PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Logan Sackett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Red Rum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sackett's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, She Hates Me. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sackett
vs
Rum

190 cm
21
220 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
26
220 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BHP's Shaolin Nutrition (Recovery-Stamina-Muscle)

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Logan Sackett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Red Rum!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, George Francis and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sackett tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rum was well out of range. Poor timing from Sackett.
Sackett misses with a looping right.
Rum missing with a left hand there. Sackett was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rum throws out a loose jab but Sackett uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sackett wants to slow Rum down by chopping away at his legs.
Sackett is looking to chop away at Rum's legs.
Sackett looks to throw the jab but Rum is out of range.
Sackett throws a leg kick but Rum checks it.
Rum slips a jab from Sackett.
Rum checks a leg kick nicely.
Sackett throws a hook but Rum avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rum tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sackett was well out of range. Poor timing from Rum.
Sackett throws a big shot that misses.
Rum swinging wildly here.
Sackett misses with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sackett ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rum moves away.
Rum missing with a left hand there. Sackett was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sackett looks for the body kick but Rum saw that one coming.
Sackett bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Rum throws a series of punches but Sackett moves out of range.
Sackett checks the leg kick nicely there.
Danga de danga de dang - Sackett scores with a four punch combination!
Red Rum is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Sackett 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 Rum has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Rum and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Sackett loads up on a big right hand but Rum slips the punch.
Sackett misses with a hook. Rum ducked under it nicely.
Sackett misses with a head kick.
Rum fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rum tries to clinch but Sackett moves out of range.
Sackett tried to score with a low kick but Rum checks it.
Logan Sackett seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sackett thows a leg kick but Rum checks it
and Rum counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sackett fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Rum on the side of the head.
Rum takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A left and a right from Sackett both land. Nice combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A punch lands to the side of Sackett 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Sackett looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Sackett throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Rum looks gassed!
Sackett misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Sackett shoots in and bounces Rum off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Sackett with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sackett postures up in Rum's guard and throws a big left but Rum blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sackett accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Sackett throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Sackett throws a strike but Rum rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Sackett has a closed guard, preventing Rum from standing up.
Rum looking to pass the guard.
Sackett has his hands on Rum's head, controlling the position.

That's four 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.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Rum defending well as Sackett loads up on a big left hand.
Sackett scores with a three punch combo!
Rum slips a jab from Sackett.
Nice uppercut lands for Sackett. That snapped Rum's head back.
Rum misses with a looping left.
Sackett pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sackett stuns Rum with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Sackett misses with an uppercut. Rum saw that one coming.
Rum fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sackett manages to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Logan Sackett dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Sackett misses with a looping right.
Rum tries to score with a low kick but Sackett moves his leg out of the way.
Sackett misses with a leg kick.
Sackett staying out of range there.
Sackett lands with a kick to the temple. Rum shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
A looping hook to the body misses from Sackett. Rum does a little dance to reset his feet.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rum looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sackett with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Rum lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Rum slaps away a takedown attempt from Sackett, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Sackett fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rum manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rum looks to score with a jab to the body but Sackett is just out of range.
Sackett will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Sackett misses with a shot to the body
and Rum counters with a series of strikes. Sackett will be more careful next time no doubt.
Logan Sackett is winning the standup battle so far.
Rum fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Rum misses with a hook. Sackett ducked under it nicely.
Rum throws a leg kick but Sackett sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Sackett shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Logan Sackett. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sackett falls off balance throwing a combination
and Rum counters with a low kick, right behind Sackett 's knee.
Sackett bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rum lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Rum slips a straight right by Sackett.
Sackett connects with a crisp jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rum thows a body kick. Sackett tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Rum pushes Sackett away with a front kick.
Sackett throws an overhand right that lands on Rum's shoulder, as Rum tries to avoid the shot.
The fighters circling - Rum throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rum dips to his left and cracks Sackett with an uppercut!
Red Rum is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A combination from Rum does no damage.
Sackett missing with a left hand there. Rum was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sackett lands with a hook. Rum tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

Sackett scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Rum is looking to reverse the position.
Sackett in side control, throwing shots but Rum defends.
Rum tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Sackett wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sackett goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Rum rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Sackett's guard! Nice work there by Rum!
Rum postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Rum tries to stand but Sackett is controlling from the bottom.
Rum content to stall in guard here.
Sackett looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Sackett controlling the position.
Rum throwing strikes but missing.
Rum pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sackett is keeping the position for now.
Sackett is pulling down on Rum's head to control his posture.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Logan Sackett dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Sackett rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rum moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sackett fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Rum avoids it really well and circles away.
Sackett throws a looping overhand right but Rum ducks down to avoid it.
Rum fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rum throws a leg kick but Sackett sees it coming and moves out of range.
Sackett tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sackett thumps Rum with a low kick.
Sackett swats away the attempt to clinch by Rum.
Rum throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sackett looks to land a right hand but Rum moved out of range.
Sackett throws a leg kick
and Rum counters with a good low kick that Sackett was not able to check.
Sackett misses with a shot to the body
and Rum counters with an inside leg kick.
Rum ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sackett moves away.
Rum takes a jab right on the kisser.
Sackett throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The fighters circle momentarily. Sackett darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Rum walks into a straight right hand from Sackett.
Good exchange - Sackett coming out on top.
Rum takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Rum thows a body kick. Sackett tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Sackett dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A big right from Sackett misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sackett tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sackett swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Rum counter with a right hand.
Sackett throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Sackett cracks Rum with a good jab.
Sackett on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sackett drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Sackett lands a nice looking body shot.
Rum ducks right into an uppercut from Sackett.
Nice defenses there by Rum.
Rum connects with a body shot.
Horrible takedown by Sackett or perhaps it was just good defense by Rum which made him look bad.
Sackett lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rum moves away from the strike by Sackett.
Sackett with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Rum to score with a decent uppercut.
Red Rum has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sackett throws a leg kick which misses Rum's front leg but catches the back leg as Rum tries to avoid it.
Sackett throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rum sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A slow jab from Rum misses its intended target.
Sackett swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rum looks to land a left hand but Sackett moved out of range nicely.
A leg kick checked by Rum.
Sackett cracks the inside of Rum's front leg.
Rum misses with a wild body shot.
Sackett tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rum was well out of range. Poor timing from Sackett.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sackett bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rum. Sackett does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sackett connects with a looping right hand.
Rum keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sackett blocks a head kick by Rum.
Sackett throws a looping overhand right but Rum ducks down to avoid it.
Rum on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sackett. Sackett obviously looking to wear him down.
Rum keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A left lands for Rum.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sackett with a jab.
Sackett fails with the takedown.
Logan Sackett is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Logan Sackett. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A good leg kick by Sackett.

And that's the end of the fight!
Logan Sackett showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sackett has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 30:26
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27

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