PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between BJ Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Erik Swoigteair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Erik Swoigteair struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 172.5lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. 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.

Penn
vs
Swoigteair

184 cm
22
169 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

180 cm
19
175 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, BJ Penn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Erik Swoigteair!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Konstantin Menshow and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Penn gets the takedown into side control.
Swoigteair looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Penn trying to control the position but Swoigteair is working away.
Swoigteair taking punishment in the form of punches.
Swoigteair tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Swoigteair takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Penn lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Penn just content to control the position.
Penn wants to control but Swoigteair is keeping him busy.
Penn landing a few strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Penn decides to stand up, so the ref orders Swoigteair to his feet.
Penn shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Swoigteair pinned against the cage. Swoigteair gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Danga de danga de dang - Penn scores with a four punch combination!

It looks like Erik Swoigteair has been cut.
Penn fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Swoigteair avoids it really well and circles away.
Penn tries to clinch but Swoigteair is having none of it.
Swoigteair swats away the attempt to clinch by Penn.
Penn fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for BJ Penn. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penn misses with a jab, cross combination.
Penn fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Penn lands with a kick to the temple. Swoigteair shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Penn closes this distance looking for a takedown but Swoigteair circles away.
Nice sprawl there from Swoigteair as Penn shoots in.

Penn shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Swoigteair's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Penn stands up from Swoigteair's guard - Penn perhaps looking for a knockout.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Swoigteair.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swoigteair tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Swoigteair trying to control the action but Penn is working from the bottom.
Penn takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Who's going to make the next move?
You can see the frustration on Penn's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's four 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.
Swoigteair throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Penn wants to control but Swoigteair postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Penn manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Penn tries to get to full guard but Swoigteair has control of the leg.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Penn is pressing down on Swoigteair's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Penn looking to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

BJ Penn dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Erik Swoigteair's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Swoigteair is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Penn.
Penn tries to clinch there but Swoigteair circles away.
Penn misses with a head kick.
Swoigteair takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Swoigteair throws a combination that misses
and Penn counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Penn fails with the takedown

and Swoigteair counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Penn's guard now.
Swoigteair trying to control but Penn is working from the bottom.
Swoigteair being controlled here momentarily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Penn working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Swoigteair doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Penn is tightening it up a little... Swoigteair has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Swoigteair reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Swoigteair taps out! nice BJJ there by Penn!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). BJ Penn!