PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Frank Lamphard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and BJ Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Lamphard
vs
Penn

187 cm
25
200 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Frank Lamphard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, BJ Penn!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Daniel Bishop and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Penn scores with a head kick.
Lamphard bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

Lamphard has Penn up against the cage in a clinch.
Lamphard lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Penn is trying to maintain a safe position but Lamphard gets an underhook and turns Penn into the cage.
Lamphard lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Penn backwards.
Penn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lamphard lands with a left to the head.
Penn blocks an uppercut.
Penn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lamphard fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The referee calls for Penn to work.
Penn wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lamphard misses with some punches.

Penn breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lamphard uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Penn.
Lamphard is looking to counter the offense by Penn and move into the clinch.

Lamphard closes the distance and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn is trying to maintain a safe position but Lamphard gets an underhook and turns Penn into the cage.
Penn tries to stall but Lamphard uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Lamphard blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lamphard lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Penn or not.
A short right from Lamphard on the inside.
Penn is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Penn tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lamphard avoids it.
Penn has had enough of the clinch but Lamphard keeps him there for the moment.
Lamphard misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Lamphard fails to land.
Penn lands an elbow just above Lamphard 's eye.

Penn breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Penn throws an overhand right that lands on Lamphard's shoulder, as Lamphard tries to avoid the shot.

Lamphard drives through and clinches with Penn against the cage.
Penn blocks an uppercut.
Penn with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Lamphard lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lamphard lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Lamphard lands a right hand that snaps the head of Penn backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lamphard lands a body shot in the clinch.
Lamphard misses with a body punch.
Lamphard avoids a wild elbow strike from Penn.
Lamphard has Penn pressed against the cage, preventing Penn from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Penn manages to break the clinch.
A punch combination from Penn misses.
Penn looks winded!
A decent looking body kick lands there for Penn.
Penn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lamphard moves away.
Lamphard lands with a cross.

It looks like BJ Penn has been cut.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Lamphard, as that shot connected.
Penn just misses with a punch to the body.
Lamphard tries to counter by clinching up but Penn breaks away and moves out of range.

Lamphard gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Lamphard lands a nice uppercut.

Penn is rocked!
Lamphard swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Penn is still on wobbly legs! Can Lamphard finish him?
Lamphard swings wildly with an uppercut but Penn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Penn seems to have recovered his senses.
A hook to the body from Lamphard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lamphard lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Lamphard pushes Penn back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lamphard creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Penn's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Penn drops to his knees and Lamphard pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Frank Lamphard!
Frank Lamphard really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Voodoo Nutrition logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.