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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mister Mediocre (ranked 36 p4p, 110 weight class) and Frankie Logan (ranked 8 p4p, 19 weight class). Mediocre comes into the arena with The Champ Is Here! blaring out of the sound system. Logan has chosen The Evil Scotsman as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mister Mediocre!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Frankie Logan!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shirou Masuda and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Logan blocks a jab.
Logan lands with a cross.
Logan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Logan checks a leg kick.
A little jabbing left from Logan on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Mediocre cracks Logan with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Logan drives through and clinches with Mediocre against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Mediocre.
Mediocre misses with a punch to the body.
Mediocre is working Logan over against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Mediocre.
Logan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Logan has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Mediocre swings wildly with an uppercut but Logan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Logan misses with a short punch on the inside.
A body shot lands from Mediocre.
Logan lands a left hand that snaps the head of Mediocre backwards.
Logan misses with a short punch on the inside.
I was talking to Mediocre's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Logan misses with a hook from the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mediocre has a couple of punches blocked by Logan.
A right hook to the body lands for Mediocre.
Logan gets through Mediocre's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Mediocre lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mediocre tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mediocre struggles to land a body shot inside as Logan controls his hands.
Logan tries to throw a body punch but Mediocre avoids it by throwing Logan back against the cage.
Mediocre has Logan pressed against the cage, preventing Logan from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Logan's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Mediocre blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Logan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mediocre struggles to land a body shot inside as Logan controls his hands.
Logan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Logan swings wildly with an uppercut but Mediocre uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mediocre lands with a light punch inside.
Good body shot from Mediocre.
A right handed body shot lands from Mediocre.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mediocre.
Mediocre throws a punch but it's blocked by Logan.
We've been informed that Logan has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Mediocre is leaning against Logan and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Mediocre tries a body shot but Logan blocks it.
Mediocre blocking some punches.
Logan manages to break the clinch.
Mediocre takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Mediocre lands a leg kick that knocks Logan off balance momentarily.
Logan closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Logan throws a jab when Mediocre was well out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Logan tries to clinch up but Mediocre circles away and keeps his distance.
As Logan backs away, Mediocre returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Logan misses the target.
Logan throws a chopping leg kick but Mediocre manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Mediocre throws a looping overhand right but Logan ducks down to avoid it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Logan on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Mediocre. Mediocre obviously looking to wear him down.
Mediocre throws a leg kick which misses Logan's front leg but catches the back leg as Logan tries to avoid it.
Logan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mediocre connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Mediocre steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Logan.
Logan connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Mediocre momentarily.
Mediocre missing with a left hand there. Logan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mediocre blocks a jab.
Mediocre's corner calls for a 1-2. Mediocre obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A big left from Mediocre misses.
Mediocre looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Mediocre digs a good body shot into Logan's ribs.
Some bone on bone action there as Logan checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Mediocre scores with a nice head shot.
Logan checks a low kick from Mediocre.
Logan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mediocre moves away from the strike by Logan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mediocre ducks under a wild hook from Logan.
Mediocre misses with a leg kick
and Logan counters with a thumping low kick.
Mediocre throws a big shot that misses.
Mediocre ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mediocre looks to score with a jab to the body but Logan is just out of range.
Logan has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Mediocre.
Mediocre swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Mediocre pivots, looking for a leg kick but Logan is out of range and Mediocre settles back down.
Logan looks to throw the jab but Mediocre is out of range.
Mediocre moves out of range of the strikes.
Logan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mediocre.
Mediocre misses with a hook. Logan ducked under it nicely.
Mediocre misses with a low kick as Logan jumps back.
The fighters circling - Logan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mediocre throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Logan on the side of the head.
Mediocre lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Logan takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Mediocre, as that shot connected.
Mediocre throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Logan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mediocre swings widly with a right hand
and Mediocre takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Mediocre smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Logan blocks the low kick.
Mediocre misses with an attempted mid kick.
Mediocre cracks Logan with a good jab.
Logan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Mediocre's sensitive parts.
A big left from Mediocre misses.
It seemed like Logan was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Mediocre throws a hook to the side of Logan's head but Logan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mediocre throws the left hand but Logan avoids the punch easily.
