PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kimo Khalua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Logan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Khalua
vs
Logan

199 cm
22
285 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

200 cm
18
290 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Self confident

Good wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kimo Khalua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Michael Logan!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Logan moves out of range as Khalua strikes.
Logan thows a body shot but no joy.
A big left from Khalua misses.
Khalua waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Logan.
Logan blocks a jab.
Khalua misses with a double jab.
Khalua loads up on a big right hand but Logan slips the punch.
Logan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Good standup being displayed there by Khalua as he connects with a hook.

It looks like Michael Logan has been cut.
Khalua misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Logan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Khalua keeps the fight on the outside.

Logan rushes Khalua and presses him up against the ropes.
Khalua wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Logan turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Logan manages to end up in side control.
Logan tries to stand but Khalua is controlling his head.
Logan landing strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Khalua is looking for a sweep.
Khalua manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Logan missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Logan is trying to control the action in half guard but Khalua is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Khalua misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Logan sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Logan wants to pass to mount but Khalua is defending the position.
Khalua throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Nice strikes from Logan there.
Khalua is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Logan's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Logan's back!
Can Logan hold on?! Khalua is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Khalua connects with a big shot to the side of Logan's head.
Khalua lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Logan is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Khalua scores with punches from the back.
Logan has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Khalua.
Khalua 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khalua is working the ground and pound. Can Logan escape?
Logan rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Logan is looking to improve his position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Logan has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Khalua is working away from the top position though.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Khalua lands strikes from half guard.
Khalua thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Logan's head.
Logan keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Logan avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Khalua.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Logan slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Khalua throwing strikes from guard but Logan blocks nicely.
Khalua is breathing heavily.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Khalua's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khalua works over Logan with some ground and pound from guard.
Logan looking for a sweep. Not yet Logan, not yet.
Khalua lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Logan throws a nice elbow from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Khalua accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Logan tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Khalua throws a big right hand that misses.
Logan really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Khalua. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Khalua stopping the sweep attempt from Logan.
Khalua working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Khalua misses with a straight left.
Khalua tries to bum rush Logan with a series of wild strikes but Logan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Logan wants to clinch.
Logan moves away from the strike by Khalua.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Logan fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Khalua connects with a jab.
Logan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Khalua.
Logan drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Khalua avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Khalua misses with a looping right.

Logan changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Khalua looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Khalua gets back to half guard.
Logan lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Logan tries to pass to full mount but Khalua defends it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Khalua regains full guard. Nicely done.
Logan is in close to Khalua's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Logan content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Kimo Khalua will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Michael Logan's cut.
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.

Khalua loads up on a big right hand but Logan slips the punch.
Khalua looks for a takedown but Logan sprawls well.
Khalua misses with a double jab.
Logan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Khalua avoids the body shot from Logan.
Khalua avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Khalua closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Logan tries to bench press Khalua off him but Khalua keeps the position.
Logan parries the strikes from Khalua easily there. Khalua is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Logan to escape.
Logan can't do much from the bottom here.
Logan throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
Logan is looking to regain half guard here but Khalua keeps moving and retains side control.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Logan can do anything to dispel that myth.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Khalua is trying to get an arm triangle but Logan is defending well.
Logan sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Logan is defending against the submission attempts here by Khalua.
The fighters are battling for position here. Logan manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Logan seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Logan's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Logan wants to sweep but no luck.
Logan looking to control.
Khalua scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Khalua missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Khalua postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Logan is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Khalua, into his guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Logan content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Logan avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Logan lands a couple of elbows.

Khalua looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Logan must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Khalua looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Logan with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Logan won't allow Khalua to sweep him here.
Logan content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Logan lands a couple of digs.

Khalua is rocked!
Logan arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Khalua's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Michael Logan!