PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between David Douillet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alonso Escovedo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Escovedo has chosen Pantera as his entrance music. David Douillet has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Douillet
vs
Escovedo

185 cm
25
250 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

197 cm
26
265 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
KO power

Decent wrestler
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 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, David Douillet!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alonso Escovedo!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Alexandre Firmino and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Douillet misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Horrible takedown by Douillet or perhaps it was just good defense by Escovedo which made him look bad.
Escovedo stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Escovedo wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for David Douillet. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Douillet fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Escovedo throws a series of punches but Douillet moves out of range.
The crowd cheers as Escovedo lands an impressive looking overhand right. Douillet doesn't seem phased though.
Douillet tries for a takedown but Escovedo sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Escovedo swinging wildly here.
Escovedo scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Douillet doesn't seem bothered though.
Douillet shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Escovedo but Escovedo pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Douillet shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Escovedo's guard.
Douillet won't allow Escovedo to get back to his feet.
Douillet throwing strikes but missing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Douillet stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Escovedo swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Escovedo kicks Douillet off and gets to his feet.

Douillet shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Escovedo manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Douillet throwing strikes but missing.
Douillet won't allow Escovedo to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escovedo avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Escovedo is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Escovedo can do anything to dispel that myth.
Douillet looking to sit in guard and control but Escovedo gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Douillet manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Douillet in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Escovedo wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Douillet.
Douillet thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Douillet cracks Escovedo with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Douillet thowing shots but they're missing.
Douillet wants to control the pace but Escovedo is squirming around nicely.
Douillet looking to finish with strikes here!
Escovedo is trying to stand.
Douillet with shots to the head and body - Escovedo looks very uncomfortable down there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Douillet dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Escovedo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Douillet misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Douillet falls off balance throwing a combination
and Escovedo counters with a one-two to the body.
Douillet with a poor takedown
and Escovedo counters with a one-two to the body.
David Douillet is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Douillet misses with a takedown attempt
and Escovedo counters with a left and a right that stings Douillet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for David Douillet. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Douillet shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Escovedo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Escovedo throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

Douillet closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Escovedo did well to prevent Douillet getting side control.
Douillet thows a huge punch but Escovedo dodges it nicely.
Douillet is stalling here. Escovedo is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Douillet seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Escovedo has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
You can see the frustration on Douillet's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Douillet is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Escovedo is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Douillet has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Escovedo wants to stand but Douillet has his arm trapped.
Escovedo working away.
Douillet might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Douillet is trying to get back to half guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Douillet shoots and misses
and Escovedo counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Escovedo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Douillet shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
letting Escovedo counter with a right hand.
Douillet tries for a takedown but Escovedo circles away easily
and Escovedo counters with a nice uppercut.

Douillet shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Escovedo's guard.
Douillet throws a big right hand that misses.
Douillet lands a couple of digs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escovedo working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Douillet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Douillet trying to control but Escovedo is working from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Douillet accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Douillet postures up in Escovedo's guard and throws a big left but Escovedo blocks it.
Escovedo has momentary wrist control but Douillet slips an elbow through the middle.
Escovedo is looking to stand up but Douillet isn't so interested in that idea.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Douillet is looking to work some ground and pound but Escovedo has wrist control.
Douillet wants to pass the guard but Escovedo is keeping the position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Douillet misses with a takedown attempt
and Escovedo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Douillet has his takedown stuffed
and Escovedo makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Douillet tries for a takedown but Escovedo circles away easily
and Escovedo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Douillet tries for a takedown but Escovedo circles away easily
and Escovedo counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Escovedo misses with a series of wild punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alonso Escovedo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Douillet closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Douillet lands in his opponent's guard.
Douillet throwing strikes but missing.
Douillet trying to control the position from guard on top but Escovedo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Douillet throwing strikes but missing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Douillet sitting in guard here, content to control.
Douillet in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Douillet looking to sit in guard and control but Escovedo gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Douillet not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Escovedo wants to stand but Douillet is controlling his posture from full guard.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Douillet is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Escovedo.
Escovedo misses with a series of wild punches.
Douillet with a poor takedown
and Escovedo counters with a one-two to the body.
Escovedo scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
A punch combination from Escovedo misses.
Douillet shoots and misses
and Escovedo counters with a one-two to the body.
Douillet on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Douillet gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Escovedo counters with a series of strikes. Douillet will be more careful next time no doubt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for David Douillet. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Douillet misses with a takedown
and Escovedo counters with a stiff right hand.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Douillet shoots and misses
and Escovedo counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

Douillet gets the takedown into side control.
Escovedo wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Douillet tries to advance to mount but Escovedo instead regains half guard.
Escovedo avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Douillet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Escovedo avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Douillet.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Douillet in particular looking to stall.
Douillet wants to free his trapped foot but Escovedo is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Escovedo is looking to get back to is feet but Douillet passes into side control.
Escovedo takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alonso Escovedo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Escovedo has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight for Alonso Escovedo!
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight for Alonso Escovedo!
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight for David Douillet!

Alonso Escovedo wins by split decision!