PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rob Elsworth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Douglas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Elsworth
vs
Douglas

190 cm
22
209 lbs
8 - 7 - 1

183 cm
18
202 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 1, fighting out of London, Rob Elsworth!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Brian Douglas!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, William Gold and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Elsworth looks for the body kick but Douglas saw that one coming.

Elsworth drops his shoulder and cracks Douglas with a huge uppercut! Douglas goes down! Can Elsworth finish him?

Douglas is rocked!

It looks like Brian Douglas has been cut.

Elsworth drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Elsworth jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Douglas is still in real trouble! Can Elsworth finish him?
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Douglas wants to stand and escape but Elsworth is having none of it.
Douglas seems to have recovered his senses.

Elsworth drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Elsworth jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Elsworth drops back looking for a leg! Douglas is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Douglas manages to kick Elsworth off! Elsworth jumps back into Douglas's guard.
Douglas trying to keep a closed guard but Elsworth is proving a slippery customer.
Douglas wants to stand and escape but Elsworth is having none of it.
Douglas is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Elsworth drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Elsworth jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Douglas takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Douglas steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Elsworth.
Elsworth tried to score with a low kick but Douglas checks it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Douglas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Elsworth jabs at Douglas's body.
Elsworth rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Douglas moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Elsworth throws a sloppy head kick and Douglas moves out of range easily.
Elsworth looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Douglas tries to clinch but Elsworth is having none of it.
Rob Elsworth is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Douglas takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Elsworth is breathing heavily.
Douglas wants to clinch up but Elsworth keeps it at a distance.
Elsworth swinging wildly here.
Douglas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Douglas fails in his attempt to clinch.

Elsworth throws a head kick that lands with a deafening thwack! The crowd roars as Douglas stumbles backwards and falls to the mat. Elsworth follows into mount!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Elsworth is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Douglas has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Douglas tries to hold on but Elsworth postures up.

Elsworth working for a guillotine from mount but Douglas is in no mood to give up.
Douglas trying desperately to get to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Douglas is looking to improve his position but Elsworth isn't that keen on the idea.
Douglas tries to hold on but Elsworth postures up.
Douglas wants to try and get back to his feet.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Douglas is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Elsworth moves to the back position.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Douglas turns into Elsworth and is now in his guard.

Douglas avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Elsworth keeping moving, preventing Douglas from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Elsworth holds on and takes a little breather.
Elsworth wants to stand but Douglas is controlling the position.

Elsworth working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Douglas has passed into half guard!
Elsworth wants to improve his position but Douglas is controlling well.
It looks like Douglas is going to stand back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Elsworth trying to hold on to Douglas's head to control him but Douglas postures up.
Douglas tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Elsworth trying to control from the bottom.
Elsworth wants to get back to full guard but Douglas has passed into side control.

Douglas gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Elsworth throws a series of punches but Douglas avoids them all with ease.
Douglas tries to clinch up but Elsworth circles away and keeps his distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rob Elsworth dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brian Douglas's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Douglas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Douglas takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Douglas tries to clinch there but Elsworth circles away.
Elsworth misses with a body shot.
Douglas tries to clinch there but Elsworth circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Douglas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Elsworth throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Elsworth throws a series of punches but Douglas avoids them all with ease.
Douglas tries to close the distance and clinch but Elsworth swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nice uppercut there from Elsworth.
Elsworth rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Douglas moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Douglas tries to clinch there but Elsworth circles away.
A punch combination from Elsworth misses.
Douglas tries to clinch there but Elsworth circles away.
Douglas tries to clinch but Elsworth moves out of range.
Elsworth circles away from the clinch attempt.
Douglas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Elsworth paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Douglas tries to clinch up but Elsworth circles away and keeps his distance.
Douglas blocks a head kick by Elsworth.
Douglas tries to clinch there but Elsworth circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Elsworth scores with a hook to the body. Douglas takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Douglas tries to clinch but Elsworth is having none of it.
Douglas fails with an attempt to clinch.
Douglas is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Douglas is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Douglas is looking to clinch but Elsworth is avoiding it.
Elsworth avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Elsworth throws a good cross that connects.
Elsworth swats away the attempt to clinch by Douglas.
Elsworth avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Douglas shoots in but Elsworth avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Elsworth misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Elsworth ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Douglas moves away.
Elsworth throws a head kick that Douglas semi-blocks.

