PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Max House (ranked 2785 p4p, 2337 weight class) and Floyd Pennington (ranked 359 p4p, 315 weight class). House's entrance music is HonestKey- Keep Fightin'. A fine choice. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

House
vs
Pennington

178 cm
26
180
12 - 14 - 0

177 cm
24
176
4 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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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 12 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Max House!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Floyd Pennington!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Yves DeLean and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pennington throws an overhand right that lands on House's shoulder, as House tries to avoid the shot.
House was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Pennington throws the kick towards the body but House avoids it.
House connects with a crisp jab.
House throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pennington darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

It looks like Max House has been cut.
House has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Temple of Fitness in the buildup to the fight.
House stuns Pennington with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Pennington's corner calls for a 1-2. Pennington obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
House's corner calls for a 1-2. House obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
House takes a swing at Pennington's ribcage but misses.
Pennington dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Pennington lands with a good body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jab from House.
Pennington throws a hook but House blocks it.
House is looking to counter with a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
House uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pennington.
Pennington throws an overhand right that lands on House's shoulder, as House tries to avoid the shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Pennington misses the target.
Pennington moves out of range as House strikes.
House works the jab nicely.
Floyd Pennington seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice body punch from House.
Pennington tries to bum rush House with a series of wild strikes but House uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Pennington digs a good hook to House's body.
House goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

It looks like Floyd Pennington has been cut.
Good standup being displayed there by House as he connects with a hook.
Pennington lands with an overhand left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
House throws a hook but Pennington avoids it easily.
The fighters circling - House throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pennington throws a right hand that misses
and House counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Pennington blocks a jab.
Pennington misses with a double jab.
A slow jab from Pennington misses its intended target.
House ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pennington moves away.
A looping hook to the body misses from House. Pennington does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pennington throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Pennington on the wrong end of a nice hook.
House misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
House lands a right hook to the body.
House scores with a decent looking hook.
Pennington looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pennington on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Pennington throws a combination that misses
and House cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
House misses with a looping right.
Pennington throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Pennington misses the shot to the body.
Pennington slips a jab from House.
Pennington misses the jab.
Pennington stuns House with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Pennington keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from House.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pennington bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps House's head backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
House misses with a looping left.
House is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Pennington misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from House.
Pennington tries to land a leg kick but House saw it coming and moves away.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Pennington has House pressed against the cage, preventing House from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
House is looking to break free of the clinch but Pennington has double underhooks.
Pennington avoiding damage.
Pennington avoiding damage.
Pennington receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
House struggles to land a body shot inside as Pennington controls his hands.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

Pennington breaks the clinch.
Pennington takes a swing at House's ribcage but misses.
Pennington misses with a hook
and House connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Good shot there by House.
Pennington throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pennington falls off balance throwing a combination
and House counters with a straight right hand.
Pennington throws out a loose jab but House uses good head movement to avoid it.
It looked like House wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Pennington throws a lazy uppercut
and House counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Pennington ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
House just misses with a punch to the body.
Pennington takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Pennington misses with an uppercut
and House counters with a nice uppercut.
House throws a right hand that Pennington ducks under and follows up with a left that Pennington also avoids with ease.
Pennington looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pennington uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from House.
House misses with an uppercut. Pennington saw that one coming.
Pennington looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
House moves out of range as Pennington strikes.
House throws a hook but Pennington avoids it easily.
Pennington lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
A left lands for House.
House loads up on a big right hand but Pennington slips the punch.
Pennington now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
House connects with the punch.
Pennington connects with a looping right hand.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Pennington works House's body with a nice hook.
House looks to throw the jab but Pennington is out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for House.
Pennington scores with a jab to the body.
Pennington swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pennington scores with a body shot.
Pennington throws a solid leg kick but House takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Pennington.
Pennington throws a jab but it's blocked by House.
Pennington looks to land a left hand but House moved out of range nicely.
House ducks under a wild hook from Pennington.
House with a body punch. A glancing blow.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Pennington comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
House waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Pennington.
House misses with a few strikes there.
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!
Pennington misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from House.
Pennington lands an overhand right.
Pennington throws a big shot that misses.
House throwing a counter right hand but Pennington manages to avoid it.
A slow jab from House misses its intended target.
Pennington connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
House moves out of range of the strikes.
Pennington lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
House throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A countering left hand to the body from Pennington misses.
Pennington throws a hook to the side of House's head but House sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jab, jab by House - just one landing.
Pennington misses with a jab to the body
and House counters with a three punch combo that has Pennington backing up. Pennington nods at House to acknowledge the strikes.
Pennington misses with a wild body shot.
House is looking for a counter combo.
Pennington throws a leg kick
and House counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
House throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Pennington on the side of the head.
Pennington on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Pennington jabs House to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Pennington misses with a straight right.
Pennington has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Pennington closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Max House dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!

