PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kenny Douglas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ozamataz Buckshank (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Douglas
vs
Buckshank

194 cm
25
275 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

196 cm
18
269 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Kenny Douglas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ozamataz Buckshank!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Micheangelo Fripello and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Douglas misses with a lunging right hand
and Buckshank counters with a series of strikes. Douglas will be more careful next time no doubt.
Douglas shoots in looking for a takedown but Buckshank manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Douglas's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Buckshank avoids a punch combination nicely.
Douglas tries for a takedown but Buckshank circles away easily
and Buckshank makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Buckshank lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Douglas fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kenny Douglas. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Douglas drives through and clinches with Buckshank against the cage.

Douglas breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Douglas gets a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Douglas gets control of Buckshank's arms and successfully pulls guard. Douglas will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Douglas on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Douglas tries to get out of the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Douglas is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Buckshank wants to control from the top but Douglas keeps moving.
Douglas looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Douglas is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Douglas drops an elbow to the side of Buckshank's head.
Douglas missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Douglas not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Douglas stalling.

Douglas is looking for a kimura here.
Douglas 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 content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Douglas is trying to work for a kimura but Buckshank is defending well.
Douglas is figuring out what he wants to do next.

Douglas seems to be looking for submissions.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Ground and pound from Douglas.
Buckshank taking some punishment here, with Douglas in his half guard.
Douglas throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Douglas sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Buckshank really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Douglas. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Buckshank should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Douglas is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kenny Douglas dominated that round.
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.

Buckshank shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Douglas misses with a takedown
and Buckshank counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Buckshank!
Douglas shoots in looking for a takedown. Buckshank tries to sprawl out of it but Douglas keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Buckshank manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Buckshank ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Douglas missing with a left hand there. Buckshank was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Buckshank finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Douglas wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Kenny Douglas is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Douglas has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Douglas.
Buckshank lands with a light punch inside.

Douglas pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Douglas shoots and misses
and Buckshank counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kenny Douglas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Douglas tries to clinch but Buckshank moves away
and Buckshank counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Buckshank has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Douglas tries to clinch there but Buckshank circles away.
It seemed like Buckshank was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

Douglas drives through and clinches with Buckshank against the cage.
Douglas tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
A head punch on the inside from Buckshank fails to land.
Douglas keeps control of Buckshank as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Buckshank being controlled against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buckshank is trying to push Douglas away but Douglas has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Douglas looking for a takedown.
Douglas throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Buckshank blocks it with crossed arms.
Buckshank tries to break the clinch but Douglas is controlling the position.

Douglas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Buckshank scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Douglas shoots in but no luck this time.
Kenny Douglas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Douglas goes for a double leg but Buckshank avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Buckshank continues to drive forward.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Buckshank stalks Douglas and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Douglas's face. Douglas staggers backwards, shaken.
Buckshank lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Douglas closes the distance looking to clinch
and Buckshank counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Buckshank wants to land a leg kick but Douglas is out of range.
Buckshank connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Douglas gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Buckshank displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Buckshank stuffs the takedown attempt from Douglas. Douglas gets slowly back to his feet.
Buckshank scores with a jab to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Douglas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Douglas swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Ozamataz Buckshank is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Douglas doesn't succeed with the takedown
letting Buckshank counter with a right hand.
Douglas shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Buckshank but Buckshank pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Douglas misses with a takedown attempt
and Buckshank counters with a stiff right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Buckshank misses with a few strikes there.
Douglas with a lazy takedown attempt
and Buckshank counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ozamataz Buckshank seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Buckshank throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Buckshank cracks a nice hook into Douglas's ribs.
Buckshank looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A looping hook to the body misses from Buckshank. Douglas does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ozamataz Buckshank showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Douglas darts in looking for a takedown but Buckshank gets double underhooks and turns Douglas into the cage.
Douglas shoots and misses
and Buckshank counters with a straight right hand.
Douglas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Buckshank paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Douglas defending well as Buckshank loads up on a big left hand.
Douglas throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Buckshank stalks Douglas and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Douglas's face. Douglas staggers backwards, shaken.
Douglas closes the distance and clinches up with Buckshank, looking for a takedown. Douglas pushes Buckshank against the cage but Buckshank circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kenny Douglas. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Douglas clinches up with Buckshank and pushes him back against the cage.
Douglas tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Buckshank smiles and moves away.
Buckshank has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Douglas is defended easily by Buckshank.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Douglas closes this distance looking for a takedown but Buckshank circles away.
No joy there for Buckshank, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Douglas rushes Buckshank and presses him up against the cage.
Buckshank is trying to break the clinch but Douglas has him pressed against the cage.

Douglas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Buckshank lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Douglas checks a leg kick nicely.
Buckshank dodges the punch combination from Douglas.
A jab from Buckshank finds it's way through Douglas's defenses.
Buckshank avoids the head kick by Douglas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buckshank throws a series of punches but Douglas avoids them all with ease.
It looked like Douglas was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
A punch combination from Buckshank misses.
Douglas swinging wildly here.
Douglas misses with a body punch
and Buckshank counters with a nice uppercut.
Douglas with a lazy takedown attempt
and Buckshank counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Buckshank shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Douglas eats them both and turns towards Buckshank to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Buckshank fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Douglas on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Douglas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Buckshank.
A little jabbing left from Buckshank on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Buckshank cracks Douglas with an open hand slap.

Douglas pushes Buckshank up against the cage in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buckshank gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Douglas.
Douglas has Buckshank pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Buckshank manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

Douglas breaks the clinch.
Buckshank is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Douglas doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Buckshank counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Douglas shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Buckshank counters with a nice body shot.
Buckshank will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Douglas misses with a takedown
and Buckshank counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Buckshank throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Buckshank lands with a nice combination. Douglas backs away looking to recover.
Buckshank connects with a crisp jab.
Douglas misses with a takedown
and Buckshank counters with a nice body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Buckshank throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Buckshank throws a series of punches but Douglas moves out of range.
Douglas shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Buckshank but Buckshank pushes him off and we're back to square one.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ozamataz Buckshank comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Buckshank has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Colin Fray scores the fight 28:29
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 28:29
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ozamataz Buckshank!