PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Avon Stringer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juho Pennanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stringer comes into the arena with The Loner blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Stringer
vs
Pennanen

181 cm
32
178 lbs
33 - 13 - 0

184 cm
24
184 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 33 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Avon Stringer!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Juho Pennanen!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Ivan Kurochkin and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stringer takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Stringer throws a lazy body kick
and Pennanen counters with a stiff right hand.
Pennanen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Avon Stringer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pennanen scores with a decent looking hook.
Stringer on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Pennanen tries to work over Stringer's front leg with a kick but Stringer checks it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Pennanen.
Pennanen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Stringer sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Pennanen is looking to land body kicks.
Pennanen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Pennanen bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Pennanen misses with a hook. Stringer ducked under it nicely.
Stringer throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pennanen is looking to land body kicks.
Pennanen throws a leg kick but Stringer checks it.
Stringer slips a straight right by Pennanen.
Pennanen lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Stringer lands a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stringer fails with a takedown attempt.
Pennanen scores with the left hand. Stringer knows he should have avoided that one.
Stringer misses with a jab to the body
and Pennanen counters with a right hand to the body.
Stringer just misses with a punch to the body.
Pennanen lands with a nice body punch.
Stringer lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Pennanen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Stringer slips a straight right by Pennanen.
Stringer paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Stringer plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Pennanen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Stringer.
Stringer delivers a nice body kick.
Stringer pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Stringer throws a front kick aimed at Pennanen's knee but Pennanen avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pennanen lands a nice looking body shot.
Pennanen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Stringer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pennanen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Stringer goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Pennanen tries to clinch up.
Stringer swings for the body but Pennanen moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Stringer.
Pennanen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice jab there from Stringer.
Stringer tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Pennanen on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Stringer. Stringer obviously looking to wear him down.
Stringer moves out of range of the strikes.
Pennanen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Pennanen throws out a loose jab but Stringer uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pennanen misses with a body shot.
Stringer lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Stringer throws the kick towards the body but Pennanen avoids it.
Pennanen feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Stringer's calf.
Pennanen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Stringer circles away quickly and effectively.
An inside leg kick lands from Pennanen.
Stringer misses with a body shot.
Stringer takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Stringer throws a leg kick which misses Pennanen's front leg but catches the back leg as Pennanen tries to avoid it.
Pennanen thumps Stringer with a low kick.
Pennanen pushes Stringer away with a front kick.
Stringer lands with a thumping leg kick.
Stringer misses with a body kick.
Pennanen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Pennanen throws a quick inside leg kick.
Stringer is looking to wear down Pennanen with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stringer takes one on the button.
Stringer tries a head kick but it misses.
Stringer misses the shot to the body.
A leg kick checked by Stringer.
Stringer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pennanen.
A looping hook to the body misses from Stringer. Pennanen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Stringer motions for Pennanen to come forward. Stringer throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Stringer takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Pennanen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stringer manages to avoid it.
Stringer avoids the body shot from Pennanen.
Stringer swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Pennanen wants to slow Stringer down by chopping away at his legs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pennanen jabs Stringer to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Stringer avoids the head kick by Pennanen.
Pennanen wants to clinch up but Stringer keeps it at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Juho Pennanen dominated that round.
That's time! Stringer's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Stringer throws a lazy body kick
and Pennanen counters with a two punch combo.
Pennanen moves out of range of the body kick from Stringer.
Stringer thows a leg kick but Pennanen checks it
and Pennanen counters with a stiff right hand.

Stringer drives through and clinches with Pennanen against the cage.
Stringer scores with a knee to the head.
Stringer misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pennanen.
Pennanen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A left hand lands to the body for Stringer.
Stringer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pennanen lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Stringer.
Pennanen is trying to push Stringer away but Stringer has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Pennanen is trying to break free.
Stringer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Stringer is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Stringer lands a nice knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pennanen blocks a body shot from Stringer.
Pennanen blocks a body shot from Stringer.
Pennanen lands an uppercut.
Stringer doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pennanen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Pennanen lands a hook that snaps the head of Stringer backwards.
Stringer misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pennanen throws a punch but it's blocked by Stringer.
Stringer pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Pennanen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Pennanen tries to break the clinch but Stringer is controlling the position.
Pennanen managing to block the knees to the body from Stringer.
Stringer prevents Pennanen from breaking the clinch.
Pennanen lands a nice uppercut.
Pennanen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Pennanen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pennanen scores with a hook to the body.