Pennington lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
House misses with a hook.
House misses with a right hand
and Pennington counters with a nice body shot.
House avoids the body shot from Pennington.
Pennington walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
House pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Pennington! But no joy.
House with a jab.
House is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
House cracks Pennington with a right hand to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
House takes a jab right on the kisser.
Pennington throws a poor cross that misses
letting House counter with a right hand.
Jab from Pennington.

That's one minute gone in the round.
House loads up on a big right hand but Pennington slips the punch.
House throws an overhand right that lands on Pennington's shoulder, as Pennington tries to avoid the shot.
House throws a lazy right hand but Pennington sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
House ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Pennington swings widly with a right hand
and House counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A jab from House misses.
House avoids a punch combination nicely.
House throwing a counter right hand but Pennington manages to avoid it.
Pennington avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
House lands with a cross.
A slow jab from Pennington misses its intended target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Pennington.
House missing with a left hand there. Pennington was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
House lands the left hand.
House dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
House throws a hook but Pennington avoids it easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
House slips under a jab from Pennington.
Pennington misses with a straight left.
House misses with a body shot.
A swing and a miss from House.
House takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
House tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pennington was well out of range. Poor timing from House.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pennington throws a low kick but House moves out of range easily.
A quick step to the side and House tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pennington tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but House paws at him with a jab and circles away.
It looked like House was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Pennington.
Pennington takes a swing at House's ribcage but misses.
House misses with a right hand
enabling Pennington to counter with a crisp jab.
House throws a body punch but Pennington moves out of range.
Pennington avoids the body shot from House.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pennington. House does a little dance to reset his feet.
An attempted straight right counter from House misses the target.
House misses with a looping right.
Pennington looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A decent looking cross lands there for House.
Max House is winning the standup battle so far.
Pennington slips a jab and a cross from House.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
House misses with a body shot
letting Pennington counter with a right hand.
Pennington lands with a shot to the body.
Pennington lands a lovely overhand right.
Pennington rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and House counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jab by Pennington.
Pennington lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but House circles away quickly and effectively.
House throws a jab when Pennington was well out of range.
House takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Pennington with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling House to score with a decent uppercut.
Pennington displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as House throws out the jab.
House lands with a good body shot.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
House rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Pennington counters with a lovely straight right hand!
House swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Pennington! But no joy.
Pennington swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pennington throws an overhand right that lands on House's shoulder, as House tries to avoid the shot.
Pennington throws a leg kick that is checked
letting House counter with a right hand.
Pennington misses with a body shot
and Pennington takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
House throws a big shot that misses.
A countering left hand to the body from Pennington misses.
Pennington showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from House.
Pennington unleashes a big counter combination but House bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
House blocks a jab.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
House throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
House cracks Pennington with a right hand to the side of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from House. Pennington does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pennington is clearly trying to counter these attacks from House with a body shot.
House lands a head shot.
A jab from Pennington finds it's way through House's defenses.
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!
Pennington connects with a nice looking jab.
A punch combination from House misses.
House lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
House takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Pennington misses with a hook.
Pennington connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between House's hands.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
House throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A punch combination from Pennington misses.
Pennington takes one on the button.
Pennington lands the left hand.
Pennington throws an uppercut from half a mile away. House sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Pennington dodges the punch combination from House.
House fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Good leg kick by Pennington.
Pennington misses with a looping right.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
House scores with a hook.
Pennington lands a two punch combo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Pennington!

