PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ramon Escobar Chavez (ranked 108 p4p, 11 weight class) and Reco Penn (ranked 425 p4p, 51 weight class). Escobar Chavez comes to the cage accompanied by Buena Vista Social Club - Hasta Siempre. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Escobar Chavez
vs
Penn

179 cm
27
150 lbs
14 - 2 - 2

172 cm
26
147 lbs
20 - 4 - 2

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 2 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ramon Escobar Chavez!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 4 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Reco Penn!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Joseph Jones and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Escobar Chavez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Penn moves out of range as Escobar Chavez throws a body kick.
Penn scores with a jab. Escobar Chavez acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Penn getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A telegraphed right hand from Escobar Chavez misses the target.
Escobar Chavez delivers a nice body kick.
Escobar Chavez lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Penn lands the left hand.
Penn throws a hook but Escobar Chavez blocks it.

Escobar Chavez instigates a clinch.
Escobar Chavez has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Penn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Escobar Chavez lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Penn lands with a right to the head.

Penn breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Escobar Chavez takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
The fight stays on the outside here - Escobar Chavez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Escobar Chavez takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A head kick misses from Penn.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn throws a hook but Escobar Chavez avoids it easily.
Nice defenses there by Escobar Chavez.
Escobar Chavez tries to close the distance and clinch but Penn swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Escobar Chavez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Penn.
Escobar Chavez misses with a straight right.
Penn throws a head kick but Escobar Chavez moves out of range.
Escobar Chavez swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Penn scores with a hook.
Penn with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Escobar Chavez to score with a decent uppercut.
Nice straight punches there by Escobar Chavez. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Escobar Chavez.
Penn lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Penn lands with a hook. Escobar Chavez tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Escobar Chavez scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Penn doesn't seem bothered though.
Penn is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Escobar Chavez 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.

Escobar Chavez instigates a clinch.
Penn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Escobar Chavez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Escobar Chavez misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Escobar Chavez fails to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escobar Chavez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Penn misses with some punches.
Escobar Chavez lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Escobar Chavez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Penn lands an uppercut.
Escobar Chavez takes a shot to the head.
Penn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Penn blocking some punches.

Penn's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Escobar Chavez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Penn.
Escobar Chavez scores with a body shot.
Escobar Chavez moves out of range of the strikes.
Escobar Chavez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Penn manages to avoid it.
Escobar Chavez swings for the body but Penn moves out of range.
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.
Escobar Chavez lands a nice looking kick to the body. Penn takes a step back to recover.

Escobar Chavez drives through and clinches with Penn against the cage.
Penn misses with the head strike.
Escobar Chavez cracks Penn with a nice body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penn can't break the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Penn.
Penn prevents a body shot from Escobar Chavez.
Escobar Chavez lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Penn breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Escobar Chavez moves out of range of the strikes.
Escobar Chavez lands a glancing blow to the side of Penn's head.
Escobar Chavez throws a low kick but Penn moves out of range easily.
A big left from Penn misses.
A left lands for Escobar Chavez.
Penn throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Penn steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Escobar Chavez.
Escobar Chavez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Penn moves away.
Escobar Chavez lets loose with a powerful body kick. Penn will feel that in the morning.
Escobar Chavez is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Penn takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Escobar Chavez misses with a kick to the body
and Penn counters with a nice leg kick.
Penn connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Escobar Chavez lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Escobar Chavez uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Escobar Chavez swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Penn throws a hook but Escobar Chavez blocks it.
Escobar Chavez swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Penn misses with a straight left.
Sloppy strikes from Penn. Those never looked like landing.
Escobar Chavez scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Nice cross by Escobar Chavez.
Penn misses with a kick to the body.
Penn looks to land a left hand but Escobar Chavez moved out of range nicely.
Escobar Chavez connects with a crisp jab.
Escobar Chavez just misses with a punch to the body.
Penn dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Escobar Chavez. That did some damage!
Penn is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Escobar Chavez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Penn manages to avoid it.
Penn is trying to counter with his kicks.
Penn tries to bum rush Escobar Chavez with a series of wild strikes but Escobar Chavez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Reco Penn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Penn with a jab.
Escobar Chavez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Ramon Escobar Chavez will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Escobar Chavez feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Penns jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Penn walks into a stiff left hand from Escobar Chavez.
Escobar Chavez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Escobar Chavez tried to counter with a leg kick but Penn avoided it.
Penn misses with a two punch combination.
As Penn backs away, Escobar Chavez returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
A nice inside leg kick there by Penn. That's going to slow Escobar Chavez down.
Escobar Chavez is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Sloppy strikes from Penn. Those never looked like landing.
Penn takes a body punch but keeps moving.

