PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joaquin Logan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Walker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joaquin Logan has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Logan
vs
Walker

185 cm
21
210 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

190 cm
21
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Untouchable Fight Nutrition

Hilo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joaquin Logan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Johnny Walker!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Alyssa Summers and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Logan misses.
Logan throws out a powerful jab.
Logan jabs at Walker's body.
Walker throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Logan tries to bum rush Walker with a series of wild strikes but Walker uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Logan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Walker feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Logans jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Walker scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Logan misses with a straight right.
Logan misses with a combination
and Walker counters with a nice body shot.
Walker is looking to clinch.
Walker tries to clinch up.
Logan displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Walker avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Logan throws a right and a left that both miss.
Logan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Logan closes this distance looking for a takedown but Walker circles away.
Walker throws an overhand right that lands on Logan's shoulder, as Logan tries to avoid the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Walker pushes Logan up against the cage in a clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Walker blocking some punches.
Walker lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Walker's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Walker clinches.
Walker lands an uppercut.
Walker stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Walker lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

Walker pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Logan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Walker was well out of range. Poor timing from Logan.
Logan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Walker 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.

Walker gets a clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Walker as Logan tries to tie him up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Logan scores with a shoulder strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Logan misses with a punch on the inside.
Walker stops a takedown attempt from Logan.
A short body shot lands from Walker as the two fighters clinch.
Logan is trying to stall.
Walker misses with a hook to the ribs.
Walker prevents a body shot from Logan.
Logan is trying to break free.
Walker lands a shoulder strike.
Logan is looking to control Walker's arms but Walker gets an underhook and turns him. Now Logan has his back to the cage.
Logan is looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joaquin Logan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Walker lands a knee to the head.
Walker tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Logan prevents a body shot from Walker.
Logan avoiding damage as Walker throws knees to the body.
Walker tries to work over Logan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Walker keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Logan's efforts to push away.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Walker.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Logan prevents a body shot from Walker.
Logan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Logan tries to break the clinch but Walker is controlling the position.
Walker lands with a light punch inside.
Logan has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Walker pressing his opponent against the cage.
Walker lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Walker lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Logan or not.
Walker misses with a hook to the ribs.
Walker makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Logan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Walker lands a left hand that snaps the head of Logan backwards.
Logan working aggressively here.
Walker taking a breather.
Logan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A shot in the inside from Walker.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Walker misses with a punch to the body.
Walker displaying some good clinch control by pressing Logan up against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Logan leaning his opponent against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Walker.
Walker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Walker.
Logan has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Walker is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Walker takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Walker struggles to land a body shot inside as Logan controls his hands.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Walker lands a nice uppercut.
Logan throws a head punch that misses.
Walker scores with a nice hook to the head.
Walker tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Walker misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Walker dominated that round.
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.

Walker connects with a leg kick. Logan looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Walker throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Walker tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Logan was well out of range. Poor timing from Walker.
Logan cracks Walker with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Walker displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Logan throws out the jab.
Nice shot by Walker.
Logan throws a nice looking combination but Walker bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A nice leg kick lands there from Walker.
Logan misses with a double jab.
Walker is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Logan throws a right hand that Walker ducks under and follows up with a left that Walker also avoids with ease.
A combination from Logan does no damage.
Walker sizes up Logan with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Logan fails to land with a series of punches.
Logan just misses with a punch to the body.
Logan misses with a looping left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Logan tries to bum rush Walker with a series of wild strikes but Walker uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Joaquin Logan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice jab there from Walker.
Logan throws a combination. Walker tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Walker tries to clinch but Logan moves out of range.
Walker connects with a body shot that sends Logan's belly button to the back.
Walker's corner calls for a 1-2. Walker obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Johnny Walker is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Logan tries to bum rush Walker with a series of wild strikes but Walker uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Walker misses with a wild body shot.
Walker is looking to slow Logan down with leg kicks.
Logan sizes up Walker with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Jab by Walker.
Joaquin Logan is winning the standup battle so far.
Walker bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Logan's head.
Walker uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Logan.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Walker buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Logan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Walker takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Logan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Logan slips under a jab.
Walker lands a nice leg kick that just misses Logan's sensitive parts.
Logan takes a swing at Walker's ribcage but misses.
Logan looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Walker is fending him off so far but Logan persists. Nope, Walker circles away and we're back to standing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Walker tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Logan was well out of range. Poor timing from Walker.
Sloppy strikes from Logan. Those never looked like landing.
Walker doesn't manage to clinch there - Logan circles away.
Walker swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Logan throws a series of punches but Walker avoids them all with ease.
Logan on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Walker tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Logan was well out of range. Poor timing from Walker.
Walker swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Logan looks to land a right hand but Walker moved out of range.
Logan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Logan throws out the jab.
A jab from Walker misses.
Logan on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Walker. Walker obviously looking to wear him down.
Logan takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Logan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Logan looks to land a combination. Walker sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Walker scoring well with a low kick there.
Nice defenses there by Logan.
Walker staying out of range there.
Walker thows a left - swing and a miss!
Logan throws a big shot that misses.
Logan looks to score with a jab to the body but Walker is just out of range.
Logan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Walker moves away.
Logan shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Walker but Walker pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Walker blocks a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Logan with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Walker to score with a decent uppercut.

Walker gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Walker misses with some punches.
Logan prevents a body shot from Walker.
Walker lands a shoulder strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Logan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Walker lands a left hand.
Walker struggles to land a body shot inside as Logan controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from Logan fails to land.
Walker pushes Logan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Logan throws a punch but it's blocked by Walker.
Walker tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Walker just leaning against Logan, taking a breather.
Walker lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Walker lands a body punch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Walker showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Logan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Walker misses with an uppercut. Logan saw that one coming.
Walker feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Logans jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Walker lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Walker pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Walker slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Nice straight punches there by Walker. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Walker.
Logan throws a left and a right that both miss
and Walker counters with a straight right hand.
Logan looks to land a left hand but Walker moved out of range nicely.
Logan misses with a jab, cross combination.
Logan throws a jab but it's blocked by Walker.
Logan stalks Walker and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Walker's face. Walker staggers backwards, shaken.
Walker waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Logan.
Logan takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Logan moves into range and connects with a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Logan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Walker.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker scores with a jab.
Walker getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Logan misses with a double jab.
Logan scores with a decent looking hook.
A slow jab from Logan misses its intended target.

Walker moves into the clinch.
Walker throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Johnny Walker seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Walker lands a body punch.

Logan has picked Walker up - he's going for a ride! Logan dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Walker desperately trying to maintain half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Walker makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Walker.
Walker has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walker keeping moving, preventing Logan from controlling successfully.
Logan is really struggling to control Walker but he's trying to hold on to the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Joaquin Logan.
Walker darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Walker jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Walker.
Walker throws a body punch but Logan moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Logan misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Walker. Logan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Logan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Walker rushes Logan and presses him up against the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Walker misses with a hook to the ribs.
Logan takes a knee right on the jaw!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Walker creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Walker obliges.
Walker blocking some punches.
Walker lands with a light punch inside.
Logan looking for a takedown.
Walker dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Walker.
Johnny Walker is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four 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!
Walker lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Logan backwards.
Logan's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Logan swings wildly with an uppercut but Walker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Walker misses with a body punch.
A nice left hand lands by Walker.
Walker lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Walker jerks Logan's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Logan drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Walker goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Walker because Logan was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Johnny Walker!
Johnny Walker took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Hilo Nutrition for their support in the buildup to the fight.