PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jay Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Sullivan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Penn comes to the cage accompanied by Pantera - I'm Broken. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Penn
vs
Sullivan

188 cm
26
155 lbs
7 - 8 - 0

178 cm
21
162 lbs
5 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Knockout power

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 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jay Penn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Paul Sullivan!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sullivan takes one to the chin there.
Penn fails with a takedown attempt.
Penn shoots in looking for a takedown. Sullivan tries to sprawl out of it but Penn keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Sullivan manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Penn shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Penn showed some decent athleticism there.
Sullivan tries to get to full guard but Penn has control of the leg.

Sullivan looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Sullivan is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Penn pulls his head out easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sullivan looking for submissions off his back.
Penn passes to full mount!
Penn with good strikes from the mount here!
Penn can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Sullivan is looking to escape.
Sullivan is working to get back to half guard.

That's two 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.
Sullivan is squirming around, avoiding Penn's attempts to control the action.
Sullivan is trying desperately to improve position.

Penn looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

Penn is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Sullivan has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Penn is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Penn with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Sullivan regains half guard.
Sullivan is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Penn's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Penn's back!
Penn tries to break free.

Sullivan is working the back position looking for the choke. Oh, he's slid into an armbar! Beautiful transition and Penn taps out! Fantastic Jiu Jitsu from Sullivan.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Paul Sullivan!