PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between qushane douglas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brett Brees (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). douglas comes to the cage accompanied by Shut. Me. Up. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

douglas
vs
Brees

189 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

185 cm
22
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, qushane douglas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brett Brees!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Joseph Jones and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brees uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from douglas.
qushane douglas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Brees gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Brees gets control of douglas's arms and successfully pulls guard. Brees will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
douglas has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Brees pulls douglas in to control the position.

Brees is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and douglas defends well.

Brees looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Brees has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but douglas can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Brees throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Brees has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Brees not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Brees throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Brees pulls douglas in close to prevent any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brees trying to control the position.

douglas got a little sloppy there for a moment and Brees has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, douglas has managed to get both his arms back between Brees's legs - danger averted.
Brees working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from douglas.
douglas tries to stand but Brees is controlling from the bottom.
douglas trying to control but Brees is working from the bottom.
douglas has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Brees is proving hard to escape from.

Brees is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. douglas is aware though and is defending well.
Brees looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Brees is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. douglas is aware though and is defending well.
douglas loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Brees has his foot on douglas's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. douglas works his way back into a safe position though.
douglas wants to control from the top but Brees keeps moving.
douglas wants to stand but Brees is controlling his posture from full guard.
douglas knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Brees on the ground.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
douglas trying to control the position from guard on top but Brees is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
douglas slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
douglas trying to control but Brees is working from the bottom.

Brees is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Brees keeping moving, preventing douglas from controlling successfully.
douglas is looking to work some ground and pound but Brees has wrist control.

Brees throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Brees trying to strike off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Brees being controlled here, momentarily.
Brees is trying to keep douglas in close.
douglas trying to control but Brees is working from the bottom.
Brees preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
douglas wants to stand but Brees is controlling his posture from full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brett Brees dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Brees scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Brees wants to pass to mount but douglas is defending the position.
Brees moves into full mount! douglas won't be happy about that!
douglas working to try and regain half guard.

Brees working for a guillotine from mount but douglas is in no mood to give up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Brees punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
douglas tries to hold on but Brees postures up.

Brees working for a guillotine from mount but douglas is in no mood to give up.
douglas is controlling an arm, preventing Brees from taking his back. Although keeping him in mount is no better to be honest.
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.
Brees avoids the attempt from douglas to control.
Brees dominating with strikes here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Brees has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! douglas is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Brett Brees!