PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Duke Justice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and DJ Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as DJ Penn enters the cage!

Justice
vs
Penn

167 cm
25
152 lbs
19 - 6 - 0

175 cm
27
160 lbs
14 - 9 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Syndicate Drugs

MADE IN GERMANY

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 19 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Duke Justice!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, DJ Penn!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Daniel Cesar and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Penn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Penn misses with a head kick.
Penn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Justice moves away.
Justice misses with a jab to the body
and Penn connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Justice misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Justice throws a hook but Penn blocks it.
Penn connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Justice just misses with a punch to the body.
Penn uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Justice has time to react.
Justice stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Penn throws a series of punches but Justice moves out of range.
Justice throws a nice looking combination but Penn bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Justice dives in and grabs Penn's left leg, looking for a takedown. Penn pushes down on Justice's head and hops out.
Justice misses with a shot to the body
and Penn counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Justice misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Penn.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Justice lands a nice shot to the body.
Justice misses with a hook to the body
and Penn makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
DJ Penn is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Penn takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Penn darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Penn tries to close the distance and clinch up but Justice swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A shot to the body from Justice misses
and Penn counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Justice is looking to wear down Penn with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Penn scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Justice misses with a shot to the body
and Penn counters with a nice uppercut.
Justice misses with a double jab
and Penn counters with a straight right hand.
Penn swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Justice throws a hook to the side of Penn's head but Penn sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Justice misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Penn connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Justice throws a sloppy body shot
and Penn makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Justice misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Penn counters with a nice body shot.
Justice misses with a double jab
and Penn connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Penn has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A slow jab from Penn misses its intended target.
Penn lands a body shot.
Penn moves out of range of the strikes.
Duke Justice seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Justice throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Penn counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Penn throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Justice misses with a body shot
and Penn counters with a nice body shot.
Penn is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Justice had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Justice goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Penn slips a jab from Justice.
Penn connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Justice takes one to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penn throws a sloppy body shot
and Justice counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Penn thinking.
Penn scores with a jab to the jaw.
Penn swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Justice counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Penn thinking.
Justice misses with an uppercut.
Justice swings away with a body shot that misses
and Penn counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Penn lands a nice shot to the body.
Nice defenses there by Penn.
Penn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Penn moves away from the strike by Justice.
Justice swings away with a body shot that misses
and Penn counters with a left and a right that stings Justice.
Justice has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Justice there as he acknowledges the shot.
Justice is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Penn's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
A decent looking cross lands there for Justice.
Justice misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Duke Justice. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Justice takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Penn throws a nice looking combination but Justice bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Justice misses the body punch
and Penn connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Justice looks to score with a jab to the body but Penn is just out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Justice.
Justice has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Justice there as he acknowledges the shot.
Justice throws a body punch but Penn moves out of range.
A slow jab from Penn misses its intended target.
Justice avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Penn lands a jab-cross combination.
Penn uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Justice.
Penn throws a jab but it's blocked by Justice.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

DJ Penn dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Justice drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Justice misses the body punch
and Penn cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Penn shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Justice with a jab.
Justice tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Penn was well out of range. Poor timing from Justice.
Penn swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Justice doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Justice takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Justice looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Penn throws out a powerful jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Justice falls off balance throwing a combination

and Penn counters by clinching up.
Penn stalls.
Penn takes a shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Justice is pressed up against the cage. Penn has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Justice down to the mat. Justice avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Penn misses with a double jab.
Penn works Justice's body with a nice hook.
Justice misses with a jab to the body
and Penn counters with a stiff right hand.
Justice throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Penn counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Justice swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Justice slips under a jab.
Decent striking displayed by Penn there.
Justice misses with an uppercut. Penn saw that one coming.
Justice blocks a jab.
Penn scores with a nice head shot.
Justice misses with a straight right.
Justice swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Penn counters with a nice uppercut.
Penn slips a jab from Justice.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Justice misses the shot to the body.
Justice listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Some wild striking there from Penn.
Justice ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Penn moves away from the strike by Justice.
Justice shoots in looking for a takedown. Penn tries to sprawl out of it but Justice keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Penn manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Penn tries to clinch there but Justice circles away.
Justice waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Penn.
Penn throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Justice counter with a right hand.
Penn is looking to clinch but Justice is avoiding it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penn keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Justice swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Justice takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Justice throws a body punch but Penn moves out of range.
Justice misses with a looping left.
Justice misses with a body shot
and Penn counters with a series of strikes. Justice will be more careful next time no doubt.
Justice misses the body punch
letting Penn counter with a right hand.
Penn throws a jab when Justice was well out of range.
Justice thows a body shot but no joy.
Justice misses with a body shot
and Penn counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Justice with a lazy takedown attempt
and Penn makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Duke Justice. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Justice uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Penn.
Justice throws a sloppy body shot
and Penn counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Justice lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Justice misses with a body punch
and Penn counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Justice misses with a body shot
and Penn counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Penn is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Justice.
Justice misses with a jab to the body
and Penn counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Justice misses the body punch
and Justice takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Justice drops his hands momentarily and Penn takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Penn walks into a straight right hand from Justice.
Penn blocks the body kick.

Justice feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Penn wants to get back to his feet but Justice is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Justice scoring with some ground and pound.

Penn uses the cage to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but DJ Penn will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Justice fails to land with a series of punches.
Justice thows a body shot but no joy.
Penn misses with a hook.
DJ Penn seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Penn throws a right hand that Justice ducks under and follows up with a left that Justice also avoids with ease.
Penn swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A slow jab from Justice misses its intended target.
A swing and a miss from Justice.
Penn ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Justice swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Penn counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Justice throws a hook but Penn avoids it easily.
A jab from Justice misses.
Justice circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn just misses with a punch to the body.
Justice swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Penn counters with a stiff right hand.
Justice is looking to land body kicks.
Justice throws a jab when Penn was well out of range.
Penn staying out of range there.
Justice bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Penn needs to keep his hands up - Justice had a free shot at his head there.
A shot to the body from Penn misses
and Justice counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Justice throws a hook but Penn avoids it easily.
Penn takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Penn scores with a body shot.
Penn scores with a shot to the body.
Justice lands a right hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Justice misses with a jab to the body
and Penn counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Penn fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Justice defending well as Penn loads up on a big left hand.
Penn scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Justice misses with a shot to the body
and Penn counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Penn is looking to clinch.
A shot to the body from Justice misses
and Penn counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Justice scores with the left hand. Penn knows he should have avoided that one.
Penn looks to land a left hand but Justice moved out of range nicely.
The fighters circling - Penn throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Justice tries for a takedown but Penn circles away easily
and Penn counters with a straight right hand.
Justice misses with a shot to the body
and Penn connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donk. Penn catches Justice right on the button with a cross.
Penn throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Justice throws a sloppy body shot
and Penn counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A shot to the body from Justice misses
and Penn counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Penn throws a jab but it's blocked by Justice.
Justice misses the body punch
and Penn counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Justice scores a takedown into full mount!
Penn wants to hold on but Justice pushes him away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Penn is in all sorts of trouble here.
Justice dominating with strikes here.
Penn tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Justice working the ground and pound effectively.
Penn keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Justice looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Justice prevents Penn from getting the reversal.
Justice lands a big shot there that rocks Penn but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Penn tries to reverse the position but Justice maintains control.
Duke Justice has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Justice punishing his opponent with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Justice landing strikes from the mount and Penn is in trouble!
Justice dominating with strikes here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Justice prevents Penn from getting the reversal.
DJ Penn is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

And that's the end of the fight!
Duke Justice showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Penn has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... DJ Penn!