferson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jefferson working aggressively here.
Jefferson lands with a light punch inside.
Penn misses with a hook from the clinch.
Penn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Penn swings wildly with an uppercut but Jefferson uses good head movement to avoid it.
A bit of stalling here from Jefferson.
Penn working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Penn creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Jefferson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Penn as Jefferson tries to tie him up.
Jefferson tries to land knees in the clinch but Penn avoids the damage to the body.
Penn throws a head punch that misses.
Jefferson lands an elbow inside.
Jefferson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Penn is keeping busy.
Jefferson looking to throw knees to the head but Penn is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jefferson working Penn over with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Penn blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jefferson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Penn's defenses.
A shot in the inside from Penn.
Jefferson lands an elbow that stopped Penn in his tracks for a moment.
Jefferson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Penn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Penn fails to land.
Jefferson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Good body shot from Penn.
Jefferson looking to slow down the pace here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Penn avoids the elbow strike from Jefferson, against the cage.
Penn lands with a light punch inside.
Penn misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cruz Jefferson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brian Penn's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Penn loads up on a big right hand but Jefferson slips the punch.
Nice defenses there by Jefferson.
Jefferson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Penn was well out of range. Poor timing from Jefferson.

Jefferson clinches.
Penn struggles to land a body shot inside as Jefferson controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jefferson.
Jefferson crunches a lovely knee into Penn's ribcage.
Jefferson avoiding damage as Penn throws knees to the body.
Penn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jefferson's elbow.
Jefferson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Penn takes a shot to the head.
Jefferson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Penn misses with a punch on the inside.
Jefferson just leaning against Penn, taking a breather.
Jefferson tries a body shot but Penn blocks it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jefferson content to slow the pace in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn swings wildly with an uppercut but Jefferson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jefferson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Penn has a couple of punches blocked by Jefferson.
Penn's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Jefferson with a knee to the head.
Penn can't find room to land a body shot as Jefferson controls the action.
Penn pushes Jefferson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Jefferson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jefferson connects with a knee to the head.
Penn struggles to land a body shot inside as Jefferson controls his hands.
Jefferson lands an elbow that stopped Penn in his tracks for a moment.
Jefferson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Penn avoids a wild elbow strike from Jefferson.
Penn has a couple of punches blocked by Jefferson.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jefferson.
Jefferson misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jefferson lands a body shot in the clinch.
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!
A head punch on the inside from Penn fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jefferson.
Penn misses with a body punch.
Jefferson with a knee to the head.

Penn is rocked!
Jefferson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Penn is still on wobbly legs! Can Jefferson finish him?
Jefferson pushes Penn against the cage. Jefferson is working some dirty boxing. Jefferson pushes off with a quick right hook! Penn goes down! Penn tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Jefferson moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cruz Jefferson!
A very excited looking Cruz Jefferson made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.