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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ben Schilling (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 eye of the tiger tonight.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
7 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ben Schilling!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, BJ Penn!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Nard Betker and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Penn tries to clinch but Schilling is having none of it.
Penn avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ben Schilling seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Penn fails to land with a series of punches.
Penn keeps the fight on the outside.
Penn lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Schilling wants to clinch up but Penn keeps it at a distance.
Schilling throws a left and a right that both miss
and Penn counters with a three punch combo that has Schilling backing up. Schilling nods at Penn to acknowledge the strikes.
Penn stalks Schilling and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Schilling's face. Schilling staggers backwards, shaken.
Penn looks to land a combination but Schilling avoids it well.
Penn throws a one two combo.
Schilling takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Sloppy strikes from Schilling. Those never looked like landing.
Schilling ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Penn moves away.
Penn throws a combination. Schilling tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Penn throws a series of punches but Schilling moves out of range.
Schilling takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Schilling swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Penn will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Penn is working the combinations to good effect here.
Penn feints a jab promting Schilling to slip. Penn then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Schilling slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Schilling misses.
Penn stalks Schilling and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Schilling's face. Schilling staggers backwards, shaken.
Schilling swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Penn counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Schilling thinking.
Penn walks into a left hand.
Penn lands a nice hook to Schilling's body. Schilling takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Penn lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Schilling showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Penn.
Penn stalks Schilling and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Schilling's face. Schilling staggers backwards, shaken.
Penn misses with a two punch combination.
Schilling waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Penn.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Penn checks a leg kick.
Schilling throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Penn tries to keep at a distance but Schilling has taken the fight into the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Penn escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schilling dodges the punch combination from Penn.
Penn dodges the punch combination from Schilling.
Penn throws a series of strikes that have Schilling backpedaling.
Penn scores with a jab to the jaw.
Penn misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
No joy there for Penn, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Penn lands a jab to the head.
Penn moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Some wild striking there from Penn.
Schilling gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Schilling moves in looking to clinch but Penn pushes him off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penn lands with a nice body punch.
Penn lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Penn.
Penn takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Penn looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Penn lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Schilling looks to land a combination but Penn avoids it well.
A left lands for Penn.
Penn throws a series of punches but Schilling moves out of range.
Penn connects with a looping right hand.
Schilling waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Penn.
Penn throws a good cross that connects.
Jab by Penn.
Penn moves out of range as Schilling strikes.
Penn throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Schilling fails to land with a series of punches.
Penn is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Schilling had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Penn misses with a two punch combination.
Danga de danga de dang - Penn scores with a four punch combination!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Penn rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Schilling moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Schilling fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Penn swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Penn moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Penn misses with a double jab.
Schilling tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fight stays on the outside here - Schilling looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Some wild striking there from Schilling.
Penn misses with a series of wild punches.
Penn scores with a sloppy right hand. Schilling should have avoided that one.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Schilling just misses with a punch to the body.
Schilling throws an off balance right hand
and Penn counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Schilling avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
BJ Penn dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Schilling misses with a leg kick
and Penn counters with a one-two to the body.
Schilling showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Penn.
Schilling looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Schilling misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Penn's jab looks to have found its range, popping Schilling under the eye.
BJ Penn seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Penn misses with a few strikes there.
Schilling darts in and clinches Penn up against the ropes.
Schilling tries to pull guard but Penn forces him back to his feet, against the ropes.
Schilling drags the fight down to the ground.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Penn wants to stand but Schilling has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Penn stands up from guard. Let's bang!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn swinging wildly here.
Penn lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Penn works over Schilling's head and body with a nice combination.
Schilling throws a right and a left that Penn avoids nicely.
Penn avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nice uppercut lands for Schilling. That snapped Penn's head back.
Schilling throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The crowd cheers as Penn lands an impressive looking overhand right. Schilling doesn't seem phased though.
Schilling misses with a few strikes there.
Penn throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Schilling.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Schilling closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Penn cracks Schilling with an open hand slap.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A right-left combo lands from Penn.
Schilling is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Ben Schilling is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Schilling takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Penn.
