PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Fingal Logan (ranked 1997 p4p, 102 weight class) and Tony Maa (ranked 7344 p4p, 292 weight class). Maa has chosen Ong-Bak's Theme Song as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Logan
vs
Maa

165 cm
31
140 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

168 cm
26
135 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Red Light Coffeeshop

Blue Moon

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 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Fingal Logan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tony Maa!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Colin Fotheringham and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Logan throws a quick inside leg kick.
Logan thumps Maa with a low kick.
Logan moves out of range of the leg kick from Maa.
Logan throws a nice inside leg kick.
Maa tries to clinch but Logan is having none of it.
Maa throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Logan has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Hazzard County Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Logan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Maa manages to avoid it.
Logan with a nice cross.

Logan clinches up with Maa and pushes him back against the ropes.
Maa trying to control the position but instead, Logan has worked for underhooks and has pushed Maa into the ropes.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Logan.
Logan leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Logan blocking some punches.
Logan lands a shoulder strike.
Logan managing to block the knees to the body from Maa.
Logan scores with a shot to the side of Maa's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A short right from Logan on the inside.

Logan breaks from the clinch.
Logan connects with a good right hand that stumbles Maa. Maa circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maa shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Logan swats away the attempt to clinch by Maa.
Maa tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Logan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Logan swings for the body but Maa moves out of range.
Logan paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Logan clobbers Maa with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Maa wants to clinch.
Maa tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Logan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Maa tries to clinch up.
Maa tries to clinch up but Logan circles away and keeps his distance.
Logan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Maa blocks a leg kick.
Maa tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Logan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Logan appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Maa fails in his attempt to clinch.
Maa tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Logan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Logan digs a good body shot into Maa's ribs.
Maa tries to clinch there but Logan circles away.

Logan closes the distance and clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Logan lands an uppercut.
Logan lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice body punch from Logan.
Nice body punch from Logan.
Maa's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Maa takes a shot to the head.
Logan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Logan effectively controlling the action here.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Logan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Maa can't find room to land a body shot as Logan controls the action.
Maa trying to land knees to the body.
Maa misses with some punches.
Logan blocks an uppercut.
Logan lands a nice shot to the body.
Logan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Logan dodges an elbow strike from Maa.
Maa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Logan scores with a hook to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Maa.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fingal 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.

Logan feints and then cracks Maa's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Maa down.
Maa fails with an attempt to clinch.
Maa throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Logan.
Logan lands a nice shot that snaps Maa's head back.
Logan throws a leg kick which misses Maa's front leg but catches the back leg as Maa tries to avoid it.
Logan lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Maa tries to close the distance and clinch up but Logan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tony Maa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Maa misses with a jab, cross combination.

Logan has managed to clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Logan.
Maa throws a head punch that misses.
Logan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Maa backwards.
Logan lands a shoulder strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Logan.
Logan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Maa backwards.

Maa is rocked!
Logan lands a nice uppercut.
Maa is still on wobbly legs! Can Logan finish him?
With the fighters up against the ropes, Maa throws an elbow but misses.

Logan breaks the clinch.
Maa throws a head kick but Logan moves out of range.

Logan has managed to clinch.
Maa seems to have recovered his senses.
Maa is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Logan is keeping busy.
Maa creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Logan throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Good body shot from Logan.
Still in the clinch, Logan scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Logan.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Maa.
Maa stalling in the clinch but Logan improves position.
Logan lands with a short shot to the head.
Maa trying to control the position but instead, Logan has worked for underhooks and has pushed Maa into the ropes.
Logan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Logan lands a shot to the body.
Logan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Maa backwards.
Logan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Logan scores with a hook to the body.
Maa struggles to land a body shot inside as Logan controls his hands.
Logan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Logan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Maa can do to turn this around?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Logan avoids a wild elbow strike from Maa.
Logan blocking some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Logan lands an uppercut.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Logan.
Maa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Logan lands with a left to the head.
Maa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Logan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Maa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Logan.
Logan lands with a light punch inside.
Maa misses with a punch on the inside.
Logan lands a body shot.
Maa takes a shot to the head.
Maa working aggressively here.
Logan lands with a short shot to the head.
Logan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Logan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Logan cracks Maa with a big uppercut, right up the middle and Maa goes down! Oh, he's hurt! He's bigtime hurt! The referee is giving him a chance to get back to his feet - 4,5,6,7, no, he's called it off! Maa wasn't going to make it and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Fingal Logan!