Logan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mediocre sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mediocre is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Mediocre throws a low kick, looking for Logan's leg but Logan calmly moves out of range.
Mediocre fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Logan.
Some bone on bone action there as Logan checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Mediocre on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Mediocre slips a jab from Logan.
Mediocre was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Mediocre jabs at Logan's body.
Mediocre misses with a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Logan misses with a lunging right hand
and Mediocre counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Logan fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Mediocre is out of range.
Mediocre is looking to chop away at Logan's legs.
Logan connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Mediocre momentarily.
Mediocre throws a leg kick but Logan sees it coming and checks it nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mister Mediocre dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
A clash of legs there as Mediocre blocks the low kick.
Mediocre connects with a solid leg kick.
Logan fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mediocre.
Mediocre slips a straight right by Logan.
Logan throws a right hand that Mediocre ducks under and follows up with a left that Mediocre also avoids with ease.
Logan with the inside leg kick.
Jab by Logan.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Logan checks a leg kick.
Logan looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Mediocre throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Logan's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Logan slips a jab from Mediocre.
Logan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mediocre throws an overhand right that lands on Logan's shoulder, as Logan tries to avoid the shot.
Logan misses with a leg kick.
Logan throws a low kick but Mediocre moves out of range easily.
Good leg kick by Mediocre.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Logan has taken the fight to the clinch.
Mediocre misses with the head strike.
Logan blocking some punches.
Mediocre has a couple of punches blocked by Logan.
Logan lands a body shot in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mediocre's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Mediocre tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mediocre softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Mediocre lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Mediocre working aggressively here.
Mediocre tries a body shot but Logan blocks it.
Mediocre doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mediocre.
Mediocre blocks an uppercut.
Mediocre throws a head punch that misses.
Mister Mediocre has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Mediocre tries to throw a body punch but Logan avoids it by throwing Mediocre back against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Logan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Logan pushes Mediocre back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Logan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Mediocre misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mediocre is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Logan can do to turn this around?
Logan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Mediocre misses with some punches.
Still in the clinch, Logan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Mediocre lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Logan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mediocre tries to throw a body punch but Logan avoids it by throwing Mediocre back against the cage.
Logan misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Logan fails to land.
A short uppercut from Mediocre.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mediocre tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mediocre lands with a light punch inside.
Logan gets through Mediocre's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Mediocre blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mediocre lands a nice uppercut.
Logan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Logan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Logan misses with a straight left.
Mediocre throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mediocre blocks a head kick by Logan.
Mediocre looks to score with a jab to the body but Logan is just out of range.
Mediocre lands with a shot to the body.
Mediocre connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Logan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mediocre lands an overhand right.
Mediocre misses with a low kick.
Mediocre throws a hook but Logan avoids it easily.
A chopping leg kick lands by Mediocre.
Logan defending well as Mediocre loads up on a big left hand.
Logan throws a hook to the side of Mediocre's head but Mediocre sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Logan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mister Mediocre is winning the standup battle so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Logan misses the jab.
Nice uppercut lands for Logan. That snapped Mediocre's head back.
Logan connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Mediocre's hands.
Mediocre throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Mediocre blocks a jab.
Logan fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A jab from Mediocre misses.
Mediocre is looking to slow Logan down with leg kicks.
Mediocre with a jab.
Mediocre throws a shot to the body.
Logan throws a poor cross that misses
and Mediocre counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mediocre staying out of range there.
Mediocre is looking to chop away at Logan's legs.
Logan throws a leg kick but Mediocre checks it.
Mediocre scores with a leg kick.
Mediocre misses with an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Logan throws a nice outside leg kick.
A big left from Logan misses.
Logan takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Mediocre catches Logan with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Logan throws a body punch but Mediocre moves out of range.
Mediocre ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Logan stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Mediocre.
Mediocre swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Logan is trying to counter with his kicks.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Logan checks a leg kick.
Mediocre has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Logan.
Mediocre lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Logan at a distance.
Logan blocks a low kick nicely.
Logan moves into the clinch.
Mediocre misses with a short punch on the inside.
