PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Eddie Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cain Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Penn
vs
Dos Santos

175 cm
20
177 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
178 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Eddie Penn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Cain Dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Aleksandr Martynov and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Penn lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

It looks like Cain Dos Santos has been cut.
Penn looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Penn takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Dos Santos shoots in for a takedown but Penn shows good takedown defense.

Dos Santos closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Penn to the mat! Penn manages to get full guard.
Dos Santos must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dos Santos accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Dos Santos trying to move into half guard but instead Penn has managed to sweep!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Penn pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Dos Santos is keeping the position for now.
Penn is working hard here to advance position.
Dos Santos is trying to control the position but Penn postures up.

Dos Santos is looking for a triangle but Penn pushes his legs off easily.

Dos Santos looking for a guillotine here but Penn defends easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn trying to control the position from guard on top but Dos Santos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
A big left from Penn misses.
Penn just misses with a punch to the body.
Penn misses with a straight left.
Penn misses with a body shot.
Penn misses with a series of wild punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Dos Santos on the wrong end of a nice hook.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Penn.

Dos Santos ducks straight into an uppercut from Penn and tumbles to the canvas! It’s a flash knockdown though - Dos Santos manages to regain guard straight away.

Dos Santos is rocked!
Penn works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Dos Santos is still in real trouble! Can Penn finish him?
Penn is controlling the pace.
Dos Santos seems to have recovered his senses.
Penn working Dos Santos over with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Penn is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Dos Santos is just riding it out for now. Penn eventually gives up the hold.

Dos Santos looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Penn in particular looking to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Penn stands up out of the half guard.
Penn scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Dos Santos doesn't seem bothered though.
Penn dives in and grabs Dos Santos's left leg, looking for a takedown. Dos Santos pushes down on Penn's head and hops out.
Dos Santos has his takedown stuffed
and Penn counters with a huge uppercut, hook combination that drops Dos Santos! The ref has seen enough - he's dived in to stop the fight! Brutal strikes by Penn!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eddie Penn!