PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Cannon (ranked 6701 p4p, 693 weight class) and Dustin Assad (ranked 24051 p4p, 827 weight class). 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
Assad

177 cm
25
178 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

174 cm
19
186 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Good gas tank

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, John Cannon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dustin Assad!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Colin Fray and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cannon works the jab nicely.
Assad missing with a left hand there. Cannon was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cannon lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Assad circles away quickly and effectively.
Cannon throws a series of punches but Assad moves out of range.
Cannon throws a body shot but no joy.
No joy there for Cannon, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Cannon closes the distance and clinches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cannon.
Cannon swings wildly with an uppercut but Assad uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cannon working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Cannon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cannon scores with a hook to the body.
Cannon lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Assad.
Assad blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Assad misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cannon working aggressively here.
A short uppercut from Cannon.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cannon keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Assad's efforts to push away.
Assad looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Assad is trying to push Cannon away but Cannon has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cannon lands a shoulder strike.
Cannon working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Assad tries to pull guard but Cannon forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Cannon lands with a short shot to the head.
Cannon lands an uppercut.
Assad throws a head punch that misses.
Assad is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Cannon is keeping busy.
Cannon lands with a right to the head.
Assad has a couple of punches blocked by Cannon.
Cannon stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Assad misses with a punch on the inside.
Assad misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cannon lands with a light punch inside.
Cannon swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cannon lands a body punch.
Cannon throws a punch but it's blocked by Assad.
Cannon lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Assad is trying to break the clinch but Cannon is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cannon misses with a short punch on the inside.
Assad changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Cannon fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Cannon clinches up against the cage.
Cannon avoiding damage.
Cannon blocking some punches.
Cannon lands with a right to the head.
Assad blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Assad misses with a body punch.
A short uppercut from Cannon.
Assad misses with a short punch on the inside.
Assad's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Cannon lands with a short punch from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Assad.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cannon.
A short left from Cannon.
Cannon lands a nice shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Cannon.
Assad wants to get back to striking at distance but Cannon won't allow it.
Assad is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cannon misses with some punches.
Cannon swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Assad wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cannon pushes Assad back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cannon lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Assad.
Assad working hard to break the clinch.
Assad wants to get back to striking at distance but Cannon won't allow it.
Cannon working aggressively here.
Cannon softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Cannon keeps control of Assad as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Come on Cannon - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Assad misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cannon is pushing Assad up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cannon lands with a right to the head.
Cannon lands a hook that snaps the head of Assad backwards.
Cannon swings wildly with an uppercut but Assad uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cannon scores with a shot to the side of Assad's head.
Assad looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cannon scores with a hook to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cannon.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Assad misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cannon lands with a left to the head.
Cannon misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cannon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Assad has a couple of punches blocked by Cannon.
Cannon lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Assad blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Assad has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Cannon dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

A punch combination from Assad misses.
Cannon throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Assad.
Assad throws an overhand right that lands on Cannon's shoulder, as Cannon tries to avoid the shot.
A punch combination from Cannon misses.
A punch combination from Cannon misses.
Cannon uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Assad.
Cannon scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

Assad moves into range and clinches up with Cannon.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Assad.
Cannon blocking some punches.
Assad looking to stall.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Assad.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A short right from Cannon on the inside.
Cannon lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Assad backwards.
Cannon is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Assad can do to turn this around?
Cannon lands a hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cannon lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Cannon lands a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cannon content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Cannon lands with a short shot to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Cannon as Assad tries to tie him up.
Cannon misses with some punches.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Assad takes a shot to the head.
Assad takes a shot to the head.
Assad tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cannon.
Cannon lands a body punch.
Cannon lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Assad or not.
Cannon pushes Assad back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
John Cannon has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Cannon pushes Assad back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Cannon cracks Assad with a nice body shot.
Cannon lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Assad blocks an uppercut.
Assad swings wildly with an uppercut but Cannon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Still in the clinch, Cannon scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cannon.
Cannon throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Assads head.
Cannon holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Cannon lands with a light punch inside.
Still in the clinch, Cannon scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cannon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cannon just leaning against Assad, taking a breather.
Cannon gets through Assad's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Cannon scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cannon lands with a short shot to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Assad's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Cannon works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cannon.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cannon.
Cannon lands on the inside with an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Assad.
Assad is trying to pull guard but Cannon has him pressed against the cage.
Cannon scores with a shoulder strike.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Cannon throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Assads head.
Assad takes a shot to the head.

It looks like Dustin Assad has been cut.
Cannon lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Assad tries for a takedown. No joy.
Assad misses with the head strike.
Assad is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Cannon to keep the fight standing.
John Cannon has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dustin Assad.
Cannon lands a hook that snaps the head of Assad backwards.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Cannon lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Assad.
Assad wants to stall.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cannon creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A hook to the body from Cannon.
Cannon lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Assad is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Cannon lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Assad blocking some punches.
Cannon working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Cannon scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Cannon throws a punch but it's blocked by Assad.
Cannon lands a left hand that snaps the head of Assad backwards.
A bit of stalling here from Cannon.
Cannon on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Assad is trying to stall.
Cannon taking a breather.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Cannon dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dustin Assad's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Assad uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cannon.
John Cannon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Assad clinches up against the cage.
Cannon misses with a hook from the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cannon.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Assad.
Cannon throws a head punch that misses.
Assad trying to stall but Cannon improves his position.
Cannon manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Assad wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Cannon.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cannon lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Assad's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Cannon misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cannon.
Cannon misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cannon makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cannon makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Assad blocking some punches.
Cannon pushes Assad back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Assad is rocked!
Assad wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Assad is still on wobbly legs! Can Cannon finish him?
Cannon swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Assad seems to have recovered his senses.
Cannon pushes Assad back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cannon stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Cannon.
A short left from Cannon.
A short right from Cannon on the inside.
Cannon lands a nice uppercut.
Assad is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cannon has a couple of punches blocked by Assad.
Cannon working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cannon.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cannon.
Cannon throws a punch but it's blocked by Assad.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Assad's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Cannon lands an uppercut.
Cannon lands with a right to the head.
Cannon has Assad pressed against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cannon creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cannon lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Assad backwards.
Cannon lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Assad backwards.
Cannon blocks an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cannon.
Cannon lands with a short shot to the head.
Cannon gets through Assad's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Assad is trying to break the clinch but Cannon is controlling him.
Cannon lands a nice uppercut.
Assad blocking some punches.
Cannon lands with a light punch inside.
Cannon lands with a short shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Assad tries to break the clinch but Cannon is controlling the position.
Cannon pushes Assad back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Assad can't break the clinch.
Cannon lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Assad taking a breather.
Assad tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Cannon just stands there and leans against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cannon creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cannon is leaning against Assad and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Assad takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Good body shot from Cannon.
A short uppercut from Cannon.
Cannon lands a left hand.
A short uppercut from Cannon.
Cannon throws a big uppercut that drops Assad! More strikes from Cannon and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Assad lies dazed against the cage as Cannon celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Cannon!