PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Juho Pennanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josef Dietrich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Pennanen
vs
Dietrich

184 cm
24
184 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

178 cm
29
175 lbs
21 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Juho Pennanen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Josef Dietrich!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Illya Tyunina and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dietrich throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Dietrich throws a combination that misses
and Pennanen makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Pennanen avoids the head kick by Dietrich.
Pennanen keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A head kick misses from Dietrich.
Pennanen wants to clinch up but Dietrich keeps it at a distance.
Pennanen takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Dietrich looks for a takedown but Pennanen sprawls well.
Pennanen takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Pennanen lands with a thumping leg kick.
Dietrich misses with an uppercut.
Pennanen connects with an inside leg kick.
Dietrich misses with an uppercut.
Dietrich tries a head kick but it misses.
Pennanen blocks a head kick by Dietrich.
Pennanen throws a head kick that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pennanen does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Pennanen as he connects with a hook.
Pennanen on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Dietrich darts in trying to clinch
and Pennanen counters with a series of strikes. Dietrich will be more careful next time no doubt.
Pennanen throws a body punch but Dietrich moves out of range.
Dietrich takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Pennanen scores with a hook.
Pennanen jabs Dietrich to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Dietrich throws a head kick that misses.
Dietrich fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pennanen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dietrich swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Pennanen connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Pennanen feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Dietrich's calf.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pennanen checks a leg kick.
Pennanen lands with a cross.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pennanen walks into a stiff left hand from Dietrich.
Pennanen throws a series of punches but Dietrich moves out of range.
Dietrich swats away the attempt to clinch by Pennanen.
Pennanen lands a lovely overhand right.
Pennanen keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Dietrich on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Pennanen. Pennanen obviously looking to wear him down.
Juho Pennanen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pennanen lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Dietrich tries to clinch there but Pennanen circles away.
Dietrich misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dietrich throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dietrich on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Dietrich misses the jab.
Dietrich fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pennanen defending well as Dietrich loads up on a big left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dietrich fails with the takedown.
Juho Pennanen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Josef Dietrich.
Dietrich fails to land the takedown.

Dietrich rushes Pennanen and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Pennanen has a couple of punches blocked by Dietrich.
Dietrich is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Pennanen tries to throw a body punch but Dietrich avoids it by throwing Pennanen back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dietrich.
Pennanen prevents a takedown attempt there.
A nice left hand lands by Pennanen.
Pennanen lands with a left to the head.
Dietrich is trying to push Pennanen away but Pennanen has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Pennanen prevents Dietrich from breaking the clinch.
Dietrich has a couple of punches blocked by Pennanen.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pennanen.
Pennanen misses with some punches.
Pennanen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A bit of stalling here from Pennanen.
Dietrich fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Pennanen.
Dietrich pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Dietrich stalling in the clinch but Pennanen improves position.
Pennanen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dietrich can't find room to land a body shot as Pennanen controls the action.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pennanen lands with a short shot to the head.
Pennanen blocks an uppercut.

Dietrich escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dietrich tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pennanen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dietrich looks to score with a jab to the body but Pennanen is just out of range.
Dietrich thows a body shot but no joy.
Dietrich takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
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 Juho Pennanen 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.

Pennanen's corner calls for a 1-2. Pennanen obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Dietrich uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Dietrich misses with a looping left.
Dietrich fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pennanen manages to avoid it.
Pennanen lands a nice shot to the body.
Dietrich throws a lazy right hand but Pennanen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pennanen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pennanen works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Dietrich takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Pennanen scores with a decent looking hook.
Pennanen tries to close the distance and clinch but Dietrich swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dietrich on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Pennanen slips under a jab.
Dietrich moves away from the strike by Pennanen.
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!
Dietrich keeps the fight on the outside.
Dietrich slips under a jab from Pennanen.
Pennanen cracks Dietrich with an open hand slap.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dietrich shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Pennanen as he avoids it easily.
Pennanen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dietrich.
Pennanen throws a right and a left that Dietrich avoids nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Pennanen misses the target.
Nice defenses there by Pennanen.
Pennanen misses with a head kick.
Dietrich shoots in and drives through. Pennanen sprawls well.
Pennanen on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

Dietrich scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.

