PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sampson Douglas (ranked 4711 p4p, 5962 weight class) and Alex Tozawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tozawa has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Douglas
vs
Tozawa

192 cm
18
260
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
25
212
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sampson Douglas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alex Tozawa!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Robert Twigg and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tozawa gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Douglas counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Tozawa looks winded!
Douglas misses with some punches.
Douglas misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Douglas misses with the head strike.
Douglas swings wildly with an uppercut but Tozawa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Douglas swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Douglas misses with the head strike.
Douglas misses with a hook to the ribs.
The referee calls for Douglas to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Tozawa manages to break the clinch.
Tozawa misses with a leg kick.
Douglas scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Tozawa doesn't seem bothered though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tozawa moves to clinch but Douglas breaks away
and Douglas counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tozawa gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Sampson Douglas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A head kick misses from Tozawa.
Tozawa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tozawa is looking to clinch.
Douglas is looking for a counter combo.
Tozawa tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Douglas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Douglas connects with the punch.
Tozawa tries to clinch but Douglas moves out of range.
Douglas is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Tozawa closes this distance looking for a takedown but Douglas circles away.
An attempted straight right counter from Douglas misses the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Douglas lunges at Tozawa with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Tozawa's hand.
Douglas lands a jab.
Douglas lands a nice looking body shot.
Tozawa on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tozawa takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Douglas ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Tozawa misses with a jab, cross combination.
Douglas cracks Tozawa with a right hand to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Douglas.
Tozawa takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Douglas tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Tozawa manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tozawa closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Good shot there by Douglas.
A jab from Douglas does it's job there.
Douglas displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Tozawa.
A little feinted left hand from Douglas on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Sampson Douglas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alex Tozawa.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Tozawa tries to keep at a distance but Douglas has taken the fight into the clinch.
Tozawa wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
We've been informed that Tozawa has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Douglas swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Douglas tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Douglas tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Douglas has a couple of punches blocked by Tozawa.
Douglas misses with a hook to the ribs.
Douglas struggles to land a body shot inside as Tozawa controls his hands.
Douglas stalling the fight.
Tozawa tries to break the clinch but Douglas is controlling the position.
Tozawa blocks an uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Sampson Douglas dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alex Tozawa's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Tozawa tries for a takedown but Douglas circles away easily
letting Douglas counter with a right hand.
Tozawa doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Alex Tozawa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tozawa throws a lazy head kick
and Douglas counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tozawa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tozawa shoots in looking for a takedown. Douglas tries to sprawl out of it but Tozawa keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Douglas manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tozawa takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Tozawa is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tozawa is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Douglas tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Tozawa manages to circle out of the way.

Douglas clinches with his opponent.
Tozawa blocking some punches.
Douglas misses with a punch on the inside.
Douglas lands a hook that snaps the head of Tozawa backwards.

Tozawa breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Douglas looks to land a right hand but Tozawa moved out of range.
Tozawa slips a straight right by Douglas.
Tozawa bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nice sprawl there from Douglas as Tozawa shoots in.
Sampson Douglas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alex Tozawa.
Douglas lands a jab to the nose.
Tozawa uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Douglas.
Tozawa takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Tozawa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Douglas looks to land a combination. Tozawa sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tozawa gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Douglas lands with a nice body punch.
Tozawa tries to clinch there but Douglas circles away.
Tozawa walks into a jab.
Douglas cracks Tozawa with an open hand slap.

Douglas fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Tozawa, pushing him back against the cage.
Tozawa blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tozawa tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Douglas smiles and moves away.
Douglas lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Douglas blocks a head kick by Tozawa.

Douglas fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Tozawa, pushing him back against the cage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tozawa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Tozawa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Douglas is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tozawa can do to turn this around?
Douglas scores with a shot to the side of Tozawa's head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Sampson Douglas dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Alex Tozawa's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Tozawa scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Douglas manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Douglas scores with a hook.
Douglas jabs Tozawa right on the nose. Tozawa blinks but takes it well.
Tozawa takes one on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Douglas cracks Tozawa with a right hand to the side of the head.
Douglas throws a big shot that misses.
Douglas scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Douglas scores with a nice right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tozawa shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A quick step to the side and Douglas tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tozawa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice body punch from Douglas.
Alex Tozawa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Douglas scores with a nice strike.
A decent looking cross lands there for Douglas.
Douglas throws a hook but Tozawa avoids it easily.
Tozawa throws out a counter right but Douglas avoids it with no problem.
Douglas moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Tozawa fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Douglas sprawls well initially but Tozawa persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Tozawa is thwarting Douglas's attempts to control the position.

Tozawa is looking for a kimura but Douglas is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Tozawa to get the leverage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tozawa scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Tozawa controlling the action here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Tozawa decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Douglas throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sampson Douglas is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tozawa fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
An attempted straight right counter from Douglas misses the target.
Tozawa misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Douglas misses with a few strikes there.
Tozawa swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Douglas swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Tozawa shoots for a double leg takedown but Douglas sprawls well. He's pushed Tozawa's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Sampson Douglas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alex Tozawa.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tozawa fails with the takedown
and Douglas cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tozawa circles away from the clinch attempt.
Douglas connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Tozawa momentarily.
Tozawa thows a leg kick but Douglas checks it
enabling Douglas to counter with a crisp jab.
Sampson Douglas is winning the standup battle so far.
Tozawa has his takedown stuffed
and Douglas counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Alex Tozawa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Douglas scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sampson Douglas showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Douglas, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:26
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:26
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sampson Douglas!