PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Todd Cannon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby McBarz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Cannon might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to The Conquering- Black Moor. The crowd seem to be enjoying McBarz's choice of entrance music: Case - Touch me tease me ft. Foxy Brown and Mary J Blige. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Cannon
vs
McBarz

180 cm
20
181 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

183 cm
19
180 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Mohito Fightwear
Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Todd Cannon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bobby McBarz!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Sergei Dronov and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McBarz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cannon.
Cannon feinted with a counter takedown.
McBarz will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
McBarz lands a two punch combo.
McBarz throws a hook to the side of Cannon's head but Cannon sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cannon attempts a counter takedown but McBarz avoids it well and moves away.
Cannon on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
McBarz falls off balance throwing a combination

and Cannon counters with a nice double leg into side control. McBarz won't be happy with that.
Cannon taking a breather here.
Cannon has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
McBarz tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McBarz is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Cannon is controlling him well.
Cannon advances nicely into full mount.
Cannon sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
McBarz really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Cannon. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
McBarz is desperately trying to improve his position but Cannon has a good base and remains in mount.
Cannon controlling from the full mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cannon pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McBarz is wriggling around trying to escape.
Cannon controlling his opponent.
McBarz felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.

Cannon working from mount. He moves in close and looks like he might be going for an arm triangle... He's hopped off to the side and he's transitioned into an Anaconda choke. McBarz turning a nasty shade of purple. He's refusing to tap but he's gone! He's out! The ref rips Cannon off and cradles McBarz's limp body as Cannon celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Anaconda Choke). Todd Cannon!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Todd Cannon made sure he mentioned Mohito Fightwear, along with how happy he was to win his fight.