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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Walter O Flanigan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pentti Pena (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). O Flanigan comes to the cage accompanied by Spicy McHaggis Jig. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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193 lbs
9 - 2 - 0 |
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185 cm
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197 lbs
11 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand |
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Walter O Flanigan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Pentti Pena!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Chris Edwards and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
O Flanigan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
O Flanigan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pena misses with a looping right.
Pena throws a jab when O Flanigan was well out of range.
Pena throws a shot from downtown. O Flanigan moves away and avoids it.
Pentti Pena seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
O Flanigan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pena moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pena throws a series of punches but O Flanigan avoids them all with ease.
Pena looks to land a combination but O Flanigan avoids it well.
Pena scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Pena misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from O Flanigan.
O Flanigan looks to land a left hand but Pena moved out of range nicely.
O Flanigan looks to land a combination. Pena sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Pena gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows O Flanigan to score an easy takedown into full guard.
O Flanigan preventing the sweep.
O Flanigan is stalling in the full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pena is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
O Flanigan throws a big right hand that misses.
Pena lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for O Flanigan!
O Flanigan is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Poor strikes thrown by Pena there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Pena throws some wild stikes that O Flanigan manages to avoid easily.
Poor strikes thrown by Pena there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
O Flanigan tries to hold on but Pena postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pena punching from mount but O Flanigan doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Pena postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. O Flanigan looks a forlorn figure.
Pena throws some wild stikes that O Flanigan manages to avoid easily.
O Flanigan is working to get back to half guard.
Pena throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for O Flanigan because Pena loaded up on that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pena throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
O Flanigan wants to control but Pena is having none of it.
O Flanigan is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Pena is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
O Flanigan is wriggling around trying to escape.
O Flanigan wants to control but Pena is having none of it.
O Flanigan is looking to improve his position but Pena isn't that keen on the idea.
Pena has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Pena punishing his opponent with strikes.
O Flanigan keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Pena thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Pena landing strikes, looking to finish!
Pena is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. O Flanigan can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
O Flanigan keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
O Flanigan wants to control but Pena is having none of it.
Pena scoring with strikes but O Flanigan is staying in there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
O Flanigan tries to get back to half guard but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pentti Pena dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Pena has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Pena throws a shot from downtown. O Flanigan moves away and avoids it.
Pena avoids a punch combination nicely.
O Flanigan lands a nice hook to Pena's body. Pena takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
O Flanigan throws a body kick that misses.
Pena scores with a decent looking hook.
O Flanigan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A combination from O Flanigan does no damage.
Pena cracks O Flanigan with a right hand to the side of the head.
Pena throws a body punch but O Flanigan moves out of range.
Walter O Flanigan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
O Flanigan looks for a takedown but Pena sprawls well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
O Flanigan misses with a few strikes there.
O Flanigan fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Pena looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Pena is breathing heavily.
O Flanigan defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Pena.
Pena scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
O Flanigan is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Nice defenses there by O Flanigan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pena misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from O Flanigan.
O Flanigan lands with an overhand left.
O Flanigan wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nice cross by O Flanigan.
A jab from O Flanigan finds it's way through Pena's defenses.
A head kick misses from O Flanigan.
Walter O Flanigan is winning the standup battle so far.
Pena throws a right hand that O Flanigan ducks under and follows up with a left that O Flanigan also avoids with ease.
O Flanigan misses with a few strikes there.
O Flanigan lands a jab to the nose.
Pena changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. O Flanigan tries to avoid it but Pena manages to keep hold of a leg and drag O Flanigan to the ground. O Flanigan escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Pena throws a combination but it was largely blocked by O Flanigan.
A punch combination from O Flanigan misses.
O Flanigan fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
O Flanigan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pena circles away quickly and effectively.
A slow jab from Pena misses its intended target.
O Flanigan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pena.
O Flanigan misses with a straight left.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Flanigan lands a jab to the nose.
O Flanigan changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pena has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
O Flanigan scores with a crisp jab that stopped Pena in his tracks.
A slow jab from Pena misses its intended target.
O Flanigan cracks Pena with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
O Flanigan scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Pena is rocked!
Pena throws a lazy right hand but O Flanigan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pena shoots in looking for a takedown. O Flanigan tries to sprawl out of it but Pena keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. O Flanigan manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Walter O Flanigan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pentti Pena.
O Flanigan moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Pena is still on wobbly legs! Can O Flanigan finish him?
Pena takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Pena seems to have recovered his senses.
O Flanigan catches Pena with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
O Flanigan tries a head kick but it misses.
O Flanigan throws a series of strikes that have Pena backpedaling.
Pena takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Flanigan misses with a straight left.
Jab from Pena.
Pena closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Decent striking displayed by O Flanigan there.
O Flanigan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pena.
O Flanigan throws a hook but Pena avoids it easily.
Pena thows a left - swing and a miss!
Pena shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in O Flanigan's guard.
Pena throws a strike but O Flanigan rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Pena wants to sweep but no luck.
Pena striking off his back but it's not causing O Flanigan any problems.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Flanigan passes easily into side control. Nice work.
O Flanigan has knee on belly and moves into mount.
O Flanigan tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
O Flanigan lands a nice shot to the head.
Pena is wriggling around trying to escape.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
O Flanigan looking to control but Pena is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
O Flanigan has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Pena is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Walter O Flanigan!
Walter O Flanigan retains his middleweight title!
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hype
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RATING
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