PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Blagojevic Batakovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Casey Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Batakovic
vs
Penn

180 cm
25
153 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

173 cm
25
145 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Blagojevic Batakovic!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Casey Penn!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Winston Alpacca and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Batakovic has taken the fight to the clinch.
Penn working hard to break the clinch.
Batakovic lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Batakovic lands a right hand that snaps the head of Penn backwards.
Batakovic misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Batakovic.
Batakovic lands a right hand.
Batakovic prevents Penn from breaking the clinch.
Penn wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Batakovic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Penn is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Batakovic tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Batakovic lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short right from Batakovic on the inside.
Batakovic lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Penn backwards.
Batakovic lands a shoulder strike.
Batakovic lands a right hand.
Batakovic lands with a light punch inside.
Batakovic lands a left hand.
Batakovic misses with a punch on the inside.
Batakovic throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Penns head.
Penn wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Batakovic lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Penn backwards.
Penn wants to break free but Batakovic has control.
Penn has had enough of the clinch but Batakovic keeps him there for the moment.
Batakovic scores with a knee to the head.
Batakovic lands with a light punch inside.
Batakovic lands with a right to the head.
Penn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Batakovic prevents Penn from breaking the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Batakovic.
Batakovic working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Batakovic.
Batakovic lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Batakovic lands with a right to the head.
Batakovic throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Penns head.
Batakovic misses with a hook from the clinch.
Batakovic lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Penn is rocked!
Batakovic working aggressively here.
Penn is trying to push Batakovic away but Batakovic has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Batakovic scores with a shoulder strike.
Batakovic lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Batakovic makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Batakovic manages to break the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Penn misses with a wild combination.
Penn scores with a nice right hand.
Batakovic walks into a jab.

Batakovic moves into range and clinches up with Penn.
Batakovic with a knee to the head.
Batakovic lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Batakovic lands with a light punch inside.
Batakovic lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Batakovic lands a hook to the side of the head.
Batakovic scores with a shoulder strike.
Penn is still on wobbly legs! Can Batakovic finish him?
A head punch blocked on the inside by Penn.
Penn seems to have recovered his senses.
Batakovic lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A short right from Batakovic on the inside.
Penn wants to get back to striking at distance but Batakovic won't allow it.
Penn has had enough of the clinch but Batakovic keeps him there for the moment.
Batakovic working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Batakovic throws a punch but it's blocked by Penn.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Blagojevic Batakovic dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Penn misses with the combination.
Batakovic avoids a punch combination nicely.
Penn misses with a wild combination.
Batakovic wants to clinch.
Batakovic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Penn.

Batakovic clinches up against the ropes.
Batakovic lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Batakovic.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Batakovic.
Batakovic lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Penn backwards.
A short left from Batakovic.
Batakovic lands a left hand that snaps the head of Penn backwards.
Penn can't break the clinch.
We've been informed that Penn has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Penn takes a shot to the head.
Penn is trying to push Batakovic away but Batakovic has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Batakovic lands a left hand.
Batakovic prevents Penn from breaking the clinch.
Batakovic lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Penn backwards.

Batakovic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Batakovic tries to clinch there but Penn circles away.
Penn thuds a left hand into Batakovic's body.
Batakovic catches Penn napping and connects with a fantastic 3 punch combination that sends Penn crashing to the mat! He's still conscious but he's all over the place - can he beat the count?!? 4,5,6,7,8...9...10! He didn't make it back to his feet! Batakovic raises both arms skywards and takes in the roar from the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Blagojevic Batakovic!
Blagojevic Batakovic is the new featherweight champion!
Our winner, Blagojevic Batakovic, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.