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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kelvin Garnett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matthew Cannon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Garnett kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Metallica - For Whom the Bell Tolls. Matthew Cannon has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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224 lbs
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207 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
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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
27 - 19 - 0, fighting out of London, Kelvin Garnett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 21 - 1, fighting out of London, Matthew Cannon!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Aafke Stam and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garnett scoring well with a low kick there.
Garnett lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Garnett works Cannon's body with a nice hook.
Cannon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Garnett was well out of range. Poor timing from Cannon.
Garnett misses with a kick to the body.
No joy there for Cannon, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Garnett misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cannon.
A big right from Garnett misses.
Cannon misses the jab.
Garnett lands a jab to the nose.
Cannon steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Garnett.
A lazy left from Cannon finds it's target.
A head kick misses from Garnett.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Garnett lands a nice shot to the body.
Garnett cracks Cannon with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Cannon throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Garnett sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cannon throws a hook to the side of Garnett's head but Garnett sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cannon swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cannon closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Cannon looks to land a left hand but Garnett moved out of range nicely.
Garnett wants to clinch.
Garnett bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Garnett displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cannon throws out the jab.
Cannon swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cannon connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Cannon misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cannon lands with a nice body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garnett uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cannon.
Garnett throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cannon moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garnett looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cannon. Garnett does a little dance to reset his feet.
A jab from Cannon finds it's way through Garnett's defenses.
It looks like Kelvin Garnett has been cut.
Garnett swings for the body but Cannon moves out of range.
Cannon throws a jab when Garnett was well out of range.
Cannon uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Garnett.
Cannon throws a series of punches but Garnett avoids them all with ease.
A slow jab from Cannon misses its intended target.
Garnett lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Cannon walks into a left hand.
Garnett drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garnett throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Cannon counters with a left to the body.
Cannon misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Garnett throws a right and a left that Cannon avoids nicely.
Garnett throws a jab but it's blocked by Cannon.
Garnett throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Cannon scores with a shot to the body.
Garnett swings away with a body shot that misses
and Garnett takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Garnett scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Garnett on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Garnett slips a jab from Cannon.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cannon misses with a lunging right hand
and Garnett counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Cannon ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Cannon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Garnett manages to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cannon throws a series of strikes that have Garnett backpedaling.
Garnett is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Garnett looks to land a body kick but Cannon moved away.
Garnett throws a lazy right hand but Cannon sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Garnett lands with a good body shot.
Garnett connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Cannon's hands.
Cannon misses with the combination.
Cannon lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Garnett at a distance.
Garnett throws a low kick, looking for Cannon's leg but Cannon calmly moves out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cannon lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Garnett scores with the left hand. Cannon knows he should have avoided that one.
Garnett misses the shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Matthew Cannon will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Kelvin Garnett's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Garnett displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cannon throws out the jab.
Garnett misses with a jab, cross combination.
Good leg kick by Garnett there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Garnett ducks under a wild hook from Cannon.
Garnett is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A head kick misses from Garnett.
Garnett feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Cannons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Cannon moves forwards but Garnett connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Garnett throws a sloppy head kick and Cannon moves out of range easily.
Cannon avoids the head kick by Garnett.
Garnett throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Cannon.
Cannon takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cannon misses with a two punch combination.
Garnett digs a good body shot into Cannon's ribs.
Nice cross by Garnett.
Garnett is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Cannon throws a lazy right hand but Garnett sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cannon misses with a right hand
and Garnett counters with a nice body shot.
Cannon jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Cannon misses with a wild combination.
Garnett just misses with a punch to the body.
Garnett is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Cannon misses with a hook. Garnett ducked under it nicely.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Cannon crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Garnett - the referee stops the clock and Cannon gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Garnett. Cannon manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Cannon on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garnett lands a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Garnett misses with a wild body shot.
A slapping leg kick lands for Garnett.
