PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Yanko Beast (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Douglas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John Douglas acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Beast
vs
Douglas

170 cm
18
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
24
161 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Yanko Beast!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Douglas!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Luis Engracia and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beast lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Douglas circles away quickly and effectively.
Beast throws a series of punches but Douglas avoids them all with ease.
Douglas fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Beast avoids it really well and circles away.
Beast ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Beast misses with a few strikes there.
Beast tries to clinch up but Douglas circles away and keeps his distance.
Beast tries to clinch but Douglas is having none of it.
Beast swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Douglas shoots in and bounces Beast off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Douglas postures up in Beast's guard and throws a big left but Beast blocks it.
Douglas throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Beast works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Douglas postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Douglas stops Beast from standing up.
Douglas engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Douglas works over Beast with some ground and pound from guard.
Beast is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Douglas is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Douglas passes Beast's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Beast is breathing heavily.
Beast is trying to stand up here but Douglas is controlling him well.
Douglas content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Beast knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Douglas on the ground.
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.
Douglas landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Douglas looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beast pushes Douglas off looking to stand but Douglas dives back in and keeps control.
Douglas works his foot free and advances to mount.
Douglas controlling from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Douglas lands a couple of good shots and Beast has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Douglas just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
It looks like Douglas might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Douglas dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Douglas closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Douglas wants to free his trapped foot but Beast is holding on for dear life with his legs.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Beast is looking to escape.
Beast is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Douglas scores with a couple of nice shots.
Douglas is taking a breather. Beast 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.
Nice strikes from Douglas there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Douglas prevents Beast from standing back up.
Douglas is pressing down on Beast's thigh, looking to free his foot. Beast is holding on for now.
Beast tries to kick Douglas off but Douglas keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Douglas lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Well, if Douglas is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beast tries to kick Douglas off but Douglas keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Douglas takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Douglas looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Douglas has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Douglas lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Ground and pound from Douglas.
Douglas works his way into side control.
Beast wants to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beast trying to remain calm as Douglas controls from the top position.
Beast gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Douglas lands a heavy elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Douglas landing strikes from the mount and Beast is in trouble!
Douglas controlling the pace for now.
John Douglas has got the better of the ground game so far.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Douglas is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Beast has managed to escape the submission attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Douglas showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

No luck for Douglas with that takedown attempt.
Beast feints a jab promting Douglas to slip. Beast then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Douglas slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

It looks like John Douglas has been cut.
Douglas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Beast.

Douglas shoots in and gets a takedown into Beast's guard.
Douglas showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Beast wants to stand up but Douglas is controlling him.
Douglas engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by John Douglas.

Douglas gets a double leg takedown into Beast's guard.
Douglas lands a couple of elbows.
Beast is looking to stand up but Douglas isn't so interested in that idea.
Douglas advances position into side control!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Douglas is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Douglas landing a few strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Douglas content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

Douglas looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Douglas lands an elbow.
Douglas is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beast tries to escape but Douglas is in control.

Douglas tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Douglas cracks Beast with a big elbow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Douglas advances to mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Douglas comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Douglas winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Douglas!