Penn sizes up Schilling with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Penn swinging wildly here.
Penn throws a right and a left that Schilling avoids nicely.
Schilling gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Penn throws a one two combo.
Penn might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Penn displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Schilling misses with a double jab.
Schilling takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Good shot there by Penn.
Penn throws a series of punches but Schilling avoids them all with ease.
Penn scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Schilling drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Schilling throws a looping overhand right but Penn ducks down to avoid it.
Schilling throws an overhand right that lands on Penn's shoulder, as Penn tries to avoid the shot.
Penn lands a two punch combo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schilling walks into a left hand.
Schilling throws a poor cross that misses
and Penn counters with a nice uppercut.
Penn lands with a cross.
No joy there for Penn, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Schilling misses with a looping right.
No joy there for Schilling, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A punch combination from Penn misses.
Penn misses with a series of wild punches.
Schilling getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Penn connects with a single shot there.
Schilling avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Schilling ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Penn moves away.
Penn connects with a looping right hand.
Penn throws a one two combo.
Penn keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Schilling.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Penn looks to land a combination but Schilling avoids it well.
Penn lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Penn throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Penn moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Penn is breathing heavily.
Penn scores with a jab to the jaw.
Schilling throws a nice looking combination but Penn bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Penn fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Penn lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Schilling misses with a jab to the body
and Penn counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Schilling looks to land a right hand but Penn moved out of range.
Schilling slips a jab and a cross from Penn.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sloppy strikes from Schilling. Those never looked like landing.
Penn slips under a jab from Schilling.
Penn looks to land a combination but Schilling avoids it well.
Schilling looks to score with a jab to the body but Penn is just out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
BJ Penn showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Schilling's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Penn misses with a two punch combination.
Penn is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Penn looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Penn with a nice cross.
Penn scores with the left hand. Schilling knows he should have avoided that one.
Schilling is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Schilling looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Penn throws a series of punches but Schilling avoids them all with ease.
Schilling waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Penn.
Penn scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Penn throws a series of punches but Schilling avoids them all with ease.
Penn swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Schilling is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Penn.
Schilling tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Penn lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Penn takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Schilling misses with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Schilling takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Penn lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Penn fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Penn avoids the body shot from Schilling.
Penn keeps the fight on the outside.
Schilling misses with a looping right.
Schilling misses with a straight right.
A punch combination from Penn misses.
No joy there for Penn, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Penn fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Penn throws a series of punches but Schilling avoids them all with ease.
Penn avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Schilling steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Penn.
Penn moves away from the strike by Schilling.
Schilling takes one to the chin there.
Penn fails to land with a series of punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schilling pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Schilling throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Penn counters with a two punch combo.
Penn wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Penn dodges the punch combination from Schilling.
Good shot there by Schilling.
Schilling instigates a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Schilling escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Penn needs to keep his hands up - Schilling had a free shot at his head there.
Schilling fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Penn scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Penn moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Penn lands a right hook to the body.
Penn digs a good hook to Schilling's body.
Penn dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penn fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Penn swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Penn moves in looking to clinch but Schilling pushes him off.
Schilling throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Schilling loads up on a big right hand but Penn slips the punch.
Schilling dodges the punch combination from Penn.
Good standup being displayed there by Penn as he connects with a hook.
Penn throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Penn slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Schilling misses with a straight left.
Penn displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Schilling throws out the jab.
Schilling lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Penn at a distance.
A left lands for Schilling.
Penn connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Penn lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Schilling circles away quickly and effectively.
Schilling avoids a punch combination nicely.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Penn.
Penn looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Schilling waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Penn.
A slow jab from Schilling misses its intended target.
Schilling swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Schilling throws a right hand that misses
and Penn counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Penn jabs at Schilling's body.
Penn smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Penn lands with a good body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A telegraphed right hand from Schilling misses the target.
Ben Schilling has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Schilling walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Penn throws a series of strikes that have Schilling backpedaling.
And that's the end of the fight!
BJ Penn comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Penn winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Albert Achterberg scores the fight 27:30
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... BJ Penn!
A less than humble BJ Penn misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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