PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Richard Penniman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy Rose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rose has chosen Soothsayer as his entrance music. Richard Penniman is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Penniman
vs
Rose

178 cm
21
200 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

180 cm
20
188 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Richard Penniman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Billy Rose!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Joseph Jones and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rose throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rose dodges the punch combination from Penniman.
A shot to the liver by Penniman. Beautiful body shot.
Penniman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rose.
Penniman lands a jab.
Rose thows a body shot but no joy.
Penniman lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Nice sprawl there from Penniman as Rose shoots in.
Penniman uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Rose has time to react.
Penniman dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rose. That did some damage!
Rose is trying hard to land a takedown here. Penniman sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Rose shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Penniman as he jumps to the side.
Richard Penniman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Billy Rose.
Rose on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Penniman closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Rose throws a poor cross that misses
and Penniman counters with a left and a right that stings Rose.
Penniman scores with a body shot.
Rose shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Penniman as he avoids it easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice shot by Penniman.
Nice straight punches there by Rose. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Rose.

Penniman has managed to clinch.
Penniman lands a nice shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Penniman softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Penniman's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Rose gets tackled into the cage by Penniman. Penniman maintains the clinch.

Penniman breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rose on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Penniman closes the distance and clinches.

Penniman's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rose with a poor takedown
and Penniman counters with a two punch combo.
Rose is trying desperately to land a takedown but Penniman is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Rose.

Penniman drives through and clinches with Rose against the cage.
Penniman lands a shoulder strike.
Rose wants a takedown but no success here.
Rose looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Penniman lands with a right to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Penniman creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Penniman lands a nice uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Penniman.
A short right from Penniman on the inside.

Penniman breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rose misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Penniman.
Richard Penniman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rose misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rose misses the shot to the body.
A punch combination from Penniman misses.
Rose fails to land the takedown.
Rose fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Rose throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Rose closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Penniman did well to prevent Rose getting side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Penniman manages to get to full guard.
Rose looks gassed!

Penniman is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Penniman lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Rose!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penniman scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Penniman looking to control and managing it successfully.

Penniman jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Rose manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Penniman is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Penniman cracks Rose with a big elbow.
The referee asks Penniman politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Penniman prefers to stall for the moment though.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Penniman has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Richard Penniman dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Nice sprawl there from Penniman as Rose shoots in.

Rose closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Penniman to the mat! Penniman manages to get full guard.
Penniman is trying to control the position but Rose postures up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Rose accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Penniman throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Penniman bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Rose's guard.
Penniman stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Rose swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Penniman slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Penniman stands and throws Rose's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Rose takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Penniman controlling the position from side mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Penniman moves into full mount!
Penniman content just to control the position here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penniman punching from mount but Rose doing a good job of avoiding damage.

Penniman is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Rose can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Penniman content just to control the position here.
Rose tries to get back to half guard but can't.

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.
Penniman is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Penniman with a couple of short strikes.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Rose can do anything to dispel that myth.
Penniman controlling his opponent.
Rose tries to reverse the position but Penniman maintains control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Richard Penniman dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Penniman throws a one two combo.
Penniman lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Jab by Penniman.
A jab from Penniman finds it's way through Rose's defenses.
Penniman scores with a jab to the body.
No joy there for Penniman, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A decent looking cross lands there for Penniman.
Rose takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Penniman bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Penniman tests Rose's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Penniman is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rose can do to turn this around?
No joy there for Penniman, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Penniman connects with a crisp jab.
Richard Penniman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Penniman looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Penniman throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Rose on the side of the head.
Penniman lands with a cross.
Richard Penniman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rose takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Penniman scores with a hook to the body. Rose takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Rose tries for a takedown but Penniman sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Penniman gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Rose to score an easy takedown into full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Penniman is on top in guard.
Penniman not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Richard Penniman overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Penniman passes Rose's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penniman stalling.
Penniman trying to mount his opponent but Rose defends it.
Penniman is taking a breather. Rose says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Richard Penniman has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Rose gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Rose has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

Penniman pushes Rose up against the cage in a clinch.
Penniman makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Penniman lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Rose is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Penniman gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Rose is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Penniman gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Richard Penniman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Billy Rose.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Penniman creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Penniman comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Billy Rose has been cut.
Penniman lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Rose takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Rose wants a takedown but no success here.
Penniman softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Billy Rose has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Rose is rocked!
A shot in the inside from Penniman.
Rose is still on wobbly legs! Can Penniman finish him?

Penniman drops Rose onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Rose is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
A short body shot lands from Rose as the two fighters clinch.
Penniman gets through Rose's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Penniman lands a left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Penniman lands with a left to the head.

Penniman drops Rose onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Rose is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Penniman lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Rose to his knees! Penniman keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:18 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Richard Penniman!