PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Doug Douglas (ranked 4646 p4p, 478 weight class) and Larry Hanks (ranked 4805 p4p, 488 weight class). Douglas's entrance music is The Ballad of Curtis Loew. A fine choice. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Douglas
vs
Hanks

186 cm
25
192 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

175 cm
25
189 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Doug Douglas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Larry Hanks!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Daniel Blasius and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Douglas shoots for a double leg takedown but Hanks sprawls well. He's pushed Douglas's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
A nice side step and Hanks releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Hanks has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Douglas pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hanks tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Douglas manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hanks 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.

Douglas dives in and scores a takedown into Hanks's guard.
Hanks is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Douglas dives into side control.
Hanks 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.

Douglas has an Americana. Hanks didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Douglas is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Douglas hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Doug Douglas!
Doug Douglas made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'I'm the Dougernaut Bitch!'.