PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Lang (ranked 1680 p4p, 183 weight class) and Doug Bell (ranked 1090 p4p, 118 weight class). Lang kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Planet Rock. Doug Bell has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Lang
vs
Bell

190 cm
29
250 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

170 cm
22
253 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

KOMBAT KLOTHING

Freebok (85% Laundry)
IniTech 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 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Lang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Doug Bell!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Cecil Peabody and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bell throws a poor cross that misses
and Lang counters with a series of strikes. Bell will be more careful next time no doubt.
Lang is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Bell throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lang tried to counter with a leg kick but Bell avoided it.
James Lang seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bell on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Bell misses with a straight right.
Lang uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bell.
Bell throws a body punch but Lang moves out of range.
Bell takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
The fighters circle momentarily. Bell darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Lang looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Lang keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bell.
Lang ducks under a wild hook from Bell.
Lang moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bell slips a jab from Lang.
Bell scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Lang moves out of range of the strikes.
Bell throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lang keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lang tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bell was well out of range. Poor timing from Lang.
Bell uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lang.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lang throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Bell stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Bell swings for the body but Lang moves out of range.
Bell swings for the body but Lang moves out of range.
Bell slips under a jab.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Lang.
Bell scores with a hook to the body. Lang takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Bell misses with a wild body shot.
Bell connects with a nice looking jab.
Lang slips a straight right by Bell.
Lang uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bell.
Bell misses with an uppercut.
Lang throwing a counter right hand but Bell manages to avoid it.
Bell jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lang tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bell was well out of range. Poor timing from Lang.
A jab from Bell misses.
Lang swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Some bone on bone action there as Bell checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Bell throws a lazy right hand but Lang sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lang slips under a jab from Bell.
Bell bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bell looks to land a right hand but Lang moved out of range.
Lang connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A big left from Lang misses.
A countering left hand to the body from Bell misses.
Bell has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Bell scores with a jab to the body.
Bell misses with an uppercut.
Bell throws a body shot but no joy.
Bell paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Lang lands an overhand right.
Lang missing with a left hand there. Bell was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
An inside leg kick from Lang misses.
Bell bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A little jabbing left from Bell on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Lang misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lang slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Lang lands a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lang uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bell.
Lang tried to counter with a leg kick but Bell avoided it.
Lang walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Bell tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lang was well out of range. Poor timing from Bell.
Bell avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bell will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lang finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Lang staying out of range there.
Lang misses with an uppercut.
Bell throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lang uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bell.
Bell ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Decent striking displayed by Bell there.
Lang does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

Bell shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Bell was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bell wants to lay and pray for a moment but Lang keeps working.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lang is trying to buck Bell off.
Bell landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Bell creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Lang sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Bell wants to control but Lang is keeping him busy.
Lang is trying to escape the position but Bell is controlling the position.
Lang is trying to control Bell's posture but Bell avoids it.
Lang is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
The strikes coming from Bell are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lang is looking for a sweep.
Bell trying to control the position but Lang is working away.
Bell controls the position.
Lang is pushing Bell's head away, looking to escape. Bell manages to hold on to the position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Doug Bell will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Lang misses with a straight left.
Bell pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A telegraphed right hand from Bell misses the target.
Lang connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Bell's hands.
Lang scores with the left hand. Bell knows he should have avoided that one.
Nice cross by Bell.
Lang swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lang pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Bell back to the cage. Lang follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Lang misses with an uppercut. Bell saw that one coming.
Bell scores with a jab to the jaw.
Lang connects with a right hand. Bell shakes it off.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lang throws a series of strikes that have Bell backpedaling.
Lang uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bell.
Lang connects with a crisp jab.
Bell fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Lang looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Lang misses with a straight left.
Lang keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lang takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A telegraphed right hand from Bell misses the target.
Bell lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lang circles away quickly and effectively.
Lang connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
No joy there for Lang, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bell takes one to the side of the head.
No joy there for Lang, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bell lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lang circles away quickly and effectively.
Lang went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Lang connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Bell checks a leg kick.
Bell lands with a shot to the body.
Lang missing with a left hand there. Bell was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bell avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lang with a hook.
Bell takes one to the chin there.
Lang fails with a takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bell throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bell misses with a hook.
Lang connects with the punch.
Bell ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Lang on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Bell digs a good hook to Lang's body.
Bell throws a lazy right hand but Lang sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bell throws a body punch but Lang moves out of range.
It looked like Lang wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Lang is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Lang lands with an overhand left.
Lang lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bell at a distance.
Bell lands a body shot.
Lang throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lang throws a shot from downtown. Bell moves away and avoids it.
Lang throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bell looks to land a right hand but Lang moved out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lang takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Lang missing with a left hand there. Bell was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bell checks the leg kick nicely there.
Lang throws a hook to the side of Bell's head but Bell sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lang throws a right and a left that Bell avoids nicely.
Lang will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lang on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Bell slips under a jab from Lang.
Bell ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lang moves away.
A punch combination from Bell misses.
Bell just misses with a punch to the body.
Bell has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Bell with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Lang to score with a decent uppercut.
Bell looks to land a combination but Lang avoids it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bell just misses with a punch to the body.
Lang scores with a jab. Bell acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Lang throws a body punch but Bell moves out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bell lands with a shot to the body.
Lang throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lang takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Lang lands a nice shot that snaps Bell's head back.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Bell checks a leg kick.
Bell throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lang pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lang throws a poor cross that misses
and Bell counters with a left to the body.
Bell throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bell ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lang moves away.
Bell misses the shot to the body.
Lang misses with a hook.
Lang slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Lang dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Bell takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Lang rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bell counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Lang bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bell throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bell misses with an uppercut.
Bell drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Lang scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Bell slips a jab from Lang.
Bell is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Lang with a body shot.
Lang looks to throw the jab but Bell is out of range.
Lang ducks under a wild hook from Bell.
Bell ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Lang!
A looping hook to the body misses from Bell. Lang does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lang misses with a low kick.
Bell looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Lang throws a hook to the side of Bell's head but Bell sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bell fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bell misses with a jab to the body
and Lang counters with a two punch combo.
Lang bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bell throws a series of punches but Lang avoids them all with ease.
Bell fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lang manages to avoid it.
Lang blocks a jab.
Bell looks to land a right hand but Lang moved out of range.
Bell checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Lang scores with a sloppy right hand. Bell should have avoided that one.
Lang throws a big shot that misses.
Lang bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bell scores with a body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Lang misses the target.
Bell looks like he wants to counter punch here.
James Lang is winning the standup battle so far.
Bell scores with a decent looking hook.
Lang jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bell throws out a counter right but Lang avoids it with no problem.
Bell scores with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bell works Lang's body with a nice hook.
Lang throws a solid leg kick but Bell takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Lang.
Left hook, right uppercut from Lang.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lang misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bell keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Nice defenses there by Lang.
Lang appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Lang is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Bell.
Bell connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Lang momentarily.
Bell on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The fighters circling - Bell throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lang will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lang walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Bell checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Bell misses with a hook.
Lang was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Bell swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lang lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Lang keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bell.
A slow jab from Lang misses its intended target.
Lang throws a hook to the side of Bell's head but Bell sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lang throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lang misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bell.
Bell connects with a good right hand that stumbles Lang. Lang circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Lang jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bell jabs Lang right on the nose. Lang blinks but takes it well.
Lang throws a hook to the side of Bell's head but Bell sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bell goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

Lang is rocked!
Bell steps in with a hook that catches Lang right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Bell follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Lang looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Doug Bell!
James Lang spoke after the fight, saying 'Ill be back Fool!!'.