PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Olsen Penn (ranked 4608 p4p, 572 weight class) and David Ford (ranked 3448 p4p, 475 weight class). Olsen Penn could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to David Ford's chin.

Penn
vs
Ford

190 cm
25
215 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

188 cm
25
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Aspire Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Olsen Penn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, David Ford!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Saam Ante and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Penn thows a left - swing and a miss!
Penn takes a swing at Ford's ribcage but misses.
Ford is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Ford moves away from the strike by Penn.
Ford feints the counter takedown.
Penn jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ford changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Ford ducks right into an uppercut from Penn.
Olsen Penn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Penn throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Penn misses the jab.
Penn swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Penn scores with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ford throws a jab but it's blocked by Penn.
A looping hook to the body misses from Penn. Ford does a little dance to reset his feet.
Penn digs a good body shot into Ford's ribs.
Penn just misses with a punch to the body.
And Ford tries to counter it with a takedown but Penn pushes his down on his head and steps out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn lands a jab to the head.

It looks like David Ford has been cut.
Penn throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ford with the counter takedown but Penn avoids it easily.
Penn moves away from the strike by Ford.
As Ford looks to move away, Penn throws a big counter combo but Ford just gets out of the way.
Ford uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Penn.
Ford drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Penn defends it well.
Ford on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Penn misses with an uppercut. Ford saw that one coming.
Ford jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ford looks to land a left hand but Penn moved out of range nicely.
Nice body punch from Ford.
Penn throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Penn thows a left - swing and a miss!
A jab from Ford does it's job there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penn uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ford.
Penn throws a hook but Ford blocks it.
Ford cracks a nice hook into Penn's ribs.
Penn throws a hook to the side of Ford's head but Ford sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Penn misses with a hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ford misses with a few strikes there.
Penn misses with a body shot.
Penn moves forwards but Ford connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Penn lands a head shot.
Ford lands a jab to Penn's midsection.
Penn is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ford.
Penn misses with a hook. Ford ducked under it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penn loads up on a big right hand but Ford slips the punch.
Ford with the counter takedown but Penn avoids it easily.
Ford takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Ford moves away from the strike by Penn.
Penn throws a hook to the side of Ford's head but Ford sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And Ford tries to counter it with a takedown but Penn pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Penn throws an overhand right that lands on Ford's shoulder, as Ford tries to avoid the shot.
Penn throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Penn throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ford.
Penn throws the left hand but Ford avoids the punch easily.
Penn fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Ford looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Ford uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Penn.
Penn misses with a hook.
Ford feints the counter takedown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ford bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A swing and a miss from Penn.
Ford misses with a straight left.
Penn misses with a looping left.
Penn throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ford's jab looks to have found its range, popping Penn under the eye.
Ford uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Penn.
Ford feints the counter takedown.
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 throws a lazy right hand but Ford sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ford with the counter takedown but Penn avoids it easily.
Ford swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Penn throwing a counter right hand but Ford manages to avoid it.
Penn thuds a left hand into Ford's body.
Ford has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Ford there as he acknowledges the shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Olsen Penn dominated that round.
The cut man is working on David Ford's cut.
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.

Penn throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Penn doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
David Ford is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Penn misses with a body shot.
Ford lands with a nice body punch.
Penn throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ford sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Good standup being displayed there by Penn as he connects with a hook.
Penn doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Ford blocks a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Some wild striking there from Penn.
A swing and a miss from Penn.
Ford swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Ford connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Penn scrambles back to his feet.
Penn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ford moves away.
Ford feints the counter takedown.
Penn fails to land with a series of punches.
Penn lands a jab to Ford's midsection.
Penn swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Penn throws a series of punches but Ford avoids them all with ease.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Ford might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Penn has got the better of the exchanges.
Penn misses with a body shot.
Ford is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Ford throws a body punch but Penn moves out of range.
Ford scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Ford misses with a few strikes there.
Sloppy strikes from Penn. Those never looked like landing.
Ford with the counter takedown but Penn avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ford loads up on a big right hand but Penn slips the punch.
Ford misses with a hook
and Ford takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ford gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Penn.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Penn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ford moves away.
Penn misses the jab.
Ford swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A right-left combo lands from Ford.
Penn on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The fighters circling - Penn throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Penn throws a body punch but Ford moves out of range.
Ford misses with the combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Ford misses.
Penn throws a body punch but Ford moves out of range.
Ford uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Penn.
Penn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Penn thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ford with the counter takedown but Penn avoids it easily.
Penn misses with a hook.
Ford keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Penn connects with a crisp jab.
Ford lands a head shot.
Penn slips under a jab from Ford.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ford lands a nice hook to Penn's body. Penn takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A cross from Penn lands.
Ford shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Penn misses with a jab, cross combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ford. Penn does a little dance to reset his feet.
Penn looks to land a combination but Ford avoids it well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Penn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ford.
Ford lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Penn at a distance.
A jab from Penn misses.

Penn gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Penn lands on the inside with an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Olsen Penn dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on David Ford's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Penn throws a jab when Ford was well out of range.
Ford throws out a loose jab but Penn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice defenses there by Ford.
Ford just misses with a punch to the body.
Ford has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Ford there as he acknowledges the shot.

Penn clinches.
Penn misses with a body punch.
Penn misses with some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Penn keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ford's efforts to push away.
Ford has had enough of the clinch but Penn keeps him there for the moment.
Penn lands a hook that snaps the head of Ford backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn throws a punch but it's blocked by Ford.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Penn creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That has opened up David Ford's cut even more.
Ford is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A hook to the body from Penn.
Ford blocking some punches.

Penn drops Ford onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Ford is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Ford is rocked!
Ford takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Penn lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ford is still on wobbly legs! Can Penn finish him?
A short right from Penn.
Olsen Penn has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Penn lands a big right hand that drops Ford! The killer instinct kicks in and Penn finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Penn!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Olsen Penn!
A relieved looking Olsen Penn thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.