New Fight For Dee Logue

After an undefeated amateur MMA career and an impressive 3-0 start to his professional career, Dee Logue (3-1) had his sights set on a future on the sport’s biggest stage.

Back in April 2019, Logue, 26, was set to face his toughest test to date in Shawn Wallace for the Elite 1 MMA lightweight title. Logue would go on to drop a unanimous decision to Wallace in a fight he believed he won.

But despite the recent loss of motivation, Logue said he hasn’t completely ruled out a return to his pursuit of reaching the pinnacle of MMA.

He said the outcome of his next fight will play a large role in determining his future in MMA.

“My next opponent, my next fight, and how well I perform will probably be the deciding factor in my future.

“I don’t like to think of MMA as my only thing or only option, and I’m not going to continue to fight if I just keep taking damage.”

Logue’s first coach when he first started training on the Woodstock First Nation reserve in New Brunswick was a local professional fighter, Dustin Leighton.

Although they don’t work together as often nowadays, Leighton said he hopes to see Logue regain the motivation and drive he once had because he believes his former student has great potential in the sport.

It’s rare to see a fighter, even the best in the world, go their entire career without suffering a loss.

And although it was hard on Logue at the time, and still to this day, Leighton said he believes it could actually be beneficial in the long run.

“In the fight game, you almost have to have that loss to get better and to get hungry again,” said Leighton.

“For him being so young and on a winning streak, it put a lot of pressure on him. He was kind of the big thing around a small town. I would say it (the loss) took a lot of pressure off him. He doesn’t have that winning streak to keep up to anymore; now he can just focus on each fight.”

Logue first began training with Leighton at 16 years old, with no initial intention of ever stepping inside a ring or cage. Logue said he initially got involved in martial arts for self-defense purposes.

But after Leighton convinced him to take that first amateur fight, and after his success in that debut, Logue said he just fell in love with it.