PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Braydon Patel (ranked 7359 p4p, 428 weight class) and BJ Penn (ranked 4180 p4p, 325 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Patel
vs
Penn

175 cm
23
145 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

175 cm
25
150 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Hates pizza

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Braydon Patel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, BJ Penn!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, David Hoff and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Patel looks for a takedown but Penn sprawls well.
Patel tries to move into range but Penn moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Penn is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Patel takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Penn connects with a good right hand that stumbles Patel. Patel circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Patel is defended easily by Penn.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Penn stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Braydon Patel. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Penn connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Patel's hands.
Penn connects with a nice looking jab.

Patel is rocked!
Penn batters Patel with a massive right followed by a huge left! Patel is out on his feet looking like a zombie as Penn lands a final crushing right hand to drop Patel to the mat with a gruesome thud! Penn is running around like a mad man after that fight and for good reason!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). BJ Penn!
After the fight, BJ Penn was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.