PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between BJ Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Liam Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Penn comes to the ring accompanied by Perfect-Ed Sheeran. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Penn
vs
Nelson

170 cm
18
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, BJ Penn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Liam Nelson!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yuuki Gou and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Penn rushes Nelson and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Nelson looking to slow down the pace here.
Penn misses with a punch on the inside.
Nelson blocks a body shot from Penn.
Penn lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nelson looking to stall.
Penn lands with a short shot to the head.
Nelson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Penn lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Penn has Nelson pressed against the ropes, preventing Nelson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A head punch on the inside from Penn fails to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nelson tries a body shot but Penn blocks it.
Penn doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Penn lands a hook that snaps the head of Nelson backwards.
Nelson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Penn keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Nelson's efforts to push away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Nelson blocking some punches.
Nelson is looking to control Penn's arms but Penn gets an underhook and turns him. Now Nelson has his back to the ropes.
Penn throws a punch but it's blocked by Nelson.
Nelson throws a head punch that misses.
Penn makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nelson wants to stall.
Penn lands a nice uppercut.
Penn lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Penn keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Nelson's efforts to push away.
Penn lands an uppercut.
Nelson is trying to maintain a safe position but Penn gets an underhook and turns Nelson into the ropes.
Nelson is looking to break free of the clinch but Penn has double underhooks.
Nice body punch from Penn.
Penn works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson blocking some punches.
Nelson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nelson throws a head punch that misses.
Penn cracks Nelson with a nice body shot.
Still in the clinch, Penn scores with a nice short uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Penn has Nelson pressed against the ropes, preventing Nelson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Nelson scores with a shot to the side of Penn's head.
Nelson is pushing Penn up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Nelson is trying to break free.
Penn digs a right hand underneath Nelson's ribcage. Nelson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Nelson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Penn tries a body shot but Nelson blocks it.
Nelson is trying to maintain a safe position but Penn gets an underhook and turns Nelson into the ropes.
Penn digs a right hand into Nelson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Nelson's gas tank.
A nice right hand lands inside from Penn.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penn throws a punch but it's blocked by Nelson.
Nelson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Penn softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Nelson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Penn lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Nelson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Penn misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short left from Penn.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nelson.
Penn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Penn works on Nelson's body with a couple of short punches.
Nelson throws a punch but it's blocked by Penn.
Still in the clinch, Penn scores with a nice short uppercut.
Penn lands a right hand.
Penn misses with a punch on the inside.
Penn lands a hook that snaps the head of Nelson backwards.
Nelson looking to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Penn.
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!
Nelson tries to stall but Penn uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Penn throws a head punch that misses.
Penn misses with the head strike.
Nelson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nelson looking to slow down the pace here.
Penn lands a hook to the side of the head.
Penn lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Nelson.
Nelson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Penn misses with a punch on the inside.
Penn works on Nelson's body with a couple of short punches.
Penn misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nelson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Penn prevents a body shot from Nelson.
Nelson throws a head punch that misses.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Nelson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Penn tries a body shot but Nelson blocks it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Penn as Nelson tries to tie him up.
Penn throws a punch but it's blocked by Nelson.
Penn tries to work over Nelson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Penn doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nelson digs a right hand underneath Penn's ribcage. Penn let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Penn lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Nelson backwards.
Nelson has had enough of the clinch but Penn keeps him there for the moment.
Penn throws a punch but it's blocked by Nelson.
Penn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Penn throws a head punch that misses.
Penn scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Penn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nelson blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Nelson fails to land.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Penn gets through Nelson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Nelson blocks an uppercut.
Penn swings wildly with an uppercut but Nelson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Penn is working Nelson over against the ropes.
Nelson tries to break free but Penn pushes him back against the ropes.
Penn struggles to land a body shot inside as Nelson controls his hands.
Penn throws a head punch that misses.
Nelson has had enough of the clinch but Penn keeps him there for the moment.
Penn softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Penn lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Nelson backwards.
Penn swings wildly with an uppercut but Nelson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nelson tries to work over Penn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Penn as Nelson tries to tie him up.
Penn softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Penn digs a right hand underneath Nelson's ribcage. Nelson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Nelson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Penn throws a head punch that misses.
Penn lands a left hand.
Nelson misses with the head strike.
Penn swings wildly with an uppercut but Nelson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Penn misses with a punch to the body.
Penn working aggressively here.
Nelson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nelson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nelson tries to work over Penn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nelson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Penn backwards.
Nelson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Penn lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Penn working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Penn has a couple of punches blocked by Nelson.
Penn tries to work over Nelson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nelson.
Nelson swings wildly with an uppercut but Penn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Penn pushes Nelson back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nelson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nelson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Nelson tries to throw a body punch but Penn avoids it by throwing Nelson back against the ropes.
Nelson tries to stall but Penn uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Nelson can't break the clinch.
Penn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nelson is struggling to control the position.
Nelson tries to break the clinch but Penn is controlling the position.
Nelson is trying to stall.
A short uppercut from Penn.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Nelson misses with a hook from the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Penn.
Penn lands a nice shot to the body.
A short right from Nelson.
Penn tries a body shot but Nelson blocks it.
Penn tries a body shot but Nelson blocks it.
Nelson misses with a punch on the inside.
Penn lands a right hand.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Penn creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nelson misses with a punch on the inside.

Nelson breaks the clinch.
Nelson throws a looping overhand right but Penn ducks down to avoid it.
Nelson looks to throw the jab but Penn is out of range.

