PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Matt Trampling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luke Logan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Trampling
vs
Logan

170 cm
21
152 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

160 cm
24
148 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Matt Trampling!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Luke Logan!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Logan closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Trampling did well to prevent Logan getting side control.
Logan looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Trampling with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Logan content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Trampling is trying to maintain the position but Logan is very close to passing his half guard.
Logan tries to pass to full mount but Trampling defends it.
Logan seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Logan wants to pass to mount but Trampling is defending the position.
Trampling controlling the position for now.
Trampling trying to hold on to Logan's head to control him but Logan postures up.
Logan thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Trampling to regain full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trampling is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Logan is controlling him.
Trampling looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Logan looking to pass the guard.
Logan throws a strike but Trampling rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Logan looking to hit a scissor sweep but Trampling is one step ahead there.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Trampling scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Trampling fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Logan checks it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Logan wants to slow Trampling down by chopping away at his legs.
Trampling buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Logan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Trampling throws a nice inside leg kick.
Logan misses with a straight left.
Trampling moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Trampling slips a straight right by Logan.
Trampling lands with a kick to the temple. Logan shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Trampling looks to land a right hand but Logan moved out of range.
Trampling lands with a thumping leg kick.
Logan looks gassed!

Trampling closes the distance and pushes Logan back into the cage.
Trampling taking a breather.
Trampling gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
A nice left hand lands by Trampling.
Trampling connects with a nasty looking knee right to Logan's face.
A bit of stalling here from Trampling.
Trampling seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
A knee to the head by Trampling.
Logan tries to land knees in the clinch but Trampling avoids the damage to the body.
Trampling lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trampling comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A right hand to the body from Trampling.
Trampling landing knees to the body.
Logan takes a knee right on the jaw!
Trampling connects with a nasty looking knee right to Logan's face.
Trampling slowing the pace effectively.
Trampling unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A bit of stalling here from Trampling.
Trampling unloads a knee to the mid-section. Logan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees in the clinch landing for Trampling.
Come on Trampling - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Trampling gets through Logan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Logan goes for a takedown in the clinch but Trampling prevents it.
Logan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Trampling connects with a knee to the head.
Trampling unloads a knee to the mid-section. Logan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Trampling dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Logan tries to throw a body punch but Trampling avoids it by throwing Logan back against the cage.
Logan misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Logan tries to work over Trampling's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Logan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Logan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Trampling lands a knee to the head.
Logan should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Trampling dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Trampling landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Logan missing with knees to the body.
Logan takes a shot to the head.
Trampling using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Trampling blocks a body shot from Logan.
Logan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Logan letting Trampling take a breather here.
Logan is looking to control Trampling's arms but Trampling gets an underhook and turns him. Now Logan has his back to the cage.
Trampling connects with a nasty looking knee right to Logan's face.
Trampling holding his opponent close, against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Trampling lands a right hand.
Logan struggles to land a body shot inside as Trampling controls his hands.
Trampling stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Trampling lands an elbow that stopped Logan in his tracks for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matt Trampling dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Logan connects with the punch.
Trampling lands with a nice body punch.
Trampling throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Trampling fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Logan looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A solid body kick from Trampling.
A solid leg kick lands there for Trampling.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Logan takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Logan motions for Trampling to come forward. Logan throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Trampling. Logan shrugs it off though.
Logan on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Trampling thumps Logan with a low kick.
A solid body kick from Trampling.
Trampling scores with a push kick.
Trampling goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Matt Trampling seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Trampling lands a nice leg kick that just misses Logan's sensitive parts.
Trampling scores with a head kick.
Trampling tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Trampling throws a head kick but Logan moves out of range.
Trampling is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Logan can do to turn this around?
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trampling is looking to clinch but Logan is avoiding it.
Trampling wants to slow Logan down by chopping away at his legs.
Logan's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A jab from Trampling misses.
Logan misses the shot to the body.
Trampling moves in looking to clinch but Logan pushes him off.
Logan avoids the head kick by Trampling.
Logan misses with a takedown attempt - Trampling sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Trampling closes the distance and clinches.
Logan is looking to control Trampling's arms but Trampling gets an underhook and turns him. Now Logan has his back to the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Trampling.
A bit of stalling here from Trampling.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Trampling.
Logan swings wildly with an uppercut but Trampling uses good head movement to avoid it.
Logan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Trampling's elbow.
A knee to the head by Trampling.
Trampling tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Trampling lands a good knee to the midsection. Logan won't want to take too many of those.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trampling is pressed up against the cage. Logan has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Trampling down to the mat. Trampling avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Logan checks a leg kick.
Logan takes a swing at Trampling's ribcage but misses.
Trampling keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Logan.
Trampling lands a nice leg kick that just misses Logan's sensitive parts.
Matt Trampling is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Trampling keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Logan just misses with a punch to the body.
Trampling misses with a head kick.

