PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Frankie Logan (ranked 1365 p4p, 180 weight class) and Ricardo Cruz (ranked 3529 p4p, 365 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Logan
vs
Cruz

179 cm
30
173 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

181 cm
29
165 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Frankie Logan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ricardo Cruz!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Jorge Garcia and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cruz gets a takedown into half guard.
Logan tries to roll over but Cruz keeps him under control.
Cruz seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Logan does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Cruz thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cruz wants to take a breather but Logan is having none of it.
Cruz looks to land a strike but Logan avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Logan avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Logan controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Logan keeping moving, preventing Cruz from controlling successfully.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Cruz missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Cruz swings for the body but Logan moves out of range.
Logan throws a body punch but Cruz moves out of range.
Logan checks a low kick from Cruz.
Cruz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Logan has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Logan throws a body punch but Cruz moves out of range.
Cruz bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cruz fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Logan checks it well.
A decent looking cross lands there for Logan.
Cruz lands with a nice body kick.
Cruz has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Logan just misses with a punch to the body.
Cruz dives in and grabs Logan's left leg, looking for a takedown. Logan pushes down on Cruz's head and hops out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Logan tries a low kick but Cruz avoids it.
Cruz scores with a leg kick.
Cruz dodges the punch combination from Logan.
Logan blocks a head kick by Cruz.
Cruz shoots in looking for a takedown. Logan tries to sprawl out of it but Cruz keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Logan manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Logan darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cruz shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Logan but Logan pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Frankie Logan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ricardo Cruz.
Cruz fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Cruz shoots in for a takedown but Logan shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Logan with a nice cross.
Cruz misses with a double jab.

Cruz tries to keep at a distance but Logan has taken the fight into the clinch.
Cruz looking to throw knees to the head but Logan is blocking nicely.
Logan prevents a takedown attempt there.
Cruz tries to pull guard but Logan holds him up against the ropes and eventually Cruz drops back down to his feet.

Cruz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cruz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Logan tries to work over Cruz's front leg with a kick but Cruz checks it.
Cruz closes the distance and clinches up with Logan, looking for a takedown. Cruz pushes Logan against the ropes but Logan circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Cruz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Logan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Logan throws a right hand that Cruz ducks under and follows up with a left that Cruz also avoids with ease.
Cruz scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Cruz misses with a few strikes there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Logan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The fighters circle momentarily. Logan darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cruz tries to clinch there but Logan circles away.
Cruz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Logan. Cruz does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cruz takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Cruz misses with a series of wild punches.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cruz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Logan throws a body punch but Cruz moves out of range.
Cruz follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Cruz throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Logan lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Cruz has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Cruz and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Cruz shoots in for a takedown but Logan shows good takedown defense.
An attempted straight right counter from Logan misses the target.
Nice takedown defense from Logan. No joy for Cruz on that attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frankie 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 throws a nice outside leg kick.
Cruz looks for a takedown but Logan sprawls well.
Logan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Logan stuffs the takedown attempt from Cruz. Cruz gets slowly back to his feet.
Logan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Cruz doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Logan counters with a left to the body.
Frankie Logan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ricardo Cruz.
Cruz shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Logan sprawls well. Logan wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Cruz gets slowly back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Logan swats away the attempt to clinch by Cruz.
Cruz takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Logan lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Cruz rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Logan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Logan throws a head kick but Cruz moves out of range.
Cruz staying out of range there.
Nice sprawl there from Logan as Cruz shoots in.
Cruz throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Logan throws out a powerful jab.

Logan moves into the clinch.
Logan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Logan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Logan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Logan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Logan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cruz's elbow.
Logan lands a hook to the side of the head.
Logan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Logan slowing the pace effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Logan misses with a body punch.
Logan misses with a hook from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Logan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Logan misses with a body punch.
A right hook to the body lands for Logan.
Cruz is breathing heavily.
Logan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Cruz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cruz takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Cruz shoots in for a double leg but Logan sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Cruz takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Logan misses the shot to the body.
Logan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cruz.
Cruz fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cruz darts in looking for a takedown but Logan gets double underhooks and turns Cruz into the ropes.
Logan connects with a right hand. Cruz shakes it off.
Logan lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Logan blocks a head kick by Cruz.
A jab from Logan does it's job there.

Cruz is rocked!
Logan scores with a leg kick.
Cruz is still on wobbly legs! Can Logan finish him?
Cruz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Logan lands a brutal uppercut that launches Cruz off his feet! Cruz tumbles to the floor, barely conscious - the referee jumps in to save him from a beating! Wow, what an ending!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Frankie Logan!
Frankie Logan is the new welterweight champion!