That has opened up Brian Douglas's cut even more.
Elsworth circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rob Elsworth seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Douglas tries to clinch but Elsworth is having none of it.
Douglas shoots for a takedown but Elsworth saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Douglas uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Elsworth.
Douglas tries to clinch there but Elsworth circles away.
Elsworth keeps the fight on the outside.
Elsworth is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Elsworth throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Douglas moves out of range as Elsworth strikes.
Douglas moves in looking to clinch but Elsworth pushes him off.
Douglas tries to close the distance and clinch but Elsworth swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Elsworth avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Douglas ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The fight stays on the outside here - Douglas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Douglas tries to clinch there but Elsworth circles away.
Douglas tries to clinch there but Elsworth circles away.
Elsworth misses with a head kick.
Danga de danga de dang - Elsworth scores with a four punch combination!
Elsworth throws a sloppy head kick and Douglas moves out of range easily.
Elsworth avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Douglas moves into the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Douglas.
Douglas lands a damaging elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Elsworth's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A head kick misses from Douglas.
Douglas is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Elsworth circles away from the clinch attempt.

Douglas rushes Elsworth and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.

Elsworth breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Douglas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Elsworth swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Elsworth misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Douglas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Elsworth swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Elsworth avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Douglas shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

Elsworth throws his legs up looking for a submission but Douglas uses it to pass to side control.
Elsworth struggling a bit here.
Elsworth is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Douglas is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Douglas stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Douglas wants to clinch up but Elsworth keeps it at a distance.
Elsworth swats away the attempt to clinch by Douglas.
Douglas tries to clinch there but Elsworth circles away.
Douglas slips a jab from Elsworth.
Douglas misses with a wild body shot.
Elsworth scores with a jab to the head.
Douglas fails with an attempt to clinch.
Elsworth tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Douglas throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Elsworth's waist but Elsworth gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Douglas off to one side.
Rob Elsworth has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brian Douglas.
Elsworth avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Elsworth throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Douglas tries to clinch but Elsworth moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rob Elsworth dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Brian Douglas's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Douglas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Douglas tries to close the distance and clinch but Elsworth swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nice shot lands for Elsworth.
Douglas wants to clinch.
Douglas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Elsworth paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Douglas will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Elsworth avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Elsworth throws a right and a left that both miss.
Elsworth thows a body shot but no joy.
Elsworth throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Douglas moves into the clinch.
Douglas struggles to land a body shot inside as Elsworth controls his hands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short uppercut from Elsworth.
Douglas tries to land knees in the clinch but Elsworth avoids the damage to the body.
Douglas is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Elsworth breaks from the clinch.
Douglas is looking to clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Elsworth swinging wildly here.
Douglas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Elsworth paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Elsworth lands a high kick!
Douglas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Elsworth paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Elsworth stalks Douglas and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Douglas's face. Douglas staggers backwards, shaken.
Douglas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Elsworth paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Douglas tries to clinch up but Elsworth circles away and keeps his distance.
Douglas fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Douglas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Elsworth cracks Douglas with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Douglas tries to clinch there but Elsworth circles away.
Elsworth avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Douglas tries to close the distance and clinch but Elsworth swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Douglas tries to clinch there but Elsworth circles away.
Elsworth throws a nice looking combination but Douglas bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The fight stays on the outside here - Douglas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Douglas is looking to clinch but Elsworth is avoiding it.
Elsworth keeps the fight on the outside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Douglas blocks a head kick by Elsworth.

Douglas gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Douglas.
Douglas is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Elsworth is defending well for now.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Elsworth.
Elsworth avoiding damage as Douglas throws knees to the body.
Elsworth on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Douglas looking for a takedown.
Rob Elsworth has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brian Douglas.
Douglas taking a breather.

