PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Logan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phil Paighn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Logan
vs
Paighn

187 cm
24
211 lbs
9 - 8 - 0

200 cm
29
210 lbs
10 - 4 - 1

Decent wrestler
World class MT
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Ryan Logan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Phil Paighn!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Ivan Kurochkin and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Paighn tries to keep at a distance but Logan has taken the fight into the clinch.
Logan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Paighn takes an elbow to the forehead.
Paighn avoids a wild elbow strike from Logan.
Paighn misses with a knee strike.
Logan avoiding damage as Paighn throws knees to the body.
Paighn blocks an elbow strike from Logan.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Logan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A bit of stalling here from Logan.
Paighn trying to land knees to the body.
Logan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Phil Paighn has been cut.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Paighn as Logan tries to tie him up.
Logan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Logan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Paighn.
Logan is stalling here.
Paighn missing with knees to the body.
Logan avoiding damage as Paighn throws knees to the body.
Logan trying to land knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Logan as Paighn tries to tie him up.
Paighn tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Logan avoids it.
Logan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Logan misses with an elbow over the top.
Logan managing to block the knees to the body from Paighn.
Paighn throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Logan blocks it with crossed arms.
Paighn trying to control the position but instead, Logan has worked for underhooks and has pushed Paighn into the cage.
Paighn throws a knee to the head but misses.
Paighn is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Logan is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Paighn misses with a knee strike.
Paighn looks gassed!
Logan is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Paighn with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Logan scores a nice knee to the body.
Logan lands an elbow inside that Paighn shrugs off.
Logan utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Logan lands an elbow that stopped Paighn in his tracks for a moment.
Logan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Paighn in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Logan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Paighn misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Logan.
Logan lands an elbow that stopped Paighn in his tracks for a moment.
Logan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Paighn's defenses.
Paighn takes an elbow to the temple.
Logan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Logan lands an elbow that stopped Paighn in his tracks for a moment.
Logan displaying some good clinch control by pressing Paighn up against the cage.
Logan throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nice elbow from Logan.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Logan.
Logan leaning against his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Paighn using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Logan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Paighn avoiding damage as Logan throws knees to the body.
Logan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Logan just misses with a elbow thrown towards Paighn's brow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paighn letting Logan take a breather here.
Logan avoiding damage as Paighn throws knees to the body.
Logan lands a knee to the body.
Logan lands an elbow that stopped Paighn in his tracks for a moment.
Logan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Paighn lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Paighn avoids a wild elbow strike from Logan.
Paighn looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Logan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Logan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Paighn is defending well for now.
Paighn avoids a wild elbow strike from Logan.
Logan taking a breather.
Logan throws an elbow that misses.
Paighn missing with knees to the body.
Paighn missing with knees to the body.
Paighn trying to land knees to the body.
Paighn letting Logan take a breather here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Logan just misses with a elbow thrown towards Paighn's brow.
Logan avoiding damage as Paighn throws knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Logan.
Logan working Paighn over with knees to the body.
Logan landing knees to the body.
Logan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Paighn is defending well for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paighn misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Logan.
Logan tries to land knees in the clinch but Paighn avoids the damage to the body.
Knees to the body from Logan.
Come on Logan - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Logan lands a nice elbow.
Logan managing to block the knees to the body from Paighn.
Logan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Logan lands a nice knee to the body.
Logan lands a damaging elbow.
Logan leaning his opponent against the cage.
Logan tries to land knees in the clinch but Paighn avoids the damage to the body.
Paighn managing to block the knees to the body from Logan.
Logan lands an elbow inside that Paighn shrugs off.
Paighn throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Logan blocks it with crossed arms.
Logan is stalling here.
Paighn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Logan's elbow.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Paighn with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Logan looking to stall.
Paighn is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

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 throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Paighn with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Paighn takes an elbow to the temple.

Paighn manages to break the clinch.
A head kick misses from Paighn.
Paighn tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Logan throws a head kick but Paighn moves out of range.
Logan on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Paighn turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Logan takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Paighn tries to clinch but Logan moves out of range.
Logan throws a leg kick but Paighn moved away.
Paighn wants to land a leg kick but Logan is out of range.

