PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Avon Stringer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and BeeJay Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stringer's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, The Loner. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Stringer
vs
Penn

181 cm
33
178 lbs
34 - 15 - 0

184 cm
32
183 lbs
20 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

HGH Nutrients Q160-Q158-Q155

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 34 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Avon Stringer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 13 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, BeeJay Penn!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stringer thuds his right hand into Penn's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Penn lands a jab to the nose.
Stringer throws a series of punches but Penn moves out of range.
Penn takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Stringer keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Penn throws a chopping leg kick but Stringer manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Penn throws a nice inside leg kick.
Penn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stringer was well out of range. Poor timing from Penn.
Stringer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Penn misses with a looping right.
Penn avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Penn throws a lazy uppercut
and Stringer counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
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 sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Penn throws a right and a left that Stringer avoids nicely.
Penn tries to score with a low kick but Stringer moves his leg out of the way.
Penn swinging wildly here.
Stringer bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Penn missing with a left hand there. Stringer was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Penn darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

Stringer moves into range and clinches up with Penn.

Stringer is fighting off a takedown attempt but Penn is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Stringer to the mat. Stringer regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Penn slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Penn stopping the sweep attempt from Stringer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penn is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Penn tries to free his leg and advance position but Stringer is retaining full guard.
Penn's corner is telling him to maintain position.

BeeJay Penn has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Stringer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Penn.
Penn takes one on the button.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Penn throws a shot from downtown. Stringer moves away and avoids it.
Penn scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

It looks like Avon Stringer has been cut.

Penn gets a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stringer scores a nice knee to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stringer.
Stringer avoiding damage.
Penn tries to break the clinch but Stringer is controlling the position.
Penn is trying to break free.

Penn breaks the clinch.
A nice inside leg kick there by Penn. That's going to slow Stringer down.
Penn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stringer moves away.
Stringer fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Penn lands with an overhand left.
Penn throws a right hand that misses
and Stringer makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Penn throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Stringer sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stringer stuns Penn with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stringer throws a right hand that Penn ducks under and follows up with a left that Penn also avoids with ease.
BeeJay Penn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jab from Penn.
Penn takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Stringer throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Stringer checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Penn avoids the head kick by Stringer.
Stringer moves forwards but Penn connects with a nice, crisp jab.

Penn forces Stringer back against the cage and clinches.
Penn can't break the clinch.
Stringer lands a hook to the side of the head.
Stringer makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Penn wants to break free but Stringer has control.
Stringer pushes off an throws an elbow but Penn leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Stringer scores with an uppercut up the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

BeeJay Penn dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Avon Stringer's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

