PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mr Cannonball (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jesus Pope (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cannonball comes to the cage accompanied by Johnny Cash - God`s Gonna Cut You Down. Jesus Pope will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Cannonball
vs
Pope

165 cm
24
300 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

225 cm
23
320 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Fast

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mr Cannonball!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jesus Pope!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Patrick Alders and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cannonball darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Cannonball trying to mount his opponent but Pope defends it.
Cannonball thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Pope regains full guard. Nicely done.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Cannonball accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Cannonball has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Pope has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Cannonball can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Pope is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cannonball wants to control from the top but Pope keeps moving.
Pope lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Cannonball!

Pope wants to finish this one by submission but Cannonball is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Pope.
Pope trying to control but Cannonball is having none of it.
Pope punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cannonball is squirming around, avoiding Pope's attempts to control the action.
Pope cracks Cannonball with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Cannonball is looking to get to half guard.
Cannonball is in a horrible position here. Pope smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pope lands with some strikes.

It looks like Mr Cannonball has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pope postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Cannonball in real trouble here! The ref calls for Cannonball to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jesus Pope!