PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rob Canses (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brandon Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Brandon Love enters the cage!

Canses
vs
Love

189 cm
20
270 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

195 cm
22
274 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rob Canses!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Brandon Love!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Felipe Paraventi and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Love!

It looks like Rob Canses has been cut.
Love is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

Love clinches up with Canses and pushes him back against the cage.
Love wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Canses drops down looking for an ankle pick but Love pulls his leg out and moves away.
Love tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Canses paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Love scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Canses takes one on the chin but seems OK.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Canses drives through with a takedown into guard.
Canses scoring with punches to the head and body.
Canses thows a big elbow that misses.
Love throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Canses preventing the sweep.
Canses throwing strikes from guard but Love blocks nicely.
Love wants to stand but Canses is controlling the position.
Canses stands up over Love, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Love trying to strike off his back.
Canses is looking to work some ground and pound but Love has wrist control.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Canses shoots in for a takedown but Love shows good takedown defense.
Nice jab there from Love.
Canses fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rob Canses. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Canses is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Love lands a jab to the head.
Love cracks Canses with an open hand slap.

Canses shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Love's guard.
Canses prevents Love from getting back to his feet.
Canses trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Canses preventing the sweep.
Canses passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Love is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Love is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Canses is controlling him well.
Love striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Love really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Canses. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Love is trying to get back to his feet.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Love connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Canses momentarily.
Love connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Rob Canses's cut is getting worse.
Love connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Canses takes one to the chin there.
Canses fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Love listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Canses could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love closes the distance and lands a one-two.
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!

Love scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Canses is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Canses is working hard here to advance position.
Canses 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.
Love wants to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Canses wants to get back to full guard.
Love thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Canses's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Canses has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A jab lands there for Love.
A head kick misses from Love.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A head kick misses from Love.

Canses shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Canses landing with the ground and pound.
Love wants to get back to his feet but Canses is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Canses scoring with punches to the head and body.
Canses passes Love's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Love is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Love wants to get back to his feet.
Love is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Canses scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Love blocking the ground and pound attempt from Canses.
Canses not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Canses prevents Love from standing back up.
Love keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Love connects with the punch.
Love throws a one two combo.
Canses moves in looking to clinch but Love pushes him off.
Love throws a head kick but Canses moves out of range.
Canses blocks a jab.
Rob Canses seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Love changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Canses tries to avoid it but Love manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Canses to the ground. Canses escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Canses looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Nice jab there from Love.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Love fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Canses on the side of the head.
Canses tries to close the distance and clinch but Love swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Love misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Canses misses with a takedown attempt - Love sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Love fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Canses on the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brandon Love dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rob Canses's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Love scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Love lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Canses looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Love is fending him off so far but Canses persists. Nope, Love circles away and we're back to standing.
A nice combination there by Love.
Canses on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Love catches Canses with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Love throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Canses on the side of the head.

Love closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Love lands in his opponent's guard.
Love preventing the sweep.
Love is working Canses over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Love stopping the sweep attempt from Canses.
Love trying to stand up but can't free himself from Canses's guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Canses tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Canses tries to strike from the bottom.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Love tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Canses circles away from the clinch attempt.
Love with a jab.
Canses takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Nice shot by Love.

Love closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Canses is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Canses manages to get to full guard.
Canses trying to strike off his back.
Canses wants to sweep but no luck.
Love would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Canses manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Canses scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Love?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Love throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Love is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Canses scoring with strikes but Love is staying in there.
Love is trying to stand.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Love can do anything to dispel that myth.
Canses dominating with strikes here.
Love tries to hold on but Canses pushes him away.
Love is in a horrible position here. Canses smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Canses is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Love can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Canses landing punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Canses prevents Love from getting the reversal.
Canses scoring with strikes but Love is staying in there.
Love trying to punch from the bottom. They're landing but they're really not going to hurt Canses.
Canses cracks Love with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Love squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Canses avoids the attempt from Love to control.
Love keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Canses pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
A nice elbow there by Canses.
Love is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Canses looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Canses landing strikes, looking to finish!
Love is wriggling around trying to escape.
Canses landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's four 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.
Love is trying to stand up.
Love throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Canses has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Love's face.
Love is wriggling around trying to escape.
Love takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Canses has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Love's face.
Love keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Canses looking to finish Love with some ground and pound. This is bad for Love!
Love is in a horrible position here. Canses smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Poor strikes thrown by Canses there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Love is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Love is in all sorts of trouble here.
A nice elbow there by Canses.
Canses scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Love?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brandon Love showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Rob Canses's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Canses drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Love lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Rob Canses is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Love gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Canses pushes down on Love's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Love is trying to stand up here but Canses is controlling him well.
Canses lands strikes from half guard.
Canses sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Love defending well though.
Canses missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Love looks like he's trying to stand up.
Love missing with punches from the bottom.
Canses lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Love wants to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Canses drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Canses is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Canses with a flurry of punches that miss.
Love avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Love preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Love avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Canses pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Love is keeping the position for now.
Canses missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Love has Canses up against the cage in a clinch.
Love stops a takedown attempt from Canses.
Love tries to break the clinch but Canses is controlling the position.

Love is fighting off a takedown attempt but Canses is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Love to the mat. Love regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Love is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Canses is controlling him.
Brandon Love is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Canses landing some decent shots from guard.
Love wants to get back to his feet but Canses is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Canses scoring with punches to the head and body.
Canses throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Love wants to stand but Canses is controlling the position.
Canses content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Love throws a head kick but Canses moves out of range.

Canses feints and as Love raises his hands in defense, Canses changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Canses scoring with some ground and pound.
Canses working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Canses prevents Love from getting back to his feet.
Canses makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Rob Canses overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Canses landing some decent shots from guard.
Canses tries to free his leg and advance position but Love is retaining full guard.
Canses throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Canses stops Love from standing up.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Love connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Canses momentarily.

Canses darts in and clinches Love up against the cage.

Canses turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Canses working away.
Love tries to escape but Canses is in control.
Love is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Canses working the ground and pound.
Love is trying to get back to half guard.
Love is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Canses asserts his dominance and retains side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Canses decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Love manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Canses won't allow Love to get back to his feet.
Canses keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Love's head.
Canses is looking to work some ground and pound but Love has wrist control.
Canses working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Canses in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Love lands a glancing blow to the side of Canses's head.
Love lands a glancing blow to the side of Canses's head.
Love with a hook.
Rob Canses has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Love lands with a cross.
Canses takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rob Canses showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Love has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 28:29
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brandon Love!