PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Spencer Pawn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Machine Cannon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cannon has chosen Fall out boy - Light em up as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Pawn
vs
Cannon

196 cm
25
270 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

205 cm
25
265 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Prefers standup

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Spencer Pawn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Machine Cannon!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Bart Greer and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cannon scores with a nice head shot.
Pawn misses with a wild body shot.
Cannon takes one to the side of the head.

It looks like Machine Cannon has been cut.
Cannon slips under a jab from Pawn.
Pawn throws a poor cross that misses
and Cannon cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Pawn slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pawn looks to land a right hand but Cannon moved out of range.
Pawn misses with a body kick.
Pawn fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cannon scores with a punch to the head.
Pawn tries to clinch but Cannon is having none of it.
Pawn looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cannon moves out of range of the strikes.
Pawn bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cannon slips a straight right by Pawn.
Spencer Pawn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cannon walks into a straight right hand from Pawn.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cannon uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Pawn has time to react.
Pawn throws a hook but Cannon avoids it easily.
Pawn jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Pawn moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Pawn tries to clinch there but Cannon circles away.
Pawn tries to clinch but Cannon moves out of range.
Cannon ducks right into an uppercut from Pawn.
Pawn tests Cannon's chin there with a solid looking shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Cannon rushes Pawn and presses him up against the cage.
Pawn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pawn misses with a punch on the inside.
Cannon blocking some punches.
Cannon's coach down at Clean and Green was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Cannon's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Cannon is trying to push Pawn away but Pawn has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Cannon scores with a shoulder strike.
Cannon lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pawn backwards.
Cannon has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pawn blocks an uppercut.
Pawn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cannon.
Cannon lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Pawn scores with a shoulder strike.

That has opened up Machine Cannon's cut even more.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cannon.
Cannon throws a punch but it's blocked by Pawn.
Cannon taking a breather.

Cannon escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A left and a right from Cannon both land. Nice combination.
Cannon avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Pawn closes the distance and pushes Cannon back into the cage.
A short right from Cannon.
Cannon scores with a nice hook to the head.
Cannon throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pawns head.
A short uppercut from Pawn.
Pawn lands a right hand that snaps the head of Cannon backwards.
Pawn swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Cannon's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cannon is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pawn tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Pawn takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Pawn throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Cannon connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cannon swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Cannon clinches.
Cannon swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pawn has a couple of punches blocked by Cannon.
Cannon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pawn displaying some good clinch control by pressing Cannon up against the cage.
Cannon swings wildly with an uppercut but Pawn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pawn swings wildly with an uppercut but Cannon uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cannon misses with a punch on the inside.

Cannon breaks the clinch.
Pawn catches Cannon with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pawn wants to clinch but Cannon slips to the side
and Cannon counters with a right hand to the body.
Pawn misses with a hook. Cannon ducked under it nicely.
Pawn missing with a left hand there. Cannon was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cannon avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pawn throws a big shot that misses.
Pawn throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cannon sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Pawn tries to close the distance and clinch but Cannon swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pawn is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pawn misses with a wild body shot.
Cannon looks to land a combination but Pawn avoids it well.
Pawn looks to throw the jab but Cannon is out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Spencer Pawn dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Machine Cannon's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Cannon tries to clinch but Pawn moves out of range.
Cannon avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Donk. Cannon catches Pawn right on the button with a cross.
Pawn is looking to clinch.
Pawn tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cannon paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cannon tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pawn paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pawn tries to clinch but Cannon moves out of range.
Pawn wants to clinch.
Cannon blocks a jab.
Pawn swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pawn fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pawn wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cannon clinches up with Pawn and pushes him back against the cage.
Pawn blocks an uppercut.
Pawn swings wildly with an uppercut but Cannon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cannon lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pawn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cannon misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cannon lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Pawn throws a head punch that misses.
Pawn tries to break free but Cannon pushes him back against the cage.
Cannon avoiding damage as Pawn throws knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Pawn scores with a nice short uppercut.
Pawn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cannon stalling in the clinch but Pawn improves position.
Cannon lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cannon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cannon avoids a wild elbow strike from Pawn.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cannon creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cannon throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pawns head.
A short right from Pawn.
Cannon blocking some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pawn creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cannon misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pawn takes a shot to the head.
Cannon stalling in the clinch but Pawn improves position.
Cannon throws a punch but it's blocked by Pawn.
Machine Cannon seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Cannon lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pawn backwards.
Cannon is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Pawn is keeping busy.
Pawn lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cannon.

Cannon breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pawn misses with a body shot.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pawn lands an uppercut.
Pawn creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Cannon lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Pawn wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cannon misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cannon lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cannon.
Pawn lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Cannon lands a left hand.
Cannon taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Cannon misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Cannon fails to land.
Cannon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cannon lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pawn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cannon's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pawn.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cannon misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pawn.
Cannon working aggressively here.
Pawn swings wildly with an uppercut but Cannon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pawn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Pawn breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pawn throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cannon slips under a jab from Pawn.
Cannon fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cannon wants to clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cannon throws a hook to the side of Pawn's head but Pawn sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Machine Cannon showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Machine Cannon's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Cannon moves into range and clinches up with Pawn.
A head punch on the inside from Pawn fails to land.
Pawn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pawn blocks an uppercut.
Pawn blocking some punches.
Pawn misses with some punches.

Pawn breaks the clinch.
Cannon circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Cannon counter with a right hand.
Cannon circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pawn is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cannon.
Pawn thows a left - swing and a miss!
The fight stays on the outside here - Pawn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pawn thuds a left hand into Cannon's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cannon darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Pawn keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cannon.

Pawn fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Cannon, pushing him back against the cage.
Cannon looking to stall.
Cannon is trying to break the clinch but Pawn is controlling him.
Cannon scores with a shot to the side of Pawn's head.
Pawn throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Cannons head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cannon.
Pawn blocking some punches.
Pawn tries to break free but Cannon pushes him back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Pawn fails to land.
Cannon swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cannon misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cannon on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head punch on the inside from Pawn fails to land.
Cannon lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pawn is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Pawn fails to land.
Pawn misses with the head strike.
Pawn misses with the head strike.
Cannon has a couple of punches blocked by Pawn.
Pawn throws a punch but it's blocked by Cannon.
Pawn misses with a punch on the inside.
Pawn looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A short left from Cannon.
Pawn misses with the head strike.
Cannon lands a nice uppercut.
A short uppercut from Cannon.
Cannon misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pawn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cannon.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cannon.
Cannon blocking some punches.
Pawn tries to break free but Cannon pushes him back against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cannon softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Cannon breaks from the clinch.
Cannon slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A slow jab from Cannon misses its intended target.
Cannon on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Pawn just misses with a punch to the body.
Pawn throws a lazy right hand but Cannon sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pawn misses the jab.
Cannon connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Pawn tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cannon swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pawn tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cannon paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pawn misses with a looping right.
Pawn throws a right hand that misses

and Cannon counters by clinching up.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cannon working aggressively here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cannon lands a hook that snaps the head of Pawn backwards.
Cannon is stalling here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pawn.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cannon creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cannon lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cannon lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cannon swings wildly with an uppercut but Pawn uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right from Cannon.

Cannon escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pawn throws the left hand but Cannon avoids the punch easily.
Spencer Pawn is winning the standup battle so far.
Pawn misses with a left hand
and Pawn takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cannon tests Pawn's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Pawn moves in looking to clinch but Cannon pushes him off.

And that's the end of the fight!
Machine Cannon comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Cannon has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Santiago Holmes scores the fight 28:29
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Machine Cannon!
Machine Cannon bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.