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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Christer Pettersson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matthew Cannon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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215 lbs
9 - 4 - 0 |
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207 lbs
19 - 20 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Christer Pettersson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 20 - 1, fighting out of London, Matthew Cannon!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, William Gold and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pettersson throws a quick inside leg kick.
Pettersson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cannon.
Cannon uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pettersson.
Cannon throws a right and a left that Pettersson avoids nicely.
Pettersson defending well as Cannon loads up on a big left hand.
Pettersson tries to clinch up.
Cannon avoids the head kick by Pettersson.
Pettersson throws a lazy right hand but Cannon sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pettersson cracks Cannon with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A slapping leg kick lands for Pettersson.
Cannon misses with a left hand
enabling Pettersson to counter with a crisp jab.
Pettersson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cannon throws a looping overhand right but Pettersson ducks down to avoid it.
Pettersson throws a leg kick but Cannon checks it.
Cannon misses with a two punch combination.
Cannon punishes Pettersson's body with a nice straight punch.
Christer Pettersson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cannon misses with a straight right.
A jab from Cannon misses.
Pettersson rushes Cannon and presses him up against the cage.
Pettersson misses with a punch on the inside.
Pettersson throws an elbow but it misses.
A short right from Pettersson on the inside.
Cannon blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pettersson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Cannon backwards.
Pettersson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cannon blocking some punches.
Cannon takes a shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Pettersson fails to land.
Cannon is trying to break the clinch but Pettersson has him pressed against the cage.
Cannon tries for a takedown. No joy.
Pettersson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Cannon's defenses.
It looks like Matthew Cannon has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cannon wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cannon misses with a punch on the inside.
A frustrated look appears on Cannon's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Pettersson swings wildly with an uppercut but Cannon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pettersson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
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!
Pettersson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cannon avoids it.
Cannon letting Pettersson take a breather here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pettersson.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Pettersson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Cannon lands a takedown into guard.
Pettersson looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Pettersson keeping moving, preventing Cannon from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cannon missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Cannon trying to control the position from guard on top but Pettersson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cannon avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Cannon won't allow Pettersson to sweep him here.
Pettersson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Cannon wants to control from the top but Pettersson keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pettersson bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Cannon's guard.
Cannon controls Pettersson momentarily but Pettersson frees himself.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Cannon is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Pettersson slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Cannon.
Pettersson postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Cannon to stand up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A lazy left from Pettersson finds it's target.
Pettersson connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cannon throws a body punch but Pettersson moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Christer Pettersson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Matthew Cannon's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Cannon ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Matthew Cannon is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cannon misses with a hook. Pettersson ducked under it nicely.
Cannon ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Pettersson fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Cannon on the side of the head.
Pettersson lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Cannon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pettersson moves away.
Cannon takes a swing at Pettersson's ribcage but misses.
Cannon scores with a jab to the body.
Pettersson tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Cannon is able to avoid easily.
Christer Pettersson is winning the standup battle so far.
Pettersson throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Cannon is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Pettersson rather than just go for the knockout.
Cannon closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Cannon is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
A shot to the liver by Pettersson. Beautiful body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pettersson takes one to the chin there.
Pettersson slips a jab and a cross from Cannon.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cannon misses with a double jab.
Pettersson tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Cannon is able to avoid easily.
Pettersson misses with a body shot.
Cannon lands the left hand.
Cannon throws a lazy uppercut
and Pettersson counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Pettersson lands a shoulder strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A head punch on the inside from Pettersson fails to land.
Cannon wants to break free but Pettersson has control.
Pettersson landing knees to the body.
Pettersson stalls.
Pettersson lands an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pettersson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Cannon tries for a takedown. No joy.
Pettersson misses with a punch on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pettersson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Pettersson has Cannon pressed against the cage.
Nice elbow from Pettersson.
Pettersson misses with some punches.
Christer Pettersson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Pettersson throws a head punch that misses.
Pettersson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Pettersson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Cannon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pettersson throws a head punch that misses.
Pettersson lands an uppercut.
Pettersson is working Cannon over against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pettersson is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Pettersson throws a punch but it's blocked by Cannon.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Pettersson.
Pettersson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pettersson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pettersson has Cannon pressed against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Pettersson fails to land.
Cannon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pettersson trying to control the position but instead, Cannon has worked for underhooks and has pushed Pettersson into the cage.
Cannon misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pettersson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Pettersson dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cannon.
Cannon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pettersson lands an elbow inside.
That has opened up Matthew Cannon's cut even more.
Pettersson blocks an uppercut.
Cannon blocks an uppercut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cannon looking to stall.
Cannon takes a shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Christer Pettersson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Matthew Cannon's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Cannon has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Pettersson finds it's way round the side to connect with Cannon's head.
Pettersson throws a shot from downtown. Cannon moves away and avoids it.
Cannon throws a looping overhand right but Pettersson ducks down to avoid it.
Cannon fails to land with a series of punches.
Cannon takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Pettersson throws a nice inside leg kick.
Cannon moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Pettersson throws a good cross that connects.
A cross from Pettersson lands.
Pettersson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Pettersson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cannon was well out of range. Poor timing from Pettersson.
Pettersson throws a low kick but Cannon moves out of range easily.
Cannon checks the leg kick nicely there.
An inside leg kick from Pettersson misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Pettersson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Pettersson tries to clinch but Cannon is having none of it.
Pettersson is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Cannon swings away with a body shot that misses
and Pettersson counters with a thumping low kick.
Cannon bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Pettersson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Pettersson jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Pettersson catches Cannon with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Pettersson looks to throw the jab but Cannon is out of range.
Cannon on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Pettersson looks to throw the jab but Cannon is out of range.
A head kick from Pettersson lands but Cannon takes it in his stride.
Cannon scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A low kick from Pettersson misses
and Cannon counters with a stiff right hand.
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!
Pettersson moves out of range of the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice combination there by Cannon.
Cannon takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Cannon walks into a straight right hand from Pettersson.
Cannon with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Pettersson to score with a decent uppercut.
Pettersson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Cannon is rocked!
Pettersson lands a jab to the head.
Cannon is still on wobbly legs! Can Pettersson finish him?
Cannon looks up at the clock. Bad move! Pettersson lands a right hand from hell, dropping Cannon. Pettersson pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Christer Pettersson!
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