PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brian Douglas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Infamous (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Douglas comes to the cage accompanied by Rocky's Theme. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Douglas
vs
Infamous

183 cm
26
197 lbs
17 - 10 - 0

190 cm
25
189 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
Basic striking
Good gas tank

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 17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Brian Douglas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jack Infamous!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Aafke Stam and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Infamous circles away from the clinch attempt.
Infamous tries to bum rush Douglas with a series of wild strikes but Douglas uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Douglas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Infamous swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Douglas tries to clinch up but Infamous circles away and keeps his distance.
Douglas keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Infamous changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Douglas tries to avoid it but Infamous manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Douglas to the ground. Douglas escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Infamous shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Douglas pinned against the cage. Douglas gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Brian Douglas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Infamous.
Douglas misses with a two punch combination.
Douglas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Douglas lands a big head kick that sends Infamous tumbling to the mat! Douglas takes a step backwards and waves Infamous back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Infamous is rocked!

It looks like Jack Infamous has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Infamous avoids the head kick by Douglas.
Infamous is still on wobbly legs! Can Douglas finish him?
Infamous is trying desperately to land a takedown but Douglas is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Infamous.
Douglas misses with a head kick.
Douglas looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Infamous avoids the head kick by Douglas.
Douglas misses with a head kick.
Infamous blocks a head kick by Douglas.
Infamous avoids the head kick by Douglas.
A head kick misses from Douglas.
Infamous throws a jab but it's blocked by Douglas.
Douglas misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Douglas is breathing heavily.
Douglas misses with a two punch combination.
Douglas tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Douglas throws a sloppy head kick and Infamous moves out of range easily.
Infamous avoids the head kick by Douglas.
Douglas keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Infamous.
Infamous tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Douglas swivels and escapes.
Douglas looks to land a combination but Infamous avoids it well.
Douglas tries to close the distance and clinch but Infamous swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Infamous has a takedown stuffed.
Infamous shoots in looking for a takedown. Douglas tries to sprawl out of it but Infamous keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Douglas manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Douglas throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Infamous throws the left hand but Douglas avoids the punch easily.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Infamous feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

Douglas working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Infamous doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Infamous manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Douglas keeping full guard, as Infamous tries to pass.
Infamous throwing strikes but missing.
Infamous in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Douglas trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!

Douglas escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Infamous gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Infamous throws a big right hand that misses.
Douglas looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Infamous throws a big elbow that misses.

Douglas has his foot on Infamous's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Infamous works his way back into a safe position though.
Infamous throws a big elbow that misses.
Douglas throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Infamous wants to control from the top but Douglas keeps moving.
Infamous throwing strikes from guard but Douglas blocks nicely.
Infamous throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Douglas looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Infamous avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Douglas is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Infamous is aware though and is defending well.
Infamous throwing strikes from guard but Douglas blocks nicely.
Infamous has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Douglas throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Infamous postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Infamous throwing strikes from guard but Douglas blocks nicely.

Douglas has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Infamous can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Infamous prevents Douglas from getting back to his feet.
Infamous postures up in Douglas's guard and throws a big left but Douglas blocks it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Infamous trying to control but Douglas is working from the bottom.

Douglas has an active guard here but Infamous has managed to pass into half guard.

Douglas looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Infamous not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Infamous thows a huge punch but Douglas dodges it nicely.
Infamous not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Douglas looking for submissions off his back.

Douglas looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Douglas blocking the ground and pound attempt from Infamous.
Douglas is staying active underneath Infamous, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Douglas tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Infamous seems to have recovered his senses.
Douglas is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Infamous scores with a couple of nice shots.
Infamous passes the guard and advances to mount!

Infamous is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Douglas is forced to tap! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jack Infamous!
Jack Infamous seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.