PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between John Torres (ranked 6133 p4p, 413 weight class) and Jackson Pen (ranked 24724 p4p, 463 weight class). John Torres has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Torres
vs
Pen

180 cm
26
148 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

180 cm
26
155 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Torres!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Jackson Pen!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Pen moves into the clinch.
Torres blocks an elbow strike from Pen.
Pen wants to get back to striking at distance but Torres won't allow it.
Torres swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Torres.
Torres stalling the fight.

Pen breaks from the clinch.
Pen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Torres circles away quickly and effectively.
Torres punishes Pen's body with a nice straight punch.
A combination from Pen does no damage.
Torres seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pen lands a slapping body shot.

Pen instigates a clinch.
Torres stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Torres can't find room to land a body shot as Pen controls the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Torres lands a right hand that snaps the head of Pen backwards.
A short left from Torres.
Torres is struggling to control the position.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Pen.

It looks like John Torres has been cut.
Torres misses with a hook to the ribs.

Pen breaks the clinch.
Torres throws a series of punches but Pen moves out of range.
Pen is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Pen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Torres.
Pen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Torres misses with a few strikes there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pen misses with a series of wild punches.
Torres lands a nice hook to Pen's body. Pen takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A punch combination from Pen misses.
As Pen looks to move away, Torres throws a big counter combo but Pen just gets out of the way.
Jackson Pen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pen lands a leg kick that knocks Torres off balance momentarily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Torres slips a jab and a cross from Pen.
Pen scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Torres doesn't seem bothered though.
Pen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Torres swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Torres was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Pen's jab looks to have found its range, popping Torres under the eye.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jackson Pen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Torres's cut.
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.

Pen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pen tries to clinch but Torres moves out of range.
Torres was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Torres showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pen.
Pen fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Jackson Pen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pen tries to clinch
and Torres counters with a nice body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Torres finds himself stumbling back on wobbly legs after being clipped by a right hand. He's up against the cage, ducking and weaving under Pen's strikes but an uppercut finds it's way through and Torres falls! - He's completely out of it and the ref jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jackson Pen!