PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Antonino Loggia (ranked 24109 p4p, 522 weight class) and Jorge Cassel (ranked 6686 p4p, 487 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Loggia might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Your Woman Has Just Been Sighted (Ring The Alarm). Jorge Cassel told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Loggia
vs
Cassel

184 cm
19
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

190 cm
19
180 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 London, Antonino Loggia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jorge Cassel!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Sergei Dronov and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Loggia scores with a nice right hand.

It looks like Jorge Cassel has been cut.
Loggia connects with a nice looking jab.
A chopping leg kick lands by Cassel.
Cassel slips under a jab from Loggia.
Loggia throws out a loose jab but Cassel uses good head movement to avoid it.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Loggia fails to pull guard.
Cassel misses with the head strike.
Loggia leaning his opponent against the cage.

Cassel breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Cassel drives through and clinches with Loggia against the cage.
Cassel controlling the action here for a moment.
Cassel is trying to break free.

Cassel breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A cross from Loggia lands.
Cassel misses with a wild combination.
Loggia fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Cassel lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Cassel avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cassel scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Cassel throws a head kick that misses.
Loggia throwing a counter right hand but Cassel manages to avoid it.
Loggia avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Cassel fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Loggia, pushing him back against the cage.
Cassel makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Loggia's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cassel misses with a low kick.
Jorge Cassel is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Loggia with a jab.
Loggia has been working on his boxing with his coaches at London MMA Club in the buildup to the fight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Loggia misses with a straight left.
Loggia slips a jab and a cross from Cassel.
Loggia misses with an uppercut. Cassel saw that one coming.
Cassel lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Antonino Loggia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cassel lands a nice leg kick that just misses Loggia's sensitive parts.
Cassel lands with a hook. Loggia tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Cassel swinging wildly here.
Cassel uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Loggia.
Loggia scores with a jab. Cassel acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Cassel slips a jab from Loggia.
Cassel scores with a spinning back kick!
Cassel misses with a jab, cross combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cassel looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
An attempted straight right counter from Loggia misses the target.
Loggia is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Cassel.
Cassel looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Cassel walks into a jab.

Cassel is rocked!
Good exchange - Cassel coming out on top.
Cassel is still on wobbly legs! Can Loggia finish him?
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cassel glances at the clock... BAM! Loggia nails him with a big right hand! A momentary lapse in concentration sends Cassel crashing to the mat! The referee steps in and this one is over! Damn, Cassel is out of it, he thinks the ref is his opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Antonino Loggia!