PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between CJ Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kumo LaRusso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Penn
vs
LaRusso

175 cm
25
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
168 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Prefers standup

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, CJ Penn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kumo LaRusso!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Dirk Anderson and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Penn bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
LaRusso scores with a decent looking hook.
LaRusso connects with a looping right hand.
Penn lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A slow jab from LaRusso misses its intended target.
LaRusso uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Penn.
Penn swings and misses with a hook to the body.
LaRusso pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Penn throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
LaRusso throws a hook to the side of Penn's head but Penn sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
LaRusso throws a body shot but no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
LaRusso changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Penn uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by LaRusso.
LaRusso tests Penn's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Penn closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn jabbing away but nothing is landing.
LaRusso lands a jab to Penn's midsection.
LaRusso wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
LaRusso rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Penn counter with a right hand.
LaRusso just misses with a punch to the body.
Penn keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from LaRusso.
LaRusso throws a poor cross that misses
and Penn cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
LaRusso throws a jab but it's blocked by Penn.
LaRusso scores with a decent looking hook.
Penn slips a straight right by LaRusso.
Penn looks to score with a jab to the body but LaRusso is just out of range.
LaRusso throws an overhand right that lands on Penn's shoulder, as Penn tries to avoid the shot.
LaRusso throws a shot from downtown. Penn moves away and avoids it.
LaRusso comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Penn uses good head movement to avoid the hook from LaRusso.
LaRusso misses with a looping right.
Penn moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Penn takes a swing at LaRusso's ribcage but misses.
LaRusso looks to score with a jab to the body but Penn is just out of range.
Nice shot lands for LaRusso.
LaRusso takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Penn ducks under a wild hook from LaRusso.
Penn with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling LaRusso to score with a decent uppercut.
A punch lands to the side of LaRusso 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Donk. LaRusso catches Penn right on the button with a cross.
LaRusso dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
LaRusso missing with a left hand there. Penn was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Penn is looking to counter punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from LaRusso. Penn does a little dance to reset his feet.
LaRusso is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Penn had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penn bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Penn misses with a body shot.
LaRusso is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Penn lands with a nice body punch.
LaRusso misses with an uppercut. Penn saw that one coming.
Nice uppercut lands for LaRusso. That snapped Penn's head back.
LaRusso misses with a looping right.
A telegraphed right hand from LaRusso misses the target.
Penn defending well as LaRusso loads up on a big left hand.
LaRusso uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Penn swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
LaRusso scores with a jab to the body.
Penn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but LaRusso was well out of range. Poor timing from Penn.
LaRusso lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Penn displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as LaRusso throws out the jab.
Penn throwing a counter right hand but LaRusso manages to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A shot to the liver by LaRusso. Beautiful body shot.
LaRusso throws out a loose jab but Penn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Penn throws the left hand but LaRusso avoids the punch easily.
LaRusso throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
LaRusso throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Penn counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A big right from LaRusso misses.
A little feinted left hand from Penn on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
LaRusso throws a poor cross that misses
and Penn counters with a two punch combo.
A cross from Penn lands.
Penn ducks under a wild hook from LaRusso.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
LaRusso scores with a jab. Penn acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A decent looking cross lands there for LaRusso.
LaRusso uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Penn.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kumo LaRusso dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

LaRusso slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
LaRusso swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Penn counter with a right hand.

LaRusso is rocked!
Kumo LaRusso seems to be getting the better of the standup.
LaRusso rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Penn scores with a counter punch that sends LaRusso to the canvas! Penn smells blood - he's punishing LaRusso with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! LaRusso has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). CJ Penn!
The defeated Kumo LaRusso had this to say: 'you will see me again'.