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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between James Logan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seamus McFight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Logan comes into the arena with Devildriver - Devils Son blaring out of the sound system. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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202 lbs
12 - 9 - 0 |
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200 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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World class boxer
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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
12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Logan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Seamus McFight!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Emerson Jorge and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Logan takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
McFight throws a right hand that misses
and Logan counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Logan throws a nice looking combination but McFight bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
McFight punishes Logan's body with a nice straight punch.
McFight ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Logan moves away.
McFight bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Logan's head.
McFight misses with a looping right.
McFight bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
McFight swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
McFight swings and misses with a shot to the body
and McFight takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Logan throws a right and a left that McFight avoids nicely.
McFight swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Logan counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps McFight thinking.
McFight lands a jab to Logan's midsection.
McFight throws a predictable looking body shot
and Logan counters with a left to the body.
McFight throws an off balance right hand
and Logan counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Logan fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McFight rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Logan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Logan misses with a wild body shot.
McFight lands a nice looking body shot.
Logan misses with a wild body shot.
Logan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Logan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Logan takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Logan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. McFight sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Logan connects with a looping right hand.
Logan takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
McFight moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
McFight steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Logan.
McFight lands a nice shot that snaps Logan's head back.
McFight misses with a hook
and Logan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Logan takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
McFight throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Logan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Logan lands a jab to McFight's midsection.
Logan misses with a wild combination.
McFight fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
McFight misses with a jab to the body
and Logan counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Seamus McFight seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McFight throws an overhand right that lands on Logan's shoulder, as Logan tries to avoid the shot.
McFight connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McFight rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Logan counters with a stiff right hand.
Logan lands a straight punch to the body, keeping McFight at a distance.
McFight avoids the body shot from Logan.
Logan wants to clinch.
McFight throws a sloppy body shot
and Logan counters with a right hand to the body.
McFight lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
McFight throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Logan counter with a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McFight scores with a jab to the jaw.
McFight throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Logan on the side of the head.
Logan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McFight manages to avoid it.
McFight blocks a jab.
Logan scores with a body shot.
McFight misses with a right hand
enabling Logan to counter with a crisp jab.
Horrible takedown by Logan or perhaps it was just good defense by McFight which made him look bad.
Logan throws a big shot that misses.
McFight throws a combination. Logan tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
McFight throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Logan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Seamus McFight is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McFight misses with a combination
and Logan counters with a nice uppercut.
McFight waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Logan.
Logan takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Logan fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
McFight digs a good hook to Logan's body.
No joy there for McFight, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Logan tries for a takedown but McFight sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
McFight scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Logan tries to score a power double leg takedown but McFight sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Logan somewhat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for James Logan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Logan is breathing heavily.
McFight slips a straight right by Logan.
McFight fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Logan manages to avoid it.
McFight uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
McFight lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Logan tries to bum rush McFight with a series of wild strikes but McFight uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McFight looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
McFight connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
McFight scores with a body shot.
McFight misses with a hook
and Logan counters with a nice body shot.
McFight throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Logan counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
McFight fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Logan misses with a series of wild punches.
McFight swats away the attempt to clinch by Logan.
Logan is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
McFight catches Logan with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
McFight tests Logan's chin there with a solid looking shot.
McFight throws a big shot that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Logan moves away from the strike by McFight.
Logan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McFight was well out of range. Poor timing from Logan.
A looping hook to the body misses from Logan. McFight does a little dance to reset his feet.
McFight throws a lazy uppercut
and Logan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
McFight jabs at Logan's body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Logan dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Logan takes one on the button.
Logan gets cracked there but stands up to it.
McFight avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Logan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract McFight.
Logan throws a lazy uppercut
and McFight counters with a straight right hand.
Logan tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and McFight counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Logan throws a lazy uppercut
letting McFight counter with a right hand.
Logan misses with a hook to the body
and McFight counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
McFight jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
McFight swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
McFight lunges at Logan with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Logan's hand.
McFight scores with a sloppy right hand. Logan should have avoided that one.
McFight throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Logan misses with a straight left.
Logan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McFight avoids the body shot from Logan.
