PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Eli Logan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Amba Marovo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Amba Marovo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Logan
vs
Marovo

186 cm
25
193 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

187 cm
23
189 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Can Moonwalk

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Eli Logan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Amba Marovo!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, John Mangel and Ben Hemmingworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Logan 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 slips a jab and a cross from Marovo.
Marovo lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Marovo shoots in and drives through. Logan sprawls well.
Eli Logan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Logan lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Marovo tries to clinch but Logan moves away
and Logan counters with a one-two to the body.
Marovo drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Logan scores with a jab to the jaw.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Marovo moves into the clinch.
Logan is pressed up against the cage. Marovo has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Logan down to the mat. Logan avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Logan throws a right hand that Marovo ducks under and follows up with a left that Marovo also avoids with ease.
Marovo has a takedown stuffed.
Eli Logan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Amba Marovo.
Logan looks to land a combination but Marovo avoids it well.
Marovo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Logan scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Logan looks to land a combination but Marovo avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marovo shoots for a double leg takedown but Logan sprawls well. He's pushed Marovo's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Logan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Marovo drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Logan defends it well.
A punch combination from Logan misses.
Logan scores with a nice right hand.
Marovo slips a jab and a cross from Logan.
Logan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Logan throws a nice looking combination but Marovo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Logan is breathing heavily.
Logan misses with a series of wild punches.
Logan misses with a combination

and Marovo counters by moving into the clinch.

Marovo is trying to trip Logan. He has hold of a leg but Logan is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Marovo persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Logan is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Marovo dives into side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Marovo decides to take the fight back to the feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marovo shoots in but no luck this time.
Marovo shoots in for a takedown but Logan shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Logan tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Logan throws a sloppy head kick and Marovo moves out of range easily.
Logan throws a series of punches but Marovo moves out of range.
Marovo throws a series of punches but Logan avoids them all with ease.
Marovo takes a jab right on the kisser.
Logan smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
It looks like Logan has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Logan throws a combination that misses

and Marovo counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Marovo.

Marovo drops back looking for a leg! Logan is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Logan manages to kick Marovo off! Marovo jumps back into Logan's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Logan pulls Marovo in close to prevent any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Logan kicks Marovo off and gets to his feet.
Logan throws a low kick but Marovo moves out of range easily.
No luck for Marovo with that takedown attempt.
Logan lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Logan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Marovo has closed the distance and engaged Logan in a clinch.
Marovo jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Logan walks away with a smile on his face. Marovo gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Marovo dodges the punch combination from Logan.
Logan listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Logan swinging wildly here.
Marovo avoids a punch combination nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Logan lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Logan misses with the combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eli Logan dominated that round.
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.

Some wild striking there from Logan.
Logan stuffs the takedown.
A head kick misses from Marovo.
No joy there for Logan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Marovo wants to counter the offense by Logan and move into the clinch position.
Logan lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Logan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Logan misses with a double jab.
Marovo is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Eli Logan is winning the standup battle so far.

Marovo has managed to clinch.
Marovo has Logan pressed against the cage, preventing Logan from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Logan is pressed up against the cage. Marovo has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Logan down to the mat. Logan avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Logan swats away the attempt to clinch by Marovo.
Logan seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Marovo shoots in and drives through. Logan sprawls well.
Eli Logan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Amba Marovo.
Marovo tries to clinch up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Logan throws a leg kick but Marovo sees it coming and moves out of range.
Logan looks to land a combination but Marovo avoids it well.

Marovo gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Logan working aggressively here.
Logan tries to circle away but Marovo has him pinned against the cage.

Marovo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Logan misses with a combination

and Marovo counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Logan.

Marovo pulls Logan into guard.
Marovo preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Marovo is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Logan accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Logan is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but Marovo has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. Logan is looking to defend but Marovo has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for Logan! Marovo pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, Logan taps out and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Amba Marovo!