House is rocked!
Pennington throws a big shot that misses.
Oh House is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
House digs a good body shot into Pennington's ribs.
House throws a lazy uppercut
and Pennington counters with a lovely shot to the body.
House seems to have got his legs back now.
Pennington steps to the side to avoid the strikes from House.
Pennington throws a jab but it's blocked by House.
House misses with an uppercut. Pennington saw that one coming.
House digs a good hook to Pennington's body.
Pennington scores with a hook to the body. House takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Pennington tries to land a front kick but House steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
House steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pennington.
House lands with a good body shot.
Pennington swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nice shot lands for House.
House shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
House throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Pennington stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
House throws a nice looking combination but Pennington bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pennington thuds his right hand into House's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
House keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pennington.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Max House will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

A swing and a miss from Pennington.
Pennington staying out of range there.
Pennington ducks down and throws a hook to the body but House moves away.
It looked like House wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
House throws the left hand but Pennington avoids the punch easily.
Pennington throws a lazy right hand but House sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
House misses with a body shot.
Pennington misses with an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pennington waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract House.
House uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pennington.
House swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Pennington looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Pennington throws a sloppy body shot
and House counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
House throws the left hand but Pennington avoids the punch easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pennington. House does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pennington tests House's chin there with a solid looking shot.
House bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
It looked like House was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Pennington.
Pennington throws a body shot but no joy.
Pennington jabs House to the body, keeping him at a distance.
House lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
House uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pennington.
House cracks a nice hook into Pennington's ribs.
House misses with an uppercut
and Pennington counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
House throws a hook to the side of Pennington's head but Pennington sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
House takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Pennington misses with a looping right.
Pennington misses with a hook
and House counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pennington doesn't manage to clinch there - House circles away.
Jab, jab by House - just one landing.
Pennington fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches House on the side of the head.
House slips a jab from Pennington.
House swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
House ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pennington moves away.
Pennington throws an overhand right that lands on House's shoulder, as House tries to avoid the shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
House slips a jab and a cross from Pennington.
A telegraphed right hand from House misses the target.
Pennington keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pennington rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and House counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Pennington scores with a punch to the head.

Max House's cut is getting worse.
Pennington connects with a good right hand that stumbles House. House circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
House swings and misses with a hook to the body.
House throws an overhand right that lands on Pennington's shoulder, as Pennington tries to avoid the shot.
Pennington avoids the body shot from House.
House keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pennington.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pennington throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
House tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pennington was well out of range. Poor timing from House.
Pennington takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Pennington misses the jab.
House throwing a counter right hand but Pennington manages to avoid it.
House stuns Pennington with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
House looks to throw the jab but Pennington is out of range.
A combination from Pennington does no damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
House works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Pennington takes a shot to the body in his stride.
House connects with a right hand. Pennington shakes it off.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Pennington misses with a hook.
Pennington throws an off balance right hand
and House counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Pennington ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
It seemed like Pennington was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Pennington misses with a looping right.
House misses the shot to the body.
Pennington is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by House.
House swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Pennington loads up on a big right hand but House slips the punch.
Pennington dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
House throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Pennington connects with a crisp jab.
House misses with a looping left.
Pennington staying out of range there.
House just misses with a punch to the body.
House looks to land a right hand but Pennington moved out of range.
Pennington misses the jab.
Pennington misses with a left hand
and House makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Pennington scores with a nice head shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pennington takes a jab right on the kisser.
Pennington takes a swing at House's ribcage but misses.
Floyd Pennington has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
House throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
House scores with a crisp jab that stopped Pennington in his tracks.
Pennington lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
House misses the jab.
Pennington misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pennington looks to score with a jab to the body but House is just out of range.
Pennington doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Pennington has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Pennington there as he acknowledges the shot.
House swats away the attempt to clinch by Pennington.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
House lands with a nice body punch.
House scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Pennington missing with a left hand there. House was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
House is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
House fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
House swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Pennington.
House lands with a cross.
Pennington uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from House.
House keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pennington.
House throws a body punch but Pennington moves out of range.
Pennington is clearly trying to counter these attacks from House with a body shot.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Pennington throws a right and a left that House avoids nicely.
Pennington bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
House lands with a nice combination. Pennington backs away looking to recover.
House loads up on a big right hand but Pennington slips the punch.
Pennington misses with a hook
and House connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Pennington looks to throw the jab but House is out of range.
A shot to the body from Pennington misses
and House counters with a stiff right hand.
A slow jab from House misses its intended target.
Pennington takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
House avoids a punch combination nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Max House showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for House, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:28
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Max House!
During a confident post fight interview, Max House thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.