PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vega Hartgrave (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jay Douglas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Douglas is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Ja Rule - New York. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hartgrave
vs
Douglas

182 cm
22
190 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

183 cm
18
190 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

Juce Wear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Vega Hartgrave!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jay Douglas!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Gregory Folan and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hartgrave works Douglas's body with a nice hook.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Douglas.
Hartgrave throws a series of strikes that have Douglas backpedaling.
Hartgrave wants to land a leg kick but Douglas is out of range.
Douglas fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Hartgrave stuffs the takedown.
Vega Hartgrave has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jay Douglas.
A lazy left from Hartgrave finds it's target.

Hartgrave closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Douglas to the mat! Douglas manages to get full guard.
Hartgrave is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Douglas wants to sweep here but Hartgrave controlling him for the moment.
Hartgrave forces his way into half guard.
Hartgrave passes to full mount!
Hartgrave pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Hartgrave tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Hartgrave has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Hartgrave trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Hartgrave.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hartgrave has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Douglas's face.

Douglas is rocked!
Hartgrave scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Douglas?
Douglas is still in real trouble! Can Hartgrave finish him?
A nice elbow there by Hartgrave.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hartgrave lands a big elbow.
Hartgrave has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Douglas's face.
Douglas looks gassed!
Hartgrave landing strikes from the mount.
Douglas taking shots to the head.
Douglas is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Douglas is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Douglas taking shots to the head.
Douglas in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Hartgrave 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.
Hartgrave cracks Douglas with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Hartgrave controlling the pace for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hartgrave landing strikes from the mount.
Hartgrave controlling the pace for now.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hartgrave lands with some strikes.
A nice elbow there by Hartgrave.
Douglas is bucking up trying to escape but Hartgrave cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Hartgrave punishing his opponent with strikes.
Hartgrave landing shots from mount.
Hartgrave in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Hartgrave with shots to the head and body - Douglas looks very uncomfortable down there.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Douglas can do anything to dispel that myth.
Hartgrave dominating with strikes here.
Hartgrave controlling from the full mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hartgrave lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Hartgrave dominating with strikes here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hartgrave wants to control the pace but Douglas is squirming around nicely.
Hartgrave lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Douglas is wriggling around trying to escape.
Douglas is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Hartgrave dominating with strikes here.
Hartgrave dominating with strikes here.
Douglas is in all sorts of trouble here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hartgrave working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Hartgrave with the ground and pound from mount.
Hartgrave prevents Douglas from getting the reversal.
Hartgrave looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vega Hartgrave dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Hartgrave will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hartgrave misses the jab.
Hartgrave fails with a takedown attempt.
Hartgrave throws a big shot that misses.
Douglas moves away from the strike by Hartgrave.
Hartgrave tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Douglas swivels and escapes.
Douglas blocks a head kick by Hartgrave.
Jay Douglas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hartgrave throws a hook but Douglas avoids it easily.
Hartgrave missing with a left hand there. Douglas was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A punch combination from Hartgrave misses.
Hartgrave has his takedown stuffed
and Douglas counters with a stiff right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vega Hartgrave. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hartgrave shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Douglas pinned against the cage. Douglas gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Douglas avoids a punch combination nicely.
Douglas showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hartgrave.

That's two 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.
Hartgrave is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Douglas.
Hartgrave has a takedown stuffed.
Hartgrave is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Douglas.
Hartgrave swings for the body but Douglas moves out of range.
Hartgrave swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hartgrave misses with an uppercut.
A bone on bone clash there as Douglas blocks the leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Douglas avoids the head kick by Hartgrave.
Hartgrave throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hartgrave misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Horrible takedown by Hartgrave or perhaps it was just good defense by Douglas which made him look bad.
Douglas seems to have recovered his senses.
Hartgrave tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hartgrave connects with a body shot.

Douglas looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Vega Hartgrave overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hartgrave looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hartgrave keeping moving, preventing Douglas from controlling successfully.
Hartgrave is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Douglas wants to control but Hartgrave is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Douglas tries to get to full guard but Hartgrave has control of the leg.
Douglas moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Hartgrave wants to control from the top but Douglas keeps moving.
Hartgrave postures up in Douglas's guard and throws a big left but Douglas blocks it.

Douglas looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Hartgrave passes into half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Douglas trying to hold on to Hartgrave's head to control him but Hartgrave postures up.

Douglas looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jay Douglas showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Hartgrave pivots, looking for a leg kick but Douglas is out of range and Hartgrave settles back down.
Hartgrave shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Douglas counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Hartgrave working a defensive guard here.

Douglas stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Hartgrave drives through with a takedown into guard.
Hartgrave controlling from the top position.
Hartgrave sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Douglas's guard.
Hartgrave seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Douglas is refusing to be controlled, as Hartgrave sits in half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Hartgrave.
Douglas keeping control of the position.
Hartgrave working over Douglas with some ground and pound. Douglas looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Douglas pushes Hartgrave off looking to stand but Hartgrave dives back in and keeps control.
Hartgrave is nestled in close to Douglas, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Douglas is trying to maintain the position but Hartgrave is very close to passing his half guard.
Douglas is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.

Douglas actively working from the bottom here.
The fighters are battling for position here. Douglas manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

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.
Douglas is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Hartgrave passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Douglas is trying to get back to half guard.
Hartgrave laying and praying for a moment but Douglas takes advantage and regains half guard.
Douglas manages to get to full guard.
Hartgrave wants to control from the top but Douglas keeps moving.
Hartgrave not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Hartgrave stopping the sweep attempt from Douglas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hartgrave content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Douglas keeping moving, preventing Hartgrave from controlling successfully.
Hartgrave slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Douglas wants to get back to his feet but Hartgrave drags him back down.
Douglas is trying to control Hartgrave's posture but Hartgrave avoids it.
Hartgrave is looking to take a break and control but Douglas is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Douglas is trying to control Hartgrave's posture but Hartgrave avoids it.
Douglas takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Hartgrave prevents Douglas from escaping the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Douglas is looking for a sweep.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Douglas is looking to clinch but Hartgrave is avoiding it.
Hartgrave motions for Douglas to come forward. Hartgrave throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Douglas shoots and misses

and Hartgrave counters with a nice double leg into side control. Douglas won't be happy with that.
Douglas is looking for a sweep.
Hartgrave working the head and body with strikes.
Hartgrave works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Douglas prevents Hartgrave from improving position.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Hartgrave misses with the ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vega Hartgrave showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hartgrave has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:27
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:27
Judge William Peck scores the fight 29:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vega Hartgrave!