Logan moves into the clinch.
Nice elbow from Logan.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Logan throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Logan misses with an elbow strike.
Logan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Paighn is defending well for now.
Logan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Paighn's defenses.
Logan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Logan as Paighn tries to tie him up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Logan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Phil Paighn's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Logan tries to work over Paighn's front leg with a kick but Paighn checks it.
Logan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Paighn scores with a head kick. Logan tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Logan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Paighn swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Logan avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Logan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Logan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Paighn's sensitive parts.
Logan connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Paighn chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Logan can pounce on him.
Logan moves in looking to clinch but Paighn pushes him off.
Logan moves out of range of the body kick from Paighn.
Paighn throws a push kick but Logan slaps the foot to one side.
Logan throws a quick inside leg kick.

Logan darts in and clinches Paighn up against the cage.
Logan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Paighn's defenses.
Logan takes a knee to the side of the body.
Paighn blocks an elbow strike.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Logan.
Logan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Paighn blocks the elbow strike.
Paighn takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paighn avoids the elbow strike from Logan, against the cage.
Paighn tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Logan avoids it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Paighn obliges.
Paighn tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nice elbow from Logan.
Paighn looking to slow down the pace here.
Paighn takes an elbow to the temple.
Paighn's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Knees in the clinch landing for Paighn.
Logan tries to land knees in the clinch but Paighn avoids the damage to the body.
Paighn stalling in the clinch but Logan improves position.
Logan is trying to maintain a safe position but Paighn gets an underhook and turns Logan into the cage.
Paighn tries to land knees in the clinch but Logan avoids the damage to the body.
Logan crunches a lovely knee into Paighn's ribcage.
Logan trying to land knees to the body.
Paighn dodges an elbow strike from Logan.
Paighn scores with a knee to the head.
Paighn misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Logan.
Logan managing to block the knees to the body from Paighn.
Logan looking to stall.
Paighn managing to block the knees to the body from Logan.
Logan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Paighn is defending well for now.
Logan trying to land knees to the body.
Paighn lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paighn is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Paighn managing to block the knees to the body from Logan.
Logan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Good body shot from Paighn.
Logan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Paighn in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Paighn trying to land knees to the body.
Paighn avoids the elbow strike from Logan, against the cage.
Logan takes a knee right on the jaw!
Logan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Paighn putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Logan in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Logan trying to land knees to the body.
Paighn trying to land knees to the body.
Logan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Logan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Logan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Logan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Logan is trying to maintain a safe position but Paighn gets an underhook and turns Logan into the cage.
Paighn trying to stall but Logan improves his position.
Paighn avoids a wild elbow strike from Logan.
Paighn tries to land knees in the clinch but Logan avoids the damage to the body.
Paighn tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Paighn managing to block the knees to the body from Logan.
Logan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Logan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paighn takes an elbow to the forehead.
Paighn scores with a nice hook to the head.
Logan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Paighn lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A right hook to the body lands for Paighn.
Paighn tries to land knees in the clinch but Logan avoids the damage to the body.
Logan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Logan trying to land knees to the body.
Logan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Paighn tries a knee to the head but Logan blocks it.
Ryan Logan has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Logan pushes off an throws an elbow but Paighn leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Logan as Paighn tries to tie him up.
Logan stalling in the clinch but Paighn improves position.
Logan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Paighn scores with a knee to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Logan just misses with a elbow thrown towards Paighn's brow.
Paighn cracks Logan with a nice body shot.
Paighn tries to land knees in the clinch but Logan avoids the damage to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Logan obliges.

Paighn breaks the clinch.
Logan avoids the head kick by Paighn.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Paighn keeps the fight on the outside.
Logan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A head kick misses from Paighn.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Logan dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Paighn. That did some damage!

