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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Power (ranked 3209 p4p, 158 weight class) and Scott Kannberg (ranked 2089 p4p, 104 weight class). Kannberg has chosen Pavement: 'Date with IKEA' as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Thomas Power!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Scott Kannberg!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Bruno Lombardi and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Power punishes Kannberg's body with a nice straight punch.
Power lands a nice shot to the body.
Kannberg takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Power looks to land a left hand but Kannberg moved out of range nicely.
Power avoids the head kick by Kannberg.
Power is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kannberg.
Kannberg swings widly with a right hand
and Power counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Kannberg walks into a left hand.
Power moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Kannberg has taken the fight to the clinch.
Kannberg blocking some punches.
Kannberg misses with the head strike.
Kannberg tries to land a knee to the head but Power blocks with his arms.
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!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Power just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kannberg's brow.
Power tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kannberg's elbow.
Power missing with knees to the body.
Power avoids the elbow strike from Kannberg, against the cage.
Power blocks a body shot from Kannberg.
Power misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kannberg misses with an elbow over the top.
Kannberg pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kannberg dodges the punch combination from Power.
Nice shot by Power.
A shot to the body from Power misses
and Kannberg counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Power fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Power lands a shoulder strike.
Power tries a body shot but Kannberg blocks it.
Kannberg tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kannberg throws an elbow but it misses.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Kannberg has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Kannberg blocks an uppercut.
Kannberg breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kannberg takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Power looks to throw the jab but Kannberg is out of range.
Kannberg fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kannberg tries to close the distance and clinch up but Power swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kannberg swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Power blocks a head kick by Kannberg.
Power is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Power keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Kannberg has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Kannberg there as he acknowledges the shot.
A jab from Power does it's job there.
Kannberg clinches.
Power goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Power lands an elbow inside.
Power lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kannberg breaks from the clinch.
Power connects with a looping right hand.
A head kick misses from Kannberg.
Kannberg misses with a wild body shot.
Power lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Power!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kannberg bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kannberg throws a left and a right that both miss
and Power counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kannberg scores with a jab to the head.
Kannberg clinches.
Power misses with a body punch.
Kannberg can't break the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Power.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Power.
Kannberg lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Power tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Power misses with a hook from the clinch.
Power is leaning against Kannberg and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Power misses with a punch on the inside.
Kannberg is trying to force a seperation but Power has the dominant position.
Power goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kannberg is trying to break free.
Power working aggressively here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Power throws a head punch that misses.
Power swings wildly with an uppercut but Kannberg uses good head movement to avoid it.
Power prevents a body shot from Kannberg.
Kannberg is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Power is keeping busy.
Kannberg blocks an uppercut.
Power breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kannberg misses with a kick to the body
and Power counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kannberg closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Power tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Power tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kannberg lands a knee to the body.
Power lands a hook that snaps the head of Kannberg backwards.
Power fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kannberg tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Power's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The fighters circling - Power throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kannberg looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thomas Power dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Kannberg throws a leg kick but Power checks it.
Kannberg lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Thomas Power seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kannberg lands a nice leg kick that just misses Power's sensitive parts.
Power loads up on a big right hand but Kannberg slips the punch.
Kannberg throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Power sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Thomas Power is winning the standup battle so far.
Power lunges at Kannberg with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Kannberg's hand.
Kannberg fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Power manages to avoid it.
Scott Kannberg is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Power lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Kannberg in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Kannberg cracks Power with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Kannberg lands a really nice looking cross but Power seems unphased.
Kannberg misses with a body shot
and Kannberg takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kannberg feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Power's calf.
Kannberg misses the jab.
Kannberg tries to clinch but Power moves out of range.
A jab from Power finds it's way through Kannberg's defenses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Power jabs at Kannberg's body.
Kannberg takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Kannberg looks to land a right hand but Power moved out of range.
Kannberg misses with a looping right.
Power lands with a hook. Kannberg tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Power throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Kannberg stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
It looks like Power has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Power cracks a nice hook into Kannberg's ribs.
Kannberg throws a right hand that Power ducks under and follows up with a left that Power also avoids with ease.
Power scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Kannberg throws a body punch but Power moves out of range.
A jab from Power finds it's way through Kannberg's defenses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kannberg slips a straight right by Power.
