PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Steel Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy Butcher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Butcher is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Won't Back Down. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Penn
vs
Butcher

189 cm
26
213 lbs
14 - 11 - 0

188 cm
25
216 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

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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 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Steel Penn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Billy Butcher!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Nard Betker and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Butcher misses with a lunging right hand
and Penn counters with a nice leg kick.
Penn bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Butcher fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Penn lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Penn moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Butcher lands a nice looking body shot.
Butcher misses with a few strikes there.
Butcher throws an overhand right that lands on Penn's shoulder, as Penn tries to avoid the shot.
Butcher looks to land a right hand but Penn moved out of range.
Butcher takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Penn misses with a body punch
and Butcher counters with a straight right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Penn with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Butcher tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Penn manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Penn slips under a jab from Butcher.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donk. Butcher catches Penn right on the button with a cross.
Butcher throws an overhand right that lands on Penn's shoulder, as Penn tries to avoid the shot.
Billy Butcher seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Butcher throws the left hand but Penn avoids the punch easily.
Butcher avoids a kick to the body.
A countering left hand to the body from Butcher misses.
Butcher slips under a jab from Penn.
Penn steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Butcher.
Penn avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Penn moves out of range as Butcher strikes.
Butcher waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Penn.
Butcher blocks the body kick.
Butcher avoids the head kick by Penn.
Penn lands a really nice looking cross but Butcher seems unphased.
Butcher stuns Penn with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Butcher on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Butcher throws a hook to the side of Penn's head but Penn sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Butcher swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Butcher swings widly with a right hand
and Penn counters with a solid body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Penn avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Penn scores with a jab to the head.
A head kick from Penn lands but Butcher takes it in his stride.
Butcher avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Butcher swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Butcher throws a right hand that misses
and Penn counters with a good low kick that Butcher was not able to check.
Penn slips a jab from Butcher.
Butcher throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Penn sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Penn lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Penn throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It seemed like Butcher was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Penn wants to clinch up but Butcher keeps it at a distance.
Butcher misses with a straight left.
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.
That's time! Back to the action!

Butcher connects with a nice looking jab.
Butcher swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Penn scores with a head kick. Butcher tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Penn tries to clinch up.
Steel Penn is winning the standup battle so far.
Penn fails with an attempt to clinch.
Butcher throws a nice looking combination but Penn bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Butcher misses with a lunging right hand
and Penn counters with a left and a right that stings Butcher.
Butcher throws a lazy uppercut
and Penn counters with a nice leg kick.
Butcher swings for the body but Penn moves out of range.
Butcher misses with a straight left.
Penn bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Penn slips under a jab from Butcher.
Penn looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Butcher blocks a head kick by Penn.
Penn moves forwards but Butcher connects with a nice, crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn misses the jab.
Butcher looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Butcher pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Penn goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Butcher jabs Penn right on the nose. Penn blinks but takes it well.
Penn connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Butcher tries to work over Penn's front leg with a kick but Penn checks it.
Butcher uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Penn.
Penn throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Butcher cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Butcher throws an off balance right hand
and Penn finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Butcher throws a lazy uppercut
and Penn counters with a nice body shot.
Penn checks a leg kick.
Penn thinks about countering with a body kick.
Penn tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Butcher counters with a two punch combo.
Penn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Butcher throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Penn sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Penn looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Penn throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Butcher misses the jab.
Penn on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Penn rushes Butcher and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Butcher pushes Penn back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Penn throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Penn misses with a punch on the inside.
Butcher lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Penn throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Butchers head.
Penn misses with a punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Billy Butcher will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

