PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jon Bohnam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kolt Kannon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bohnam's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Right Above it. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Bohnam
vs
Kannon

170 cm
25
150 lbs
15 - 5 - 0

170 cm
22
155 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Good low kicks
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jon Bohnam!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kolt Kannon!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Columbo Gatti and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bohnam closes the distance and clinches.
Kannon looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kannon's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bohnam lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bohnam lands with a right to the head.
Bohnam lands an elbow just above Kannon 's eye.
Kannon wants to break free but Bohnam has control.
Bohnam lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bohnam lands with a right to the head.
Kannon misses with a punch on the inside.
Kannon can't break the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Kannon.
Kannon wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bohnam lands a nice uppercut.
Kannon wants to get back to striking at distance but Bohnam won't allow it.
Bohnam keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kannon's efforts to push away.
Kannon is looking to break free of the clinch but Bohnam has double underhooks.
Bohnam lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Kannon escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A slow jab from Kannon misses its intended target.
Kannon throws a head kick that misses

and Bohnam counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Kannon wants to get back to striking at distance but Bohnam won't allow it.
Kannon is trying to break free.
Kannon takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Kolt Kannon has been cut.
Bohnam lands a nice elbow.
A short uppercut from Bohnam.
Kannon can't break the clinch.
Bohnam stalls.
Bohnam lands a damaging elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bohnam lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kannon backwards.
Kannon has had enough of the clinch but Bohnam keeps him there for the moment.
Bohnam lands an elbow just above Kannon 's eye.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kannon.
Bohnam lands with a left to the head.
Bohnam softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bohnam pushes Kannon back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Bohnam scores with a nice short uppercut.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bohnam takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Bohnam lands an elbow inside that Kannon shrugs off.
Kannon takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kannon throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kannon wants to break free but Bohnam has control.
Bohnam lands an elbow inside that Kannon shrugs off.
Bohnam lands a nice elbow.
Bohnam lands an elbow inside that Kannon shrugs off.
Bohnam lands an uppercut.
Bohnam lands a damaging elbow.
Bohnam lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kannon backwards.
Bohnam lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bohnam lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kannon backwards.
A hook to the body from Bohnam.
Kannon tries a body shot but Bohnam blocks it.
Bohnam lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bohnam scores with a shot to the side of Kannon's head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bohnam.
Bohnam prevents Kannon from breaking the clinch.
Kannon looks gassed!
A short left from Bohnam.
Kannon is trying to break the clinch but Bohnam has him pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bohnam lands a hook that snaps the head of Kannon backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bohnam.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bohnam.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bohnam creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kannon misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right from Bohnam on the inside.
Bohnam lands an elbow that stopped Kannon in his tracks for a moment.
A nice left hand lands by Bohnam.
Kannon tries to land a knee to the head but Bohnam blocks with his arms.
Kannon swings wildly with an uppercut but Bohnam uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bohnam working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bohnam keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kannon's efforts to push away.
Kannon looking to slow down the pace here.
Bohnam creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kannon's defenses.
Kannon is trying to break the clinch but Bohnam has him pressed against the cage.
Bohnam lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kannon backwards.
Kannon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bohnam lands a damaging elbow.
Bohnam slowing the pace effectively.
Kannon wants to break free but Bohnam has control.
Bohnam gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bohnam pushes Kannon back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bohnam.
Bohnam lands a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Bohnam.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bohnam.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bohnam creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bohnam lands a right hand.
Bohnam pushes Kannon back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bohnam creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kannon's defenses.
Kannon wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Nice elbow from Bohnam.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bohnam.
Bohnam lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kannon working hard to break the clinch.
Bohnam lands a nice uppercut.
Bohnam lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bohnam lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kannon backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Bohnam.
Kannon is trying to break the clinch but Bohnam is controlling him.
Kannon misses with a body punch.
Bohnam lands a shoulder strike.
Bohnam lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bohnam lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kannon backwards.
Kannon is trying to break the clinch but Bohnam is controlling him.
Bohnam lands a left hand.
Bohnam scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kannon is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bohnam is keeping busy.
Bohnam has Kannon pressed against the cage, preventing Kannon from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A short uppercut from Bohnam.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bohnam lands a damaging elbow.
Bohnam lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kannon takes an elbow to the temple.
Bohnam lands an elbow that stopped Kannon in his tracks for a moment.
Bohnam gets through Kannon's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kannon is looking to break free of the clinch but Bohnam has double underhooks.
Bohnam lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kannon tries to throw a body punch but Bohnam avoids it by throwing Kannon back against the cage.
Bohnam scores with a shot to the side of Kannon's head.
Bohnam scores with a shoulder strike.
Bohnam lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short body shot lands from Bohnam as the two fighters clinch.
Kannon has had enough of the clinch but Bohnam keeps him there for the moment.
Kannon stalling in the clinch but Bohnam improves position.
Bohnam lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bohnam using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kannon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Still in the clinch, Bohnam scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kannon is trying to force a seperation but Bohnam has the dominant position.
Bohnam lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kannon is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bohnam keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kannon's efforts to push away.
Bohnam working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bohnam lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kannon backwards.
Bohnam lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bohnam scores with a shot to the side of Kannon's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jon Bohnam dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kolt Kannon's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Bohnam tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Kannon counters with an inside leg kick.
Kannon wants to slow Bohnam down by chopping away at his legs.
Kannon tries to land a body kick