Nice straight punches there by McFight. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of McFight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Logan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McFight moves away.
McFight throws a poor cross that misses
and Logan counters with a left and a right that stings McFight.
Logan has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Logan there as he acknowledges the shot.
McFight throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Logan 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 throws out a loose jab but McFight uses good head movement to avoid it.
Logan's hands are dropping dangerously low here and McFight connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Logan scrambles back to his feet.
Logan shoots and misses
and McFight counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
McFight misses with a body shot.
McFight is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Logan.
Logan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but McFight moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nice defenses there by Logan.
McFight fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Logan manages to avoid it.
McFight misses the jab.
McFight connects with a body shot that sends Logan's belly button to the back.
Jab by McFight.
Logan shoots in and gets a takedown into McFight's guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Logan drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but McFight manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Logan has McFight in his guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McFight wants to stand but Logan is controlling his posture from full guard.
McFight wants to control from the top but Logan keeps moving.
Logan throws his legs up looking for a submission but McFight uses it to pass to side control.
Logan is trying to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McFight is looking to take a break and control but Logan is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Logan tries to improve position but can't.
Logan is working hard here to advance position.
McFight wants to control but Logan is keeping him busy.
Logan is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
McFight controls the position from side control.
Logan tries to bench press McFight off him but McFight keeps the position.
McFight tries to stand but Logan is controlling his head.
McFight is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Logan is trying to control McFight's posture but McFight avoids it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Seamus McFight showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
McFight slips a jab from Logan.
McFight misses with a two punch combination.
Logan misses with the combination.
Logan looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Logan lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
McFight misses with a left hand
and Logan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jab from McFight.
Logan slips under a jab.
Logan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Logan lands a lovely overhand right.
McFight fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Logan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McFight.
Logan misses with a body shot.
McFight lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
McFight uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Logan has time to react.
James Logan is winning the standup battle so far.
McFight's jab looks to have found its range, popping Logan under the eye.
Logan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McFight lands a right hook to the body.
Logan misses with a jab to the body
and McFight counters with a three punch combo that has Logan backing up. Logan nods at McFight to acknowledge the strikes.
McFight connects with a single shot there.
McFight misses with an uppercut
and Logan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
McFight lands with an overhand left.
Logan drives through with a takedown into McFight's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Logan wants to pass the guard but McFight is keeping the position.
Logan controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Logan postures up.
Logan trying to move into half guard but instead McFight has managed to sweep!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Logan looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Logan is working an open guard so McFight takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
McFight misses with a shot to the body
and Logan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A left lands for McFight.
McFight's jab looks to have found its range, popping Logan under the eye.
Logan gets cracked with a nice right hand there by McFight.
McFight jabs Logan right on the nose. Logan blinks but takes it well.
A shot to the body from McFight misses
and Logan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Logan connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
McFight digs a good hook to Logan's body.
Logan throws a nice looking combination but McFight bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Logan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A left lands for McFight.
McFight throws a looping overhand right but Logan ducks down to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Logan with a nice cross.
McFight takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Logan scores with a body shot.
Logan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McFight.
McFight doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Logan scores with a punch to the head.
McFight lands a nice hook to Logan's body. Logan takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
McFight swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McFight throws a right hand that Logan ducks under and follows up with a left that Logan also avoids with ease.
McFight slips under a jab.
McFight keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McFight misses the body punch
and Logan counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps McFight thinking.
Logan moves out of range of the strikes.
McFight misses with a jab, cross combination.
Donk. McFight catches Logan right on the button with a cross.
McFight misses with a right hand
and Logan counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps McFight thinking.
McFight misses with a hook to the body
and Logan counters with a right hand to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Logan throws a hook to the side of McFight's head but McFight sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Logan takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
McFight avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
McFight fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
McFight uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Logan lands a slapping body shot.
Logan throws a hook but McFight avoids it easily.
Logan works McFight's body with a nice hook.
Logan ducks under a wild hook from McFight.
Logan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
McFight misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Logan counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Logan misses with a hook to the body
and McFight connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
McFight throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McFight gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Logan sitting in guard, not really doing much.
And that's the end of the fight!
James Logan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Logan has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 29:28
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Logan!
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RATING
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