PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mitchell Stehling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dustin Douglas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stehling comes to the cage accompanied by Turmion Kätilöt - Minä MÄÄRÄÄN!. The crowd seem to be enjoying Douglas's choice of entrance music: La La La - Snoop Lion. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Stehling
vs
Douglas

191 cm
34
261 lbs
52 - 20 - 0

200 cm
33
265 lbs
35 - 10 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Hell's Balls Recovery (160)
Perkele!

KAISER Nutrition (160!/220$)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 52 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mitchell Stehling!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dustin Douglas!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, James Ackerman and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stehling misses with a body shot.
Good shot there by Douglas.

Stehling bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
You can see the frustration on Douglas's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Stehling wants to control but Douglas is keeping him busy.
Douglas struggling a bit here.
Stehling cracks Douglas with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Douglas avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Stehling.
Douglas is trying to control Stehling's posture but Stehling avoids it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Douglas tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stehling wants to lay and pray for a moment but Douglas keeps working.
Douglas taking a bit of punishment here - Stehling scoring with strikes.
Douglas is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Stehling working the ground and pound.
Both fighters take a look at the clock.
Stehling trying to control the position but Douglas is working away.
Douglas wants to control but Stehling postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stehling has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Douglas!
Stehling wants to control the pace but Douglas is squirming around nicely.
Stehling dominating with strikes here.
Douglas wants to control but Stehling is having none of it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stehling landing strikes, looking to finish!
Douglas wants to control but Stehling is having none of it.
We've been hearing that Stehling has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Stehling punishing his opponent with strikes.
Stehling controlling the pace for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Stehling prevents Douglas from getting the reversal.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stehling landing shots from mount.
Stehling trying to control but Douglas is having none of it.
Stehling throws some wild stikes that Douglas manages to avoid easily.
Douglas taking shots to the head.
Douglas regains half guard.
Stehling thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Douglas's head.
Stehling is taking a breather. Douglas says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Douglas tries to roll over but Stehling keeps him under control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stehling works his way into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Douglas is trying to get back to half guard.
Douglas gets back to half guard.
Stehling trying to pass the guard but Douglas defending well.
Douglas blocking the ground and pound attempt from Stehling.
Stehling throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Stehling 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 wants to sweep but Stehling has passed to side control!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stehling lands a nice forearm strike.
Stehling working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Stehling trying to control the position but Douglas is working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mitchell Stehling dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Douglas misses with a wild body shot.
An inside leg kick from Douglas misses.
Douglas misses with a low kick.
Stehling misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Douglas.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Douglas, right into the meat.
Stehling is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Douglas misses with a leg kick
letting Stehling counter with a right hand.
Douglas misses with a low kick.
Douglas is looking to land body kicks.
Stehling takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Douglas misses with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stehling ducks right into an uppercut from Douglas.
Douglas wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Douglas ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stehling moves away.
Nice body punch from Stehling.
Stehling with a body punch. A glancing blow.
An inside leg kick lands from Stehling.
Stehling throws a looping overhand right but Douglas ducks down to avoid it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stehling throws a head kick but Douglas moves out of range.
Stehling throws a leg kick which misses Douglas's front leg but catches the back leg as Douglas tries to avoid it.
Douglas looks to land a body kick but Stehling moved away.

Stehling pushes Douglas up against the cage in a clinch.
Douglas doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Stehling fails to land.
Stehling swings wildly with an uppercut but Douglas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Douglas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Stehling misses with a short punch on the inside.
Douglas tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Stehling's elbow.
Douglas lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Douglas scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Stehling fails to land.
A short right from Douglas.
Stehling tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Douglas's elbow.
Stehling doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Stehling misses with the head strike.
Douglas blocks a body shot from Stehling.
Stehling tries to work over Douglas's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Douglas blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Stehling working aggressively here.
Douglas misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stehling tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Douglas misses with a short punch on the inside.
Douglas is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Douglas.
Douglas lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Stehling or not.
Stehling blocks an uppercut.
Douglas lands a shoulder strike.
Douglas misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right from Douglas on the inside.
Douglas gets through Stehling's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Douglas blocks a body shot from Stehling.
Douglas lands a body shot in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Douglas fails to land.
Douglas lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Stehling avoiding damage as Douglas throws knees to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Douglas.
Stehling blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Douglas lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Douglas is leaning against Stehling and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Douglas swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Stehling struggles to land a body shot inside as Douglas controls his hands.

Douglas breaks from the clinch.
A slapping leg kick lands for Douglas.

Douglas sends Stehling crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Douglas is motioning to the referee to let Stehling up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Stehling is rocked!
Dustin Douglas seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Douglas misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ohhhhhhhhhh, brutal head kick from Douglas! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Dustin Douglas!
In his post fight interview, Dustin Douglas gave a big smile as he said 'I want Samba! Where is he...I'm gonna tear his head off!'.