Escobar Chavez moves into the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Escobar Chavez.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Escobar Chavez.
Escobar Chavez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ramon Escobar Chavez has scored more points in the clinch so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Escobar Chavez blocks a body shot from Penn.
Penn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Penn takes a shot to the head.
Penn lands a body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Penn.
Penn tries to work over Escobar Chavez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Escobar Chavez fails to land.

Penn breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Escobar Chavez is looking to clinch but Penn is avoiding it.
Penn steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Escobar Chavez.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Penn! But no joy.
Escobar Chavez throws out a loose jab but Penn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Penn drops his hands momentarily and Escobar Chavez takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Escobar Chavez loads up on a big right hand but Penn slips the punch.
Escobar Chavez tries to land a front kick but Penn steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Penn throws a lazy uppercut
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
enabling Escobar Chavez to counter with a crisp jab.
Escobar Chavez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Penn.
Escobar Chavez throws a half hearted mid kick.
Escobar Chavez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Penn walks into a straight right hand from Escobar Chavez.
Penn takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Escobar Chavez blocks the body kick.
Penn cracks Escobar Chavez with a good jab.
Escobar Chavez will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Escobar Chavez cracks Penn with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Escobar Chavez doesn't manage to clinch there - Penn circles away.
Penn swinging wildly here.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Penn scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Escobar Chavez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Escobar Chavez works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Escobar Chavez misses with the head strike.
Come on Penn - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Escobar Chavez misses with a punch to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Escobar Chavez.
Escobar Chavez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Penn breaks from the clinch.
Escobar Chavez avoids the body shot from Penn.
A little feinted left hand from Escobar Chavez on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Penn. Escobar Chavez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Escobar Chavez is looking to counter punch.
Escobar Chavez fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Penn looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Penn sizes up Escobar Chavez with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Penn swings away with a body shot that misses
and Escobar Chavez counters with an outside leg kick.
Ramon Escobar Chavez is winning the standup battle so far.
Penn thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Escobar Chavez if he has to take too many more of those.
Penn takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Escobar Chavez doesn't manage to clinch there - Penn circles away.
Penn circles away from the clinch attempt.
Penn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Escobar Chavez was well out of range. Poor timing from Penn.
Escobar Chavez throws the kick towards the body but Penn avoids it.
Escobar Chavez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Penn swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Penn scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Escobar Chavez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Penn swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Escobar Chavez walks into a straight right hand from Penn.
Escobar Chavez thuds a left hand into Penn's body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Penn throws a series of punches but Escobar Chavez avoids them all with ease.
Escobar Chavez avoids the body shot from Penn.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Penn throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Penn takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Penn looks to land a right hand but Escobar Chavez moved out of range.

Escobar Chavez closes the distance and clinches.
Escobar Chavez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Penn softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Penn blocking some punches.
Escobar Chavez tries to work over Penn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Escobar Chavez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Escobar Chavez lands a right hand.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Penn.
Penn displaying some good clinch control by pressing Escobar Chavez up against the cage.
Escobar Chavez lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Penn backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Penn has a couple of punches blocked by Escobar Chavez.
Escobar Chavez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Escobar Chavez misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ramon Escobar Chavez dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Escobar Chavez is looking to slow Penn down with leg kicks.
Penn misses with a wild body shot.
Penn is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Penn thows a left - swing and a miss!

Escobar Chavez takes the fight into the clinch.
Escobar Chavez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Penn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Penn.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Penn in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Penn.
Escobar Chavez lands a nice shot to the body.
Penn scores with a shot to the side of Escobar Chavez's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Escobar Chavez keeps control of Penn as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Escobar Chavez.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Escobar Chavez.
Penn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Penn escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Escobar Chavez scores with a nice strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar Chavez wants to clinch up but Penn keeps it at a distance.
Penn throws a body punch but Escobar Chavez moves out of range.
Penn throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
As Penn backs away, Escobar Chavez returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Penn throws out a loose jab but Escobar Chavez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Escobar Chavez tries to close the distance and clinch but Penn swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Penn misses with a head kick.
Escobar Chavez misses with an uppercut.
Penn fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Escobar Chavez manages to avoid it.
Escobar Chavez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Penn.
Escobar Chavez wants to clinch.
Penn loads up on a big right hand but Escobar Chavez slips the punch.
Escobar Chavez just misses with a punch to the body.

