PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Duncan Brookins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Douglas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Douglas has chosen Celebration of the lizard as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Brookins
vs
Douglas

195 cm
25
235 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

195 cm
24
275 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Big heart

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Duncan Brookins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, James Douglas!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Douglas forces Brookins back against the cage and clinches.

Douglas manages to break the clinch.

A jab-cross combination lands for Douglas and sends Brookins crashing to the mat! Douglas follows him down to the mat - Brookins regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!

It looks like Duncan Brookins has been cut.
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!
Brookins is not content to let Douglas control the position.
Brookins tries to get to full guard but Douglas has control of the leg.
Brookins missing with punches from the bottom.
Douglas looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Douglas trying to control the action but Brookins is working from the bottom.
Brookins 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.
Douglas drops an elbow to the side of Brookins's head.
Douglas is nestled in close to Brookins, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Douglas working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brookins avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Douglas.
Brookins trying to control here.
Douglas winds up and cracks Brookins with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Douglas seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brookins avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Douglas.
Douglas thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Douglas sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Douglas missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Douglas lands a nice short elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Douglas with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Douglas is thwarting Brookins's attempts to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Douglas throwing shots but Brookins is blocking nicely.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Douglas connects with a nice short shot to Brookins's temple.

Brookins looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Douglas working the head and body with strikes.
Douglas trying to control from half guard but Brookins is working away.
Douglas lands with a punch from half guard.

Brookins is rocked!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Douglas lands a big elbow - Brookins is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Douglas!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James Douglas!