PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Oda Hattori (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and BJ Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Penn is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Awesome. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Hattori
vs
Penn

184 cm
29
182 lbs
6 - 9 - 0

185 cm
26
190 lbs
4 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Insanely flexible

BJJ White Belt
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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 6 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Oda Hattori!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, BJ Penn!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Igor Prikhodko and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Penn missing with a left hand there. Hattori was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Penn blocks a head kick by Hattori.
Penn tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Hattori counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Penn is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Penn throws a body punch but Hattori moves out of range.
Penn throws a shot from downtown. Hattori moves away and avoids it.
Hattori tries to score a power double leg takedown but Penn sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Hattori somewhat.
Hattori lands a head kick. Penn smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Hattori swinging wildly here.
Hattori shoots in and drives through. Penn sprawls well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn dodges the punch combination from Hattori.

Penn moves into the clinch.
Hattori is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hattori wants to break free but Penn has control.
Hattori tries to break free but Penn pushes him back against the cage.

Penn breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
No joy there for Penn, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hattori fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Oda Hattori. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Penn tries to clinch up but Hattori circles away and keeps his distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice combination there by Penn.
Penn tries to clinch there but Hattori circles away.
Hattori gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Penn counters by moving into the clinch.
Hattori wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Hattori's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
BJ Penn is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Penn falls off balance throwing a combination
and Hattori counters with a big head kick but Penn shrugs it off.
Hattori avoids a punch combination nicely.
Penn avoids the head kick by Hattori.
BJ Penn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Penn has closed the distance and engaged Hattori in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penn keeps control of Hattori as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Penn gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Hattori wants to get back to his feet but Penn is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Hattori trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

BJ Penn has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Hattori doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A combination from Penn does no damage.
Hattori shoots for a double leg takedown but Penn sprawls well. He's pushed Hattori's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
A big right from Penn misses.
Hattori misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Penn throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Penn takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hattori has a takedown stuffed.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Penn clinches.
Hattori prevents the takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

BJ Penn dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Hattori moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Hattori misses with a takedown

and Penn counters by clinching up.
Penn is trying to break free.

Penn breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Penn clobbers Hattori with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Hattori shoots in and drives through. Penn sprawls well.
Hattori fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Oda Hattori. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Penn darts in and clinches Hattori up against the cage.
Penn keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hattori's efforts to push away.

Penn manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn tries to clinch but Hattori is having none of it.
Penn moves in looking to clinch but Hattori pushes him off.
Hattori with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Penn to score with a decent uppercut.
Hattori tries for a takedown but Penn sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Hattori ducks under a wild hook from Penn.
Penn tries to clinch but Hattori moves out of range.
Penn swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Penn misses with the combination.
Penn avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penn displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Hattori shoots in looking for a takedown. Penn tries to sprawl out of it but Hattori 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.
Hattori pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Penn throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hattori.
Hattori looks for a takedown but Penn sprawls well.
A left lands for Penn.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hattori throws a nice looking combination but Penn bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nice uppercut there from Penn.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hattori tries for a takedown but Penn circles away easily
and Penn counters with a series of strikes. Hattori will be more careful next time no doubt.

Hattori is rocked!
Hattori gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Penn gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Hattori is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). BJ Penn!
BJ Penn was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
34%

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