PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Chris Cannon (ranked 4601 p4p, 226 weight class) and Max Engelmann (ranked 22713 p4p, 450 weight class). Chris Cannon has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Cannon
vs
Engelmann

171 cm
18
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

165 cm
19
130 lbs
2 - 7 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Knockout power

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chris Cannon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Max Engelmann!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Engelmann scores with a push kick.

Cannon bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
An elbow from Cannon crashes against the mat.
Cannon throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Cannon tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Cannon in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Cannon creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Engelmann sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Cannon lands a decent elbow from side control.
Cannon misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Cannon scoring with punches and elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cannon creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Engelmann sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Cannon tries to score with some ground and pound. Engelmann controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Cannon scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Engelmann is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Cannon can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chris Cannon!
During a confident post fight interview, Chris Cannon thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.