PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Guillermo Penderas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Apollo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Guillermo Penderas could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Ryan Apollo's chin.

Penderas
vs
Apollo

175 cm
30
164 lbs
17 - 12 - 0

169 cm
23
165 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

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 17 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Guillermo Penderas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ryan Apollo!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Wesley Smith and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Penderas throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Apollo counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Penderas is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Penderas fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Apollo manages to avoid it.
Apollo shoots in for a takedown but Penderas shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Penderas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Apollo.
Penderas cracks Apollo with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Apollo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Penderas throws out the jab.
Penderas rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Apollo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Penderas rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Apollo counters with a thumping low kick.
Penderas scores with a decent looking hook.
Apollo has a takedown stuffed.
A head kick misses from Apollo.
Nice uppercut there from Penderas.
Penderas misses with an uppercut.
Penderas takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Penderas swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Penderas ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Apollo moves away.
A punch combination from Apollo misses.
Apollo throws a push kick but Penderas slaps the foot to one side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Penderas throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Apollo counters with a nice body kick.
Guillermo Penderas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Penderas swings away with a body shot that misses
and Apollo finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Apollo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Apollo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Penderas throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Apollo counters with a nice kick to the body.
Apollo misses with a head kick.
Penderas waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Apollo.
Penderas throws an off balance right hand
and Apollo counters with a head kick. That will keep Penderas thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Penderas misses with a looping left.
Penderas misses with a left hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Apollo moves out of range of the strikes.
Apollo lands a head kick. Penderas smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

It looks like Guillermo Penderas has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Penderas misses with a lunging right hand

and Apollo counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Apollo wants to pass the guard but Penderas is defending well.
Apollo prevents Penderas from standing back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penderas is not content to let Apollo control the position.
Apollo controlling the action here.
Apollo's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Apollo tries to pass to full mount but Penderas defends it.
Penderas is trying to maintain the position but Apollo is very close to passing his half guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Apollo pivots, looking for a leg kick but Penderas is out of range and Apollo settles back down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penderas throws a lazy uppercut

and Apollo counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Apollo takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Apollo passes the guard and advances to mount!

Apollo working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.

Apollo working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Apollo fails to move to back control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

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

Apollo is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Penderas has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Penderas!
Apollo has a closed guard, preventing Penderas from standing up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Penderas stopping the sweep attempt from Apollo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Apollo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Guillermo Penderas's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Penderas works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Apollo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A head kick misses from Apollo.
Penderas lands a really nice looking cross but Apollo seems unphased.
Apollo throws a wild body kick that Penderas sees coming a mile off.
Apollo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Penderas throws a right hand that misses

and Apollo counters by moving into the clinch.
Apollo keeps control of Penderas as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Apollo misses with a knee strike.
Apollo prevents Penderas from breaking the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Penderas is trying to push Apollo away but Apollo has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Apollo misses with a knee strike.
Apollo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Apollo pushes Penderas back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Penderas wants to get back to striking at distance but Apollo won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Apollo lands a nice elbow.
Apollo tries to land a knee to the head but Penderas blocks with his arms.
Penderas is trying to push Apollo away but Apollo has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Penderas wants to break free but Apollo has control.
Apollo wants a takedown but no success here.
Apollo trying to land knees to the body.
Apollo lands a body punch in the clinch.
Apollo tries to land a knee to the head but Penderas blocks with his arms.
Apollo creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Penderas's defenses.
A short body shot lands from Apollo as the two fighters clinch.
Apollo trying to land knees to the body.
Penderas tries to circle away but Apollo has him pinned against the cage.
Apollo works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Apollo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Penderas is defending well for now.
Penderas looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Penderas prevents the takedown attempt.
Apollo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Penderas is defending well for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Apollo crunches a lovely knee into Penderas's ribcage.
Apollo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Penderas has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Apollo is breathing heavily.
Penderas working hard to break the clinch.

Penderas breaks from the clinch.
Penderas lands with a shot to the body.
Guillermo Penderas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Penderas misses with a hook
and Apollo counters with a nice kick to the body.
Apollo throws a head kick that half lands.
Penderas misses with a right hand
and Apollo counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Penderas misses with a lunging right hand
and Apollo counters with an inside leg kick.
Penderas misses with a lunging right hand

and Apollo moves into the clinch.
Apollo lands a shot to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Apollo.
Apollo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Apollo swings wildly with an uppercut but Penderas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Penderas blocks an elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Apollo misses with a knee to the head.
Penderas blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Apollo.
Apollo tries to pull guard but Penderas won't allow it.
Guillermo Penderas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryan Apollo.
Apollo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Penderas blocks an elbow strike from Apollo.
A short right from Apollo.
Penderas managing to block the knees to the body from Apollo.
Apollo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Penderas has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Apollo tries to land knees in the clinch but Penderas avoids the damage to the body.
Penderas is trying to break the clinch but Apollo is controlling him.
Apollo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Penderas avoids it.
Penderas dodges an elbow strike from Apollo.
Apollo tries to land a knee to the head but Penderas blocks with his arms.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Apollo.
Apollo throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Apollo tries a knee to the head but Penderas blocks it.
Apollo scores a nice knee to the body.

Penderas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Apollo takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Penderas works the jab nicely.
Penderas throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Penderas!
Apollo throws a half hearted mid kick.
Penderas missing with a left hand there. Apollo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Penderas connects with a looping right hand.
Penderas misses with a left hand
and Apollo makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
No luck for Apollo with that takedown attempt.
Penderas jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Penderas jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Penderas throws a hook but Apollo blocks it.
Penderas throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Apollo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Guillermo Penderas'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. This is the final round!

Penderas misses with a left hand
and Apollo counters with a nice low kick that buckles Penderas's knee momentarily.
Apollo moves out of range as Penderas strikes.
Good shot there by Penderas.
Penderas stalks Apollo and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Apollo's face. Apollo staggers backwards, shaken.
Penderas throws a right hand that Apollo ducks under and follows up with a left that Apollo also avoids with ease.
Apollo takes one to the side of the head.
Penderas has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Apollo.
Penderas misses with a combination
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Penderas just misses with a punch to the body.
Penderas misses with a right hand
and Apollo counters with a low kick, right behind Penderas 's knee.
Penderas throws a right hand that misses

and Apollo counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Penderas is trying to control but can't.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Apollo moves into full mount! Penderas won't be happy about that!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Apollo looking to control but Penderas is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Apollo goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Penderas turns into him and now he's in Apollo's guard.
Penderas has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Apollo is adopting a defensive guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Apollo manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Apollo looking to control but Penderas is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Apollo controlling the pace for now.
Apollo can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Penderas is looking to escape.

Apollo goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Penderas is on top in guard.
Apollo not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Guillermo Penderas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

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.

Ryan Apollo has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Penderas throws an off balance right hand
and Apollo counters with a nice leg kick.
Penderas lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Penderas throws a predictable looking body shot
and Apollo counters with a nice body kick.
Penderas throws a lazy uppercut
and Apollo makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Apollo lands a nice looking body kick.
Penderas scores with the left hand. Apollo knows he should have avoided that one.
Penderas scores with a nice head shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Penderas misses with a left hand
and Apollo counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Apollo fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ryan Apollo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Apollo scores with a leg kick.
Apollo turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ryan Apollo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Apollo has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ryan Apollo!