Logan lands a right hand.
Logan throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Mediocre is leaning against Logan and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Logan digs a right hand underneath Mediocre's ribcage. Mediocre let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Mediocre tries a body shot but Logan blocks it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Logan lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Mediocre fails to land.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Logan.
Mediocre misses with a hook from the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mediocre.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Frankie Logan will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Mediocre getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Mediocre swinging wildly here.
A slow jab from Logan misses its intended target.
Mediocre throws out a leg kick but Logan moves out of range and Mediocre only half commits.
Mediocre ducks under a wild hook from Logan.
A looping hook to the body misses from Logan. Mediocre does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mediocre was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Mediocre throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Logan throws out a counter right but Mediocre avoids it with no problem.
Mediocre throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Logan shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Logan throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Some bone on bone action there as Logan checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Logan misses with a looping right.
Logan scores with a kick to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Logan throws a jab but it's blocked by Mediocre.
Mediocre missing with a left hand there. Logan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
It seemed like Logan was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Mediocre, as that shot connected.
Logan connects with a solid leg kick.
Mediocre slips a jab from Logan.
Logan lands a glancing blow to the side of Mediocre's head.
Logan takes one on the chin but seems OK.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mediocre throws a nice inside leg kick.
Logan cracks Mediocre with a good jab.
Logan missing with a left hand there. Mediocre was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A leg kick checked by Logan.
A little jabbing left from Logan on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Decent striking displayed by Logan there.
Logan throws the left hand but Mediocre avoids the punch easily.
Logan feints and then cracks Mediocre's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Mediocre down.
A swing and a miss from Logan.
Logan on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Logan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mediocre manages to avoid it.
Logan misses with a straight left.
Logan throws a jab but it's blocked by Mediocre.
Logan misses with a hook.
Logan moves out of range as Mediocre strikes.
Logan flicks out a counter leg kick but Mediocre steps away.
Mediocre throws a hook to the side of Logan's head but Logan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Logan looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Mediocre connects with a right hand. Logan shakes it off.
Mediocre swats away the attempt to clinch by Logan.
Mediocre feints and then cracks Logan's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Logan down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Mediocre lands a nice shot to the body.
A swing and a miss from Mediocre.
Mediocre throws a leg kick which misses Logan's front leg but catches the back leg as Logan tries to avoid it.
A bone on bone clash there as Logan blocks the leg kick.
Mediocre swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mediocre ducks under a wild hook from Logan.
Mediocre connects with the punch.
Logan moves away from the strike by Mediocre.
Logan throws a push kick but Mediocre slaps the foot to one side.
A punch lands to the side of Mediocre 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Logan connects with a solid leg kick.
Logan feints and then cracks Mediocre's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Mediocre down.
Mediocre fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Logan checks it well.
Logan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mediocre throws out the jab.
A bone on bone clash there as Mediocre blocks the leg kick.
Mediocre on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Logan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mediocre throws a leg kick
and Logan counters with an inside leg kick.
Mediocre looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Logan lands a jab to the nose.
Mediocre tests Logan's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Logan lands a nice looking body kick.
Logan misses with a body punch
and Mediocre cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
An inside leg kick from Mediocre misses.
Mediocre throws a hook but Logan avoids it easily.
A left lands for Mediocre.
Logan takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Mediocre walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Logan misses the jab.
Mediocre is looking to counter punch.
Logan smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Mediocre avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Logan looks to throw the jab but Mediocre is out of range.
Mediocre appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Mediocre fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Logan checks it well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mediocre connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Mediocre connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Logan throws out a loose jab but Mediocre uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mediocre walks into a stiff left hand from Logan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mediocre throws a solid leg kick but Logan takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Mediocre.
A low kick from Mediocre is predictable there
and Logan counters with a lovely shot to the body.
The crowd cheers as Mediocre lands an impressive looking overhand right. Logan doesn't seem phased though.
Logan has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Mediocre uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Logan.
Mediocre throws a combination. Logan tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Logan lands a leg kick that knocks Mediocre off balance momentarily.
Mediocre blocks a jab.
