PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Billy Douglas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damien Demented (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Douglas
vs
Demented

165 cm
25
167 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

170 cm
28
166 lbs
21 - 12 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Billy Douglas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Damien Demented!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Demented misses with a series of wild punches.
Demented tries to clinch up but Douglas circles away and keeps his distance.
Douglas lands a head kick!

It looks like Damien Demented has been cut.
Douglas swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Demented counters with a nice leg kick.
Douglas loads up on a big right hand but Demented slips the punch.
Demented misses with a low kick.
A swing and a miss from Douglas.
A solid body kick from Douglas.
Douglas is looking to clinch but Demented is avoiding it.
Demented keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Donk. Demented catches Douglas right on the button with a cross.
Demented connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Douglas darts in trying to clinch
and Demented counters with a good low kick that Douglas was not able to check.
Douglas shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Douglas looks to land a combination but Demented avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Demented.
Demented lands a head kick. Douglas smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Douglas misses with a wild body shot.
Demented misses with a head kick.
Demented throws a nice inside leg kick.
Douglas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Demented.
Douglas throws a leg kick that is checked
and Demented counters with a two punch combo.
Demented slips under a jab from Douglas.
Jab, jab by Douglas - just one landing.
Demented swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Douglas.
Demented moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Demented throws a low kick but it's checked well by Douglas.
Demented slips under a jab.