Logan shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Logan showed some decent athleticism there.
Trampling is looking for a sweep. Logan is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Logan thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Trampling's head.
Logan throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Trampling is positioning himself well to prevent Logan advancing to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trampling is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Logan scores with a couple of nice shots.
Logan is thwarting Trampling's attempts to control the position.
Logan is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Trampling is looking to escape.
Trampling is staying active underneath Logan, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Logan sizes up Trampling with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Trampling misses with a body kick.
Logan scores with a jab to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Logan blocks a head kick by Trampling.
Trampling throws a head kick but Logan moves out of range.
Logan throws a looping overhand right but Trampling ducks down to avoid it.
Logan moves out of range of the strikes.
A big right from Logan misses.
Logan throws a body punch but Trampling moves out of range.
Logan misses with a looping right.
Logan misses with a looping left.

Trampling gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Logan to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Logan scoring with some ground and pound.
Logan must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Logan won't allow Trampling to sweep him here.
Trampling is pulling down on Logan's head. It's preventing any offense from Logan, at least for the moment.
Trampling working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Logan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matt Trampling dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Trampling stuffs the takedown attempt from Logan. Logan gets slowly back to his feet.
Logan punishes Trampling's body with a nice straight punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Logan. Trampling does a little dance to reset his feet.
Logan just misses with a punch to the body.
Trampling connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

Trampling clinches with his opponent.
Logan misses with a punch to the body.
Logan tries to work over Trampling's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Trampling taking a breather.
Trampling is pushing Logan up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Logan misses with a punch to the body.
Logan stalling.
Logan can't find room to land a body shot as Trampling controls the action.
Logan trying to land knees to the body.
Logan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Trampling stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Trampling utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Trampling manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trampling landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Trampling landing knees to the head.
Trampling lands a nice knee to the body.
A shot in the inside from Trampling.
Trampling manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Trampling connects with a knee to the head.
Trampling controlling the action here for a moment.
Trampling lands an elbow just above Logan 's eye.
Logan trying to stall but Trampling improves his position.
Trampling connects with a nasty looking knee right to Logan's face.
A hook to the body from Trampling.
Trampling manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trampling lands a damaging elbow.
Trampling has Logan pressed against the cage, preventing Logan from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Trampling blocks a body shot from Logan.
Trampling lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Logan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Trampling's elbow.
Trampling avoiding damage.
Trampling comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Logan can't get the takedown.
Logan struggles to land a body shot inside as Trampling controls his hands.
Trampling lands a knee to the body.
Logan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Trampling's elbow.
Trampling lands a nice knee to the body.
Trampling connects with a nasty looking knee right to Logan's face.
Trampling landing knees to the head.
Trampling crunches a lovely knee into Logan's ribcage.
Logan being controlled against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Trampling gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Logan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Trampling.
Logan trying to land knees to the body.
Logan looking for a takedown.
Matt Trampling has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Luke Logan.
Trampling just leaning against Logan, taking a breather.
Trampling scores with a knee to the head.
Logan being controlled against the cage.
Trampling lands a knee to the head.
Logan trying to control the position but instead, Trampling has worked for underhooks and has pushed Logan into the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Trampling.
Trampling lands a knee to the head.
A short right from Trampling.
Trampling unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Trampling has Logan pressed against the cage.
Logan can't get the takedown.
Trampling lands a right hand that snaps the head of Logan backwards.
Logan tries a body shot but Trampling blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Logan trying to control the position but instead, Trampling has worked for underhooks and has pushed Logan into the cage.
Logan has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Trampling avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Knees to the body from Trampling.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Trampling obliges.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Trampling.
Logan tries a body shot but Trampling blocks it.
Trampling with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Trampling landing knees to the head.
Trampling trying to stall but Logan improves his position.
Logan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Trampling makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Trampling controlling the action here for a moment.
Trampling trying to land knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Trampling misses with a hook from the clinch.
Logan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Luke Logan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Matt Trampling is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Trampling utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Logan tries to work over Trampling's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

And that's the end of the fight!
Matt Trampling showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Trampling, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:26
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:26
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matt Trampling!