A head kick misses from Stringer.
Penn lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Stringer circles away quickly and effectively.
Nice defenses there by Stringer.
Stringer connects with a body shot that sends Penn's belly button to the back.
Decent striking displayed by Penn there.
Stringer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Penn was well out of range. Poor timing from Stringer.
Penn tries a low kick but Stringer avoids it.
Good leg kick by Stringer there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Stringer is looking to slow Penn down with leg kicks.
Penn lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Penn takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stringer takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Stringer on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Penn takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Penn throws an off balance right hand
and Stringer counters with a good low kick that Penn was not able to check.
Stringer misses with a straight right.
Penn misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stringer with a jab.
Stringer lands with an overhand left.
Penn blocks a head kick by Stringer.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Stringer checks a leg kick.
Penn throws a leg kick that is checked
letting Stringer counter with a right hand.
Penn looks to throw the jab but Stringer is out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Stringer, right into the meat.
A telegraphed right hand from Penn misses the target.
Stringer connects with a body shot that sends Penn's belly button to the back.
Stringer scores with a shot to the body.
Stringer throws a nice head kick!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A big right from Stringer misses.
A decent looking cross lands there for Penn.
Penn tries to work over Stringer's front leg with a kick but Stringer checks it.
Penn takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stringer lands with a thumping leg kick.
Penn turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Penn avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Stringer lands a lovely overhand right.
Penn takes a swing at Stringer's ribcage but misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Stringer.
Stringer bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Penn takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Penn throws the left hand but Stringer avoids the punch easily.
Stringer wants to clinch.
Penn fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Stringer has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Stringer tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Stringer ducks under a wild hook from Penn.
A head kick misses from Stringer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penn swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Stringer.
Stringer gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Penn throws a jab when Stringer was well out of range.
Penn scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Penn's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Stringer avoids a punch combination nicely.
Penn slips a straight right by Stringer.
Stringer cracks Penn with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
That kick from Stringer tenderised Penn's leg. Penn is trying to keep his angry face on.
Stringer looks to land a body kick but Penn moved away.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Penn.
Penn avoids the head kick by Stringer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Penn scores with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stringer avoids a punch combination nicely.
Stringer scoring well with a low kick there.
Penn throws a series of punches but Stringer avoids them all with ease.
Nice defenses there by Penn.
Penn fails to land the takedown.
Penn is breathing heavily.
Penn waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Stringer.
Penn throws a body punch but Stringer moves out of range.
Stringer looks to score with a jab to the body but Penn is just out of range.
Stringer throws a series of punches but Penn avoids them all with ease.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jab by Stringer.
Penn misses with a left hand
and Stringer counters with a nice low kick that buckles Penn's knee momentarily.
Stringer stuffs the takedown.
Avon Stringer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of BeeJay Penn.
Penn uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Avon Stringer dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Avon Stringer's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Stringer feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Penn's calf.
Penn throws a big shot that misses.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Stringer.
Penn throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Stringer avoids the body shot from Penn.
A solid leg kick lands there for Stringer.
Stringer takes a swing at Penn's ribcage but misses.
Nice cross by Stringer.
Penn doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Stringer's jab looks to have found its range, popping Penn under the eye.
Stringer tests Penn's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Stringer misses with a hook. Penn ducked under it nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stringer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Penn.
Penn displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Stringer throws out the jab.
No joy there for Penn, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Penn takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn misses with a looping right.
A good leg kick by Stringer.
Penn looks to score with a jab to the body but Stringer is just out of range.
Penn shoots in looking for a takedown. Stringer tries to sprawl out of it but Penn keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Stringer manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Stringer misses the shot to the body.
Penn moves forwards but Stringer connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Penn throws a poor cross that misses
and Stringer counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Penn thinking.
A jab from Penn misses.
Penn stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Stringer takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Penn scores with a three punch combo!
Stringer connects with a single shot there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stringer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Avon Stringer is winning the standup battle so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stringer with a nice cross.
Stringer uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Penn.
Penn misses with an uppercut
and Stringer counters with a left to the body.
Penn takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Penn misses with a left hand
and Stringer cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Stringer throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Penn throws a nice inside leg kick.
Stringer scores with a head kick.
Stringer lands a lovely overhand right.
Penn ducks right into an uppercut from Stringer.
Penn jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Stringer moves into the clinch successfully.
Stringer is working Penn over against the cage.
Stringer throws a knee to the head but misses.
Stringer misses with an elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stringer stalling against the cage.
Stringer takes a shot to the head.
Penn tries to break the clinch but Stringer is controlling the position.
Stringer lands a shoulder strike.
Stringer tries to throw a body punch but Penn avoids it by throwing Stringer back against the cage.
Stringer lands a nice elbow.

It looks like BeeJay Penn has been cut.
Stringer lands a hook to the side of the head.
Stringer can't find room to land a body shot as Penn controls the action.
A short right from Stringer on the inside.
Stringer missing with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stringer misses with a body punch.
Penn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Penn is trying to force a seperation but Stringer has the dominant position.
Penn avoids a wild elbow strike from Stringer.
Penn has had enough of the clinch but Stringer keeps him there for the moment.
Stringer throws an elbow but it misses.
Nice body punch from Stringer - that landed with a thud.
Penn wants to get back to striking at distance but Stringer won't allow it.
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!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stringer has Penn pressed against the cage, preventing Penn from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Stringer stalling in the clinch but Penn improves position.

Penn breaks from the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Avon Stringer showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Stringer 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Avon Stringer!
Avon Stringer thanked the fans post fight for their support.