PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Brian Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sasha Petrova (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Penn comes to the cage accompanied by Go To Church. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Sasha Petrova enters the cage!

Penn
vs
Petrova

185 cm
26
179 lbs
18 - 8 - 0

194 cm
29
172 lbs
16 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

Inner Beast Nutrition And Laundry

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 18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Brian Penn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Sasha Petrova!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Paul Gruel and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big left from Petrova misses.
Penn lands a body shot.
Petrova stuns Penn with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Penn shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Petrova throws out a powerful jab.
Penn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Petrova was well out of range. Poor timing from Penn.
Penn doesn't manage to clinch there - Petrova circles away.
Petrova takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Penn thows a body shot but no joy.
Petrova does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Petrova misses with an uppercut. Penn saw that one coming.
A decent looking cross lands there for Petrova.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Petrova throws a poor cross that misses
and Penn counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Sasha Petrova seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Penn defending well as Petrova loads up on a big left hand.
Petrova thows a left - swing and a miss!
Petrova circles away from the clinch attempt.
Penn dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Petrova fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Petrova lands the left hand.
Penn throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Petrova takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Petrova misses with a low kick.
Petrova ducks under a wild hook from Penn.
Petrova looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Penn checks a low kick from Petrova.
A punch lands to the side of Penn 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Petrova misses with an uppercut
and Penn counters with a nice uppercut.
Petrova defending well as Penn loads up on a big left hand.
Penn throws a good cross that connects.
Penn misses with a wild body shot.
Petrova throws out a powerful jab.
Penn misses with a double jab
and Petrova counters with a left to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Penn moves into the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Penn.
Penn scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Petrova lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Petrova misses with the head strike.
Penn lands a right hand.
Penn lands with a left to the head.
A short left from Petrova.
Penn lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Penn has a couple of punches blocked by Petrova.
A head punch on the inside from Penn fails to land.
Petrova prevents a body shot from Penn.
Petrova misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Penn fails to land.
Petrova is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Penn lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Penn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Penn prevents a body shot from Petrova.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petrova works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Petrova.
Petrova lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Petrova tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Penn's elbow.
Penn doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Penn throws a head punch that misses.
Penn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Petrova lands a hook to the side of the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Penn just misses with a elbow thrown towards Petrova's brow.
Petrova prevents a body shot from Penn.
Petrova blocking some punches.

Petrova breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Penn misses with a body shot.
Petrova loads up on a big right hand but Penn slips the punch.
A nice combination there by Petrova.

It looks like Brian Penn has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Petrova missing with a left hand there. Penn was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Petrova throws a low kick but Penn moves out of range easily.
Petrova stuffs the takedown attempt from Penn. Penn gets slowly back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Penn just misses with a punch to the body.
Penn drops his hands momentarily and Petrova takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A low kick from Penn misses
and Petrova makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Petrova lands with a shot to the body.
Penn just misses with a punch to the body.
Penn swings widly with a right hand
and Penn takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Petrova lands a nice shot to the body.
Penn is looking to wear down Petrova with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Penn lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Petrova chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Petrova bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Penn's head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Petrova works the jab nicely.
Petrova with a nice cross.

Penn is rocked!
Penn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Petrova was well out of range. Poor timing from Penn.
Oh Penn is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Petrova steps into range and unloads a brutal right left combo! Penn is out on his feet! Petrova sets himself and nearly takes Penn's head off with a straight right, sending him crashing to the mat! Wow, that was nasty... but awesome! Wooo!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Sasha Petrova!