PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Keasty Kanne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bartholomew Roberts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kanne
vs
Roberts

177 cm
30
245 lbs
12 - 9 - 0

194 cm
19
291 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Great elbows
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Keasty Kanne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bartholomew Roberts!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Trevor Gratis and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kanne connects with a body shot that sends Roberts's belly button to the back.
Kanne fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Roberts fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kanne manages to avoid it.
Kanne closes the distance and clinches up with Roberts, looking for a takedown. Kanne pushes Roberts against the cage but Roberts circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
No luck for Kanne with that takedown attempt.
Kanne looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Roberts is fending him off so far but Kanne persists. Nope, Roberts circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Keasty Kanne. That's going to take a lot out of him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Roberts misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kanne.
Kanne misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Roberts gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Kanne counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Roberts has control of Kanne's left arm, preventing Kanne from doing any damage.

Kanne drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Kanne seems to have locked his on tight now - Roberts screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Kanne, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Keasty Kanne!
Keasty Kanne very nearly forgot to thank Fossington & Blythe: Gentlemen's Fight Attire amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.