PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Cannons (ranked 2552 p4p, 2871 weight class) and Abdul Kadir (ranked 329 p4p, 366 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Cannons
vs
Kadir

190 cm
25
205
2 - 1 - 0

189 cm
25
205
2 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Prefers standup

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Johnny Cannons!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Abdul Kadir!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Michael Johnstone and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kadir fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kadir gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Cannons throws a shot from downtown. Kadir moves away and avoids it.
Kadir misses with an uppercut
and Cannons counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Kadir lands a nice looking body shot.
Cannons slips under a jab from Kadir.
Kadir slips under a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cannons. Kadir does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kadir wants to counter the offense by Cannons and move into the clinch position.
Kadir looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Cannons lands a jab to Kadir's midsection.
The fighters circling - Cannons throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kadir wants to counter the offense by Cannons and move into the clinch position.
Cannons definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Kadir is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cannons.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cannons lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Cannons wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Kadir throws a hook but Cannons blocks it.
Cannons swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Kadir.
Kadir throws a jab but it's blocked by Cannons.
A quick step to the side and Cannons tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cannons misses with a straight left.
Kadir walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Kadir slips a jab from Cannons.
Kadir throws a jab when Cannons was well out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cannons throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A slow jab from Kadir misses its intended target.
It looked like Cannons wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Cannons throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kadir is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Kadir misses the jab.
Cannons cracks Kadir with a right hand to the side of the head.

Kadir is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cannons knocks out Kadir with a massive right hand! The ref tackles Cannons before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. Cannons picks up the big W with a huge KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Johnny Cannons!
Johnny Cannons seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.