PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Gar Logan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ballard Magnar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ballard Magnar has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Logan
vs
Magnar

173 cm
24
150 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

174 cm
25
158 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

Powerful takedowns
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gar Logan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ballard Magnar!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Trevor Gratis and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Logan looks to land a combination but Magnar avoids it well.
Ballard Magnar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Logan checks a leg kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Magnar.
Logan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Magnar paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Logan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sloppy strikes from Magnar. Those never looked like landing.
Magnar connects with a nice looking jab.
A big right from Magnar misses.

Logan clinches up against the cage.
Magnar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Logan throws an elbow but misses.
Magnar scores with a shoulder strike.
Logan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Magnar has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Logan takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Logan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Magnar is trying to break free.
Magnar lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Logan backwards.
Magnar will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Logan up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Magnar avoids the elbow strike from Logan, against the cage.
Logan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Knees to the body from Logan.
Magnar takes a shot to the head.
Magnar scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Logan trying to land knees to the body.
Logan crunches a lovely knee into Magnar's ribcage.
Magnar avoiding damage as Logan throws knees to the body.
Magnar doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Magnar blocks an elbow strike.
Magnar is looking to control Logan's arms but Logan gets an underhook and turns him. Now Magnar has his back to the cage.
Magnar wants to break free but Logan has control.
Magnar takes a knee to the side of the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Logan landing knees to the body.
Magnar tries to throw a body punch but Logan avoids it by throwing Magnar back against the cage.
Magnar makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Magnar makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Magnar blocks the elbow strike.
Logan utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Magnar has Logan pressed against the cage.
Magnar blocks the elbow strike.
Magnar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Magnar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Logan connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Magnar momentarily.
Logan throws a head kick but Magnar moves out of range.
Logan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Magnar manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Magnar misses with an uppercut.
Logan works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Logan misses with a wild combination.
Magnar misses with a looping right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Logan wants to clinch.
Magnar throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Magnar finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Magnar throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Logan throws a right and a left that both miss.
Magnar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Logan throws a one two combo.
Magnar's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Magnar duly obliges.

It looks like Gar Logan has been cut.
Logan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Logan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Magnar lands the left hand.

Logan is rocked!
Ballard Magnar is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Logan tries to close the distance and clinch but Magnar swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Oh Logan is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Magnar pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Logan seems to have got his legs back now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Magnar misses with an uppercut
and Magnar takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nice jab there from Magnar.
Logan is looking to clinch.
Logan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Magnar throws a lazy uppercut
letting Logan counter with a right hand.
Logan looks to throw the jab but Magnar is out of range.
Logan tries to clinch there but Magnar circles away.
Logan slips under a jab.
Logan's corner calls for a 1-2. Logan obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Logan lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Magnar throws a right hand that misses
and Logan counters with a lovely shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Magnar lands a left and a right that send Logan crashing to the mat, dazed. Magnar thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Magnar cracks Logan with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Logan falls to his knees and Magnar 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 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ballard Magnar!
Ballard Magnar thanked the fans post fight for their support.