PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Logan Justis (ranked 2165 p4p, 23984 weight class) and Kasparas Spirikavicius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Logan Justis has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Justis
vs
Spirikavicius

189 cm
45
183
40 - 24 - 2

185 cm
24
185
2 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 40 - 24 - 2, fighting out of St Petersburg, Logan Justis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kasparas Spirikavicius!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Illya Tyunina and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Justis shoots and misses
and Spirikavicius counters with a nice uppercut.
Justis dives in for a single leg takedown but Spirikavicius sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
A little jabbing left from Spirikavicius on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Justis tries to pull guard but Spirikavicius holds him up against the cage and eventually Justis drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Logan Justis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Spirikavicius lands with a right to the head.
Spirikavicius misses with the head strike.
Spirikavicius swings wildly with an uppercut but Justis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Spirikavicius lands a body punch.
Spirikavicius misses with a punch on the inside.
Justis fails to pull guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Spirikavicius has a couple of punches blocked by Justis.
Justis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Spirikavicius misses with a hook from the clinch.
Spirikavicius avoiding damage.
Justis is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Spirikavicius to keep the fight standing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Justis.
A nice right hand lands inside from Spirikavicius.
Justis tries to pull guard but Spirikavicius forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Spirikavicius misses with a hook from the clinch.
Spirikavicius misses with a hook from the clinch.
Spirikavicius fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Spirikavicius working aggressively here.

Justis has picked Spirikavicius up - he's going for a ride! Justis dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Justis trying to control the pace.
Spirikavicius is staying active underneath Justis, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Justis is really struggling to control Spirikavicius but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Spirikavicius felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Spirikavicius is trying to stand.
Justis is trying to control the action in half guard but Spirikavicius is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Justis stops Spirikavicius from getting back to his feet.
Justis is trying to control the action in half guard but Spirikavicius is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Justis not doing much here.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Spirikavicius looks to land a right hand but Justis moved out of range.
Justis uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Spirikavicius.
Justis shoots in and drives through. Spirikavicius sprawls well.
A lazy left from Spirikavicius finds it's target.
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!
A chopping leg kick lands by Spirikavicius.
Spirikavicius misses with a hook. Justis ducked under it nicely.
Justis fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Justis tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Spirikavicius swivels and escapes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spirikavicius lands with a right hand.
Justis slips under a jab from Spirikavicius.
Justis moves forwards but Spirikavicius connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Justis is trying hard to land a takedown here. Spirikavicius sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Justis with a lazy takedown attempt
and Spirikavicius counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Justis is breathing heavily.
Spirikavicius fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Spirikavicius scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Spirikavicius scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Justis doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Spirikavicius cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Justis is rocked!
Spirikavicius is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Oh Justis is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Spirikavicius might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Spirikavicius scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Justis doesn't seem bothered though.
Justis takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Spirikavicius measures up his opponent and throws a superman punch that connects to the jaw! Down goes Justis! The ref steps in, and that's the ball game folks!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Kasparas Spirikavicius!
The defeated Logan Justis had this to say: 'Well shit'.