PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Billy Shears (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Logan Sackett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shears comes to the cage accompanied by Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Sackett is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Smack My BitchUp. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Shears
vs
Sackett

185 cm
19
214 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

190 cm
24
215 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Good chin

Dangerous GnP
Brawler
Powerful

CROWN
Bushido Clothing

CROWN

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Billy Shears!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Logan Sackett!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sackett closes the distance and clinches.
Shears blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sackett landing knees to the head.
Shears is working for takedown but Sackett is calmly controlling the position for now.
Sackett lands a knee to the head.
Sackett using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Shears has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sackett tries to land knees in the clinch but Shears avoids the damage to the body.
Sackett throws a punch but it's blocked by Shears.

Sackett manages to break the clinch.
Shears uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sackett.
Sackett throws a shot from downtown. Shears moves away and avoids it.
Shears displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sackett throws out the jab.
Shears swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Shears misses with a hook to the body
and Sackett counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Shears thinking.
Sackett misses with a body shot.

Sackett gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shears passes Sackett's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Sackett looks like he's trying to stand up.
Shears thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shears is nestled in close to Sackett, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Sackett is trying to stand up here but Shears is controlling him well.
Shears lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Ground and pound from Shears.
Shears is taking a breather. Sackett says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Shears lands with a punch from half guard.
Sackett tries to get to full guard but Shears has control of the leg.
Sackett pushes Shears off looking to stand but Shears dives back in and keeps control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Shears is working for a kimura but Sackett is defending it quite comfortably.
Sackett tries to kick Shears off but Shears keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Shears moves into full mount! Sackett won't be happy about that!
Shears lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Sackett is in all sorts of trouble here.
Shears working Sackett over with strikes here.

Shears is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Sackett can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Shears prevents Sackett from getting the reversal.
Sackett looks gassed!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shears looking to control and managing it successfully.
Sackett is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Sackett is wriggling around trying to escape.
Sackett is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Shears lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shears can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Sackett is looking to escape.
Shears lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Shears cracks Sackett with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Sackett takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Sackett tries to hold on but Shears postures up.
Sackett is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Shears goes for an armbar but Sackett turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Sackett.
Shears is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Shears lands a decent punch to the body there.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Shears is on top in guard.
Sackett is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Shears pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sackett is keeping the position for now.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shears slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Shears lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Sackett down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Billy Shears 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.

Shears has his takedown stuffed
and Sackett makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Shears avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sackett throws a jab when Shears was well out of range.
Sackett tries to clinch but Shears is having none of it.
Sackett throws a hook to the side of Shears's head but Shears sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sackett takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Sackett slips under a jab from Shears.
Sackett slips a straight right by Shears.
Shears ducks under a wild hook from Sackett.
Logan Sackett seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Shears darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Shears is trying to control the action in half guard but Sackett is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Shears is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Sackett is trying to stand back up but Shears is controlling him

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shears looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Shears trying to control the action but Sackett is working from the bottom.
Shears 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.

Sackett makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Nice sprawl there from Sackett as Shears shoots in.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Shears throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sackett missing with a left hand there. Shears was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Shears drops his hands momentarily and Sackett takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Shears gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Sackett stuffs the takedown attempt from Shears. Shears gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Billy Shears. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A left lands for Sackett.
Sackett throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sackett moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Sackett thows a body shot but no joy.
Sackett misses with a hook. Shears ducked under it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shears misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sackett.
Sackett throws a shot from downtown. Shears moves away and avoids it.
Sackett jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sackett throws a jab but it's blocked by Shears.
Sackett scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sackett fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Sackett darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Sackett misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
The fighters circling - Sackett throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Shears tries for a takedown but Sackett sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Shears misses with a telegraphed body shot
letting Sackett counter with a right hand.
A lazy left from Sackett finds it's target.
Sackett connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Shears fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sackett manages to avoid it.
Shears scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sackett shoots for a takedown but Shears saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Shears shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Shears sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Sackett wants to stand and escape but Shears is having none of it.
Shears seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Shears trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Shears keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Sackett's head.
Billy Shears overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Shears slips nicely into half guard.
Shears stops Sackett from getting back to his feet.
Ground and pound from Shears.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shears works his foot free and advances to mount.
Shears dominating with strikes here.
Sackett is trying to escape the mount.
Sackett throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Sackett is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Sackett is desperately trying to improve his position but Shears has a good base and remains in mount.
Sackett in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Shears lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Shears landing punches.
Sackett in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Shears lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Sackett hang on?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shears in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Logan Sackett showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Shears's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Shears misses with a wild body shot.
Logan Sackett seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Shears swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sackett clobbers Shears with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Shears throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Shears displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sackett throws out the jab.
Shears is looking to wear down Sackett with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Sackett defending well as Shears loads up on a big left hand.
Shears looks to throw the jab but Sackett is out of range.
Shears swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sackett avoids the body shot from Shears.
Horrible takedown by Shears or perhaps it was just good defense by Sackett which made him look bad.
Shears lands a glancing blow to the side of Sackett's head.
Nice uppercut lands for Sackett. That snapped Shears's head back.

Shears changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Sackett looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Shears wants to control but Sackett is keeping him busy.
The ground and pound from Shears seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shears working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sackett is looking to regain half guard here but Shears keeps moving and retains side control.
Sackett misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Sackett tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Shears trying to control the action but Sackett is working from the bottom.
Sackett is pushing Shears's head away, looking to escape. Shears manages to hold on to the position though.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Sackett uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Shears.
Shears shoots in and drives through. Sackett sprawls well.
Shears misses with a jab to the body
and Sackett counters with a three punch combo that has Shears backing up. Shears nods at Sackett to acknowledge the strikes.
Shears swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Sackett holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Shears is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Sackett gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Billy Shears. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Sackett scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sackett with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Shears pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sackett tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Sackett bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Shears's head backwards.
Sackett lands a right hook to the body.
Shears shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
letting Sackett counter with a right hand.
Sackett attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Shears throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sackett looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sackett tries to close the distance and clinch up but Shears swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Shears ducks under a wild hook from Sackett.
Shears fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Sackett misses the jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sackett swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Shears misses with an uppercut. Sackett saw that one coming.
Sackett is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Shears.

Sackett instigates a clinch.

Sackett's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Shears feints and as Sackett raises his hands in defense, Shears changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Sackett is looking to stand up but Shears isn't so interested in that idea.
Shears slips nicely into half guard.

Shears is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Shears prevents Sackett from improving his position.
Shears looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Sackett with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shears drops an elbow to the side of Sackett's head.
Shears wants to take a breather but Sackett is having none of it.
Sackett is trying to stand back up but Shears is controlling him
Shears winds up and cracks Sackett with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Sackett pushes Shears off but Shears dives into side control.
Shears lands some shots froms side control.
Shears taking a breather here.
Sackett wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shears trying to control the position but Sackett is working away.
Shears is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Sackett will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.

And that's the end of the fight!
Logan Sackett comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Sackett has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29

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