PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Reco Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josh Turner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Turner's choice of entrance music: Next Episode by Dr. Dre. This should be fireworks!

Penn
vs
Turner

172 cm
22
141 lbs
13 - 1 - 0

175 cm
29
147 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Granite chin

House of Valor
Aspire Clothing

Nuggetori's Nutritionals

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Reco Penn!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Josh Turner!
The judges for this bout are Topper Green, Damien Edna and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turner misses with a body shot
and Penn counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Penn lands with a good body shot.
Penn throws out a leg kick but Turner moves out of range and Penn only half commits.
Turner misses with a straight right.
A slow jab from Turner misses its intended target.
Penn takes one to the chin there.
Penn scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Penn fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Turner manages to avoid it.
Turner drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Penn defends it well.
Josh Turner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Penn scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Penn moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Turner works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Penn scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Penn takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
An inside leg kick from Turner misses.
Penn connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Turner misses with a hook. Penn ducked under it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turner has his takedown stuffed
letting Penn counter with a right hand.
Turner lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Turner drops his hands momentarily and Penn takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Penn drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Turner moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Turner thows a left - swing and a miss!
The fighters circling - Turner throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Penn scores with a nice strike.
Penn scores with a crisp jab that stopped Turner in his tracks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A swing and a miss from Turner.
Penn chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Turner dips to his left and cracks Penn with an uppercut!
Penn looks to score with a jab to the body but Turner is just out of range.
Reco Penn is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A slapping leg kick lands for Penn.
Penn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Turner.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turner misses with a hook
and Penn counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A nice leg kick lands there from Penn.
A decent looking cross lands there for Turner.
Turner 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.
Turner throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Penn sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Turner misses with an uppercut
and Penn makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A jab from Turner misses.
Penn moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Turner takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

Turner is rocked!
Penn lands a jab to Turner's midsection.
Turner is still on wobbly legs! Can Penn finish him?
Penn takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Turner seems to have recovered his senses.
Penn throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Turner changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Turner gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Turner swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Penn.
Turner on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

Turner manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Penn on his heels. He'll look to pass Penn's guard now, I'm sure.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penn keeping moving, preventing Turner from controlling successfully.
Penn being controlled here, momentarily.
Penn seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Turner trying to control but Penn is working from the bottom.
Turner looking to pass the guard.
Turner trying to control but Penn is working from the bottom.
Penn is adopting a defensive guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Penn can't keep his opponent in guard - Turner advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Penn gets back to full guard.
Penn keeping moving, preventing Turner from controlling successfully.

Turner postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Penn is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Turner, into his guard.

Penn wanted to stand there but Turner had control of the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Reco Penn dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

A slow jab from Turner misses its intended target.
Turner lands a jab.
Penn lands a jab to Turner's midsection.
Penn uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Turner.
Penn swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Turner misses with a looping right.
Turner misses with a straight left.
Penn is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Turner can do to turn this around?
Penn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Turner moves away.
Turner takes one to the chin there.
Penn looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Turner fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab from Penn misses.
A swing and a miss from Turner.
Penn throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Good shot there by Turner.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Penn checks a leg kick.
Penn ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turner throws a lazy uppercut
and Penn counters with a one-two to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Penn.
Turner just misses with a punch to the body.
Penn ducks right into an uppercut from Turner.
Turner tries to score with a low kick but Penn moves his leg out of the way.
Jab by Penn.
Penn is looking to score with low kicks.
Penn with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Turner throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A clash of legs there as Penn blocks the low kick.
Penn throwing a counter right hand but Turner manages to avoid it.
Turner misses with a right hand
and Penn makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Penn just misses with a punch to the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Penn lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Turner has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Turner and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Penn lands with a good body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Turner just misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turner throws out a powerful jab.
Turner tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Penn was well out of range. Poor timing from Turner.
Turner throws a looping overhand right but Penn ducks down to avoid it.
As Turner backs away, Penn returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Turner throws a poor cross that misses
and Penn counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Penn throws a looping overhand right but Turner ducks down to avoid it.
Penn connects with a leg kick. Turner looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Penn misses the jab.
Turner sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Turner throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Penn counters with a right hand to the body.
Turner shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Turner is breathing heavily.
Nice uppercut lands for Penn. That snapped Turner's head back.
Reco Penn is winning the standup battle so far.
Penn throws a nice looking combination but Turner bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Penn throws a quick inside leg kick.
Turner takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Turner misses with a hook. Penn ducked under it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penn lands a nice leg kick that just misses Turner's sensitive parts.
Turner throws an off balance right hand
and Penn counters with a body kick.
Penn chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Penn lands a nice looking body shot.
Penn throws a head kick that misses.
Turner with the counter takedown but Penn avoids it easily.
Penn connects with a body shot that sends Turner's belly button to the back.
Turner misses with a wild combination.
Turner misses with a left hand
and Penn counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Penn cracks Turner with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Penn has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Turner to stand back up!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Penn slaps away a takedown attempt from Turner, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Turner has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Penn.
Turner takes one on the button.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Penn chopping away at his opponent's legs.
An inside leg kick lands from Penn.
Turner's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A nice inside leg kick there by Penn. That's going to slow Turner down.
Turner waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Penn.
Penn was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Turner looks to land a right hand but Penn moved out of range.
It looked like Penn wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Turner scores with a nice right hand.
Good leg kick by Penn there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Penn scores with a nice right hand.
Turner throws a right hand that misses
and Penn counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Turner misses with a hook. Penn ducked under it nicely.
Turner misses with a hook. Penn ducked under it nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Penn lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Turner misses with an uppercut.
Turner looks to land a right hand but Penn moved out of range.
Penn shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Reco Penn dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Turner connects with a single shot there.
Turner shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Penn as he avoids it easily.
Penn is looking to counter punch.
Penn connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Penn throws a body shot but no joy.
Penn blocks a jab.
Penn fires out a quick counter leg kick but Turner just manages to avoid it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Penn.
Penn uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Turner.
Penn was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Turner tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Penn cracks a nice hook into Turner's ribs.
Penn ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Turner throws a hook to the side of Penn's head but Penn sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Penn throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A swing and a miss from Penn.
Penn scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Turner scoring well with a low kick there.
Penn scoring well with a low kick there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No luck for Turner with that takedown attempt.
Penn misses with a head kick.
Penn cracks Turner with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Turner crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Penn - the referee stops the clock and Turner gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Penn. Turner manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Penn throws a nice inside leg kick.
Turner throws out a leg kick but Penn moves out of range and Turner only half commits.
Sloppy strikes from Turner. Those never looked like landing.
Turner lands with a hook. Penn tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Turner misses with a straight right.
Turner walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Turner looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Penn thuds his right hand into Turner's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Penn throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A left lands for Turner.
Turner throws an off balance right hand
enabling Penn to counter with a crisp jab.
Turner throws a hook but Penn avoids it easily.
Turner throws a leg kick but Penn sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Penn fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Turner checks it well.
Turner scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Penn loads up on a big right hand but Turner slips the punch.
Turner takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
An inside leg kick lands from Penn.
Penn scores with a nice right hand.
Penn shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Penn moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Turner misses with a body punch
and Penn counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Turner has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Penn scores with a sloppy right hand. Turner should have avoided that one.
Penn fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Turner.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penn throws an overhand right that drops Turner like a sack of potatoes! Penn dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:08 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Reco Penn!
Reco Penn retains his bantamweight title!
Reco Penn 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.