PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Brock Cannon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richie Carter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brock Cannon has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Cannon
vs
Carter

168 cm
19
145 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

181 cm
25
150 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Brock Cannon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Richie Carter!
The judges for this bout are Topper Green, Ben Hemmingworth and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carter misses with a series of wild punches.
Cannon throws a body punch but Carter moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Carter.
Left hook, right uppercut from Carter.
Cannon showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Carter.
Carter looks winded!
Carter misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cannon scores with a jab to the body.
Cannon throws a head kick but Carter moves out of range.
Carter lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Cannon avoids the body shot from Carter.
Cannon works over Carter's head and body with a nice combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Carter has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Carter there as he acknowledges the shot.

Cannon fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Carter to the ground. Cannon is now in Carter's guard.
Carter wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Cannon manages to pass to side control.

Cannon takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter is not content to let Cannon control the position.
Cannon controlling the pace.
Cannon is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Well, if Cannon is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cannon trying to control the action but Carter is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Carter wants to get back to his feet.
Cannon seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Carter does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Cannon seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Carter is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Cannon scores with a couple of nice shots.
Carter is not content to let Cannon control the position.
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.
Cannon wants to pass to mount but Carter is defending the position.
Carter is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Cannon scores with a couple of nice shots.
Cannon lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Carter quite badly. Carter pulls Cannon in close trying to recover. Cannon postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Carter on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Carter doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brock Cannon!
A very excited looking Brock Cannon made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.