PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Blanket Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and BJ Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jackson comes to the cage accompanied by Bad. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Jackson
vs
Penn

160 cm
19
130 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

175 cm
23
146 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Knockout power

Malicious Intent Fight Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Blanket Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, BJ Penn!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Gwen Towbar and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson doesn't manage to clinch there - Penn circles away.
Jackson moves in looking to clinch but Penn pushes him off.
Penn keeps the fight on the outside.

Penn shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Penn was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Jackson manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Jackson is looking to improve his position.

Penn is working for a submission of some sort.

Jackson is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Penn pulls his head out easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Jackson looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Jackson looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Jackson tries to get to full guard but Penn has control of the leg.
Jackson is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Penn is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Jackson is just riding it out for now. Penn eventually gives up the hold.
Jackson wants to get back to full guard but Penn has passed into side control.

Penn is working for a guillotine from mount but Jackson frees his head quite easily.
Jackson might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Penn pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Penn is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Jackson can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Penn lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Jackson hang on?
Jackson is in all sorts of trouble here.
Penn putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Penn with the ground and pound from mount.
Penn unloading with bombs!

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!
The referee warns Jackson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Penn putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Penn landing strikes, looking to finish!

Penn looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Penn lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Penn with good strikes from the mount here!
Jackson can't escape the position.

Penn has control of Jackson's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Jackson regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Penn putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Penn looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

Penn is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Jackson has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Jackson in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Penn working for a submission but Jackson is keeping him at bay.
Penn lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Penn has control of Jackson's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Jackson regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Jackson keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Penn landing punches.
Penn prevents Jackson from getting the reversal.

Penn has control of Jackson's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Jackson regains control of the situation pretty easily.

Penn is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Jackson can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson is trying desperately to improve position.
Penn lands a heavy elbow.
Jackson is wriggling around trying to escape.
Penn looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Jackson is wriggling around trying to escape.
Penn scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Penn scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Jackson?
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Jackson defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Penn.
Jackson is in all sorts of trouble here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

BJ Penn dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Penn shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Penn passes Jackson's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Jackson manages to get to full guard.

Penn drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says Penn as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! Jackson screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with Penn! Nice submission victory there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). BJ Penn!