Elsworth escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Elsworth misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Elsworth swats away the attempt to clinch by Douglas.
Elsworth thumps Douglas with a low kick.
Douglas tries to clinch up.
Elsworth fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Elsworth tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Douglas was well out of range. Poor timing from Elsworth.
Douglas doesn't manage to clinch there - Elsworth circles away.
Douglas displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Elsworth throws out the jab.
Douglas tries to clinch but Elsworth is having none of it.
Douglas is looking to clinch but Elsworth is avoiding it.
Rob Elsworth is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Elsworth tries to bum rush Douglas with a series of wild strikes but Douglas uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Elsworth avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Douglas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Douglas tries to clinch there but Elsworth circles away.
Douglas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Douglas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Elsworth swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Elsworth misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Elsworth defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Douglas.
Elsworth smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Elsworth lands a nice looking body kick.
Douglas tries to clinch there but Elsworth circles away.
Douglas moves in looking to clinch but Elsworth pushes him off.
Elsworth misses with a double jab.
Elsworth misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Elsworth takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Douglas tries to clinch up but Elsworth circles away and keeps his distance.
Douglas wants to clinch.
Douglas tries to clinch but Elsworth moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Elsworth misses with a head kick.

Douglas forces Elsworth back against the ropes and clinches.
Douglas is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Douglas trying to land knees to the body.
Douglas stalling in the clinch but Elsworth improves position.

Elsworth breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rob Elsworth is winning the standup battle so far.
Douglas tries to clinch there but Elsworth circles away.
Elsworth throws a big shot that misses.
Elsworth circles away from the clinch attempt.
Elsworth lands a nice shot that snaps Douglas's head back.
Elsworth swats away the attempt to clinch by Douglas.
Douglas tries to clinch but Elsworth is having none of it.
Elsworth circles away from the clinch attempt.
Douglas tries to clinch but Elsworth is having none of it.
Douglas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Elsworth swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Douglas is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rob Elsworth clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Brian Douglas's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Douglas throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Elsworth's waist but Elsworth gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Douglas off to one side.
Elsworth looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Douglas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Douglas tries to clinch up but Elsworth circles away and keeps his distance.
Elsworth swats away the attempt to clinch by Douglas.
Elsworth looks to score with a jab to the body but Douglas is just out of range.
A jab from Elsworth does it's job there.
Some wild striking there from Elsworth.
Elsworth misses with a hook to the body

and Douglas counters by clinching up.
Douglas tries to land a knee to the head but Elsworth blocks with his arms.
A nice right hand lands inside from Elsworth.
Elsworth lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Douglas trying to land knees to the body.
Elsworth blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Elsworth lands a nice shot to the body.

Douglas breaks the clinch.
Douglas is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Douglas tries to clinch there but Elsworth circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Douglas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Elsworth paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Douglas slips a jab and a cross from Elsworth.
Douglas moves in looking to clinch but Elsworth pushes him off.
Douglas tries to clinch but Elsworth is having none of it.
Elsworth misses with an uppercut.
Elsworth swats away the attempt to clinch by Douglas.
Douglas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Douglas fails with an attempt to clinch.
Elsworth throws a lazy right hand but Douglas sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Elsworth wants to land a leg kick but Douglas is out of range.
Douglas is looking to clinch but Elsworth is avoiding it.
Elsworth throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Douglas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Elsworth paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Elsworth swats away the attempt to clinch by Douglas.
Douglas moves in looking to clinch but Elsworth pushes him off.
Douglas tries to clinch up.
Douglas is looking to clinch but Elsworth is avoiding it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
A combination from Elsworth does no damage.
Douglas tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Elsworth swivels and escapes.
Douglas avoids the body shot from Elsworth.
Douglas shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Rob Elsworth has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brian Douglas.
A jab from Elsworth does it's job there.
Douglas tries to clinch up.
Douglas moves in looking to clinch but Elsworth pushes him off.
Douglas tries to close the distance and clinch but Elsworth swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Douglas walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Douglas moves in looking to clinch but Elsworth pushes him off.
Elsworth keeps Douglas at a distance using the push kick.
Douglas tries to close the distance and clinch but Elsworth swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Elsworth misses with a jab, cross combination.
Douglas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Elsworth.
Douglas doesn't manage to clinch there - Elsworth circles away.
Douglas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Douglas wants to clinch up but Elsworth keeps it at a distance.
Douglas avoids a punch combination nicely.