Logan gets a clinch.
Paighn avoids the elbow strike from Logan, against the cage.
Paighn tries to land knees in the clinch but Logan avoids the damage to the body.
Logan lands an elbow inside.
Logan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Paighn's defenses.
Logan misses with an elbow strike.
Paighn dodges an elbow strike from Logan.
Logan throws an elbow that misses.
Paighn tries to land knees in the clinch but Logan avoids the damage to the body.
Paighn landing knees to the head.
Logan lands an elbow just above Paighn 's eye.
Logan lands an elbow just above Paighn 's eye.
Paighn utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Logan throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Logan is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Paighn is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Logan throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Paighn is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Logan is defending well for now.
Logan lands a nice elbow.
Logan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Logan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Logan dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Phil Paighn's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Logan lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Logan thuds his shin into the meat of Paighn's side.
Ryan Logan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Paighn throws a half hearted mid kick.
Logan tries to close the distance and clinch but Paighn swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Logan plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Logan moves out of range as Paighn throws a body kick.
Logan has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Paighn.
Paighn thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Logan if he has to take too many more of those.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Paighn, right into the meat.
Paighn scores with a push kick.
Paighn keeps Logan at a distance using the push kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Logan is looking to clinch.
Paighn fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Logan is out of range.
Paighn lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Paighn throws a low kick but it's checked well by Logan.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Logan lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Paighn has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Paighn and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Logan gets a clinch.
Logan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Logan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Paighn lands a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Paighn.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Paighn scores with a nice hook to the head.
Logan is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Paighn tries to land knees in the clinch but Logan avoids the damage to the body.
Logan throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Logan misses with an elbow strike.
Logan throws an elbow but it misses.
Paighn lands with a light punch inside.
Paighn throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Paighn misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Logan.
Logan throws an elbow but it misses.
Logan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Paighn with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Paighn tries to land knees in the clinch but Logan avoids the damage to the body.
Logan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Logan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Logan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Paighn is defending well for now.
Logan utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Paighn content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Logan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Paighn's defenses.
Paighn takes an elbow to the temple.
Logan managing to block the knees to the body from Paighn.
Logan avoiding damage as Paighn throws knees to the body.

That's two 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.
Paighn is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Logan is defending well for now.
Paighn blocks an elbow strike.
Logan lands an elbow inside.
Logan lands a damaging elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Logan.
Paighn is trying to maintain a safe position but Logan gets an underhook and turns Paighn into the cage.
Logan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Logan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Logan.
Logan lands a damaging elbow.
Logan misses with an elbow strike.
Paighn lands a right hand.
Logan throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Paighn connects with a knee to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Logan landing knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Logan obliges.
Logan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Paighn's defenses.
Logan managing to block the knees to the body from Paighn.
Logan lands an elbow inside that Paighn shrugs off.
Paighn looking to throw knees to the head but Logan is blocking nicely.
Paighn takes an elbow to the forehead.
Logan lands an elbow that stopped Paighn in his tracks for a moment.
Paighn tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Logan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Logan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Paighn in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Logan stalling the fight.
Paighn's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Logan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Paighn's defenses.
Logan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Paighn is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Logan is defending well for now.
Paighn takes an elbow to the temple.
Logan missing with knees to the body.
Logan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Logan lands an elbow just above Paighn 's eye.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Paighn missing with knees to the body.
Logan slowing the pace effectively.
Logan missing with knees to the body.
Paighn misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Logan.
Logan avoiding damage as Paighn throws knees to the body.
Logan lands a damaging elbow.
Paighn throws a knee to the head but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Logan throws an elbow but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Logan.
Paighn on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Phil Paighn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Paighn with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Knees to the body from Logan.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Logan just misses with a elbow thrown towards Paighn's brow.
Logan takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paighn using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Logan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Logan lands an elbow that stopped Paighn in his tracks for a moment.
Paighn takes a knee to the side of the body.
Paighn tries to land knees in the clinch but Logan avoids the damage to the body.
Paighn misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Logan.
Logan lands a nice knee to the body.
Logan has Paighn pressed against the cage.
Paighn with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Logan looking to stall.
Paighn with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Logan lands a damaging elbow.
Ryan Logan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Paighn takes a knee to the side of the body.
Paighn unloads a knee to the mid-section. Logan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Logan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Logan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Paighn takes an elbow to the forehead.
Paighn blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Logan throws an elbow but it misses.
Paighn lands a good knee to the midsection. Logan won't want to take too many of those.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Paighn tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Logan managing to block the knees to the body from Paighn.
Logan crunches a lovely knee into Paighn's ribcage.
Paighn misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Logan.

And that's the end of the fight!
Phil Paighn comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Logan has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ryan Logan!