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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Balunk Salim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and BJ Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Penn has chosen Awesome as his entrance music. BJ Penn has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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190 lbs
6 - 10 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced |
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BJJ White Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
5 - 1 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Balunk Salim!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, BJ Penn!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Penn connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A looping hook to the body misses from Salim. Penn does a little dance to reset his feet.
Salim misses with a straight left.
Salim tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Penn was well out of range. Poor timing from Salim.
Salim scores with the left hand. Penn knows he should have avoided that one.
Salim takes a swing at Penn's ribcage but misses.
Good exchange - Penn coming out on top.
Salim throws a right hand that misses
and Penn counters with a nice uppercut.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Penn!
Penn uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Salim.
Penn throws a good cross that connects.
Salim dodges the punch combination from Penn.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn misses with a body shot.
No joy there for Penn, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Penn misses with a series of wild punches.
Salim misses with a double jab
and Penn counters with a two punch combo.
Penn keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Penn slips a jab from Salim.
Salim pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Salim misses with a wild body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penn fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Penn doesn't manage to clinch there - Salim circles away.
Penn falls off balance throwing a combination
and Salim counters with a lovely straight right hand!
No joy there for Salim, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Penn throws a series of strikes that have Salim backpedaling.
Penn slips under a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Penn fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Salim manages to avoid it.
Salim avoids a punch combination nicely.
Penn swinging wildly here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penn lands a lovely overhand right.
Salim has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Penn finds it's way round the side to connect with Salim's head.
Penn lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
No joy there for Penn, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Penn is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Salim.
Salim throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Penn throws a series of punches but Salim avoids them all with ease.
Penn lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Penn.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salim misses with a straight left.
Penn connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Salim momentarily.
Salim misses with a left hand
and Penn counters with a left to the body.
A combination from Penn does no damage.
Penn lands a jab-cross combination.
Penn throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Penn throws a right and a left that both miss.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A right-left combo lands from Penn.
Penn will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
BJ Penn dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Salim jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Penn throws a body punch but Salim moves out of range.
Nice body punch from Salim.
Penn uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Salim.
Penn misses with a double jab.
Penn slips under a jab.
Salim throws a right hand that misses
and Penn counters with a stiff right hand.
Salim has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Penn misses with a two punch combination.
Penn jabs at Salim's body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salim just misses with a punch to the body.
Salim slips a jab and a cross from Penn.
Penn misses with a combination
and Salim connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Salim misses with a right hand
and Penn counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Penn lands a two punch combo.
Salim connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Penn throws out a loose jab but Salim uses good head movement to avoid it.
Salim takes one to the chin there.
Penn scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salim thows a body shot but no joy.
Penn with a hook.
BJ Penn is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Salim avoids a punch combination nicely.
Salim misses with a left hand
and Penn counters with a one-two to the body.
BJ Penn seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Salim swings away with a body shot that misses
and Penn counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Penn lands a two punch combo.
Salim is rocked!
Penn drops Salim with a huge uppercut! Salim drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Penn is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). BJ Penn!
BJ Penn spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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