PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jonathan Logan (ranked 4119 p4p, 5220 weight class) and Johnny Rico (ranked 453 p4p, 511 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
Rico

180 cm
18
170
1 - 0 - 0

177 cm
18
173
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

⚔️Conquest Nutrition⚔️

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jonathan Logan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Johnny Rico!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Steven Brown and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Logan throws a lazy head kick
and Rico counters with a lovely straight right hand!

It looks like Jonathan Logan has been cut.
Logan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rico.

Logan shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Logan was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Rico is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Rico can do anything to dispel that myth.
Rico is still trying to improve position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Logan takes a little break here. Rico wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Logan tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Rico's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Rico tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Logan presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
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.
BOOM! Logan connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Rico regains half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Logan perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Logan prevents Rico from improving his position.
Logan controlling the pace.
Logan looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Rico wants to get back to full guard.
Logan trying to advance position but Rico counters by regaining guard.
Logan throws a big elbow that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rico looking for a sweep. Not yet Rico, not yet.
Rico bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Logan's guard.

Rico wants to control from the top but Logan keeps moving.
Logan has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Rico moves into the clinch successfully.
Rico is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Logan tries to pull guard but Rico won't allow it.
Rico using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Logan is breathing heavily.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Rico using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rico is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Rico unloads a knee to the mid-section. Logan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Rico using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rico with a knee to the head.
Good body shot from Rico.
Logan takes a knee to the side of the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Rico dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jonathan Logan's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Rico lands with a shot to the body.
Rico moves in looking to clinch but Logan pushes him off.
Logan is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Rico connects with a nice looking jab.
Rico fakes the body blow, causing Logan to drop his hands! Left hook to the temple! Logan goes stiff, and falls face first into the mat. Goodnight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Johnny Rico!
A very excited looking Johnny Rico made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.