PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bj Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruce Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bruce Lee has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Penn
vs
Lee

185 cm
25
170 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

172 cm
20
165 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bj Penn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bruce Lee!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Winston Alpacca and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from Penn. No joy for Lee on that attempt.
Penn looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Penn tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lee swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lee goes for a double leg but Penn avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Penn continues to drive forward.
Penn lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Bruce Lee has been cut.
Lee drops down looking for an ankle pick but Penn pulls his leg out and moves away.
Bj Penn has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bruce Lee.
Penn tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lee manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lee is trying hard to land a takedown here. Penn sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Penn darts in trying to clinch

and Lee counters with a takedown into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Penn is avoiding damage well.
Lee throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Lee sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Penn is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Lee throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Lee working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Lee in side control, throwing shots but Penn defends.
Lee tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Penn dodges the ground and pound from Lee.
Penn takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee throws a strike aimed at the side of Penn's head but Penn avoids it well.
Lee creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Lee throws a strike aimed at the side of Penn's head but Penn avoids it well.
Lee throws a strike aimed at the side of Penn's head but Penn avoids it well.
Penn takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Penn gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Penn is bucking up trying to escape but Lee cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Lee punishing his opponent with strikes.
Lee cracks Penn with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Lee lands a big shot there that rocks Penn but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Lee looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Lee lands a big shot there that rocks Penn but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Lee raining down hammerfists from mount.
Lee with the ground and pound from mount.
Lee lands a heavy elbow.
Lee looking to finish Penn with some ground and pound. This is bad for Penn!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lee working the ground and pound effectively.
Lee connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Lee fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Lee working the ground and pound effectively.
Lee fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lee raining down hammerfists from mount.
Lee punishing his opponent with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Lee dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Penn thuds his right hand into Lee's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Penn tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Lee counters with a nice double leg into side control. Penn won't be happy with that.
Penn taking punishment in the form of punches.
Lee in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Lee in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Lee lands a few punches from side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lee working the ground and pound.
Bruce Lee has got the better of the ground game so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Penn takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee working the body and head with strikes.
Lee lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Penn down.
Lee lands a few punches from side control.
Lee in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Lee scores with punches from side control.
Lee tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Lee in side control lands a decent elbow.
Penn parries the strikes from Lee easily there. Lee is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Penn to escape.
Sloppy strikes there by Lee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Lee has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Penn avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Lee.
Lee in side control, throwing shots but Penn defends.
Penn is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Penn takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lee lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee lands some shots froms side control.
Lee throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Lee is chipping away with strikes.
Lee in side control, throwing shots but Penn defends.
Lee misses with the ground and pound.
Lee in side control, throwing shots but Penn defends.
Lee looks up at the clock and then as Penn takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Lee smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Penn is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Lee working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Lee working the ground and pound from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Penn on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
The strikes coming from Lee are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Penn tries to improve position but can't.
Lee scores with punches from side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Penn on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Lee works to advance to full mount. Penn defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Penn takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lee with the ground and pound from mount.
Lee with a couple of short strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Lee showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Penn moves in looking to clinch but Lee pushes him off.
Penn misses with a head kick.
Lee closes this distance looking for a takedown but Penn circles away.

Penn gets caught napping as Lee dives in and scores a takedown. Penn manages to retain guard.
Lee scoring with punches to the head and body.
Lee lands a couple of elbows.
Lee throws a big right hand that misses.
Penn knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Lee on the ground.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lee throwing strikes from guard but Penn blocks nicely.
Lee throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Penn works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Lee postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Lee missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Lee lands a couple of digs.
Lee with a flurry of punches that miss.
Penn preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Lee postures up and lands a big shot to Penn's brow.
Penn preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Lee accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Lee missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Penn utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Lee has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Lee with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Lee content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Lee lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lee in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Lee scoring with punches to the head and body.
Lee scoring with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Penn utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Lee throws a big right hand that misses.
Lee lands a couple of digs.
Lee throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Lee missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Lee chips away with some ground and pound.
Lee postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Lee throws a big right hand that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee connects with a couple of short punches.
Lee postures up in Penn's guard and throws a big left but Penn blocks it.
Lee scoring with some ground and pound.
Lee postures up in Penn's guard and throws a big left but Penn blocks it.
Lee working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Lee is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lee landing some decent shots from guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lee is working Penn over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Bj Penn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bruce Lee is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Penn being controlled here, momentarily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bruce Lee comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Lee winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 25:30
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight 25:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruce Lee!
A victorious Bruce Lee thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.