Pennanen manages to break the clinch.
Left hook, right uppercut from Stringer.
Stringer misses with a low kick.
Pennanen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Stringer takes a shot right to the bread basket.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pennanen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Stringer scores with a jab to the head.
Pennanen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Stringer lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pennanen circles away quickly and effectively.
Stringer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pennanen was well out of range. Poor timing from Stringer.
Stringer throws a body punch but Pennanen moves out of range.
Stringer blocks a head kick by Pennanen.
A slapping body kick lands there for Pennanen.
Stringer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pennanen was well out of range. Poor timing from Stringer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pennanen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Stringer shoots in for a takedown but Pennanen shows good takedown defense.
Stringer throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Pennanen jabs Stringer to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Stringer showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pennanen.
Pennanen is looking to land body kicks.
Pennanen doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Stringer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Stringer lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Stringer tried to score with a low kick but Pennanen checks it.
Stringer misses with a low kick as Pennanen jumps back.
Pennanen defending well as Stringer loads up on a big left hand.
Stringer throws a big shot that misses.
A leg kick checked by Pennanen.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pennanen throws a good cross that connects.
Pennanen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Stringer throws out the jab.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Pennanen, right into the meat.
Pennanen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Stringer.
Stringer throws a quick inside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pennanen chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Pennanen pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Stringer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Stringer swings away with a body shot that misses
and Pennanen counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Pennanen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Juho Pennanen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pennanen moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pennanen missing with a left hand there. Stringer was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Stringer ducks under a wild hook from Pennanen.
Pennanen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Juho Pennanen will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action!

Stringer fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Pennanen looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Stringer.
A telegraphed right hand from Pennanen misses the target.
Stringer punishes Pennanen's body with a nice straight punch.
Stringer lands a jab-cross combination.
Stringer takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Stringer lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A slow jab from Stringer misses its intended target.
Stringer is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Pennanen checks the leg kick.
Stringer takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Pennanen lands with a hook. Stringer tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Stringer is looking to slow Pennanen down with leg kicks.
Pennanen digs a good hook to Stringer's body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pennanen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pennanen tries to land a front kick but Stringer steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Pennanen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stringer was well out of range. Poor timing from Pennanen.
Stringer lands a nice looking body kick.
Stringer fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Pennanen lands with an overhand left.
Stringer lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Stringer rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pennanen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Stringer shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Avon Stringer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pennanen uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Stringer has time to react.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Pennanen 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 Stringer has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Stringer and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Stringer throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Stringer lets loose with a powerful body kick. Pennanen will feel that in the morning.
Stringer slips under a jab from Pennanen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stringer throws a jab when Pennanen was well out of range.
Stringer takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Pennanen takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Pennanen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Stringer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pennanen.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stringer scores with a jab to the head.
Pennanen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Stringer avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pennanen throws a jab when Stringer was well out of range.
Stringer works the jab nicely.
Pennanen throws a front kick aimed at Stringer's knee but Stringer avoids it well.
Stringer showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pennanen.
Stringer wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pennanen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Stringer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Stringer takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Stringer with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Pennanen cracks the inside of Stringer's front leg.
Stringer catches Pennanen with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Pennanen jabs Stringer to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Left hook, right uppercut from Stringer.
Stringer connects with an inside leg kick.
Stringer throws a shot to the body.
Pennanen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A jab from Pennanen does it's job there.
Stringer looks to score with a jab to the body but Pennanen is just out of range.
Pennanen attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Pennanen delivers a nice body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stringer dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Pennanen looks to score with a jab to the body but Stringer is just out of range.
Good work by Stringer as he checks the leg kick.
Stringer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pennanen was well out of range. Poor timing from Stringer.
Pennanen avoids the body shot from Stringer.
Pennanen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Stringer blocks a low kick nicely.
Stringer throws a big shot that misses.
Stringer moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Stringer takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pennanen lands with a thumping leg kick.

