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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matthew Cannon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shaun Russell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Russell has chosen LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out as his entrance music. Matthew Cannon has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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207 lbs
22 - 23 - 1 |
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187 cm
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219 lbs
14 - 12 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
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
22 - 23 - 1, fighting out of London, Matthew Cannon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Shaun Russell!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Daniel Blasius and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Russell slips under a jab.
Cannon avoids a punch combination nicely.
A nice leg kick lands there from Russell.
Russell bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Cannon's head.
It looks like Matthew Cannon has been cut.
Cannon looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Russell throws out a loose jab but Cannon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cannon ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Russell swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cannon takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Russell scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
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 ducks right into an uppercut from Russell.
Russell pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cannon lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Cannon works over Russell's head and body with a nice combination.
Cannon misses with a few strikes there.
Cannon sizes up Russell with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Russell moves forwards but Cannon connects with a nice, crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cannon ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Cannon tries to bum rush Russell with a series of wild strikes but Russell uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Russell displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Cannon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Russell.
Russell throws a lazy right hand but Cannon sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Russell does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Cannon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Russell throws a combination that misses
letting Cannon counter with a right hand.
Russell throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Russell takes a swing at Cannon's ribcage but misses.
Russell gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cannon with a nice cross.
Russell throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cannon.
Cannon lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Cannon avoids the body shot from Russell.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cannon throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Russell throws a right hand that misses
and Cannon counters with a straight right hand.
Shaun Russell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cannon lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Russell throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cannon sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Russell scores with a punch to the head.
Nice shot by Cannon.
Russell takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The fighters circling - Cannon throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cannon lands a really nice looking cross but Russell seems unphased.
Russell lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Some wild striking there from Cannon.
Cannon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cannon. Russell does a little dance to reset his feet.
Russell throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cannon throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Russell misses with a jab to the body
and Cannon connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cannon gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Cannon cracks Russell with a good jab.
Sloppy strikes from Russell. Those never looked like landing.
Cannon throws a looping overhand right but Russell ducks down to avoid it.
Russell connects with a crisp jab.
Cannon walks into a jab.
Cannon is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Russell throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Oh Cannon is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Russell drops Cannon with a huge uppercut! Cannon drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Russell is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shaun Russell!
During a confident post fight interview, Shaun Russell thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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