PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arthur Douglas (ranked 1378 p4p, 1725 weight class) and Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich (ranked 36 p4p, 44 weight class). Heydrich comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Wass wollen wir trinken kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Douglas
vs
Heydrich

190 cm
24
260
8 - 5 - 0

192 cm
24
235
6 - 2 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Arthur Douglas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Lou da Vinci and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed right hand from Heydrich misses the target.
Douglas connects with a right hand. Heydrich shakes it off.

It looks like Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich has been cut.
Douglas misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Heydrich connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Douglas lands an overhand right.
Heydrich looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Heydrich tries to clinch up.
Heydrich throws a hook but Douglas avoids it easily.
Heydrich throws a lazy uppercut
and Douglas counters with a straight right hand.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Heydrich.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Heydrich throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Heydrich fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Douglas is looking to counter punch.

Heydrich has Douglas up against the cage in a clinch.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Heydrich has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heydrich stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Heydrich swings wildly with an uppercut but Douglas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Heydrich misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Heydrich can't find room to land a body shot as Douglas controls the action.
Douglas softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Heydrich misses with a body punch.
Heydrich tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Douglas scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Douglas misses with a hook to the ribs.
Douglas lands an uppercut.

Heydrich pulls guard successfully.
Heydrich wants to stand and escape but Douglas is having none of it.
Douglas has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Douglas decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Heydrich, up you get!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Heydrich.
Douglas throws a lazy right hand but Heydrich sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Douglas slips under a jab.
Douglas cracks Heydrich with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Douglas lands a nice shot that snaps Heydrich's head back.

That has opened up Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich's cut even more.

Douglas gets tackled into the cage by Heydrich. Heydrich maintains the clinch.
Douglas takes a shot to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Douglas.
Heydrich misses with a hook from the clinch.

Douglas's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Douglas ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Douglas scores with a crisp jab that stopped Heydrich in his tracks.
Heydrich is looking to clinch but Douglas is avoiding it.
Douglas looks to score with a jab to the body but Heydrich is just out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heydrich ducks right into an uppercut from Douglas.

The cut above Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Douglas lands a jab to the head.
Heydrich throws a body shot but no joy.
Heydrich throws a shot from downtown. Douglas moves away and avoids it.
Douglas misses with an uppercut. Heydrich saw that one coming.
Heydrich follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
A looping hook to the body misses from Heydrich. Douglas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Douglas with a nice cross.
Heydrich misses the jab.
A big right from Heydrich misses.
A counter left hand to the body from Douglas misses its target.
Douglas is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Nice straight punches there by Douglas. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Douglas.

Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Nice sprawl there from Douglas as Heydrich shoots in.
Douglas looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A big left from Douglas misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Heydrich.
Douglas seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Arthur Douglas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich.
Heydrich throws a body kick that misses.
Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Douglas. Heydrich does a little dance to reset his feet.
Heydrich counters with a body kick.
Arthur Douglas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Heydrich scores with a punch to the head.
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!
Heydrich throws a leg kick
and Douglas counters with a lovely straight right hand!

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Arthur Douglas!
After winning the bout, Arthur Douglas thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.