PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Troy Palmer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kame Sennin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Palmer comes to the cage accompanied by Fivefold – Broken. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Palmer
vs
Sennin

170 cm
29
140 lbs
15 - 4 - 0

168 cm
28
140 lbs
16 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Great low kicks
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Humanoid Nutrition (160Q for 160$)
M.O. Fight Wear

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Troy Palmer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kame Sennin!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Steven Brown and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sennin takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

It looks like Kame Sennin has been cut.
Sennin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Palmer.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Palmer!
Sennin darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Palmer throws a sloppy body shot
and Sennin counters with a good low kick that Palmer was not able to check.
A solid body kick from Sennin.
Sennin takes one on the button.
Palmer swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Sennin counters with a two punch combo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Palmer chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sennin can pounce on him.
Sennin takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Sennin dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Palmer throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sennin counters with a three punch combo that has Palmer backing up. Palmer nods at Sennin to acknowledge the strikes.
Palmer throws a right hand that Sennin ducks under and follows up with a left that Sennin also avoids with ease.
Palmer scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Palmer on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Sennin avoids the body shot from Palmer.
Palmer throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sennin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Palmer throws a jab but it's blocked by Sennin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Sennin - that will leave a mark!
Palmer avoids the head kick by Sennin.
Palmer lands a right hook to the body.
Palmer misses with an uppercut. Sennin saw that one coming.
An inside leg kick lands from Sennin.
Palmer takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Sennin staying out of range there.
Palmer rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sennin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sennin looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Sennin misses with a series of wild punches.
Palmer misses with a looping right.
Sennin connects with a solid leg kick.
A big right from Palmer misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Palmer crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Sennin - the referee stops the clock and Palmer gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Sennin. Palmer manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Sennin.
Palmer misses the shot to the body.
Sennin has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Sennin is looking to clinch but Palmer is avoiding it.
Palmer throws a poor cross that misses
and Sennin counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Sennin cracks the inside of Palmer's front leg.
Palmer misses with a right hand
and Sennin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Palmer misses with a combination
and Sennin counters with an inside leg kick.
Palmer throws a lazy uppercut
and Sennin counters with a leg kick.
Palmer throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Sennin on the side of the head.
Palmer looks to land a combination. Sennin sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
A big right from Palmer misses.
Troy Palmer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Palmer swings for the body but Sennin moves out of range.
Palmer misses with an uppercut
and Sennin counters with a stiff right hand.
Sennin scores with a kick to the midsection.
Palmer is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palmer wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Sennin dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Palmer. That did some damage!
Good leg kick by Sennin there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Palmer misses with a combination
and Sennin counters with a low kick, right behind Palmer 's knee.
A big left from Palmer misses.
Palmer on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Sennin lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Sennin scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Palmer throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sennin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Palmer throws the left hand but Sennin avoids the punch easily.
Sennin stuns Palmer with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Palmer misses with a hook to the body
and Sennin counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Sennin is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Palmer had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
A jab lands there for Sennin.

Palmer is rocked!
Palmer chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sennin can pounce on him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sennin.
Palmer throws an off balance right hand
and Sennin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sennin lets loose with a powerful body kick. Palmer will feel that in the morning.
Palmer walks into a jab.
A combination from Sennin does no damage.
Sennin on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Nice shot by Sennin.
Palmer misses the body punch
and Sennin counters with an outside leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Sennin.
Sennin misses with a head kick.
Palmer takes a shot right to the bread basket.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Palmer misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sennin is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Palmer throws a series of punches but Sennin avoids them all with ease.
Palmer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sennin moves away.
Sennin tries a quick counter leg kick but Palmer is wise to it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kame Sennin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kame Sennin's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Sennin fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A head kick from Sennin lands but Palmer takes it in his stride.
Sennin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Palmer.
Sennin slips under a jab from Palmer.
Sennin avoids a punch combination nicely.
Palmer is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Palmer misses with a lunging right hand
and Sennin counters with a leg kick.
Nice straight punches there by Palmer. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Palmer.
Palmer throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A little jabbing left from Sennin on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Sennin fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Sennin lands a leg kick that knocks Palmer off balance momentarily.