Mediocre walks into a jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by Mediocre. That's going to slow Logan down.
Mediocre tries to bum rush Logan with a series of wild strikes but Logan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Logan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mediocre swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Mediocre scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Mediocre connects with a right hand. Logan shakes it off.
Logan throws the left hand but Mediocre avoids the punch easily.
Logan throws a jab but it's blocked by Mediocre.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Logan throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Mediocre uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Logan.
Logan slips under a jab.
Mediocre uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Logan.
Mediocre uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Logan.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Frankie Logan just about did enough to take it.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Logan misses with a low kick.
Logan checks the leg kick.
Logan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mediocre manages to avoid it.
Mediocre waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Logan.
Logan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Logan lands a leg kick that knocks Mediocre off balance momentarily.
Logan needs to keep his hands up - Mediocre had a free shot at his head there.
Mediocre throws a shot from downtown. Logan moves away and avoids it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Logan! But no joy.
Logan connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Mediocre momentarily.
Mediocre scoring well with a low kick there.
Mediocre attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Logan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Mediocre throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mediocre tries to bum rush Logan with a series of wild strikes but Logan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A bone on bone clash there as Logan blocks the leg kick.
Mediocre sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Mediocre thuds his shin into the meat of Logan's side.
Mediocre takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mediocre works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Logan checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mediocre moves out of range of the strikes.
Mediocre was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Logan connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Mediocre throws a big shot that misses.
Logan tries a quick counter leg kick but Mediocre is wise to it.
Mediocre tries to score with a low kick but Logan moves his leg out of the way.
Mediocre misses with a hook
and Logan counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Logan lands a nice looking body shot.
Logan loads up on a big right hand but Mediocre slips the punch.
Logan connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Some wild striking there from Mediocre.
Mediocre moves out of range as Logan strikes.
Logan misses with a body shot
and Logan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Logan keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Mediocre walks into a left hand.
Logan misses with a body shot.
Mediocre throws a low kick but Logan avoids it.
Mediocre slips under a jab.
Logan checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Logan looks to land a left hand but Mediocre moved out of range nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Logan takes one to the chin there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A solid leg kick lands there for Logan.
Logan scoring well with a low kick there.
Mediocre misses with a leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Logan.
Mediocre looks to throw the jab but Logan is out of range.
Logan missing with a left hand there. Mediocre was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mediocre misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Logan.
Sloppy strikes from Mediocre. Those never looked like landing.
Logan swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Mediocre takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Jab by Mediocre.
Logan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Logan pivots, looking for a leg kick but Mediocre is out of range and Logan settles back down.
Mediocre dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Logan. That did some damage!
Mediocre slips under a jab from Logan.
Mediocre half committed to a counter leg kick.
Logan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mediocre is looking to score with low kicks.
Logan lands a head kick!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick from Mediocre, right into the meat of the thigh.
Logan tries to score with a low kick but Mediocre moves his leg out of the way.
Logan dips to his left and cracks Mediocre with an uppercut!
A punch lands to the side of Mediocre 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Mediocre feints and then cracks Logan's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Logan down.
Mediocre throws a leg kick that is checked
enabling Logan to counter with a crisp jab.
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.
Mediocre bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mediocre moves into range and connects with a jab.
Mediocre takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Mediocre scores with a jab to the jaw.
Mediocre throws a leg kick that misses.
Mediocre misses with a hook. Logan ducked under it nicely.
Mediocre scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Logan looks to land a right hand but Mediocre moved out of range.
Mediocre keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mediocre misses with a wild body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Logan moves into range and connects with a jab.
Logan lands the left hand.
Mediocre catches Logan with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Logan looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Mediocre fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Logan has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A slow jab from Mediocre misses its intended target.
Mediocre staying out of range there.
Logan bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Some bone on bone action there as Logan checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Some bone on bone action there as Mediocre checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Mediocre gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Logan throws out a leg kick but Mediocre moves out of range and Logan only half commits.
Mediocre with a hook.
Mediocre misses with an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mediocre moves out of range of the strikes.
Logan connects with a crisp jab.
Logan scores with a punch to the head.
A swing and a miss from Mediocre.