Elsworth tries to keep at a distance but Douglas has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Douglas is trying to maintain a safe position but Elsworth gets an underhook and turns Douglas into the ropes.
Elsworth scores with a shoulder strike.
Elsworth landing knees to the head.
Douglas is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Elsworth is defending well for now.
Douglas tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Elsworth's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Douglas fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Elsworth lands a head kick!
Elsworth avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Douglas is looking to clinch.
Douglas doesn't manage to clinch there - Elsworth circles away.
Douglas doesn't manage to clinch there - Elsworth circles away.
Elsworth avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Elsworth throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Douglas wants to clinch.
Douglas wants to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Douglas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Elsworth swats away the attempt to clinch by Douglas.
Douglas misses with a wild body shot.
Elsworth throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Douglas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Elsworth paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Douglas is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Douglas is looking to clinch but Elsworth is avoiding it.
Douglas wants to clinch up but Elsworth keeps it at a distance.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Elsworth throws a nice looking combination but Douglas bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Douglas doesn't manage to clinch there - Elsworth circles away.
Douglas tries to clinch up but Elsworth circles away and keeps his distance.
Elsworth fails to land with a series of punches.
Douglas tries to clinch but Elsworth is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rob Elsworth had his way with Brian Douglas in that round.
The cut man is working on Brian Douglas's cut.
That's time! Elsworth's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Elsworth stuffs the takedown attempt from Douglas. Douglas gets slowly back to his feet.
Elsworth pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Elsworth scores with a shot to the body.
Douglas wants to clinch.
Douglas tries to clinch up.
Douglas is looking to clinch.
Douglas fails with an attempt to clinch.
Elsworth jabs at Douglas's body.

Douglas clinches up against the ropes.
Douglas misses with a knee strike.
Elsworth lands a left hand.

Elsworth breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A thudding body kick lands there by Elsworth!
Elsworth jabs at Douglas's body.
Elsworth connects with a high kick.
Elsworth throws a head kick that misses
enabling Douglas to counter with a crisp jab.
Elsworth lands a nice looking body shot.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Douglas avoids the head kick by Elsworth.
Douglas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Elsworth swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Douglas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Douglas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Elsworth paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Elsworth throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Douglas tries to clinch there but Elsworth circles away.
Elsworth tries a head kick but it misses.
Douglas wants to clinch.

Elsworth tries to keep at a distance but Douglas has taken the fight into the clinch.

Elsworth breaks from the clinch.
Elsworth swats away the attempt to clinch by Douglas.
Douglas tries to clinch up but Elsworth circles away and keeps his distance.
Douglas is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Elsworth goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

Douglas clinches with his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Douglas with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Elsworth breaks from the clinch.
Douglas fails with an attempt to clinch.
Douglas is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A head kick by Elsworth misses

and Douglas holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Elsworth managing to block the knees to the body from Douglas.
Douglas utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Douglas is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Douglas.

Elsworth breaks from the clinch.
Elsworth tries a head kick but it misses.
Elsworth avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Elsworth keeps the fight on the outside.
Elsworth goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Douglas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Elsworth circles away from the clinch attempt.
Douglas moves in looking to clinch but Elsworth pushes him off.
Douglas is looking to clinch but Elsworth is avoiding it.
Douglas tries to clinch up but Elsworth circles away and keeps his distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Elsworth throws a sloppy head kick and Douglas moves out of range easily.
Douglas uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Elsworth.
Douglas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Douglas wants to clinch.
Elsworth avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Elsworth stuffs the takedown.
Douglas avoids a punch combination nicely.
Douglas tries to clinch up.
Douglas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Elsworth swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Douglas tries to clinch but Elsworth moves out of range.
Douglas wants to clinch.
Douglas lands with a good body shot.
Douglas tries to clinch up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Douglas clinches up against the ropes.
Elsworth lands a nice elbow.
Douglas tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Elsworth breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Douglas showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Elsworth.
Douglas tries to clinch up.
Douglas tries to clinch up.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Elsworth blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Brian Douglas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Douglas tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Elsworth avoids it.
Elsworth lands a right hand that snaps the head of Douglas backwards.
Elsworth tries to break free but Douglas pushes him back against the ropes.
Elsworth gets through Douglas's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rob Elsworth is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Douglas trying to land knees to the body.

Douglas pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A head kick misses from Elsworth.
Douglas doesn't manage to clinch there - Elsworth circles away.
Douglas tries to clinch up but Elsworth circles away and keeps his distance.
Douglas doesn't manage to clinch there - Elsworth circles away.
Douglas wants to clinch up but Elsworth keeps it at a distance.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rob Elsworth showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Elsworth, 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 50:45
Judge William Gold scores the fight 50:45
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 50:45

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rob Elsworth!
Rob Elsworth is the new light heavyweight champion!