PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between BeeJay Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Dover (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Penn
vs
Dover

184 cm
36
183 lbs
25 - 18 - 0

175 cm
28
185 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Fast

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 25 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, BeeJay Penn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ben Dover!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, James Atkins and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab, jab by Penn - just one landing.
Penn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dover keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Penn.
Dover throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Penn ducks under a wild hook from Dover.
Penn staying out of range there.
A right-left combo lands from Dover.
Dover throws a jab when Penn was well out of range.
Penn lands with a shot to the body.

Dover gets a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Penn takes a knee right on the jaw!
A nice left hand lands by Penn.
Dover doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dover misses with a punch to the body.
Penn blocks an elbow strike from Dover.
Dover is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Dover pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Dover looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn wants to get back to striking at distance but Dover won't allow it.
Dover with a knee to the head.
Dover throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Dover creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Penn's defenses.
Penn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dover's elbow.
Dover using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dover.
Dover misses with an elbow over the top.
Dover looking to throw knees to the head but Penn is blocking nicely.
Penn wants to break the clinch but can't.
Dover throws a punch but it's blocked by Penn.
Dover lands a nice elbow.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Dover prevents Penn from breaking the clinch.
Dover lands a good knee to the midsection. Penn won't want to take too many of those.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Dover missing with knees to the body.
Dover throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Penn working hard to break the clinch.
Dover with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Penn slows down the pace here.
Penn blocks the elbow strike.

Penn escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Penn throws a looping overhand right but Dover ducks down to avoid it.
Dover throws a right and a left that Penn avoids nicely.
Dover digs a good hook to Penn's body.
Penn throws a low kick but Dover moves out of range easily.
Dover staying out of range there.
Dover misses with a body shot
and Penn counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penn throws a lazy uppercut
and Dover counters with a stiff right hand.
Dover pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Dover lands a front kick.
Penn tries to bum rush Dover with a series of wild strikes but Dover uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dover misses with a body kick.
Penn gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Dover lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Penn slips a straight right by Dover.
Penn misses with a left hand
and Dover counters with a nice low kick that buckles Penn's knee momentarily.
Dover walks into a left hand.
Dover uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Penn.
Penn moves out of range as Dover throws a body kick.
Dover takes a swing at Penn's ribcage but misses.
Dover throws a hook but Penn blocks it.
Dover delivers a nice body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Penn lands a glancing blow to the side of Dover's head.
Penn jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Dover moves into range and clinches up with Penn.
Penn blocks the elbow strike.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dover.

Penn's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dover throws a shot from downtown. Penn moves away and avoids it.
Dover pushes Penn away with a front kick.
Dover ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Penn thows a body shot but no joy.
Penn looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dover keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Penn throws a shot to the body.
Dover throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nice body kick from Dover.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ben Dover dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Penn throws an overhand right that lands on Dover's shoulder, as Dover tries to avoid the shot.
Penn uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dover.
Penn just misses with a punch to the body.
Dover looks to land a right hand but Penn moved out of range.
Penn takes a swing at Dover's ribcage but misses.
Dover dips to his left and cracks Penn with an uppercut!
Dover misses with a looping right.
Dover misses with a looping left.
Dover staying out of range there.
Penn digs a good hook to Dover's body.
Penn lands a nice shot that snaps Dover's head back.
Ben Dover seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Penn walks into a straight right hand from Dover.
Penn connects with a jab.
Dover throws a sloppy head kick and Penn moves out of range easily.
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!
Dover throws out a loose jab but Penn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dover just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Penn avoids a kick to the body.
Penn scores with a shot to the body.
Dover throws a body punch but Penn moves out of range.
Penn shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Penn tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A shot to the liver by Penn. Beautiful body shot.
Dover throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Penn counters with a series of strikes. Dover will be more careful next time no doubt.

Dover is rocked!
Dover misses with a body kick.
Dover is still on wobbly legs! Can Penn finish him?
Penn with a jab.
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!
Dover slips a jab from Penn.
Dover fails with an attempt to clinch.
Penn takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Dover misses with a body shot.
Penn with a nice cross.
Penn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dover.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dover with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Penn cracks Dover with a hook to the temple - Dover is on wobbly legs here! Penn swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Dover falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Penn wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). BeeJay Penn!
After the big win, BeeJay Penn made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors KAISER and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.