PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between TK Morta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Salvador Cannon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Morta
vs
Cannon

190 cm
20
220 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

188 cm
20
212 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Powerful

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, TK Morta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Salvador Cannon!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Yves DeLean and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cannon moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
TK Morta seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morta throws a shot from downtown. Cannon moves away and avoids it.
Morta tries to clinch up.
Morta moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Morta stalks Cannon and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Cannon's face. Cannon staggers backwards, shaken.
Cannon ducks under a wild hook from Morta.
Cannon takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Morta stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Morta throws a right hand that Cannon ducks under and follows up with a left that Cannon also avoids with ease.
Morta lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Morta keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Morta moves in looking to clinch but Cannon pushes him off.
Morta stuffs the takedown attempt from Cannon. Cannon gets slowly back to his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morta lands a two punch combo.

Cannon scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Morta prevents Cannon from moving into mount.
Sloppy strikes there by Cannon.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cannon working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Cannon tries to move into full mount but can't pass Morta's legs.
The ground and pound from Cannon seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Morta is looking for a sweep.
Morta gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

Cannon is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Morta misses with the combination.
A telegraphed right hand from Morta misses the target.
Morta lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cannon circles away quickly and effectively.
Morta just misses with a punch to the body.
Morta throws a right and a left that Cannon avoids nicely.
Cannon throws a big shot that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Cannon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The fight stays on the outside here - Morta looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cannon misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Morta connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

Morta moves into the clinch successfully.
Cannon blocking some punches.
Cannon tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Morta just stands there and leans against the cage.
TK Morta has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Salvador Cannon.
Cannon taking a breather.
Morta lands with a short shot to the head.
Morta fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Morta is leaning against Cannon and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Morta lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Cannon or not.
Morta tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cannon blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Morta scores with a nice hook to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A short uppercut from Morta.
Cannon is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Morta fails to land.
Morta lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Morta.
Morta has a couple of punches blocked by Cannon.
Cannon is trying to break the clinch but Morta is controlling him.
A frustrated look appears on Cannon's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Morta softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Cannon blocks an uppercut.
Morta scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Morta tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Morta misses with a short punch on the inside.
Morta tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cannon lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cannon is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
A right hook to the body lands for Morta.
Cannon looks gassed!
Morta lands a nice uppercut.
Morta swings wildly with an uppercut but Cannon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cannon is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Morta lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Morta misses with a punch on the inside.
Cannon trying to stall but Morta improves his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morta working aggressively here.
Cannon changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Morta fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Cannon walks into a jab.
Morta lands with a nice body punch.
Morta throws a right and a left that Cannon avoids nicely.
Cannon swings for the body but Morta moves out of range.
Cannon thows a body shot but no joy.
Cannon punishes Morta's body with a nice straight punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cannon. Morta does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cannon fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Morta avoids it really well and circles away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice uppercut lands for Morta. That snapped Cannon's head back.
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!
Cannon takes a swing at Morta's ribcage but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

TK Morta dominated that round.
That's time! Morta's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Cannon swings for the body but Morta moves out of range.
Cannon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morta moves away.
Morta throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Cannon closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Cannon has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Cannon prevents Morta from improving his position.
Cannon is looking to stall here but Morta recovers full guard.
Morta wants to stand and escape but Cannon is having none of it.
Morta bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Cannon's guard.
Morta looking to pass the guard.
Cannon keeping moving, preventing Morta from controlling successfully.
Cannon looking to hit a scissor sweep but Morta is one step ahead there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cannon trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Morta pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cannon is keeping the position for now.
Cannon can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Morta controls the pace.
Morta won't allow Cannon to sweep him here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cannon throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
The fighters circling - Morta throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Morta uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cannon.
Cannon misses with a wild body shot.
Cannon throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cannon throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Cannon shoots in and drives through. Morta sprawls well.
Cannon takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morta swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Cannon counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Cannon throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Morta works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Morta controlling Cannon's posture.
Morta keeping moving, preventing Cannon from controlling successfully.
Morta is adopting a defensive guard.
Cannon trying to control but Morta is working from the bottom.
Cannon is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Cannon stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Morta swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cannon stands up over Morta, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Cannon slips nicely into half guard.
Cannon content to control rather than advance.
Morta is trying to get back to full guard.
Cannon wants to lay and pray for a moment but Morta keeps working.
Morta is looking to improve his position.
Morta moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Cannon is looking to work some ground and pound but Morta has wrist control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Morta looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Morta manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Morta wants to control the action but instead Cannon gets a body lock and reverses into Morta's guard! Nice work!
Cannon scoring with some ground and pound.
Cannon wants to control from the top but Morta keeps moving.
Morta controlling Cannon's posture.
Cannon thows a big elbow that misses.
Cannon throwing strikes from guard but Morta blocks nicely.
Morta on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Morta tries to get out of the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Cannon accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Salvador Cannon showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Cannon closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Morta takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Morta sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Cannon missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Cannon thows a huge punch but Morta dodges it nicely.
Cannon not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Morta is refusing to be controlled, as Cannon sits in half guard.
Cannon prevents Morta from standing back up.
Morta tries to get to full guard but Cannon has control of the leg.
Cannon lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Nice strikes from Cannon there.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Cannon lands a nice short elbow.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Morta manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Cannon pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Morta is keeping the position for now.
Morta wants to sweep here but Cannon controlling him for the moment.
Cannon is looking to work some ground and pound but Morta has wrist control.
Morta seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Cannon is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Morta is pulling down on Cannon's head to control his posture.
Cannon postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Cannon being controlled here momentarily.
Morta keeping moving, preventing Cannon from controlling successfully.
Morta wants to stand but Cannon is controlling the position.
Cannon seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Cannon stopping the sweep attempt from Morta.
Cannon with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cannon postures up.
Cannon trying to control but Morta is working from the bottom.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Morta tries to clinch up
and Cannon counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Morta thinking.
A telegraphed right hand from Morta misses the target.
A decent looking cross lands there for Morta.

Cannon shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Morta is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Cannon scores with a couple of nice shots.
Morta avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Cannon.
Cannon is trying to control the action in half guard but Morta is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morta avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Cannon.
Cannon missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Cannon thows a huge punch but Morta dodges it nicely.
Cannon thows a huge punch but Morta dodges it nicely.
Morta avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Cannon.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Morta lands a jab-cross combination.
Morta looks to clinch

and Cannon counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Morta trying to control the position.
Salvador Cannon has got the better of the ground game so far.
Morta controlling Cannon's posture.
Cannon throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Morta keeping moving, preventing Cannon from controlling successfully.

And that's the end of the fight!
Salvador Cannon comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Cannon 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Salvador Cannon!