PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matiko Armenhammer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and john douglas (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.

Armenhammer
vs
douglas

190 cm
21
255 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

192 cm
22
245 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Hell's Balls Fightwear
Elite Sydney Nutrition

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Matiko Armenhammer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, john douglas!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Eliza Hachem and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Armenhammer wants to clinch.
douglas looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Armenhammer throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around douglas's waist but douglas gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Armenhammer off to one side.

Armenhammer darts in and clinches douglas up against the cage.
Armenhammer misses with the head strike.

Armenhammer lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Armenhammer winds up and cracks douglas with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
douglas tries to get to full guard but Armenhammer has control of the leg.
Armenhammer drops an elbow to the side of douglas's head.
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. Armenhammer connects with a nice short shot to douglas's temple.
Armenhammer throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Armenhammer wants to free his trapped foot but douglas is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Armenhammer passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for douglas!
Armenhammer is landing with some decent strikes but douglas is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Armenhammer with good strikes from the mount here!
Armenhammer lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
douglas squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Armenhammer lands with some vicious ground and pound - can douglas hang on?
douglas is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
The referee warns douglas that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
douglas is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
douglas is in a horrible position here. Armenhammer smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Armenhammer with good strikes from the mount here!
Armenhammer working the ground and pound effectively.
Armenhammer pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Armenhammer fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
douglas tries to lock up and control but Armenhammer gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The referee warns douglas that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Armenhammer with the ground and pound from mount.
Armenhammer pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Armenhammer lands a heavy elbow.
Armenhammer lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

douglas is rocked!
Armenhammer cracks douglas with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
douglas is still in real trouble! Can Armenhammer finish him?
douglas is bucking up trying to escape but Armenhammer cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
douglas seems to have recovered his senses.
douglas wants to get back to his feet.
Armenhammer landing shots from mount.
douglas regains half guard.
Armenhammer throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Armenhammer looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks douglas with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Armenhammer slips a nice elbow through douglas's hands, connecting with douglas's forehead.
douglas on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Armenhammer lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Armenhammer looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks douglas with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Armenhammer passes to side control.
douglas on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
douglas is looking to reverse the position.
douglas pushes Armenhammer away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Armenhammer gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Armenhammer working the head with strikes.
Armenhammer connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused douglas some visible discomfort.
douglas is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
douglas taking punishment in the form of punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Armenhammer prevents douglas from escaping the position.
Armenhammer working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Armenhammer creates some space and throws a big elbow, but douglas sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Armenhammer is working douglas over with some ground and pound from side control.
Armenhammer 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.
Armenhammer working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

It looks like john douglas has been cut.

Armenhammer looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
douglas is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

Armenhammer swings around for an armbar but douglas sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Armenhammer's guard.
douglas wants to get up but he can't break Armenhammer's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Armenhammer is on top in guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
douglas working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Armenhammer.
Armenhammer trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Armenhammer postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matiko Armenhammer dominated that round.
The cut man is working on john douglas's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Armenhammer is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Armenhammer shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
douglas swats away the attempt to clinch by Armenhammer.
Armenhammer tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but douglas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
douglas keeps the fight on the outside.
Matiko Armenhammer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Armenhammer tries to clinch up.
Armenhammer tries to clinch there but douglas circles away.
douglas takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Armenhammer tries to close the distance and clinch but douglas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Armenhammer wants to clinch up but douglas keeps it at a distance.
Armenhammer is looking to clinch but douglas is avoiding it.
Armenhammer doesn't manage to clinch there - douglas circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
douglas avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Armenhammer looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
douglas keeping full guard, as Armenhammer tries to pass.
Armenhammer working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of douglas's head.
Armenhammer with a nice head shot there.
Armenhammer lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Armenhammer lands a couple of digs.
Armenhammer loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

douglas throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Armenhammer cracks douglas with a solid left hand.
Armenhammer keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of douglas's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
douglas looking to control.

douglas pushes Armenhammer off and gets back to his feet.
Armenhammer tries to bum rush douglas with a series of wild strikes but douglas uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Armenhammer throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
douglas circles away from the clinch attempt.
Armenhammer fails with an attempt to clinch.
Armenhammer misses with a few strikes there.
Armenhammer shoots in but no luck this time.