Power ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Kannberg lands a jab to the nose.
Kannberg takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Power is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kannberg can do to turn this around?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kannberg lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Power at a distance.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Kannberg dips to his left and cracks Power with an uppercut!
Power ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A jab from Power does it's job there.
Kannberg throws a body shot but no joy.
Kannberg misses with a wild body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kannberg. Power does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kannberg throws a jab when Power was well out of range.
Kannberg looks to land a combination but Power avoids it well.
It looked like Power was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Kannberg.
A big left from Kannberg misses.
Power throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kannberg sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Power uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kannberg.
Kannberg feints and then cracks Power's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Power down.
Power lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Power lands a jab to the head.
Power takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Kannberg ducks right into an uppercut from Power.
Power tests Kannberg's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Power throws an overhand right that lands on Kannberg's shoulder, as Kannberg tries to avoid the shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kannberg looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kannberg misses with an uppercut.
Kannberg throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kannberg takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Power connects with a right hand. Kannberg shakes it off.
A lazy left from Power finds it's target.
Kannberg lands a nice looking body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kannberg misses with a few strikes there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kannberg blocks a jab.
As Power backs off Kannberg throws a huge counter combo but Power manages to avoid it all.
Kannberg misses with a straight left.
Kannberg fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Power manages to avoid it.
Power uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kannberg.
Kannberg shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Kannberg tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Power manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Power checks a leg kick.
Kannberg is looking to land body kicks.
Power blocks the body kick.
Power is looking to counter punch.
Kannberg fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Power checks it well.
Kannberg takes one on the chin but seems OK.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kannberg fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Power is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kannberg.
Kannberg throws a push kick but Power slaps the foot to one side.
Kannberg takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Thomas Power will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Power gets tackled into the cage by Kannberg. Kannberg maintains the clinch.
Kannberg is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Kannberg throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Power misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kannberg scores a nice knee to the body.
Power makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kannberg misses with an elbow strike.
Kannberg creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kannberg lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kannberg throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nice elbow from Kannberg.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Power lands a left hand.
Kannberg misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kannberg.
Kannberg has a couple of punches blocked by Power.
Kannberg lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Power.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Power lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kannberg.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Power.
Power digs a right hand into Kannberg's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kannberg's gas tank.
Power lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kannberg backwards.
Kannberg wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kannberg is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kannberg using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Power has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Power misses with a punch to the body.
Power lands a body shot in the clinch.
Power can't find room to land a body shot as Kannberg controls the action.
Kannberg lands a nice elbow.
Scott Kannberg seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Power trying to land knees to the body.
Kannberg is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Power is keeping busy.
Power misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kannberg is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Scott Kannberg has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kannberg lands an elbow inside that Power shrugs off.
A nice left hand lands by Power.
Power lands a left hand.
A head punch on the inside from Power fails to land.
Power throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Power throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kannbergs head.
Power breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kannberg connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Kannberg misses with a head kick.
Kannberg throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Power lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Power smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A shot to the body from Kannberg misses
and Power counters with a left to the body.
Kannberg misses with the body kick
and Power cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kannberg has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Power throws a body punch but Kannberg moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kannberg scores with a hook.
Kannberg takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Kannberg looks to land a body kick but Power moved away.
A telegraphed right hand from Power misses the target.
Kannberg throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Power pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kannberg misses with an uppercut
letting Power counter with a right hand.
Power stuns Kannberg with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Power waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kannberg.
Nice body punch from Power.
Power jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Power swings away with a body shot that misses
and Kannberg counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kannberg doesn't manage to clinch there - Power circles away.
Thomas Power is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Power lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kannberg at a distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kannberg misses with an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kannberg takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Power cracks a nice hook into Kannberg's ribs.
Power cracks Kannberg with a good jab.
Power lands the left hand.
Kannberg throws a looping overhand right but Power ducks down to avoid it.
Kannberg throws a lazy right hand but Power sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kannberg's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Power connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Kannberg scrambles back to his feet.
Kannberg lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Kannberg.
Kannberg takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kannberg ducks under a wild hook from Power.
Power bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Power was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Kannberg tries to land a leg kick but Power saw it coming and moves away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Thomas Power showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Power 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 Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thomas Power!
Thomas Power thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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