PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jr StClair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frankie Logan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Logan has chosen Don't Stop Believing as his entrance music. Both these guys are coming into the fight with injuries so let's see if that has a bearing on the fight. Frankie Logan looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

StClair
vs
Logan

188 cm
19
205 lbs
3 - 6 - 0

180 cm
19
210 lbs
2 - 12 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jr StClair!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Frankie Logan!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Steve Erwin and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Logan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Logan looks gassed!
StClair misses with the combination.

StClair closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Logan did well to prevent StClair getting side control.
StClair missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
StClair throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
StClair not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Logan keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Logan keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Logan is defending against the submission attempts here by StClair.
Logan is looking for a sweep. StClair is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
StClair keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

StClair decides to stand and escape the position.
StClair misses with a series of wild punches.
StClair has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Logan throws a left and a right that both miss
and StClair counters with a nice leg kick.
Logan takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
StClair avoids a kick to the body.
Logan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Logan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from StClair.
StClair throws a head kick but Logan moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Logan moves into the clinch.
Logan jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as StClair walks away with a smile on his face. Logan gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

StClair drives through and clinches with Logan against the cage.

StClair breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Frankie Logan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Logan misses with a jab, cross combination.
StClair dodges the punch combination from Logan.
Logan tries to clinch but StClair moves out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

StClair instigates a clinch.
Logan tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. StClair just stands there and leans against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on StClair's face as he tries to break the clinch.
StClair working hard to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
StClair avoiding damage as Logan throws knees to the body.

StClair's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Logan is looking to clinch but StClair is avoiding it.

StClair fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Logan to the ground. StClair is now in Logan's guard.

Logan has his foot on StClair's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. StClair works his way back into a safe position though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Logan not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

StClair stands up from Logan's guard - StClair perhaps looking for a knockout.

StClair moves into the clinch.

StClair breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Logan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but StClair paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Logan tries to clinch but StClair moves away
and StClair counters with a left to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Logan throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by StClair!
Logan tries to clinch up.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Logan gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Logan really doesn't want to stay on the ground with StClair. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
StClair with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

StClair decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Logan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Logan stuffs the takedown.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Logan sizes up StClair with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Logan fails with an attempt to clinch.

StClair darts in and clinches Logan up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jr StClair 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.

Logan defends well against a solid takedown attempt from StClair.
Logan jabs StClair to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Logan tries to clinch but StClair moves out of range.
Logan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Logan throws a series of punches but StClair avoids them all with ease.
Logan fails to land with a series of punches.
Logan scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. StClair doesn't seem bothered though.

StClair fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Logan, pushing him back against the cage.
StClair prevents Logan from breaking the clinch.
StClair wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Logan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Logan is trying to break the clinch but StClair is controlling him.
Logan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Logan tries a body shot but StClair blocks it.
StClair tries to break the clinch but Logan is controlling the position.
StClair is trying to break free.

StClair breaks from the clinch.
StClair tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Logan's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Logan duly obliges.
Logan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but StClair paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Logan closes the distance but StClair moves to the side

and StClair counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
StClair wants to get back to striking at distance but Logan won't allow it.
Logan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A frustrated look appears on StClair's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Logan tries to circle away but StClair has him pinned against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
StClair tries to break the clinch but Logan is controlling the position.
Logan is trying to force a seperation but StClair has the dominant position.

StClair manages to break the clinch.
Logan scores with a nice strike.
Logan is looking to clinch but StClair is avoiding it.
Jr StClair is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

StClair clinches up against the cage.
StClair wants to break free but Logan has control.
Logan can't get the takedown.

StClair pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Logan throws a sloppy head kick and StClair moves out of range easily.
StClair dives in and grabs Logan's left leg, looking for a takedown. Logan pushes down on StClair's head and hops out.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
StClair moves out of range of the body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Logan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. StClair manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Logan tries to close the distance and clinch up but StClair swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Logan tries to clinch up but StClair circles away and keeps his distance.
Logan tries to clinch up but StClair circles away and keeps his distance.
StClair lands a slapping body shot.
A left and a right from StClair both land. Nice combination.

StClair has closed the distance and engaged Logan in a clinch.
Logan trying to stall but StClair improves his position.
Logan drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

StClair breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nice body kick there by Logan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Logan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Logan keeps StClair at a distance using the push kick.
Logan is on the wrong end of a nice combination from StClair.
StClair lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Logan misses with the combination.
Logan slips a jab and a cross from StClair.
No luck for StClair with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jr StClair. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice shot lands for StClair.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Logan avoids the head kick by StClair.
Frankie Logan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Logan avoids the body shot from StClair.
StClair falls off balance throwing a combination
and Logan counters with a body kick that stops StClair in his tracks momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Jr StClair will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

StClair shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Logan is trying to defend but StClair finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
StClair lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
StClair content to control rather than advance.
StClair has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
StClair not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Logan tries to get to full guard but StClair has control of the leg.

Logan looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Logan keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
StClair is trying to control. Logan wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Logan is defending against the submission attempts here by StClair.
Logan wants to get back to his feet.
Logan is trying to get back to full guard.

StClair escapes and gets back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
StClair misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
StClair misses with a jab, cross combination.
Logan moves in looking to clinch but StClair pushes him off.
StClair misses with the combination.
Logan tries to clinch but StClair moves out of range.
Logan tries to clinch there but StClair circles away.
StClair avoids a punch combination nicely.
StClair slips under a jab.

StClair closes the distance and clinches.
StClair wants to get back to striking at distance but Logan won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
StClair looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
StClair looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Logan misses with a knee strike.
StClair working hard to break the clinch.
StClair wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Logan fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Logan working hard to break the clinch.
StClair is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
StClair is looking to break free of the clinch but Logan has double underhooks.
Logan wants to break the clinch but can't.
StClair has Logan pressed against the cage, preventing Logan from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Logan is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

StClair escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
No joy there for Logan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
StClair looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
StClair avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
StClair has a takedown stuffed.
StClair shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Logan as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jr StClair. That's going to take a lot out of him.
StClair throws a head kick that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Logan misses with a double jab.

Logan closes the distance and clinches.
StClair prevents Logan from breaking the clinch.
Frankie Logan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jr StClair is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Logan tries to throw a body punch but StClair avoids it by throwing Logan back against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jr StClair showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for StClair, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jr StClair!