and Bohnam counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Bohnam lands with a short shot to the head.
Kannon wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bohnam has him pressed against the cage.
Kannon takes an elbow to the temple.
A short uppercut from Bohnam.
Kannon wants to break free but Bohnam has control.
Kannon looking to stall.
The referee is keeping an eye on Bohnam - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Kannon blocking some punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bohnam.
Bohnam lands an elbow that stopped Kannon in his tracks for a moment.
Bohnam working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Kannon dodges an elbow strike from Bohnam.
Kannon taking a breather.
Bohnam misses with a punch on the inside.
Kannon managing to block the knees to the body from Bohnam.
Kannon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kannon wants to break free but Bohnam has control.
Jon Bohnam has scored more points in the clinch so far.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bohnam creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Kannon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bohnam closes the distance and clinches.

Kannon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kannon misses with a low kick.
Jon Bohnam seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kannon lands a leg kick that knocks Bohnam off balance momentarily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bohnam looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bohnam tries to clinch there but Kannon circles away.
Kannon pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Kannon swings widly with a right hand

and Bohnam counters by moving into the clinch.
Bohnam working aggressively here.
Kannon tries to break free but Bohnam pushes him back against the cage.
Bohnam lands a damaging elbow.
Bohnam lands an elbow just above Kannon 's eye.
Kannon has had enough of the clinch but Bohnam keeps him there for the moment.
Bohnam lands a shoulder strike.
Bohnam scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kannon wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A short left from Bohnam.
Bohnam lands an elbow inside that Kannon shrugs off.
Kannon is breathing heavily.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Kannon takes a shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bohnam scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bohnam scores with a nice hook to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bohnam as Kannon tries to tie him up.
A short left from Bohnam.
Kannon is trying to maintain a safe position but Bohnam gets an underhook and turns Kannon into the cage.
Bohnam gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bohnam.
Bohnam has Kannon pressed against the cage, preventing Kannon from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A short uppercut from Bohnam.
Kannon wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bohnam has him pressed against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kannon.
A short right from Bohnam on the inside.
Bohnam lands an elbow inside that Kannon shrugs off.
Kannon misses with a punch on the inside.
Kannon trying to land knees to the body.
Kannon takes a shot to the head.
Bohnam comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bohnam throws an elbow that misses.
Kannon swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A frustrated look appears on Kannon's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kannon is trying to force a seperation but Bohnam has the dominant position.
Kannon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kannon wants to get back to striking at distance but Bohnam won't allow it.
Bohnam comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bohnam lands a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bohnam displaying some good clinch control by pressing Kannon up against the cage.

Kannon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kannon looks to land a body kick but Bohnam moved away.
Bohnam blocks a low kick nicely.
Kannon looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Kannon misses with a leg kick

and Bohnam counters by moving into the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bohnam creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Bohnam scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bohnam lands with a short shot to the head.
Kannon can't break the clinch.
Kannon is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bohnam lands a nice uppercut.
Kannon working aggressively here.
Bohnam lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kannon throws a head punch that misses.
Still in the clinch, Bohnam scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bohnam lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bohnam lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bohnam lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kannon backwards.
Bohnam lands a hook that snaps the head of Kannon backwards.
Bohnam blocks an uppercut.
Bohnam prevents Kannon from breaking the clinch.