Escobar Chavez clinches with his opponent.
Penn misses with the head strike.
Nice body punch from Penn - that landed with a thud.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Penn escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Penn looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Escobar Chavez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Penn.
Escobar Chavez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Escobar Chavez throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A head kick misses from Penn.
Escobar Chavez was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Penn throws a body shot but no joy.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Penn takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Penn misses with a head kick.
Penn tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Escobar Chavez jabs Penn right on the nose. Penn blinks but takes it well.
Escobar Chavez throws a leg kick but Penn sees it coming and moves out of range.
Escobar Chavez lands with a straight right. Penn didn't see that one coming.
Escobar Chavez takes one on the button.
Penn defending well as Escobar Chavez loads up on a big left hand.

Escobar Chavez moves into the clinch.
Escobar Chavez misses with a punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penn is trying to break the clinch but Escobar Chavez is controlling him.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Escobar Chavez.
Penn is trying to maintain a safe position but Escobar Chavez gets an underhook and turns Penn into the cage.
Escobar Chavez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Penn tries to throw a body punch but Escobar Chavez avoids it by throwing Penn back against the cage.
Penn blocks an uppercut.
Escobar Chavez scores with a shot to the side of Penn's head.
Penn tries to break free but Escobar Chavez pushes him back against the cage.
Escobar Chavez tries to throw a body punch but Penn avoids it by throwing Escobar Chavez back against the cage.
Escobar Chavez lands a left hand that snaps the head of Penn backwards.
Escobar Chavez tries to throw a body punch but Penn avoids it by throwing Escobar Chavez back against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Escobar Chavez.
Penn has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Escobar Chavez swings wildly with an uppercut but Penn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Penn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Escobar Chavez lands with a short shot to the head.
Escobar Chavez tries to throw a body punch but Penn avoids it by throwing Escobar Chavez back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Penn lands a left hand that snaps the head of Escobar Chavez backwards.
Penn blocks a body shot from Escobar Chavez.
Escobar Chavez misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Escobar Chavez.
Penn throws a head punch that misses.
Escobar Chavez misses with a body punch.
Escobar Chavez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Escobar Chavez throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Penns head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Penn misses with the head strike.
Escobar Chavez lands a body shot in the clinch.
Penn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Escobar Chavez working aggressively here.
Penn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Escobar Chavez lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Escobar Chavez lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Penn backwards.
Penn blocks a body shot from Escobar Chavez.
Penn's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Penn is rocked!
Escobar Chavez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Penn is still on wobbly legs! Can Escobar Chavez finish him?
Escobar Chavez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Penn can do to turn this around?
Escobar Chavez swings wildly with an uppercut but Penn uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ramon Escobar Chavez clearly takes 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.

Penn misses with the combination.
Escobar Chavez looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Penn seems to have recovered his senses.
Escobar Chavez defending well as Penn loads up on a big left hand.
A nice leg kick lands there from Escobar Chavez.
Penn avoids the body shot from Escobar Chavez.
Escobar Chavez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Penn swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Escobar Chavez - that will leave a mark!
Penn rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Escobar Chavez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nice uppercut lands for Escobar Chavez. That snapped Penn's head back.
Penn swats away the attempt to clinch by Escobar Chavez.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Escobar Chavez closes the distance and clinches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Escobar Chavez.
Escobar Chavez lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Escobar Chavez misses with a punch on the inside.
Penn displaying some good clinch control by pressing Escobar Chavez up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Penn.
Escobar Chavez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Penn has had enough of the clinch but Escobar Chavez keeps him there for the moment.
Penn misses with a hook from the clinch.
Penn throws a punch but it's blocked by Escobar Chavez.
Escobar Chavez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Escobar Chavez tries to throw a body punch but Penn avoids it by throwing Escobar Chavez back against the cage.
Penn misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Escobar Chavez fails to land.
Escobar Chavez presses Penn against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Penn can't break the clinch.
Penn lands a left hand.

Penn breaks the clinch.

Escobar Chavez moves into range and clinches up with Penn.
Escobar Chavez throws a punch but it's blocked by Penn.
Escobar Chavez lands a shoulder strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penn misses with a punch on the inside.
Penn wants to get back to striking at distance but Escobar Chavez won't allow it.
Penn lands an uppercut.
Escobar Chavez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Escobar Chavez lands with a short shot to the head.
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!
Penn prevents a body shot from Escobar Chavez.
Escobar Chavez lands a left hand that snaps the head of Penn backwards.
Escobar Chavez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Escobar Chavez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Penn lands a hook that snaps the head of Escobar Chavez backwards.
Escobar Chavez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Escobar Chavez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Escobar Chavez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Penn blocks an uppercut.
Penn trying to control the position but instead, Escobar Chavez has worked for underhooks and has pushed Penn into the cage.
Penn scores with a shoulder strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar Chavez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Escobar Chavez blocks a body shot from Penn.

Penn breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Penn throws a big shot that misses.

