PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between cookie dew (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and BJ Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

dew
vs
Penn

178 cm
20
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
23
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Very confident

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, cookie dew!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, BJ Penn!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Penn shoots in and bounces dew off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

Penn postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! dew is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Penn, into his guard.

Penn looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Penn throws his legs up looking for a submission but dew uses it to pass to side control.
Penn is trying to improve his position.
dew scores with punches from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
dew is looking to take a break and control but Penn is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
dew grinds an elbow into Penn's temple.
Penn tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but dew wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Penn taking a bit of punishment here - dew scoring with strikes.
Penn tries to improve position but can't.
Penn looks gassed!
Penn gets back to half guard.
Penn is trying to get back to full guard.
dew scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
dew wants to free his trapped foot but Penn is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Penn is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
dew lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penn tries to roll over but dew keeps him under control.

dew is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
dew prevents Penn from improving his position.
dew lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Penn is defending against the submission attempts here by dew.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penn wants to get back to full guard.
dew wants to stand up but Penn has a hold of him and won't allow it.
dew prevents Penn from improving his position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
dew fails with a takedown attempt.
Good leg kick by dew there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
dew stuffs the takedown attempt from Penn. Penn gets slowly back to his feet.

Penn tries to keep at a distance but dew has taken the fight into the clinch.
dew looking to slow down the pace here.
Penn is trying to drag dew to the mat but dew just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.

dew escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Penn shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

Penn is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. dew doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Penn.

Penn is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that cookie dew will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

dew moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Penn fails with the takedown
and dew counters with a good low kick that Penn was not able to check.
Penn gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and dew counters with a flying knee. Nice.
dew leaves Penn with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
cookie dew has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of BJ Penn.
Penn displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from dew.
dew pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

dew clinches up against the cage.

dew escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

dew instigates a clinch.
dew prevents the takedown attempt.

dew has picked Penn up - he's going for a ride! dew dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Penn is staying active underneath dew, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Penn wants to improve his position but instead dew has moved into half guard.
Penn tries to roll over but dew keeps him under control.
Penn gets back to full guard.
dew is pushing down on Penn's leg trying to pass to half guard. Penn is fighting to maintain full guard but dew has managed to sneak the leg through.
The fighters are battling for position here. Penn manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
dew looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Penn looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Penn looking for a guillotine here but dew defends easily.
Penn keeping moving, preventing dew from controlling successfully.

Penn is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a tringle but dew frees his head nicely. Oh but Penn has switched to an armbar! dew is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). BJ Penn!