PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Isaac Curtis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Todd Cannon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Curtis's entrance music is Low Roar - I'll Keep Coming. A fine choice. Cannon has chosen The Conquering- Black Moor as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Curtis
vs
Cannon

176 cm
27
168 lbs
9 - 0 - 0

180 cm
21
181 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Knockout power

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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 9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Isaac Curtis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Todd Cannon!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Fedor Mirinova and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Curtis throws a body shot but no joy.
Cannon shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Curtis as he jumps to the side.
Cannon fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
It looked like Curtis wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Jab from Curtis.
Curtis throws a body shot but no joy.
Nice takedown defense from Curtis. No joy for Cannon on that attempt.
Isaac Curtis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Todd Cannon.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cannon. Curtis does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cannon avoids the body shot from Curtis.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cannon will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Cannon throws a nice looking combination but Curtis bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cannon misses with a left hand
letting Curtis counter with a right hand.
Cannon misses with a few strikes there.
Curtis displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Cannon.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Curtis takes a swing at Cannon's ribcage but misses.
Decent striking displayed by Curtis there.
Curtis lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Cannon!
Curtis scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

Cannon is rocked!
Cannon throws a leg kick but Curtis sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Cannon is still on wobbly legs! Can Curtis finish him?
Curtis cracks Cannon with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Cannon falls to his knees and Curtis doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Isaac Curtis!
As Isaac Curtis got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: Tonight was my night. I'm going to weigh up my options and see where to go from here. Every fight is getting harder for an old dog like me, this may've been my last one.'.