That's four 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.
Bohnam lands with a light punch inside.
Bohnam lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kannon wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bohnam has him pressed against the cage.
Kannon working aggressively here.
Kannon is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kannon is looking to break free of the clinch but Bohnam has double underhooks.
Bohnam throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kannons head.
Bohnam will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Kannon up against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Bohnam.
Kannon wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bohnam has him pressed against the cage.
Bohnam throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kannons head.
Bohnam lands an elbow inside that Kannon shrugs off.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bohnam creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bohnam lands a body shot.
Bohnam lands a left hand.
Kannon misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kannon takes an elbow to the temple.
Kannon tries to break the clinch but Bohnam is controlling the position.
Bohnam makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kannon wants to get back to striking at distance but Bohnam won't allow it.
Kannon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bohnam lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kannon backwards.
Kannon goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right from Bohnam.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jon Bohnam dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kolt Kannon's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Bohnam tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kannon paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Bohnam wants to clinch but Kannon slips to the side
and Kannon cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Bohnam moves into the clinch.
Kannon is trying to break free.
Bohnam lands with a short shot to the head.
Kannon wants to stall.
Bohnam tries to land knees in the clinch but Kannon avoids the damage to the body.
Bohnam throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kannons head.
Bohnam has a couple of punches blocked by Kannon.
Bohnam blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kannon misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Bohnam fails to land.
Bohnam lands an elbow just above Kannon 's eye.
Kannon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kannon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bohnam lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bohnam looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kannon slowing the pace effectively.
Bohnam pushes Kannon back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Bohnam.
Bohnam scores with a shot to the side of Kannon's head.
Bohnam prevents a body shot from Kannon.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kannon wants to break free but Bohnam has control.
Kannon is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bohnam is keeping busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bohnam lands a right hand.
Kannon avoiding damage as Bohnam throws knees to the body.
Bohnam has Kannon pushed against the cage.
Bohnam tries to land knees in the clinch but Kannon avoids the damage to the body.
Bohnam throws a punch but it's blocked by Kannon.
Kannon throws a punch but it's blocked by Bohnam.
Kannon avoids the elbow strike from Bohnam, against the cage.
Bohnam keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kannon's efforts to push away.
Bohnam scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bohnam lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bohnam lands an elbow inside that Kannon shrugs off.
Bohnam has a couple of punches blocked by Kannon.
Kannon tries to break free but Bohnam pushes him back against the cage.
Kannon blocks an elbow strike.
Kannon struggles to land a body shot inside as Bohnam controls his hands.
Kannon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kannon wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bohnam throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bohnam works on Kannon's body with a couple of short punches.
Bohnam lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short uppercut from Bohnam.
Bohnam trying to stall but Kannon improves his position.
Bohnam lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Kannon wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kannon taking a breather.
Kannon tries to work over Bohnam's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bohnam.
A frustrated look appears on Kannon's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kannon is trying to break free.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bohnam.
Nice elbow from Bohnam.
Kannon is looking to break free of the clinch but Bohnam has double underhooks.
Kannon lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kannon wants to break free but Bohnam has control.
Bohnam lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bohnam working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kannon blocks an uppercut.
Kannon takes an elbow to the temple.
Kannon tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bohnam's elbow.
Bohnam lands with a light punch inside.
Bohnam pushes Kannon back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bohnam misses with the head strike.
Bohnam scores with a shoulder strike.
Bohnam is working Kannon over against the cage.
Bohnam keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kannon's efforts to push away.
Kannon blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Bohnam.
Kannon trying to control the position but instead, Bohnam has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kannon into the cage.
Kannon is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Bohnam blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bohnam lands a body punch.
Bohnam lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Kannon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kannon throws a low kick but Bohnam moves out of range easily.
Kannon throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A bone on bone clash there as Bohnam blocks the leg kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bohnam using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kannon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bohnam lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kannon backwards.
Kannon blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bohnam.
A short uppercut from Bohnam.
Kannon is trying to push Bohnam away but Bohnam has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Bohnam prevents Kannon from breaking the clinch.
Kannon is trying to force a seperation but Bohnam has the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
A frustrated look appears on Kannon's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bohnam lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bohnam lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kannon is trying to break the clinch but Bohnam is controlling him.
Kannon is trying to force a seperation but Bohnam has the dominant position.
Bohnam gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kannon is trying to break free.
Kannon has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bohnam lands an elbow just above Kannon 's eye.
Kannon is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bohnam is keeping busy.
A short right from Bohnam on the inside.
Good body shot from Bohnam.
Bohnam lands a body shot in the clinch.
Bohnam working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bohnam lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kannon backwards.
Bohnam prevents a body shot from Kannon.
Bohnam lands a hook that snaps the head of Kannon backwards.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bohnam.
Bohnam is leaning against Kannon and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Kannon misses with some punches.
Kolt Kannon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bohnam.
Kannon tries to break free but Bohnam pushes him back against the cage.
Jon Bohnam is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kannon trying to control the position but instead, Bohnam has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kannon into the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bohnam.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jon Bohnam showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bohnam, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 John Roberts scores the fight 30:26
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:26
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jon Bohnam!