Cannon misses with a few strikes there.
Garnett connects with a body shot that sends Cannon's belly button to the back.
Cannon moves out of range of the body kick from Garnett.
Cannon misses the body punch
letting Garnett counter with a right hand.
Garnett has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Cannon finds it's way round the side to connect with Garnett's head.
Garnett displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cannon throws out the jab.
Garnett misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Garnett throws a looping overhand right but Cannon ducks down to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garnett just misses with a punch to the body.
Garnett pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nice cross by Garnett.
Cannon misses with a double jab.
Cannon doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Garnett keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Garnett throws a body kick that misses.
Garnett throws a jab when Cannon was well out of range.
Cannon uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Garnett.
Garnett lands an overhand right.
Cannon throws a lazy right hand but Garnett sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A left and a right from Cannon both land. Nice combination.
Cannon misses with an uppercut
and Garnett counters with a left to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Garnett displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cannon throws out the jab.
Garnett forces Cannon back against the cage and clinches.
Garnett misses with some punches.
Garnett breaks the clinch.
Cannon connects with a body shot that sends Garnett's belly button to the back.
Garnett uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cannon.
Garnett displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cannon throws out the jab.
Cannon on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Garnett throws a shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cannon misses with a hook.
Cannon misses with a straight right.
Garnett looks to score with a jab to the body but Cannon is just out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kelvin Garnett dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kelvin Garnett's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Cannon staying out of range there.
A swing and a miss from Garnett.
Garnett looks for the body kick but Cannon saw that one coming.
A decent looking cross lands there for Cannon.
Cannon falls off balance throwing a combination
and Garnett counters with a good, hard body kick but Cannon shrugs it off.
Garnett slips a straight right by Cannon.
Cannon slips under a jab.
Garnett is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Garnett misses the jab.
Kelvin Garnett is winning the standup battle so far.
Garnett misses with a shot to the body
letting Cannon counter with a right hand.
Cannon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Garnett looks to land a left hand but Cannon moved out of range nicely.
A head kick misses from Garnett.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cannon looks to score with a jab to the body but Garnett is just out of range.
Cannon throws a shot from downtown. Garnett moves away and avoids it.
Garnett throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cannon sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cannon scores with a sloppy right hand. Garnett should have avoided that one.
Garnett fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cannon manages to avoid it.
Garnett takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Cannon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Garnett moves away.
Garnett scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Garnett tries to land a front kick but Cannon steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Garnett connects with a nice looking jab.
Cannon fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cannon misses with a lunging right hand
and Garnett counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cannon bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Garnett lands a nice shot that snaps Cannon's head back.
Cannon throws a lazy right hand but Garnett sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cannon avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cannon has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Garnett misses with a body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cannon moves out of range of the body kick from Garnett.
Garnett misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cannon.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Cannon.
A telegraphed right hand from Garnett misses the target.
Cannon misses with a combination
and Garnett counters with a good low kick that Cannon was not able to check.
Cannon swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garnett closes the distance and clinches.
Still in the clinch, Garnett scores with a nice short uppercut.
Garnett escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cannon misses with a lunging right hand
and Garnett counters with a nice double leg into side control. Cannon won't be happy with that.
Garnett controls the position from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Garnett decides to stand back up.
Garnett fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cannon looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Garnett connects with a single shot there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Cannon.
Garnett throws a looping overhand right but Cannon ducks down to avoid it.
Cannon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Garnett.
Garnett takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Cannon throws a lazy right hand but Garnett sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Good leg kick by Garnett there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Cannon displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Garnett throws out the jab.
Cannon throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Garnett sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Garnett connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cannon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Garnett throws a hook to the side of Cannon's head but Cannon sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Garnett throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Cannon.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kelvin Garnett showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Garnett has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Saam Ante scores the fight 29:28
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kelvin Garnett!
An out of breath and clearly excited Kelvin Garnett thanked Cripplers Corner for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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