Escobar Chavez closes the distance and clinches.
A shot in the inside from Escobar Chavez.
Escobar Chavez stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A shot in the inside from Escobar Chavez.
Penn stalling in the clinch.
Escobar Chavez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Penn's elbow.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Penn creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Penn blocks an uppercut.
Escobar Chavez misses with a body punch.
Penn swings wildly with an uppercut but Escobar Chavez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Penn is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Escobar Chavez blocking some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Escobar Chavez.
Penn lands with a left to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

Penn manages to break the clinch.
Penn fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Escobar Chavez tries to clinch but Penn moves out of range.
Penn on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Escobar Chavez connects with a right hand. Penn shakes it off.
Escobar Chavez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Penn takes a swing at Escobar Chavez's ribcage but misses.
Escobar Chavez is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Penn swings for the body but Escobar Chavez moves out of range.
Escobar Chavez dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Penn. That did some damage!
Penn throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Escobar Chavez is looking to score with low kicks.
Penn keeps the fight on the outside.
Penn throws a right hand that Escobar Chavez ducks under and follows up with a left that Escobar Chavez also avoids with ease.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Ramon Escobar Chavez will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Penn scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Escobar Chavez throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Escobar Chavez tries to clinch but Penn moves out of range.
A shot to the liver by Escobar Chavez. Beautiful body shot.
Nice cross by Escobar Chavez.
Escobar Chavez misses with a hook
and Penn connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Escobar Chavez connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Escobar Chavez avoids a kick to the body.
Escobar Chavez has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Penn finds it's way round the side to connect with Escobar Chavez's head.
Penn throws a big shot that misses.
A swing and a miss from Escobar Chavez.
Penn throws a head kick that misses
and Escobar Chavez counters with a leg kick.
Escobar Chavez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Penn swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Penn swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Penn avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Penn throws a series of punches but Escobar Chavez moves out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Escobar Chavez throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar Chavez tries to clinch but Penn moves out of range.
Escobar Chavez blocks a head kick by Penn.
Escobar Chavez lands with an overhand left.

Escobar Chavez closes the distance and clinches.

Penn breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Penn misses with a jab, cross combination.
Penn takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Escobar Chavez lands a head shot.
Penn throws a head kick that misses.
Penn misses with a few strikes there.
Penn is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Penn misses with a looping right.
Escobar Chavez clobbers Penn with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Jab from Escobar Chavez.
That kick from Escobar Chavez tenderised Penn's leg. Penn is trying to keep his angry face on.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Escobar Chavez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Penn.
Escobar Chavez was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Escobar Chavez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Penn throws out the jab.
Reco Penn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Penn misses.
Penn scores with the left hand. Escobar Chavez knows he should have avoided that one.
Escobar Chavez lands with a right hand.
Escobar Chavez fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Penn on the side of the head.
Escobar Chavez throws the left hand but Penn avoids the punch easily.
Escobar Chavez lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Escobar Chavez slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Penn thows a left - swing and a miss!
Penn moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Escobar Chavez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Penn.
Escobar Chavez fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Penn connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Escobar Chavez lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Penn loads up on a big right hand but Escobar Chavez slips the punch.
Escobar Chavez tests Penn's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Penn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Escobar Chavez moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar Chavez thumps Penn with a low kick.
Penn throws a jab when Escobar Chavez was well out of range.
It appears Escobar Chavez was looking to counter with a kick there.
Escobar Chavez is looking to clinch.
Escobar Chavez moves away from the strike by Penn.
Escobar Chavez chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nice shot by Escobar Chavez.
Penn lands a front kick.

Escobar Chavez gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Penn lands a left hand.

Penn pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Escobar Chavez connects with a body shot.
Penn swinging wildly here.

Escobar Chavez takes the fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Penn's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A nice leg kick lands there from Escobar Chavez.
Penn throws a poor cross that misses
and Escobar Chavez counters with a slapping leg kick.
Penn takes one on the button.

Escobar Chavez moves into the clinch.
A short right from Penn on the inside.
Escobar Chavez blocking some punches.
Penn working aggressively here.
Escobar Chavez lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Penn pushes Escobar Chavez back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Escobar Chavez scores with a nice hook to the head.
Escobar Chavez misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Penn wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Escobar Chavez has him pressed against the cage.
Penn pushes Escobar Chavez back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A shot in the inside from Penn.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Escobar Chavez.
Penn doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Ramon Escobar Chavez.
Well Escobar Chavez has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 50:45
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 50:45
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 50:45

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ramon Escobar Chavez!
Ramon Escobar Chavez retains his featherweight title!
Our winner, Ramon Escobar Chavez, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.