PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between LOOSE CANNON (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jim Kent (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kent has chosen BLUNT- "The Iron Maiden" as his entrance music. 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
Kent

190 cm
21
175 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

182 cm
21
182 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

Australian Xtreme - 159 Energy!

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, LOOSE CANNON!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jim Kent!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Nard Betker and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kent throws a chopping leg kick but CANNON manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Kent throws a low kick but CANNON avoids it.
Kent connects with a high kick.
CANNON tries a head kick but it misses.
Kent pushes CANNON away with a front kick.
CANNON tries a head kick but it misses.
CANNON blocks a head kick by Kent.
Kent looks for the body kick but CANNON saw that one coming.
Kent lands a nice leg kick that just misses CANNON's sensitive parts.
CANNON throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
CANNON tries to clinch up but Kent circles away and keeps his distance.
Nice body kick there by Kent.
Kent throws a head kick that misses

and CANNON counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Kent's guard now.
CANNON wants to control from the top but Kent keeps moving.
Kent is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Kent looking for a sweep. Not yet Kent, not yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kent working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from CANNON.
Kent looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
CANNON is fighting to break Kent's control of his arms but Kent is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

CANNON drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and CANNON jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Kent pulls out of a head kick attempt.
CANNON takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Good leg kick by Kent there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
CANNON fails to land the takedown.
Kent turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Kent lands with a thumping leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kent.
Kent throws a quick head kick that skims the top of CANNON's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
CANNON takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kent dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on CANNON. That did some damage!
CANNON throws a sloppy head kick
and Kent counters with a nice kick to the body.
CANNON is breathing heavily.
CANNON avoids the head kick by Kent.
Kent thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on CANNON if he has to take too many more of those.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Kent looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for CANNON!
Kent controlling the pace for now.
Kent's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kent avoids the attempt from CANNON to control.
CANNON is controlling an arm, preventing Kent from taking his back. Although keeping him in mount is no better to be honest.
Kent controlling the position easily from mount.

Kent is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Kent lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Kent fakes a jab and throws a low kick but CANNON checks it well.
Kent throws a sloppy head kick

and CANNON counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by CANNON.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Kent lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Kent uses his free foot to push down on CANNON's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for CANNON.

Kent moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, CANNON has worked his arm free - good work by CANNON!
CANNON is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
CANNON can't do much from the bottom here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jim Kent dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Kent cracks the inside of CANNON's front leg.
Kent misses with a head kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kent. That's going to slow CANNON down.
Kent scores with a head kick.
Jim Kent seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kent lands with a kick to the temple. CANNON shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
CANNON throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Kent makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
CANNON chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kent can pounce on him.
Kent throws a low kick but it's checked well by CANNON.
CANNON misses with a head kick.
Kent throws a nice inside leg kick.
Kent throws a leg kick
and CANNON counters with a nice kick to the body.
Kent cracks the inside of CANNON's front leg.
Kent feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to CANNON's calf.
CANNON misses with a takedown
and Kent counters with a body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kent circles away from the clinch attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
CANNON changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Kent tries to avoid it but CANNON manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Kent to the ground. Kent escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kent.
A good leg kick by Kent.
A solid leg kick lands there for Kent.
Crunch! Kent slams his shin into CANNON's torso.
CANNON takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Kent misses with a head kick.
CANNON throws a sloppy head kick
and Kent counters with a nice low kick that buckles CANNON's knee momentarily.
A good leg kick by Kent.
CANNON is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Kent thumps CANNON with a low kick.
Kent goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Kent turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Kent feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to CANNON's calf.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
CANNON takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kent buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kent throws a sloppy head kick and CANNON moves out of range easily.
Kent lands a head kick!
Kent throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Kent throws a quick head kick that skims the top of CANNON's head.
Kent bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Kent misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kent throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Kent scores with a kick to the midsection.
Kent is looking to slow CANNON down with leg kicks.
CANNON takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
CANNON lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kent circles away quickly and effectively.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kent thumps CANNON with a low kick.
CANNON will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Kent throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
A head kick misses from Kent.
Kent scores with a push kick.
CANNON steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Kent. That one must have hurt.
LOOSE CANNON is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kent.
Kent lands with a thumping leg kick.
CANNON takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Kent. CANNON shrugs it off though.
Kent scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
CANNON avoids the head kick by Kent.
Kent scores with a kick to the body.
Kent thumps CANNON with a low kick.
CANNON on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kent. Kent obviously looking to wear him down.
Kent throws a nice head kick!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
CANNON stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kent.
Kent throws a nice head kick!
A slapping leg kick lands for Kent.
CANNON sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Kent tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
CANNON tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A solid body kick from Kent.
A head kick misses from Kent.
Kent scores with a kick to the midsection.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kent.
A thudding body kick lands there by Kent!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kent connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kent. CANNON does a little dance to reset his feet.
A head kick misses from Kent.
CANNON avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jim Kent showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

CANNON avoids the head kick by Kent.
Kent throws a lazy body kick
and CANNON counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Kent is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Jim Kent seems to be getting the better of the standup.
CANNON checks a leg kick.
Kent is looking to score with low kicks.
CANNON wants to clinch
and Kent counters with a good low kick that CANNON was not able to check.
Kent throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kent lands with a kick to the temple. CANNON shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

Kent scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
CANNON is being controlled here.

Kent decides to stand back up.
Kent misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kent throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
CANNON takes a kick to the side of the head.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Kent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kent fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt CANNON.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
CANNON is looking to clinch.
Kent throws a front kick aimed at CANNON's knee but CANNON avoids it well.
Kent connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kent throws a head kick that misses.
Kent misses with a head kick.
CANNON takes a kick to the side of the head.
Kent connects with a high kick.
CANNON throws a wild body kick that Kent sees coming a mile off.
Kent fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt CANNON.
CANNON throws a lazy head kick
and Kent counters with an outside leg kick.
Kent scores with a head kick.
Kent scores with a kick to the midsection.
Kent is looking to slow CANNON down with leg kicks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
CANNON moves out of range as Kent throws a body kick.
Good work by CANNON as he checks the leg kick.
Kent tries a head kick but it misses.
Kent misses with a head kick.
Kent throws a head kick that CANNON semi-blocks.
Kent throws a lazy head kick
and CANNON counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Kent is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Kent fakes the leg kick and cracks CANNON in the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kent.
Kent thumps CANNON with a low kick.
Kent feints and then cracks CANNON's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow CANNON down.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kent.
Kent buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
CANNON takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
CANNON takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A good leg kick by Kent.
CANNON stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kent.
Kent connects with a body shot.
CANNON tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
LOOSE CANNON has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
CANNON on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kent. Kent obviously looking to wear him down.
A solid leg kick lands there for Kent.
Kent explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Kent looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kent throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
CANNON avoids the head kick by Kent.

Kent shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Kent showed some decent athleticism there.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Kent seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. CANNON is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Jim Kent!