PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tony Lamotta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Logan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lamotta comes to the cage accompanied by Survivor - Eye of the Tiger. Logan is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Devildriver - Devils Son. James Logan is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Lamotta
vs
Logan

185 cm
30
195 lbs
15 - 11 - 0

183 cm
36
198 lbs
24 - 20 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

ADCC Champion
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tony Lamotta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 20 - 1, fighting out of New York, James Logan!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Logan throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Lamotta makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Logan really felt that one!
Logan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lamotta moves away.
Lamotta avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Logan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lamotta.
Logan on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Lamotta misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Logan misses with a straight right.
Lamotta avoids the body shot from Logan.
Good standup being displayed there by Logan as he connects with a hook.
Nice uppercut lands for Lamotta. That snapped Logan's head back.
Logan slips under a jab from Lamotta.
Logan throws a jab but it's blocked by Lamotta.
Logan cracks a nice hook into Lamotta's ribs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Logan shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Lamotta pinned against the cage. Lamotta gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Logan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lamotta.
Logan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lamotta steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Logan.
Lamotta throws a wild body kick that Logan sees coming a mile off.
Lamotta steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Logan.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Lamotta.
Lamotta uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Logan.
A head kick misses from Lamotta.
Tony Lamotta is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Logan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lamotta was well out of range. Poor timing from Logan.
Lamotta scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

It looks like James Logan has been cut.
Lamotta on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Logan connects with a right hand. Lamotta shakes it off.
Logan on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Lamotta. Lamotta obviously looking to wear him down.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Logan misses with a two punch combination.
James Logan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Logan lands with a good body shot.
A good leg kick by Lamotta.
Logan smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Logan misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
A looping hook to the body misses from Logan. Lamotta does a little dance to reset his feet.
Logan throws a right hand that misses
and Lamotta counters with a body kick.
Nice body punch from Logan.
Logan works the jab nicely.
Logan misses with a wild body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Logan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lamotta throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Lamotta moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Lamotta ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Logan moves away.
A bone on bone clash there as Logan blocks the leg kick.
Lamotta pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Logan comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Logan misses with a body shot.

Logan drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Lamotta is trying to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lamotta wants to get back to his feet.
Lamotta tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lamotta is pushing Logan's head away, looking to escape. Logan manages to hold on to the position though.
Lamotta is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Lamotta is trying to escape the position but Logan is controlling the position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Logan tries for a kimura but Lamotta is defending well.
Logan remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lamotta is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Logan has just dragged him back down to the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Tony Lamotta will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on James Logan's cut.
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.

Lamotta gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Lamotta is pulling down on Logan's head to control his posture.
Lamotta is trying to keep Logan in close.
Lamotta looking to hit a scissor sweep but Logan is one step ahead there.
Logan showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

Tony Lamotta has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Lamotta slips under a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Logan scores with the left hand. Lamotta knows he should have avoided that one.
Lamotta fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Logan checks it well.
Logan avoids the head kick by Lamotta.
Lamotta keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Logan dives in and grabs Lamotta's left leg, looking for a takedown. Lamotta pushes down on Logan's head and hops out.
Lamotta dodges the punch combination from Logan.
Lamotta misses with a wild body shot.
A head kick misses from Lamotta.
Logan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lamotta was well out of range. Poor timing from Logan.
Logan has a takedown stuffed.
Lamotta throws a sloppy head kick and Logan moves out of range easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lamotta is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Logan fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Logan connects with a body shot.
Logan just misses with a punch to the body.
Lamotta lands with a hook. Logan tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Logan with a nice cross.
Lamotta lands a jab to Logan's midsection.
Lamotta lands with a kick to the temple. Logan shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Logan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lamotta.
Lamotta throws the kick towards the body but Logan avoids it.
Lamotta ducks under a wild hook from Logan.
No luck for Logan with that takedown attempt.
Tony Lamotta has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of James Logan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Logan.
Lamotta throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lamotta misses with a body kick.
Lamotta misses with a head kick.
Logan tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Lamotta scores with a push kick.
Lamotta throws a head kick that misses.
Lamotta defending well as Logan loads up on a big left hand.
A slow jab from Logan misses its intended target.
Logan works Lamotta's body with a nice hook.
Logan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lamotta moves away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lamotta throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Lamotta keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Logan.
Lamotta takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Logan takes a swing at Lamotta's ribcage but misses.
Lamotta keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A lazy left from Logan finds it's target.
Logan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lamotta.
Logan lands with an overhand left.
Logan swings for the body but Lamotta moves out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Logan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lamotta moves away.
Lamotta fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Logan on the side of the head.
Lamotta scores with a one two! Logan had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
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 Tony Lamotta will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on James Logan's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Lamotta misses with a looping right.
Lamotta keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Logan throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Lamotta's waist but Lamotta gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Logan off to one side.
Lamotta throws a right hand that Logan ducks under and follows up with a left that Logan also avoids with ease.
Lamotta looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Lamotta pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Logan gets a takedown into half guard.
Lamotta makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Lamotta.
Logan sitting in guard here, content to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lamotta is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Logan is controlling him.
Logan is stalling in the full guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

Lamotta wriggles free and stands up.
Lamotta throws a jab but it's blocked by Logan.
Lamotta's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Logan connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Lamotta scrambles back to his feet.
Logan lands a really nice looking cross but Lamotta seems unphased.
Lamotta moves out of range of the strikes.
A head kick misses from Lamotta.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lamotta throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Danga de danga de dang - Logan scores with a four punch combination!
Logan misses with a wild body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lamotta swings away with a body shot that misses
and Logan counters with a left to the body.
Logan is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Lamotta rather than just go for the knockout.
Logan looks to score with a jab to the body but Lamotta is just out of range.
Lamotta takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A clash of legs there as Logan blocks the low kick.
Tony Lamotta is winning the standup battle so far.
Lamotta slips a straight right by Logan.
Lamotta uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Logan.
Lamotta shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Decent striking displayed by Logan there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lamotta lands a nice looking kick to the body. Logan takes a step back to recover.
Lamotta delivers a nice body kick.
Logan tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Lamotta swivels and escapes.
Logan throws a hook to the side of Lamotta's head but Lamotta sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lamotta fails to land with a series of punches.
Logan digs a good body shot into Lamotta's ribs.
Lamotta throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
James Logan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lamotta does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Logan uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Logan takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Lamotta pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Logan looks to land a right hand but Lamotta moved out of range.
Logan takes a swing at Lamotta's ribcage but misses.
Logan darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Logan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lamotta.
Logan fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Lamotta keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lamotta lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Logan shoots in for a takedown but Lamotta shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Tony Lamotta has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of James Logan.
Logan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Logan scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lamotta ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Lamotta misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Logan.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to James Logan.
I think Lamotta has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tony Lamotta!
Tony Lamotta managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Black Hand Alliance Only Laundry Service, into his post fight interview.