PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between BJ Arnold (ranked 2691 p4p, 133 weight class) and Fingal Logan (ranked 2231 p4p, 110 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Arnold
vs
Logan

154 cm
39
134 lbs
28 - 8 - 0

165 cm
31
140 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

Great wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Red Light Coffeeshop

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 28 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, BJ Arnold!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Fingal Logan!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Wagner Zegers and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Arnold connects with a leg kick. Logan looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Logan tried to score with a low kick but Arnold checks it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Arnold checks a leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Logan blocks the leg kick.
A shot to the body from Logan misses
and Arnold counters with an outside leg kick.
Logan pivots, looking for a leg kick but Arnold is out of range and Logan settles back down.
Logan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Arnold manages to avoid it.
Logan blocks a jab.
Logan let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Logan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Arnold.

Logan closes the distance and clinches.
Arnold misses with a punch to the body.
Logan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Logan tries to work over Arnold's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Logan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Arnold struggles to land a body shot inside as Logan controls his hands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Arnold misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Logan.
Arnold trying to land knees to the body.
Logan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Logan effectively controlling the action here.
Still in the clinch, Arnold scores with a nice short uppercut.
Logan lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Arnold.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arnold trying to land knees to the body.
Logan throws a head punch that misses.
Logan throws a punch but it's blocked by Arnold.
Logan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Arnold working aggressively here.
Logan misses with some punches.
A short left from Logan.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Logan.
Arnold blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Arnold doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Logan fails to land.
Logan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Logan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Logan blocks a body shot from Arnold.
Arnold cracks Logan with a nice body shot.
Logan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Logan lands with a left to the head.
Logan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Arnold.
Logan misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Logan lands a body punch.
Arnold blocking some punches.
Logan swings wildly with an uppercut but Arnold uses good head movement to avoid it.
Arnold struggles to land a body shot inside as Logan controls his hands.
Arnold lands a left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Logan scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Arnold misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Logan.
Arnold tries a knee to the head but Logan blocks it.
Logan's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Arnold misses with a hook to the ribs.
A shot in the inside from Arnold.
Arnold tries a body shot but Logan blocks it.
Logan throws a punch but it's blocked by Arnold.
Logan blocks an uppercut.
Logan misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arnold misses with a body punch.
Logan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Logan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Logan looks to score with a jab to the body but Arnold is just out of range.
Arnold throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Arnold chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Logan can pounce on him.
Arnold moves out of range of the strikes.
Logan throws a lazy right hand but Arnold sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Logan throws the left hand but Arnold avoids the punch easily.
Arnold fails with an attempt to clinch.
Logan takes a swing at Arnold's ribcage but misses.
Logan tries to land a leg kick but Arnold saw it coming and moves away.
Logan uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Arnold has time to react.
Arnold blocks a low kick nicely.
Arnold defending well as Logan loads up on a big left hand.
Logan connects with a looping right hand.
Arnold throws a head kick but Logan moves out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Arnold checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Arnold throws a low kick, looking for Logan's leg but Logan calmly moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arnold lands a right hook to the body.
Logan on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Logan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Arnold tries to close the distance and clinch but Logan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Arnold keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Arnold throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Logan tries to clinch but Arnold moves out of range.
Logan looks to score with a jab to the body but Arnold is just out of range.
Arnold bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Logan digs a good hook to Arnold's body.
Logan lands a really nice looking cross but Arnold seems unphased.
Logan checks a leg kick.
Logan doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
A slapping leg kick lands for Logan.
Logan blocks the body kick.
Logan misses with an uppercut. Arnold saw that one coming.
A chopping leg kick lands by Logan.
Logan wants to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fingal Logan dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Logan tries to close the distance and clinch but Arnold swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Logan fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Arnold, pushing him back against the cage.
Logan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Arnold lands a left hand.
Arnold is working Logan over against the cage.
Arnold goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Arnold lands with a light punch inside.
Arnold lands a right hand.
Arnold misses with a punch to the body.
Logan prevents a body shot from Arnold.
A short uppercut from Arnold.
Arnold tries a body shot but Logan blocks it.
Logan lands a nice shot to the body.
Arnold prevents a body shot from Logan.
Arnold prevents a body shot from Logan.
Arnold tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Logan's elbow.
Logan works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Arnold lands with a light punch inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Logan lands a hook that snaps the head of Arnold backwards.
Arnold throws an elbow but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arnold lands a shot to the body.
Logan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Arnold backwards.
Logan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Logan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Arnold.
Arnold misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Arnold blocking some punches.
A frustrated look appears on Logan's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Logan lands a left hand.
Arnold tries a body shot but Logan blocks it.
Arnold blocking some punches.
Arnold misses with a hook to the ribs.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Logan tries a body shot but Arnold blocks it.
Arnold tries to work over Logan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Logan tries a body shot but Arnold blocks it.
Logan lands a body shot in the clinch.
Logan tries to throw a body punch but Arnold avoids it by throwing Logan back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Logan fails to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arnold misses with a body punch.
Logan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Logan tries to work over Arnold's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Arnold working aggressively here.
Arnold throws a head punch that misses.
Logan misses with a punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Arnold.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Logan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Arnold struggles to land a body shot inside as Logan controls his hands.
Stalling in the clinch from Logan.
Arnold prevents a body shot from Logan.
Logan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Arnold blocks an uppercut.

