PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Hylton Logan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Maia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anderson Maia acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Logan
vs
Maia

170 cm
19
145 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

175 cm
22
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Self confident

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hylton Logan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Anderson Maia!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Logan looks to land a left hand but Maia moved out of range nicely.
Logan tries to clinch up.
Logan throws a hook but Maia avoids it easily.
Maia keeps the fight on the outside.
Logan is looking to clinch but Maia is avoiding it.

Maia shoots in and bounces Logan off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

Maia thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Maia drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Maia jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Maia drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Maia jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Logan knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Maia on the ground.
Logan wants to sweep but no luck.

Maia is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Maia avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Logan working for a triangle but Maia defends it easily.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Logan tries to clinch but Maia is having none of it.
Maia ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Maia avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Maia shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Logan sprawls well. Logan wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Maia gets slowly back to his feet.
Maia looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Logan missing with a left hand there. Maia was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A slow jab from Logan misses its intended target.
Logan throws a hook but Maia avoids it easily.
Logan misses with a low kick as Maia jumps back.
Maia ducks under a wild hook from Logan.
Logan is looking to clinch but Maia is avoiding it.
Maia uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Logan.
A jab from Logan misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Logan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Logan lands with a hook. Maia tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Logan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Logan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Logan is looking to clinch but Maia is avoiding it.
Maia swats away the attempt to clinch by Logan.
Logan doesn't manage to clinch there - Maia circles away.
Logan wants to clinch.
Maia displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Logan throws out the jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Logan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Logan tries to close the distance and clinch but Maia swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Logan works Maia's body with a nice hook.
Maia keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Logan throws a big shot that misses.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Maia slips under a jab.
Logan misses the jab.
Logan doesn't manage to clinch there - Maia circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anderson Maia dominated that round.
That's time! Logan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A bone on bone clash there as Maia blocks the leg kick.
Logan tries to clinch there but Maia circles away.
Maia slips under a jab.
Maia slips a straight right by Logan.
Maia shoots in but Logan avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Logan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Logan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Maia manages to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maia blocks a jab.
Maia keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Maia blocks a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Logan tries to clinch up.
Logan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Maia moves away.
Maia slips under a jab.
Logan throws an overhand right that lands on Maia's shoulder, as Maia tries to avoid the shot.
Logan doesn't manage to clinch there - Maia circles away.
Logan misses with a hook. Maia ducked under it nicely.
Maia avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Logan waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Maia.
Maia fails to land the takedown.
Logan misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Maia slips a straight right by Logan.
Maia slips a jab from Logan.
Logan misses with a hook.
Logan tries to clinch but Maia moves out of range.
Logan moves in looking to clinch but Maia pushes him off.
Logan attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Logan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Logan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Logan wants to clinch up but Maia keeps it at a distance.
Logan misses with a looping left.
Logan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Logan tries to clinch up.
Logan looks to land a left hand but Maia moved out of range nicely.
No luck for Maia with that takedown attempt.
Hylton Logan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anderson Maia.
Logan misses with an uppercut. Maia saw that one coming.
Logan misses with a straight left.
Logan is looking to clinch but Maia is avoiding it.
Logan tries to clinch there but Maia circles away.

Maia feints and as Logan raises his hands in defense, Maia changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.

Logan is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Maia is fighting to break Logan's control of his arms but Logan is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Maia drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Maia jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Logan trying to control the position.

Maia is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Maia is breathing heavily.

Maia drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Maia seems to have locked his on tight now - Logan screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Maia, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Anderson Maia!