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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Karl Kennison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and BJ Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Kennison might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Hero. BJ Penn told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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164 cm
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175 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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175 cm
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183 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Basic striking
Self confident |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Experienced |
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Karl Kennison! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, BJ Penn! The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, John Mangel and Donatello Bradman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Kennison scores with a head kick. Penn tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time. Nice cross by Kennison. Kennison thumps Penn with a low kick. Karl Kennison seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Kennison connects with an inside leg kick. Kennison throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
This has been an exciting period of action! A swing and a miss from Kennison. Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Kennison. Kennison misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Penn.
Crunch! Kennison slams his shin into Penn's torso. Penn steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kennison. Penn moves out of range of the body kick. Kennison throws a sloppy head kick and Penn moves out of range easily. A nice leg kick lands there from Kennison.
That's one minute gone in the round. Nice shot lands for Kennison. Nice jab there from Kennison. Penn takes a shot right to the bread basket. Kennison moves into the clinch successfully.
Kennison works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kennison. A body shot lands from Kennison.
Penn looks gassed! Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Kennison lands a body punch. Kennison with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head. Kennison is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body. Kennison lands an elbow inside.
It looks like BJ Penn has been cut. Penn's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button! Kennison putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Penn in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body. Kennison utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Kennison lands a nice knee to the body. Kennison lands a body punch in the clinch. Kennison lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes. Kennison putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Penn in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body. Kennison stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body. Kennison is working Penn over against the ropes. Kennison scores with an uppercut up the middle. Kennison is leaning against Penn and scores with a nice uppercut to the body. A right handed body shot lands from Kennison.
Still in the clinch, Kennison scores with a nice short uppercut. Kennison creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Penn's defenses. Kennison putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Penn in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body. Kennison using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kennison putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Penn in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body. Kennison lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Penn goes for a takedown attempt but Kennison pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Kennison lands a big head kick that sends Penn tumbling to the mat! Kennison takes a step backwards and waves Penn back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Penn is rocked! This has been an exciting period of action! Kennison ducks down and throws a big overhand right - it lands flush on the jaw, knocking Penn out cold! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Karl Kennison! Karl Kennison decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
88% |
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