PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Samuel Douglas (ranked 611 p4p, 62 weight class) and Marv Ellis (ranked 962 p4p, 95 weight class). Douglas comes into the arena with Bob Marley - Three Little Birds blaring out of the sound system. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Douglas
vs
Ellis

199 cm
26
262 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

193 cm
23
256 lbs
12 - 8 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

HELLBENT
Urban Fighter

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 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Samuel Douglas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marv Ellis!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Patrick Alders and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ellis rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Douglas counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ellis throws an overhand right that lands on Douglas's shoulder, as Douglas tries to avoid the shot.
Douglas scores with a hook to the body. Ellis takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ellis takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

It looks like Marv Ellis has been cut.
Ellis swings for the body but Douglas moves out of range.
Ellis connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

It looks like Samuel Douglas has been cut.
Douglas scores with a kick to the body.
Douglas takes a swing at Ellis's ribcage but misses.
Douglas misses the shot to the body.
Ellis throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A looping hook to the body misses from Douglas. Ellis does a little dance to reset his feet.
Marv Ellis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Douglas jabs Ellis right on the nose. Ellis blinks but takes it well.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Douglas just misses with a punch to the body.
Douglas misses the shot to the body.
Ellis lands a really nice looking cross but Douglas seems unphased.
Douglas is looking to wear down Ellis with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Ellis throws a jab when Douglas was well out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Douglas misses the target.
A decent looking cross lands there for Ellis.
Douglas lands a jab to the head.
Ellis tries to clinch up but Douglas circles away and keeps his distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ellis takes the fight into the clinch.
Ellis gets through Douglas's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ellis makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ellis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Douglas prevents a body shot from Ellis.
Douglas pushes Ellis back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ellis scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Douglas prevents a body shot from Ellis.
Ellis swings wildly with an uppercut but Douglas uses good head movement to avoid it.
A hook to the body from Douglas.
Ellis misses with a punch on the inside.
Ellis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Douglas lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ellis lands a body punch in the clinch.
Douglas scores with a nice hook to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Douglas pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Douglas throws a hook to the side of Ellis's head but Ellis sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ellis misses with a few strikes there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Douglas lands with a good body shot.
Douglas throws an overhand right that drops Ellis like a sack of potatoes! Douglas dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Samuel Douglas!
Samuel Douglas made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'Those losses tell a lot about a fighter. I know who I am now. '.