Stringer moves into the clinch.
Pennanen is trying to maintain a safe position but Stringer gets an underhook and turns Pennanen into the cage.
Stringer throws an elbow but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Avon Stringer clearly takes that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Stringer misses with an uppercut. Pennanen saw that one coming.
Stringer stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Pennanen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Stringer.
Stringer scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Pennanen staying out of range there.
Stringer misses with a combination
letting Pennanen counter with a right hand.
Stringer throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Pennanen throws a chopping leg kick but Stringer manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Pennanen throws a nice outside leg kick.
Stringer takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Stringer swings for the body but Pennanen moves out of range.
Stringer slips a jab from Pennanen.
Stringer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pennanen swings widly with a right hand
and Stringer counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stringer throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pennanen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Stringer misses with a head kick.
A head kick misses from Stringer.
Pennanen throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Stringer stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Stringer avoids the body shot from Pennanen.
Pennanen lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Pennanen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Stringer fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Stringer lands with a slapping head kick.
A head kick misses from Pennanen.
Pennanen lands the left hand.
Stringer throws out a loose jab but Pennanen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stringer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Stringer misses with a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - Stringer scores with a four punch combination!
Pennanen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stringer moves away.
Stringer slips under a jab from Pennanen.
Stringer scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Stringer throws a head kick that misses.
Stringer waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Pennanen.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pennanen checks the leg kick.
Good standup being displayed there by Pennanen as he connects with a hook.
Pennanen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Stringer.
Stringer digs a good body shot into Pennanen's ribs.
Pennanen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Stringer. That did some damage!
Stringer throws a head kick that half lands.
Pennanen misses with a looping right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good work by Stringer as he checks the leg kick.
Nice jab there from Pennanen.
Pennanen throws a body kick that misses.
Stringer moves out of range of the body kick.
Pennanen looks to land a combination. Stringer sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Pennanen is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Stringer connects with a solid leg kick.
Stringer scores with a three punch combo!
Pennanen missing with a left hand there. Stringer was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The fighters circle momentarily. Stringer darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Stringer looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Stringer blocks a head kick by Pennanen.
Stringer fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pennanen manages to avoid it.
Stringer has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Pennanen.
Pennanen is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Pennanen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stringer misses with a wild body shot.
Stringer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pennanen moves away.
Pennanen misses with a head kick.
Pennanen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Pennanen 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.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stringer fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Pennanen.
Stringer bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Pennanen's head.
Pennanen scores with a decent looking hook.
A nice leg kick lands there from Stringer.
Stringer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pennanen was well out of range. Poor timing from Stringer.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stringer misses with a head kick.
Pennanen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stringer moves away.
Pennanen misses with a body kick.
Pennanen cracks Stringer with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Avon Stringer had his way with Juho Pennanen in that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Stringer scores with a head kick.
Stringer misses with a low kick.
Pennanen looks for the body kick but Stringer saw that one coming.
Pennanen checks a leg kick nicely.
Pennanen throws a sloppy head kick and Stringer moves out of range easily.
Stringer throws a quick inside leg kick.
Pennanen shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Pennanen lands with a thumping leg kick.
Pennanen lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Stringer with a jab.
Stringer throws a shot to the body.
Pennanen swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Pennanen wants to slow Stringer down by chopping away at his legs.
Pennanen swings for the body but Stringer moves out of range.
Pennanen thuds a left hand into Stringer's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pennanen throws a hook but Stringer avoids it easily.
Stringer scores with a body shot.
Pennanen is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Stringer with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Pennanen to score with a decent uppercut.
Stringer with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Good standup being displayed there by Stringer as he connects with a hook.
Pennanen ducks under a wild hook from Stringer.
Stringer moves out of range of the strikes.
Pennanen falls off balance throwing a combination
and Stringer counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Pennanen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Stringer dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Pennanen.
Pennanen has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Pennanen there as he acknowledges the shot.
Stringer throws the kick towards the body but Pennanen avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stringer fails to land the takedown.
Pennanen scores with a nice strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice uppercut lands for Pennanen. That snapped Stringer's head back.
Stringer connects with a high kick.
Pennanen avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Pennanen connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Stringer momentarily.
Pennanen chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Stringer dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Pennanen tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Stringer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Stringer throws a shot to the body.
Stringer fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stringer thumps Pennanen with a low kick.
Pennanen scoring well with a low kick there.
Stringer misses with a double jab.
Pennanen throws the kick towards the body but Stringer avoids it.
Stringer throws a body kick that misses.
Stringer throws a leg kick but Pennanen sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Stringer looks to land a right hand but Pennanen moved out of range.
Pennanen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Pennanen uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Stringer swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Stringer takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nice straight punches there by Stringer. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Stringer.
Pennanen jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Stringer shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Pennanen misses with an attempted mid kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Stringer has managed to clinch.
Pennanen blocks a body shot from Stringer.
Pennanen has had enough of the clinch but Stringer keeps him there for the moment.

Pennanen breaks from the clinch.
A jab lands there for Stringer.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stringer scores with a body shot.
Pennanen lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A leg kick checked by Stringer.
Stringer is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Stringer throws a head kick but Pennanen moves out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stringer jabs Pennanen right on the nose. Pennanen blinks but takes it well.
Pennanen lands with a cross.
Stringer keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Avon Stringer showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Stringer 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 Valeri Chadov scores the fight 48:47
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 49:46
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 48:47

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Avon Stringer!
Avon Stringer retains his welterweight title!
An out of breath Avon Stringer thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.