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

Logan pushes Arnold up against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Arnold.
Logan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Arnold has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Arnold misses with a short punch on the inside.
Arnold misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Logan tries to throw a body punch but Arnold avoids it by throwing Logan back against the cage.
Logan lands a left hand.
Arnold throws a punch but it's blocked by Logan.
Logan has a couple of punches blocked by Arnold.
Logan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Arnold gets through Logan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Logan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Arnold tries to work over Logan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Logan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fingal Logan seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Logan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A hook to the body from Logan.
Logan working aggressively here.
Logan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Logan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
An inside leg kick from Logan misses.
Arnold tries to land a leg kick but Logan saw it coming and moves away.
Arnold misses with a low kick.
Arnold tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Logan is able to avoid easily.
Arnold scores with a nice strike.
Logan swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Logan throws a leg kick which misses Arnold's front leg but catches the back leg as Arnold tries to avoid it.
Logan misses with a straight right.
Arnold throwing a counter right hand but Logan manages to avoid it.
Arnold misses with a looping left.
Logan throws a lazy uppercut
and Arnold makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Logan looks to score with a jab to the body but Arnold is just out of range.
Fingal Logan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Arnold looks to score with a jab to the body but Logan is just out of range.
Logan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Arnold.
Fingal Logan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Arnold tries to clinch but Logan is having none of it.
Arnold connects with an inside leg kick.
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 closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Arnold defending well as Logan loads up on a big left hand.
Arnold throws a body kick that misses.
Logan lands a nice looking body shot.
Nice straight punches there by Logan. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Logan.
Logan throws a leg kick but Arnold sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Logan works the jab nicely.
Logan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Arnold looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Fingal Logan will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Logan moves out of range of the body kick from Arnold.
An inside leg kick from Arnold misses.
A clash of legs there as Logan blocks the low kick.
Arnold throws a half hearted mid kick.
Logan misses with a leg kick.
Arnold pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Arnold ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Logan tries to clinch
and Arnold counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Nice straight punches there by Arnold. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Arnold.
Arnold keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Logan lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Logan is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Logan darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Arnold checks a leg kick.
Arnold uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Logan.
Logan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Logan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Arnold defending well as Logan loads up on a big left hand.
Logan keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Logan chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Arnold can pounce on him.
Logan wants to slow Arnold down by chopping away at his legs.
Logan lands a glancing blow to the side of Arnold's head.
Arnold connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Logan misses with a hook.
Logan misses with an attempted mid kick.
A quick step to the side and Arnold tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Logan blocks a leg kick.
Arnold chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Logan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Arnold was well out of range. Poor timing from Logan.
Arnold moves in looking to clinch but Logan pushes him off.
Good leg kick by Arnold there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Arnold blocks a low kick nicely.
Arnold was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Logan throws a lazy right hand but Arnold sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Good leg kick by Logan there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Logan attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Logan's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Logan scores with a jab to the body.
Logan throws a body shot but no joy.
Arnold wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
BJ Arnold has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arnold throws a leg kick but Logan moved away.
Logan looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
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!

Logan clinches up with Arnold and pushes him back against the cage.
Logan prevents a body shot from Arnold.
Arnold misses with a body punch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Arnold throws an elbow but misses.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Logan.
Arnold can't find room to land a body shot as Logan controls the action.
Logan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Arnold blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Logan.
Logan pushes Arnold back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Logan misses with the head strike.
Logan has a couple of punches blocked by Arnold.
Logan prevents a body shot from Arnold.
Logan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Logan takes a shot to the head.
Logan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Arnold is working Logan over against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Logan struggles to land a body shot inside as Arnold controls his hands.
Arnold blocking some punches.
Logan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Arnold works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Arnold creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Logan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Logan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Logan misses with some punches.
Logan can't find room to land a body shot as Arnold controls the action.
Arnold blocks an uppercut.
Logan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Arnold lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Arnold struggles to land a body shot inside as Logan controls his hands.
Fingal Logan is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Logan blocking some punches.
Logan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Logan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Arnold - that landed with a thud.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Logan is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Logan avoiding damage as Arnold throws knees to the body.
Arnold softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Arnold goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Logan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Logan misses with a punch to the body.
Arnold struggles to land a body shot inside as Logan controls his hands.
Logan tries to throw a body punch but Arnold avoids it by throwing Logan back against the cage.
Logan throws a punch but it's blocked by Arnold.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Arnold prevents a body shot from Logan.
Logan prevents a body shot from Arnold.
Arnold struggles to land a body shot inside as Logan controls his hands.
Arnold goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Arnold misses with a punch to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to BJ Arnold.
Well Logan has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 28:29
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 27:30
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 28:29

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