PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bj Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tim Askarian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tim Askarian has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Penn
vs
Askarian

186 cm
26
205 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

193 cm
24
209 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bj Penn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tim Askarian!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Josh West and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Askarian has taken the fight to the clinch.
Askarian creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Penn's defenses.

It looks like Bj Penn has been cut.
Askarian with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Askarian lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Askarian lands an elbow that stopped Penn in his tracks for a moment.
Askarian connects with a nasty looking knee right to Penn's face.
Askarian lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Askarian lands a body shot.
Penn takes an elbow to the temple.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Askarian.
Askarian unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Askarian lands an elbow that stopped Penn in his tracks for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Askarian.
A nice right hand lands inside from Askarian.

Penn is rocked!
Askarian connects with a nasty looking knee right to Penn's face.
Oh Penn is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Askarian comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Bj Penn's cut is getting worse.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Askarian.
Askarian lands a left hand that snaps the head of Penn backwards.
Penn takes an elbow to the temple.
Askarian stalling against the ropes.
Clinched against the ropes, Askarian lands a big elbow that drops Penn! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Penn is complaining that he's OK but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tim Askarian!
A relieved looking Tim Askarian thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.