Logan misses with a straight left.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Frankie Logan dominated that fourth round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
An inside leg kick lands from Mediocre.
Mediocre ducks under a wild hook from Logan.
A slapping body kick lands there for Logan.
Logan bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Mediocre's head backwards.
Mediocre moves out of range as Logan strikes.
Mediocre slips a straight right by Logan.
Logan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mediocre takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Logan checks a leg kick nicely.
Mediocre has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Logan finds it's way round the side to connect with Mediocre's head.
Logan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Mediocre drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Mediocre throws out a loose jab but Logan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Logan scores with a nice strike.
Logan throws an overhand right that lands on Mediocre's shoulder, as Mediocre tries to avoid the shot.
Mediocre throws a leg kick but Logan moved away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Logan throws the left hand but Mediocre avoids the punch easily.
Logan looks to land a left hand but Mediocre moved out of range nicely.
Mediocre keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mediocre half committed to a counter leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Logan takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Logan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mediocre.
Logan misses with a leg kick.
Mediocre half committed to a counter leg kick.
Mediocre lands a leg kick that knocks Logan off balance momentarily.
Logan looks to land a right hand but Mediocre moved out of range.
Mediocre swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Mediocre throws a low kick but Logan moves out of range easily.
Logan ducks under a wild hook from Mediocre.
Logan moves out of range as Mediocre throws a body kick.
Mediocre moves out of range of the body kick from Logan.
Logan lands a nice looking kick to the body. Mediocre takes a step back to recover.
Logan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Logan checks the leg kick nicely there.
Mediocre tried to score with a low kick but Logan checks it.
Logan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Mediocre blocks a leg kick.
Mediocre scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Mediocre tries to land a leg kick but Logan saw it coming and moves away.
Mediocre misses with an attempted mid kick.
Frankie Logan is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mediocre misses with a low kick.
Logan lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Mediocre connects with a single shot there.
Mediocre fails to land with a series of punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A chopping leg kick lands by Mediocre.
Mediocre throws a leg kick but Logan moved away.
Mediocre takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Logan scores with a crisp jab that stopped Mediocre in his tracks.
Mediocre slips under a jab.
Mediocre throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Logan keeps Mediocre at a distance using the push kick.
A big right from Mediocre misses.
Logan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mediocre.
A jab from Logan does it's job there.
Logan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mediocre.
Mediocre staying out of range there.
Mediocre dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Logan. That did some damage!
Logan looks to score with a jab to the body but Mediocre is just out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mediocre throws a leg kick but Logan sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Logan misses with a straight right.
An attempted straight right counter from Mediocre misses the target.
Mediocre misses with a low kick as Logan jumps back.
Mediocre lands a head shot.
Mediocre lunges at Logan with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Logan's hand.
Good work by Mediocre as he checks the leg kick.
Logan throws a hook but Mediocre avoids it easily.
Mediocre finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Mediocre shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Mediocre throws a wild body kick that Logan sees coming a mile off.
Logan ducks under a wild hook from Mediocre.
Logan blocks a low kick nicely.
Logan now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Logan misses with a low kick.
Mediocre will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Mediocre takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Logan fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Mediocre has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Logan takes a swing at Mediocre's ribcage but misses.
Mediocre keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Logan.
Mediocre gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Logan.
Mediocre scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Logan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Logan misses with an uppercut.
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!
Mediocre fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Logan takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Logan connects with a leg kick.
Mediocre swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Logan takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Logan swings for the body but Mediocre moves out of range.
Logan wants to slow Mediocre down by chopping away at his legs.
Mister Mediocre has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mediocre connects with an inside leg kick.
Mediocre keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Logan.
An attempted straight right counter from Mediocre misses the target.
Mediocre throws a leg kick that misses.
Logan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mediocre was well out of range. Poor timing from Logan.
Logan cracks Mediocre with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Mediocre misses with the combination.
Mediocre throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Logan connects with a body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Frankie Logan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Logan has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 46:49
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 47:49
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 47:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frankie Logan!
Frankie Logan is the new lightweight champion!
A relieved looking Frankie Logan thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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