PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Fingal Logan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Troy Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Troy Murphy has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Fingal Logan's chin.

Logan
vs
Murphy

165 cm
21
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

165 cm
27
140 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Good knees
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Fingal Logan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Troy Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Daniel Bishop and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Logan closes the distance and pushes Murphy back into the cage.
Murphy changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Logan fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Logan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Murphy swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

Logan has managed to clinch.
Logan scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Logan lands a left hand.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Logan.
Murphy is looking for a takedown.
Logan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Murphy drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Logan gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Fingal Logan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Troy Murphy.
Logan working Murphy over with knees to the body.
Logan lands a body shot in the clinch.
Logan lands a left hand.

Logan drags the fight down to the ground.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Murphy throws a big right hand that misses.
Murphy throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Murphy scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Logan wants to sweep but no luck.
Murphy stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Logan swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Logan is pulling down on Murphy's head to control his posture.
Murphy in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Logan is looking to sweep but instead, Murphy has passed into half guard.
Murphy throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Murphy thows a huge punch but Logan dodges it nicely.
Logan blocking the ground and pound attempt from Murphy.
Murphy with the ground and pound but Logan uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Logan keeping full guard, as Murphy tries to pass.
Logan seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy throws an elbow that misses. Logan uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Murphy's guard. Nice move by Logan!

Logan forces his way into half guard.
Logan working the head and body with strikes.
Logan trying to pass the guard but Murphy defending well.
Logan perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Murphy has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Murphy misses with some strikes from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Logan with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Logan working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Logan perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Murphy flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Logan slows the pace down in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Murphy punching from the bottom.
Logan tries to pass to full mount but Murphy defends it.
Murphy flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

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.
Logan is figuring out what he wants to do next.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Logan stuns Murphy with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

Murphy gets caught napping as Logan dives in and scores a takedown. Murphy manages to retain guard.
Logan controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Logan seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Murphy for as long as he can get away with.
Logan slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Logan advances to full mount.
Logan controlling his opponent.
Logan postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Murphy looks a forlorn figure.
Logan sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Logan throws a leg kick which misses Murphy's front leg but catches the back leg as Murphy tries to avoid it.
Logan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Murphy can do to turn this around?
Logan connects with a jab.
Murphy takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

Logan looking to score a takedown here. Murphy is defending well but Logan drives through and ends up in Murphy's guard.
Logan looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Logan works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Murphy is trying to get back to full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Murphy looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Murphy tries to kick Logan off but Logan keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Logan continues to stall.
Murphy is looking for a sweep. Logan is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Murphy is trying to control but can't.
Logan is controlling the pace.
Logan lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Logan takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

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.
Murphy punching from the bottom.
Logan with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Logan has closed the distance and engaged Murphy in a clinch.
A shot in the inside from Logan.
Murphy prevents a body shot from Logan.
Logan lands a body shot.

Logan manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Murphy trying to control but Logan is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Murphy throws a strike but Logan rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Logan controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Murphy striking off his back but it's not causing Logan any problems.
Logan slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Fingal Logan overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Murphy throwing strikes off his back to little effect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Logan won't allow Murphy to sweep him here.
Logan works over Murphy with some ground and pound from guard.
Logan controlling from the top position.
Murphy trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Murphy being controlled here, momentarily.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Murphy slips a jab and a cross from Logan.
Troy Murphy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Logan lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Murphy at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fingal Logan dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Murphy dives in for a single leg takedown but Logan sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Murphy shoots in for a takedown but Logan shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Logan comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Troy Murphy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fighters circle momentarily. Logan darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Logan clobbers Murphy with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Logan scores with a jab.
Murphy closes the distance and clinches up with Logan, looking for a takedown. Murphy pushes Logan against the cage but Logan circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Fingal Logan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Troy Murphy.
Murphy on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Logan. Logan obviously looking to wear him down.
Nice cross by Logan.
Horrible takedown attempt by Murphy or perhaps it was just good defense by Logan, which made it look bad.
Logan stuns Murphy with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Logan connects with a body shot that sends Murphy's belly button to the back.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A solid leg kick lands there for Logan.
Murphy shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Logan but Logan pushes him off and we're back to square one.
A counter left hand to the body from Logan misses its target.
Murphy takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Logan connects with a body shot that sends Murphy's belly button to the back.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Logan decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Logan uses his free foot to push down on Murphy's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Murphy.
Logan tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Logan landing punches.
Logan sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Logan has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Logan controlling from the full mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy is bucking up trying to escape but Logan cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Murphy swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Murphy tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Logan lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Murphy hang on?
Logan takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Logan blocks Murphy's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Logan controlling his opponent.
This is a sustained period of stalling by Logan.
Fingal Logan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Logan controlling the pace for now.
Murphy swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Logan content just to control the position here.
Murphy tries to reverse the position but Logan maintains control.
Troy Murphy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Logan content just to control the position here.
Murphy swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.

And that's the end of the fight!
Fingal Logan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Logan 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 30:25
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:25
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:25

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