A decent looking cross lands there for Penn.
Nice defenses there by Penn.
Penn jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
A head kick misses from Butcher.
Penn lands a nice hook to Butcher's body. Butcher takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Butcher is looking to slow Penn down with leg kicks.
Butcher tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Butcher keeps the fight on the outside.
Butcher displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Penn throws out the jab.
Penn steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Butcher.
Penn went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Butcher jabs Penn right on the nose. Penn blinks but takes it well.
Butcher misses with the combination.
A telegraphed right hand from Butcher misses the target.
Butcher blocks a jab.
Butcher swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Penn misses.
Butcher looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Butcher takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Butcher rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Penn counters with a straight right hand.
Penn moves out of range as Butcher strikes.
Penn throws a head kick but Butcher moves out of range.
Penn wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Penn takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Butcher misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A jab from Penn finds it's way through Butcher's defenses.
Butcher blocks a head kick by Penn.
Penn is looking to land body kicks.
A telegraphed right hand from Penn misses the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Butcher fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
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!
Penn checks the leg kick.
Penn moves in looking to clinch but Butcher pushes him off.
Butcher now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Penn moves out of range as Butcher strikes.
Butcher misses with a series of wild punches.
As Butcher looks to move away, Penn throws a big counter combo but Butcher just gets out of the way.
Butcher sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.

Butcher has taken the fight to the clinch.
Penn throws a punch but it's blocked by Butcher.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Penn working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Steel Penn did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
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 feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Butchers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Good work by Penn as he checks the leg kick.
A shot to the liver by Butcher. Beautiful body shot.
Butcher is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Penn swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Butcher jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Butcher misses with a looping right.
Butcher throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Penn to counter with a crisp jab.
A head kick misses from Penn.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Butcher throws an off balance right hand
and Penn counters with a right hand to the body.
Butcher throws a shot from downtown. Penn moves away and avoids it.
Penn lands a head kick!
Penn throws a head kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A low kick from Penn is predictable there
and Butcher counters with a nice uppercut.
Penn throws a nice head kick!
Butcher misses with a low kick.
Butcher lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Left hook, right uppercut from Penn.
Butcher swings widly with a right hand
and Penn makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Butcher thows a left - swing and a miss!
Butcher swings widly with a right hand
and Penn counters with a stiff right hand.
Penn slips under a jab from Butcher.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good work by Butcher as he checks the leg kick.
Penn fails with an attempt to clinch.
Butcher swings for the body but Penn moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penn works the jab nicely.
Penn pulls out of a head kick attempt.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Penn.
Penn displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Butcher throws out the jab.
Nice defenses there by Penn.
Penn tries to clinch but Butcher moves out of range.
Penn tries to close the distance and clinch up but Butcher swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Good work by Penn as he checks the leg kick.
Butcher misses with a looping left.
Penn steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Butcher.
Penn looks to score with a jab to the body but Butcher is just out of range.
Penn scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steel Penn had his way with Billy Butcher in that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Penn keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Steel Penn is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Butcher looks to score with a jab to the body but Penn is just out of range.
Butcher scores with a crisp jab that stopped Penn in his tracks.
Butcher throws a head kick that misses.
Butcher throws a poor cross that misses
and Penn counters with a nice uppercut.
Penn uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Butcher.
Butcher lands with a good body shot.
Butcher misses with a series of wild punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Butcher looks to throw the jab but Penn is out of range.
Penn throws a shot from downtown. Butcher moves away and avoids it.
Butcher avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Penn uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Butcher throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Butcher misses with a combination
and Penn counters with a big head kick but Butcher shrugs it off.
Penn tries to land a front kick but Butcher steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Butcher looks to land a left hand but Penn moved out of range nicely.
Penn throws a big shot that misses.
Penn throws a combination. Butcher tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Butcher tries to clinch but Penn moves away
and Penn counters with a big head kick but Butcher shrugs it off.
Butcher looks to land a left hand but Penn moved out of range nicely.
Penn swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Penn moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Penn takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice defenses there by Penn.
Penn scores with a head kick. Butcher tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
A lazy left from Penn finds it's target.
Butcher has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Butcher takes a swing at Penn's ribcage but misses.
Penn uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Butcher.
Penn throws a counter high kick but Butcher was just alert enough to avoid it.
Penn gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Butcher lands a jab.
Billy Butcher has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Penn swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Butcher throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Penn cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Penn's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
Butcher misses with a left hand
and Penn counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Penn avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Penn scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

And that's the end of the fight!
Steel Penn showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Penn has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 50:46
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 47:48
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 50:45

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Steel Penn!
Our winner, Steel Penn, 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.