Sennin pushes Palmer up against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sennin manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sennin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sennin has a couple of punches blocked by Palmer.
Sennin misses with a punch on the inside.
Palmer has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Palmer blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Sennin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sennin connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Palmer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sennin.
Sennin replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Palmer blocks it well.
A left lands for Sennin.
Palmer misses with a right hand
letting Sennin counter with a right hand.
Palmer throws a lazy right hand but Sennin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sennin lands with a kick to the ribs.
Palmer tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Sennin fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Palmer, pushing him back against the cage.
A short uppercut from Sennin.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sennin blocking some punches.
Palmer throws a head punch that misses.
Sennin tries to throw a body punch but Palmer avoids it by throwing Sennin back against the cage.
Sennin blocking some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palmer working aggressively here.
Sennin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sennin working aggressively here.
Sennin throws a punch but it's blocked by Palmer.
Palmer lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sennin lands a hook that snaps the head of Palmer backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sennin.
Sennin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sennin blocks a body shot from Palmer.
A left hand lands to the body for Palmer.
Palmer's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sennin dodges an elbow strike from Palmer.
Sennin cracks Palmer with a nice body shot.
Palmer misses with a short punch on the inside.
Palmer throws a punch but it's blocked by Sennin.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Sennin taking a breather.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sennin tries to throw a body punch but Palmer avoids it by throwing Sennin back against the cage.
Sennin takes a shot to the head.
A short left from Palmer.
Palmer misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sennin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Palmer has a couple of punches blocked by Sennin.
A head punch on the inside from Sennin fails to land.
Palmer misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sennin throws a head punch that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sennin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Sennin.
Palmer misses with some punches.
Palmer creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Palmer has a couple of punches blocked by Sennin.
Palmer swings wildly with an uppercut but Sennin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Palmer pushes off an throws an elbow but Sennin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Palmer misses with the head strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Palmer as Sennin tries to tie him up.
Palmer tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sennin's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Sennin fails to land.
Sennin working aggressively here.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Palmer creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sennin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sennin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sennin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Palmer backwards.

Sennin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sennin connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A combination from Palmer does no damage.
Palmer misses with an uppercut
and Sennin counters with a left to the body.
Palmer walks into a straight right hand from Sennin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kame Sennin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kame Sennin's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Sennin tests Palmer's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sennin has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sennin turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Palmer misses with a hook to the body
and Sennin counters with a leg kick.
A good leg kick by Sennin.

Sennin fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Palmer, pushing him back against the cage.
Sennin taking a breather.
Palmer misses with a hook from the clinch.
Palmer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Palmer looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Palmer.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sennin misses with the head strike.
Kame Sennin seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Palmer prevents a body shot from Sennin.

Sennin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nice defenses there by Sennin.
Donk. Sennin catches Palmer right on the button with a cross.
Some wild striking there from Palmer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Palmer takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Sennin punishes Palmer's body with a nice straight punch.
Sennin gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

Sennin gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Sennin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sennin lets loose with a powerful body kick. Palmer will feel that in the morning.
Troy Palmer is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sennin lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Palmer will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Sennin connects with a solid leg kick.
Sennin fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Palmer has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Palmer misses with a hook to the body
and Sennin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Palmer loads up on a big right hand but Sennin slips the punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Sennin rushes Palmer and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sennin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sennin blocking some punches.

Sennin breaks the clinch.
A shot to the liver by Sennin. Beautiful body shot.
Sennin scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Oh Palmer is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Sennin lands a big head kick that sends Palmer tumbling to the mat! Sennin takes a step backwards and waves Palmer back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Palmer throws a hook to the side of Sennin's head but Sennin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sennin throws out a counter right but Palmer avoids it with no problem.
Sennin lands a jab to Palmer's midsection.
Palmer tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Sennin.
Palmer throws a body shot but no joy.
Palmer takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Sennin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Palmer manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sennin throws a left jab followed by a right to the body, Oh Palmer colapses and takes a barrage of punches from Sennin as he moves to mount! the ref stops the fight and Palmer is left battered and dazed whilst Sennin and his camp cheer!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:08 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kame Sennin!