PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Steel Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oskars Treimanis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the ring it seems that Steel Penn has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Steel Penn seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Penn
vs
Treimanis

189 cm
25
213 lbs
14 - 9 - 0

189 cm
28
207 lbs
13 - 10 - 0

World class boxer
Cardio machine

World class MT
Good gas tank

Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Steel Penn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Oskars Treimanis!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Daniel Blasius and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Treimanis rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Penn connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A telegraphed right hand from Treimanis misses the target.
Penn throws a big counter combination but Treimanis scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Treimanis thumps Penn with a low kick.
Penn throws a front kick aimed at Treimanis's knee but Treimanis avoids it well.
Penn throws a nice looking combination but Treimanis bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Penn throws a sloppy head kick and Treimanis moves out of range easily.
Treimanis swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Treimanis lands a right hook to the body.
Penn blocks the body kick.
Penn scores with a jab. Treimanis acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

It looks like Oskars Treimanis has been cut.
Treimanis thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Penn if he has to take too many more of those.

Penn moves into the clinch.
Treimanis lands a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Penn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Penn.
Treimanis struggles to land a body shot inside as Penn controls his hands.
Penn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Penn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Treimanis's elbow.
Penn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Treimanis working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Treimanis.
Penn throws a punch but it's blocked by Treimanis.
Penn blocks an uppercut.
Penn blocking some punches.
Treimanis swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Penn tries to throw a body punch but Treimanis avoids it by throwing Penn back against the ropes.
Treimanis tries to work over Penn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch on the inside from Treimanis fails to land.
Treimanis working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Penn makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Penn throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Treimaniss head.
Penn lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Penn fails to land.
Penn scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Penn can't find room to land a body shot as Treimanis controls the action.
Treimanis misses with an elbow strike.
Penn lands with a right to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Penn.
Penn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Penn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Penn.
A short uppercut from Penn.
Treimanis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Penn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Treimanis's elbow.
Treimanis misses with some punches.
Treimanis tries to throw a body punch but Penn avoids it by throwing Treimanis back against the ropes.
Treimanis fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A body shot lands from Penn.
Penn working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Penn blocking some punches.
Knees to the body from Treimanis.
Treimanis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Treimanis lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Treimanis makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Treimanis.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Penn misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Penn fails to land.
Treimanis can't find room to land a body shot as Penn controls the action.
Penn tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Treimanis avoids it.
Treimanis throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Steel Penn will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Oskars Treimanis's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Penn checks the leg kick.
Penn tries to close the distance and clinch up but Treimanis swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Treimanis lands with a straight right. Penn didn't see that one coming.
A cross from Treimanis lands.
Penn takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Treimanis shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Penn blocks a head kick by Treimanis.
Penn wants to clinch.
Treimanis looks to land a left hand but Penn moved out of range nicely.
An attempted straight right counter from Penn misses the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Penn drives through and clinches with Treimanis against the ropes.
Steel Penn has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Penn swings wildly with an uppercut but Treimanis uses good head movement to avoid it.

Treimanis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Treimanis lands with a nice body punch.
Treimanis misses with an uppercut
and Penn counters with a stiff right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn is looking to clinch but Treimanis is avoiding it.
Treimanis connects with a body shot that sends Penn's belly button to the back.
Steel Penn is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Penn wants to clinch.
Penn is looking to clinch.
Treimanis lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Penn is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Treimanis's jab looks to have found its range, popping Penn under the eye.

Penn is rocked!
Penn walks straight into devastating uppercut and drops to the floor, clearly wobbled! Can he beat the count? 4,5,6,7... he's up! And he's down again! The ref steps in and calls an end to the fight! What a punch that was!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Oskars Treimanis!
In his post fight interview, Oskars Treimanis started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.