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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between BJ Penn (ranked 3475 p4p, 2640 weight class) and Asahi Inoue (ranked 331 p4p, 262 weight class). Penn comes into the arena with Hawaii '78 blaring out of the sound system. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, BJ Penn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Asahi Inoue!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Paulsen Ambrosius and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Inoue has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Inoue there as he acknowledges the shot.
Inoue tries to clinch up but Penn circles away and keeps his distance.
Penn swings widly with a right hand
letting Inoue counter with a right hand.
Penn lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Inoue backs up against the cage.
Penn uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Inoue.
Inoue moves in looking to clinch but Penn pushes him off.
Inoue has closed the distance and engaged Penn in a clinch.
Inoue misses with a punch on the inside.
Inoue throws a head punch that misses.
A short right from Inoue.
Inoue scores with a shot to the side of Penn's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Penn is looking to take this one to the mat.
Inoue throws a punch but it's blocked by Penn.
Inoue lands a body punch in the clinch.
Inoue misses with the head strike.
Penn misses with a punch to the body.
Inoue swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Inoue lands with a right to the head.
Inoue misses with the head strike.
Penn gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Penn is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Inoue defends it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn wants to work for an arm triangle but Inoue is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Inoue pushes Penn off, looking to escape but Penn dives into side control. He's locked up a kimura now - that was fast! He's cranking on it and Inoue is forced to tap! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). BJ Penn!
A very excited looking BJ Penn made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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