PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matthew Cannon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roy Skaar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Skaar is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Ozzy Osbourne - I Don't Wanna Stop. 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.

Cannon
vs
Skaar

179 cm
23
207 lbs
4 - 5 - 1

185 cm
26
200 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 1, fighting out of London, Matthew Cannon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Roy Skaar!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, William Gold and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Skaar throws a body punch but Cannon moves out of range.
Skaar misses with a wild combination.
Cannon will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Skaar on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Cannon throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Skaar cracks Cannon with an open hand slap.
Skaar looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cannon fails to land with a series of punches.
Cannon misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Cannon takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cannon scores with a shot to the body.
Cannon misses with a body shot.
Skaar misses with a looping right.
Cannon scores with a hook to the body. Skaar takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cannon lands a glancing blow to the side of Skaar's head.
Skaar throws a combination that misses
and Cannon cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Skaar misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cannon is looking to wear down Skaar with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cannon moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Skaar misses the shot to the body.
Skaar misses with a shot to the body
and Cannon counters with a stiff right hand.
Cannon lands with an uppercut that bounces Skaar off the cage and back into rage.
Cannon uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Skaar has time to react.
Skaar takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Skaar looks gassed!
Skaar scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Cannon jabs at Skaar's body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cannon sizes up Skaar with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Cannon looks to land a combination. Skaar sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Cannon cracks Skaar with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

Skaar is rocked!
Cannon connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Skaar is still on wobbly legs! Can Cannon finish him?
Cannon throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Skaar seems to have recovered his senses.
Cannon looks to land a combination but Skaar avoids it well.
Skaar throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Cannon counters with a combination of strikes to the head and body that crumple Skaar!
Cannon trying to pass the guard but Skaar defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cannon with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

Cannon is working for a submission of some sort.
Cannon content to control rather than advance.
Cannon seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Skaar does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skaar is trying to get back to full guard.
Cannon is thwarting Skaar's attempts to control the position.
Skaar is staying active underneath Cannon, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Skaar throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Cannon counters with a one-two to the body.
Cannon cracks Skaar with a good jab.
Skaar bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Cannon's head.
Matthew Cannon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cannon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Skaar.
Jab by Cannon.
Cannon lands a body shot.
Skaar just misses with a punch to the body.
Cannon is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Cannon lands a two punch combo.
Cannon dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cannon throws a right and a left that both miss.
Cannon throws a right and a left that Skaar avoids nicely.
Cannon punishes Skaar's body with a nice straight punch.
Cannon scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cannon lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Cannon connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Skaar's hands.
Skaar walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Skaar throws a right and a left that Cannon avoids nicely.
Cannon scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Donk. Cannon catches Skaar right on the button with a cross.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cannon scores with a decent looking hook.
Cannon changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Cannon lands a really nice looking cross but Skaar seems unphased.
Skaar walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matthew Cannon dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Cannon lands a jab to Skaar's midsection.
Skaar misses with a double jab
letting Cannon counter with a right hand.
Matthew Cannon is winning the standup battle so far.
Skaar misses with a combination
and Cannon counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cannon lands with a cross.
Cannon works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A swing and a miss from Skaar.
Cannon lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Cannon tests Skaar's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Skaar gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A leg kick checked by Cannon.
Skaar is breathing heavily.
Skaar on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Cannon misses with a double jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Skaar takes one to the side of the head.
Cannon lands with a cross.
Cannon jabs at Skaar's body.
Cannon goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Cannon stuns Skaar with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Cannon changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Cannon connects with a crisp jab.
Cannon swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Skaar.

Cannon drops Skaar with a left right combo! Cannon follows him down to the ground into side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Skaar tries to improve position but can't.
Cannon landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Skaar parries the strikes from Cannon easily there. Cannon is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Skaar to escape.
Skaar is trying to buck Cannon off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skaar seems a little lost for a moment, as Cannon dominates the positioning.

Cannon tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Cannon has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The referee asks Cannon politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Cannon prefers to stall for the moment though.
Cannon landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Cannon in side control, throwing shots but Skaar defends.
Cannon has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Skaar tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Cannon is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Skaar can do to turn this around?
Cannon working the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cannon wants to control but Skaar is keeping him busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cannon taking a break here but Skaar is having none of it and regains half guard.
Skaar is looking to improve his position.
Cannon frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Skaar is squirming around, avoiding Cannon's attempts to control the action.
The referee warns Skaar that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Cannon throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Cannon looking to finish Skaar with some ground and pound. This is bad for Skaar!
Skaar is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Cannon trying to control but Skaar is having none of it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cannon controlling the pace for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matthew Cannon dominated that second round.
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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Cannon looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cannon lands a nice shot to the body.
Skaar lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Skaar has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Cannon scores with a jab.
Skaar misses with a wild combination.
Cannon scores with a one two! Skaar had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Cannon lands the left hand.
Cannon lands a right hook to the body.
Cannon slips a jab and a cross from Skaar.
Cannon works Skaar's body with a nice hook.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Skaar swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Cannon counters with a series of strikes. Skaar will be more careful next time no doubt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Skaar drops his hands momentarily and Cannon takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A right-left combo lands from Skaar.
Cannon lands a two punch combo.
Cannon throws a right and a left that both miss.
Cannon connects with a nice looking jab.
Cannon fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Skaar looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Skaar doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Skaar throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Cannon counters with a left to the body.
Skaar misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A nice combination there by Cannon.
Skaar takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Skaar attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Cannon listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Cannon scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skaar has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Cannon finds it's way round the side to connect with Skaar's head.
Cannon misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cannon takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Cannon scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Cannon takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Cannon ducks right into an uppercut from Skaar.
Cannon lands with a nice combination. Skaar backs away looking to recover.
A combination from Cannon does no damage.
Skaar throws a looping overhand right but Cannon ducks down to avoid it.
Decent striking displayed by Cannon there.
Cannon misses with the combination.
Skaar sizes up Cannon with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skaar swings away with a body shot that misses
and Cannon counters with a nice uppercut.
Cannon lands with a nice body punch.
Skaar throws a combination that misses
and Cannon counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cannon throws a combination. Skaar tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Cannon uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Skaar.
A combination from Skaar does no damage.
The fighters circle momentarily. Cannon darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A combination from Cannon does no damage.
Cannon fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Skaar shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Cannon lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Cannon.
A swing and a miss from Cannon.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Cannon.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cannon throws a series of strikes that have Skaar backpedaling.
Cannon lands a right hook to the body.
Cannon misses the shot to the body.
Cannon avoids a punch combination nicely.
Skaar misses with a jab, cross combination.
Skaar throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Cannon counters with a right hand to the body.
Cannon scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Roy Skaar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Skaar takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Cannon cracks Skaar with an open hand slap.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cannon lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Cannon.
Cannon throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Matthew Cannon is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Skaar misses with a few strikes there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Matthew Cannon showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cannon 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:26
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:26
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matthew Cannon!