Post by The Sandman on Aug 4, 2023 4:35:32 GMT -5
ManMMA Welterweight Championship
Curious how the 4th time will go for Khabib, after all those upgrades and fine-tunes and point subtractions and such. I predict very, very well. Will it be well-enough to dethrone the king? (I predict yes). But let's find out!
B.J. Penn is calm in his corner. He looks convinced of his abilities.
Ferocious staredown by Khabibagomedov while Kevin MacDonald recites the rules.
Now B.J. Penn put his title in contention against Khabibagomedov.
B.J. Penn has fight Khabib Nurmagomedov 3 times. He has won 3 of them.
And there you go! I would put my money on B.J. Penn today.
B.J. Penn comes with a 6 fight winning streak.
Khabib Nurmagomedov comes with a 4 fight winning streak.
The referee of the bout is Kevin MacDonald.
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Round 1
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The fight gets underway.
A punch from Khabib Nurmagomedov
whizzes past The Beedge.
The clock says 0:20 in the 1 round
The Beedge moves backwards and Khabib Nurmagomedov is asking him if he came today for fighting or running.
Brutal combination from B.J. Penn!
Khabibagomedov is in a bad way, his legs look wobbily!
Several good body shots
are evaded by Khabibagomedov.
The Beedge clumsily fails here and it's time for Khabib Nurmagomedov to fight back!
Khabib Nurmagomedov attempts a sweep single...
B.J. Penn was ready and shrugs off the takedown attempt.
Khabibagomedov grabs his opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Great takedown by Khabib Nurmagomedov
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in open guard over The Beedge
Khabibagomedov moves on the ground...
He remains in open guard.
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in open guard over The Beedge
Khabib Nurmagomedov tries to pass to half guard...
B.J. Penn can't prevent his opponent from passing. Khabibagomedov looks to work from half guard.
The clock says 1:15 in the 1 round
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in half guard over The Beedge
Khabibagomedov delivers a few accurate elbows!
B.J. Penn blocks them all showing some great skills here.
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in half guard over The Beedge
B.J. Penn attempts to move to full guard
B.J. Penn manages to switch to full guard.
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in closed guard over The Beedge
Khabibagomedov is in closed guard... The Beedge tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Khabib Nurmagomedov!
B.J. Penn is in full mount over Khabib Nurmagomedov
The Beedge breaths deeply while on the ground
B.J. Penn is in full mount over Khabib Nurmagomedov
Khabib Nurmagomedov tries to roll to his side and trap B.J. Penn in his guard...
B.J. Penn rolls him over and takes his back!
The Beedge is in rear mount over Khabibagomedov
B.J. Penn launches a few punches to Khabibagomedov
Khabibagomedov holds B.J. Penn's arms and blocks the punches!
B.J. Penn gets sloppy and Khabib Nurmagomedov tries to take advantage...
Khabibagomedov has The Beedge controlling his back while on the ground. He tries to roll and find an escape...
The Beedge is unable to move under Khabibagomedov control.
The referee decides to stand up the fighters since there was not much action on the ground.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
The clock says 2:20 in the 1 round
The Beedge launches a flurry of punches
but only manages to land glancing blows.
The Beedge launches a hook to the body
Bang! Khabibagomedov stops that one with his ribs!
Hard blow to Khabibagomedov's mid-section, he seems hurt
The Beedge is swinging for the fences!
A hit that almost breaks Khabibagomedov's jaw!
B.J. Penn fakes a move and launches a nice uppercut
it lands on Khabibagomedov's chin
Several good body shots
land on Khabibagomedov.
Hard blow to Khabibagomedov's mid-section, he seems hurt
A left hook from The Beedge
grazes the chin of Khabibagomedov.
There is a small laceration on Khabib Nurmagomedov's Chin
Winner is B.J. Penn by TKO (Stoppage - Small cut Chin) at 3:10 Round 1
Statistics: B.J. Penn
Punches 14/19 (74%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/4 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 78 s
Statistics: Khabib Nurmagomedov
Punches 0/1 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 1/2 (50%)
GnP strikes 0/6 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 78 s
B.J. Penn defends the Welterweight title!
Christ was I wrong...
Shit stoppage though. Khabib still had a bit of life left in him (though no momentum to lead us to believe he was switching things up any time soon...)
Khabib did well with the early effort, but had trouble turning that effort into success and damage. Penn, however, did not have that problem.