Dietrich is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Dietrich is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Pennanen has managed to free his arm - good work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dietrich throws a strike but Pennanen avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Dietrich stopping the sweep attempt from Pennanen.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dietrich accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Dietrich postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pennanen avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dietrich in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Dietrich throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Dietrich throws an elbow that misses. Pennanen uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Dietrich's guard. Nice move by Pennanen!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Dietrich working for a triangle but Pennanen defends it easily.
Pennanen knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Dietrich on the ground.
Pennanen preventing the sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dietrich trying to control the position.
Pennanen preventing the sweep.
Dietrich bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Pennanen's guard.

Dietrich postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Pennanen is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Dietrich, into his guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pennanen trying to control but Dietrich is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Josef Dietrich showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Pennanen tries to bum rush Dietrich with a series of wild strikes but Dietrich uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Pennanen misses the shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Dietrich throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A nice leg kick lands there from Dietrich.
Pennanen leaves Dietrich with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Dietrich gets tackled into the cage by Pennanen. Pennanen maintains the clinch.
Dietrich blocks an uppercut.
Dietrich is struggling to control the position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pennanen.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Pennanen blocks an uppercut.
Pennanen misses with a punch on the inside.
Pennanen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pennanen presses Dietrich against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pennanen misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dietrich.
Pennanen working aggressively here.
The referee is keeping an eye on Dietrich - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Dietrich as Pennanen tries to tie him up.
Dietrich's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Dietrich throws an elbow but it misses.
Pennanen has a couple of punches blocked by Dietrich.
Dietrich is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Pennanen pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Dietrich wants a takedown but no success here.
Juho Pennanen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Josef Dietrich.
Pennanen throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Dietrich takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Dietrich goes for a takedown attempt but Pennanen pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Dietrich looks to score with a jab to the body but Pennanen is just out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pennanen throws out a powerful jab.
Pennanen moves out of range of the strikes.
Dietrich avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pennanen avoids a punch combination nicely.

Pennanen fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Dietrich, pushing him back against the cage.
Pennanen lands a right hand.
Pennanen throws a punch but it's blocked by Dietrich.
Dietrich prevents a body shot from Pennanen.
Pennanen lands a nice uppercut.
Pennanen works on Dietrich's body with a couple of short punches.
Dietrich is trying to drag Pennanen to the mat but Pennanen just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Pennanen cracks Dietrich with a nice body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dietrich misses with some punches.
Dietrich swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pennanen pushes Dietrich back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Pennanen managing to block the knees to the body from Dietrich.
Pennanen works on Dietrich's body with a couple of short punches.
Dietrich swings wildly with an uppercut but Pennanen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pennanen is leaning against Dietrich and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Dietrich tries to throw a body punch but Pennanen avoids it by throwing Dietrich back against the cage.
Dietrich has a couple of punches blocked by Pennanen.
Dietrich throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pennanen blocks it with crossed arms.
Pennanen pushes Dietrich back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dietrich looking to throw knees to the head but Pennanen is blocking nicely.
Pennanen misses with a punch to the body.
Pennanen lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pennanen throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dietrichs head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dietrich can't find room to land a body shot as Pennanen controls the action.
Dietrich doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Dietrich escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dietrich fails to land the takedown.
Pennanen catches Dietrich with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dietrich swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Pennanen has Dietrich up against the cage in a clinch.
Pennanen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pennanen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dietrich tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Pennanen just stands there and leans against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dietrich blocks a body shot from Pennanen.
Pennanen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Good body shot from Pennanen.
Pennanen misses with a hook from the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Juho Pennanen showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Pennanen has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 29:28
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Juho Pennanen!
Juho Pennanen bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.