PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Fingal Logan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cliff Paul (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Logan
vs
Paul

165 cm
22
140 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

170 cm
18
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Good knees
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Fingal Logan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Cliff Paul!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Phil Schofield and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paul throws out a loose jab but Logan uses good head movement to avoid it.
A big left from Logan misses.

Paul tries to keep at a distance but Logan has taken the fight into the clinch.
Nice body punch from Logan - that landed with a thud.
Logan lands a left hand that snaps the head of Paul backwards.
Logan lands an uppercut.
Logan pushes Paul back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Logan lands with a left to the head.
Logan prevents Paul from breaking the clinch.
Logan has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Knees in the clinch landing for Logan.
Paul looking to slow down the pace here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Logan.
Logan lands a hook that snaps the head of Paul backwards.

It looks like Cliff Paul has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Paul misses with a punch on the inside.
Logan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Logan scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Paul fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Logan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short uppercut from Logan.

Paul is rocked!
Logan lands a right hand.
Paul is still on wobbly legs! Can Logan finish him?
Logan working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Logan.
Logan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Logan.
Logan crunches a lovely knee into Paul's ribcage.
Paul seems to have recovered his senses.
Paul looks winded!
Paul is trying to break free.
Logan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pauls head.
Logan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A frustrated look appears on Paul's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Logan lands a left hand.
Logan lands a body punch in the clinch.
Logan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Logan.
Logan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Logan.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A shot in the inside from Logan.
Logan scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Logan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Logan.
A shot in the inside from Logan.
Logan lands a body punch in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Logan crunches a lovely knee into Paul's ribcage.
Logan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Paul backwards.
Logan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Logan lands a left hand.
Knees to the body from Logan.
Paul can't break the clinch.
Logan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short uppercut from Logan.
Logan gets through Paul's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Logan lands a nice uppercut.
Nice body punch from Logan.
Logan lands a body shot in the clinch.
Logan lands a nice knee to the body.
Logan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Logan.
Logan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Logan lands a nice uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Logan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Logan dips a shoulder and cracks Paul with a mighty uppercut! Paul falls back against the cage and Logan unloads with a barrage of strikes! Paul is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Logan screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fingal Logan!