Armenhammer closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Armenhammer lands in his opponent's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Armenhammer postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
douglas wants to stand up but Armenhammer is controlling him.
douglas utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
douglas is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Armenhammer lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Armenhammer scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Armenhammer scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Armenhammer postures up and lands a big shot to douglas's brow.
Armenhammer scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
douglas preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Armenhammer with a nice head shot there.
Armenhammer postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Armenhammer works over douglas with some ground and pound from guard.
Armenhammer trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
douglas wants to sweep here but Armenhammer controlling him for the moment.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Armenhammer's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Armenhammer stopping the sweep attempt from douglas.
Armenhammer passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Armenhammer is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that douglas can do to turn this around?
Armenhammer is putting a hurting on douglas here, landing some big shots from side control.
Armenhammer lands an elbow.
Armenhammer working the head with strikes.
Armenhammer creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Armenhammer throwing shots but missing, from side control.
douglas wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Armenhammer works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matiko Armenhammer dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on john douglas's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Armenhammer takes one on the button.
Armenhammer could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Armenhammer misses with a hook. douglas ducked under it nicely.
Armenhammer throws a series of punches but douglas moves out of range.

douglas drives through and clinches with Armenhammer against the cage.
douglas goes for a takedown attempt but Armenhammer pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Armenhammer tries to clinch but fails miserably

and douglas counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by douglas.
Armenhammer has a closed guard, preventing douglas from standing up.
Armenhammer manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Armenhammer raining down shots from the mount!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A nice elbow there by Armenhammer.

That has opened up john douglas's cut even more.
Matiko Armenhammer overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Armenhammer in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Armenhammer scores with a couple of good head shots there.
douglas's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Armenhammer 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 in all sorts of trouble here.
The referee warns douglas that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Armenhammer in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
douglas regains half guard.
Armenhammer works his way into side control.
Armenhammer working the head with strikes.
Armenhammer lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear douglas down.
Armenhammer scores with punches from side control.
douglas prevents Armenhammer from improving position.
douglas wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
douglas struggling a bit here.
douglas is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Armenhammer cracks douglas with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Armenhammer tries to move to full mount but douglas actually manages to regain half guard.
douglas tries to get to full guard but Armenhammer has control of the leg.
Armenhammer lands strikes from half guard.
Armenhammer lands strikes from half guard.
Armenhammer prevents douglas from standing back up.
Armenhammer lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

The cut above john douglas's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

douglas manages to escape and get back to his feet!
A combination from Armenhammer does no damage.
Armenhammer tries to clinch there but douglas circles away.
douglas tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Armenhammer swivels and escapes.

Armenhammer moves into range and clinches up with douglas.

douglas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Matiko Armenhammer is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
douglas shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Armenhammer pinned against the cage. Armenhammer gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Matiko Armenhammer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of john douglas.
douglas thuds his shin into the meat of Armenhammer's side.
Armenhammer wants to clinch.
Armenhammer throws a head kick that half lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
douglas throws a combination. Armenhammer tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Armenhammer fails with an attempt to clinch.
Armenhammer wants to clinch.
Armenhammer shoots in and drives through. douglas sprawls well.
A head kick misses from douglas.
Armenhammer throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and douglas counters with a series of strikes. Armenhammer will be more careful next time no doubt.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Armenhammer tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but douglas swivels and escapes.
Horrible takedown by Armenhammer or perhaps it was just good defense by douglas which made him look bad.
john douglas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Armenhammer is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Matiko Armenhammer showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Armenhammer, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:26
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:26
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matiko Armenhammer!