Penn closes the distance and clinches.
Nelson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

BJ Penn dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Nelson misses with a straight left.

Penn gets a clinch.
Nelson prevents a body shot from Penn.
Nelson trying to stall but Penn improves his position.
Penn lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Nelson can't find room to land a body shot as Penn controls the action.
Penn lands with a short shot to the head.
A hook to the body from Penn.
Nelson throws a head punch that misses.
A hook to the body from Penn.
Nelson misses with a short punch on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Penn.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nelson tries a body shot but Penn blocks it.
A short uppercut from Penn.
Nelson misses with the head strike.
Penn lands a hook that snaps the head of Nelson backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Penn.
Nelson tries to circle away but Penn has him pinned against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Penn blocking some punches.
Nelson is trying to break the clinch but Penn is controlling him.
A shot in the inside from Penn.
A nice left hand lands by Penn.
A short left from Penn.
Penn can't find room to land a body shot as Nelson controls the action.
Penn is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nelson can do to turn this around?
Penn tries to work over Nelson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Penn softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Penn lands a body shot in the clinch.
Penn scores with a shoulder strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Penn as Nelson tries to tie him up.
Nelson misses with a hook to the ribs.
BJ Penn has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Nelson is looking to control Penn's arms but Penn gets an underhook and turns him. Now Nelson has his back to the ropes.
A body shot lands from Penn.
Nelson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Penn.
Penn throws a punch but it's blocked by Nelson.
Penn lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Nelson backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Nelson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Penn pushes Nelson up against the ropes in a clinch.
A body shot lands from Penn.
Nelson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Nelson lands with a short shot to the head.
A short uppercut from Penn.
Nelson prevents a body shot from Penn.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Penn.
Nelson is trying to break the clinch but Penn has him pressed against the ropes.
A head punch on the inside from Penn fails to land.
Nelson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nelson wants to stall.
Nelson working aggressively here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penn throws a punch but it's blocked by Nelson.
Penn lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Penn lands a left hand that snaps the head of Nelson backwards.
Penn works on Nelson's body with a couple of short punches.
Penn throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Nelsons head.
Penn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Penn lands a hook that snaps the head of Nelson backwards.
Penn lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Nelson backwards.
Penn is working Nelson over against the ropes.
Penn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nelson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Penn works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Penn scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Penn pushes Nelson back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
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!
Nelson working aggressively here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nelson misses with a punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Penn creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nelson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Penn.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Penn.
Penn swings wildly with an uppercut but Nelson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Penn misses with some punches.
Nelson takes a shot to the head.
Nelson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Penn is keeping busy.
Nelson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Nelson blocking some punches.
Nelson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nelson misses with the head strike.
Penn lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Nelson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Penn digs a right hand underneath Nelson's ribcage. Nelson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Penn lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Nelson misses with a punch to the body.
Nelson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Penn misses with a body punch.
Penn scores with a shot to the side of Nelson's head.
Nelson is trying to stall.
Penn lands with a light punch inside.
Penn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Penn lands a left hand that snaps the head of Nelson backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Penn.

Nelson is rocked!
A body shot lands from Penn.
Penn tries a body shot but Nelson blocks it.
Penn lands a body punch.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Nelson misses with a punch on the inside.
Penn makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nelson is trying to maintain a safe position but Penn gets an underhook and turns Nelson into the ropes.
Penn misses with a punch on the inside.
Penn misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nelson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Nelson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Penn lands a left hand.
Penn scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nelson misses with a punch on the inside.
Nelson lands with a short shot to the head.
Penn misses with some punches.
Penn makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Penn tries a body shot but Nelson blocks it.
Nelson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Penn lands a left hand that snaps the head of Nelson backwards.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Penn is working Nelson over against the ropes.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Penn as Nelson tries to tie him up.
Nelson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Penn has a couple of punches blocked by Nelson.
Penn lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Penn working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Nelson has had enough of the clinch but Penn keeps him there for the moment.
Nelson has a couple of punches blocked by Penn.
Nelson working aggressively here.
Penn working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Nelson is still on wobbly legs! Can Penn finish him?
A bit of stalling here from Nelson.
Nelson seems to have recovered his senses.
Penn gets through Nelson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Penn struggles to land a body shot inside as Nelson controls his hands.
Nelson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Penn lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Nelson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Nelson.
Penn working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Penn lands with a left to the head.
Nelson throws a punch but it's blocked by Penn.
Nelson is looking to control Penn's arms but Penn gets an underhook and turns him. Now Nelson has his back to the ropes.
Penn throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Nelsons head.
Penn works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Nelson is breathing heavily.
Nelson misses with a punch on the inside.
Penn works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Penn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Penn lands with a left to the head.
Nelson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Penn lands a hook that snaps the head of Nelson backwards.
Nelson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Penn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Penn scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Penn is working Nelson over against the ropes.
A short right from Penn on the inside.
Nelson takes a shot to the head.
Nelson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Penn letting Nelson take a breather here.
Nelson wants to stall.
Penn lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Nelson backwards.
Penn lands a left hand that snaps the head of Nelson backwards.
Penn pushes Nelson back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Nelson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Penn lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Penn scores with a nice short uppercut.
Nelson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Penn creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Nelson with a big uppercut! Nelson tries to clinch up but Penn pushes him back against the ropes and lands another monster strike that crumples Nelson to the mat! Nelson covers up and Penn unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). BJ Penn!
After winning the bout, BJ Penn thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.