PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Denton Thunder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Logan Sackett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sackett has chosen She Hates Me as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Thunder
vs
Sackett

199 cm
32
215 lbs
34 - 11 - 0

190 cm
33
220 lbs
25 - 9 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Hellbent

Merciless Gladiators

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 34 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Denton Thunder!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Logan Sackett!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, James Glass and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thunder on the wrong end of a nice jab.

It looks like Denton Thunder has been cut.
Sackett has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Thunder finds it's way round the side to connect with Sackett's head.
Sackett walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Thunder checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Thunder keeps the fight on the outside.
Sackett throws the left hand but Thunder avoids the punch easily.
Thunder lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

It looks like Logan Sackett has been cut.

Sackett shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thunder tries to get to full guard but Sackett has control of the leg.
Sackett missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Sackett throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Thunder keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Sackett throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thunder is trying to get back to full guard.
Sackett throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Sackett drops an elbow to the side of Thunder's head.
Thunder wants to get back to full guard.
Sackett lands strikes from half guard.
Sackett uses his free foot to push down on Thunder's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Thunder.
Sackett scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Sackett landing strikes, looking to finish!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sackett throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Poor strikes thrown by Sackett there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Sackett throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thunder wants to control but Sackett is having none of it.
Sackett punching from mount but Thunder doing a good job of avoiding damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sackett pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Sackett landing punches.
Sackett raining down shots from the mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sackett lands a big elbow - Thunder is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Thunder is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Logan Sackett!
Logan Sackett seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.