Douglas takes the fight into the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Douglas swings wildly with an uppercut but Demented uses good head movement to avoid it.
Demented blocks an uppercut.
Demented is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Douglas is keeping busy.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Demented obliges.
Demented doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Douglas is trying to stall.
Douglas lands a left hand.
A head punch on the inside from Demented fails to land.
Douglas lands an uppercut.
Demented is stalling here.
Demented using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Douglas has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Douglas trying to stall but Demented improves his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Demented blocks a body shot from Douglas.
Douglas tries a body shot but Demented blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Douglas.
Demented lands a shoulder strike.
Douglas tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Demented's elbow.
Demented is trying to stall.
A head punch on the inside from Douglas fails to land.
Demented takes a shot to the head.
Demented taking a breather.
Douglas throws a punch but it's blocked by Demented.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Douglas misses with a hook from the clinch.
Demented blocking some punches.
Demented trying to stall but Douglas improves his position.
Douglas throws a punch but it's blocked by Demented.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Douglas.
Demented stalling in the clinch but Douglas improves position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Douglas misses with the head strike.
Douglas is looking to control Demented's arms but Demented gets an underhook and turns him. Now Douglas has his back to the ropes.
Douglas misses with the head strike.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Demented stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Douglas lands a body punch in the clinch.
Douglas misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Douglas.
Douglas lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Douglas.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Douglas misses with the head strike.
Douglas makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Demented lands an uppercut.
Douglas displaying some good clinch control by pressing Demented up against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Billy Douglas dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Damien Demented's cut.
That's time! Douglas's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Demented moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Demented fails to land with a series of punches.
A low kick from Douglas misses
and Demented counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Douglas throws a jab but it's blocked by Demented.
Nice defenses there by Demented.
Douglas throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Douglas throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Demented counter with a right hand.
A telegraphed right hand from Douglas misses the target.
Douglas tries to clinch there but Demented circles away.
Demented checks the leg kick.
Demented lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Demented walks into a stiff left hand from Douglas.
Demented moves out of range of the strikes.
Demented slips under a jab from Douglas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Demented fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Demented fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Douglas is out of range.
Demented jabs Douglas right on the nose. Douglas blinks but takes it well.
Douglas fails with an attempt to clinch.
A head kick by Douglas misses
and Demented counters with a nice uppercut.
Demented connects with a jab.
Demented turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Demented throws a leg kick which misses Douglas's front leg but catches the back leg as Douglas tries to avoid it.
Douglas looks to clinch
and Demented counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Douglas shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Douglas ducks under a wild hook from Demented.
Douglas takes one on the button.
Douglas tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Demented counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Douglas tries to clinch there but Demented circles away.
Douglas misses with a straight left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Douglas takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Douglas misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Demented chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Douglas throws a head kick that misses
enabling Demented to counter with a crisp jab.
A good leg kick by Demented.
Demented lunges at Douglas with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Douglas's hand.
Demented moves in looking to clinch but Douglas pushes him off.
A head kick by Douglas misses
and Demented counters with a two punch combo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Demented tests Douglas's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Demented is looking to slow Douglas down with leg kicks.
Douglas takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Demented throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Demented turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Demented lands with a hook. Douglas tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Douglas is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Demented is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Demented with a nice cross.
Douglas closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Douglas on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Demented pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Demented dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Douglas. That did some damage!
Demented scores with a nice strike.
Demented connects with a solid leg kick.
Douglas throws a combination that misses
and Demented counters with a slapping leg kick.
Demented lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Demented connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Douglas's hands.
Demented with a hook.
Douglas swats away the attempt to clinch by Demented.
Demented uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Douglas throws a leg kick
and Demented counters with a good low kick that Douglas was not able to check.
A left lands for Demented.
Demented is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Douglas takes a swing at Demented's ribcage but misses.
Demented misses with a double jab.
Demented uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Douglas on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Douglas throws a jab but it's blocked by Demented.
Demented lands a jab to Douglas's midsection.
Douglas throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Demented sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Demented throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Douglas on the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Demented stuns Douglas with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Damien Demented seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Demented connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Douglas takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Douglas moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Damien Demented showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Damien Demented's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Demented scoring well with a low kick there.
Demented scores with a decent looking hook.
Demented lands with a thumping leg kick.
Demented misses with a leg kick.
Demented throws a head kick but Douglas moves out of range.
Douglas looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A big left from Douglas misses.
Demented chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Demented bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Douglas's head backwards.
A jab from Demented does it's job there.
Demented tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Demented changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Douglas drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Demented lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Demented throws a low kick but it's checked well by Douglas.
Demented scores with a head kick.
Douglas throws a looping overhand right but Demented ducks down to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Douglas avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
An inside leg kick lands from Demented.
Demented lands with an uppercut that bounces Douglas off the ropes and back into rage.
Jab by Douglas.
Demented lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Douglas at a distance.
Demented displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Douglas throws a leg kick
and Demented counters with a good, hard body kick but Douglas shrugs it off.
Demented getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Demented throws a nice outside leg kick.
Douglas tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Demented connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Nice shot by Demented.
Douglas takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Douglas takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A big right from Douglas misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Demented feints and then cracks Douglas's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Douglas down.
Demented connects with a body shot.

Demented moves into the clinch.
Demented wants to stall.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Demented using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Douglas tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Demented lands a shot to the body.
Douglas is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Demented is keeping busy.
Stalling in the clinch from Demented.
Demented landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Demented leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Demented lands a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Demented trying to control the position but instead, Douglas has worked for underhooks and has pushed Demented into the ropes.
Douglas swings wildly with an uppercut but Demented uses good head movement to avoid it.
Douglas blocks an uppercut.
Demented scores with a shot to the side of Douglas's head.
Douglas is leaning against Demented and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Demented stalls.
Douglas tries to work over Demented's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Demented stalling.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Douglas.
Douglas throws a head punch that misses.

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.
Douglas works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Douglas effectively controlling the action here.
Demented slowing the pace effectively.
Demented is trying to maintain a safe position but Douglas gets an underhook and turns Demented into the ropes.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Damien Demented.
Douglas takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Demented misses with a wild body shot.
Demented throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Douglas throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Demented sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Demented gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Douglas.
Douglas misses the jab.
Douglas is looking to land body kicks.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Douglas thows a left - swing and a miss!
Douglas misses with the body kick
and Demented counters with a nice uppercut.
Douglas gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Demented counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

And that's the end of the fight!
Damien Demented comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Demented 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Damien Demented!