PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Lamont Hawkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Douglas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hawkins comes to the cage accompanied by Wu-Tang Clan - C.R.E.A.M. Douglas has chosen Go For a Soda by Kim Mitchell as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hawkins
vs
Douglas

174 cm
36
157 lbs
22 - 6 - 1

172 cm
30
160 lbs
17 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Lamont Hawkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Jack Douglas!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Douglas with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Hawkins to score with a decent uppercut.
Douglas dodges the punch combination from Hawkins.
Hawkins seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Hawkins uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Lamont Hawkins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hawkins takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Hawkins attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Douglas drops his hands momentarily and Hawkins takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Hawkins misses with an uppercut.
Douglas keeps the fight on the outside.
Douglas throws out a counter right but Hawkins avoids it with no problem.

Hawkins forces Douglas back against the cage and clinches.
Douglas goes for a takedown in the clinch but Hawkins prevents it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hawkins.
Douglas is looking for a takedown.
Douglas is trying to break the clinch but Hawkins has him pressed against the cage.
Douglas lands a shoulder strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Douglas blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hawkins throws a head punch that misses.
Hawkins scores with a shoulder strike.
Douglas is trying to break the clinch but Hawkins is controlling him.
Hawkins throws a punch but it's blocked by Douglas.
A short uppercut from Hawkins.
Hawkins lands with a light punch inside.

Douglas breaks the clinch.
Hawkins lands with an uppercut that bounces Douglas off the cage and back into range.
Douglas moves out of range as Hawkins throws a body kick.
Hawkins closes the distance but Douglas moves to the side
and Douglas counters with a good low kick that Hawkins was not able to check.
Hawkins misses with a shot to the body
and Douglas counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Hawkins throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Douglas counters with a slapping leg kick.
Hawkins lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hawkins with a hook.
Hawkins throws a lazy uppercut
and Douglas counters with a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hawkins scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Hawkins misses the body punch
and Douglas makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Hawkins takes a swing at Douglas's ribcage but misses.
Hawkins throws a hook to the side of Douglas's head but Douglas sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Douglas tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Hawkins connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hawkins takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Douglas ducks under a wild hook from Hawkins.
Hawkins lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hawkins jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Douglas moves away from the strike by Hawkins.
Hawkins throws a body kick that misses.
A low kick from Hawkins misses
and Douglas counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hawkins lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Douglas ducks under a wild hook from Hawkins.
Douglas with the counter takedown but Hawkins avoids it easily.
Douglas jabs at Hawkins's body.
Hawkins tries to land a leg kick but Douglas saw it coming and moves away.
Hawkins uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Douglas.
Douglas moves out of range of the body kick from Hawkins.
Douglas is trying to counter with his kicks.
Hawkins lands a jab.
Hawkins missing with a left hand there. Douglas was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Douglas changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Douglas lands a really nice looking cross but Hawkins seems unphased.
Douglas moves out of range as Hawkins throws a body kick.
A lazy body kick from Douglas

and Hawkins counters by clinching up.
Hawkins doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hawkins tries to work over Douglas's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Douglas.
Douglas can't find room to land a body shot as Hawkins controls the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Douglas pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hawkins looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Douglas throws out a counter right but Hawkins avoids it with no problem.
Douglas ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Douglas throws out a counter right but Hawkins avoids it with no problem.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Douglas uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hawkins.
Douglas moves out of range as Hawkins strikes.
Douglas drops his hands momentarily and Hawkins takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Hawkins thuds his right hand into Douglas's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

Hawkins pushes Douglas up against the cage in a clinch.
Hawkins softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hawkins.
Douglas is working for takedown but Hawkins is calmly controlling the position for now.
Lamont Hawkins has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Douglas.
Hawkins trying to stall but Douglas improves his position.
Douglas blocking some punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Douglas breaks from the clinch.
Hawkins connects with the punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lamont Hawkins dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Hawkins misses with a kick to the body.
Hawkins is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Douglas can do to turn this around?
Hawkins throws a one two combo.
Hawkins takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Hawkins tries to clinch but Douglas is having none of it.
Nice cross by Hawkins.
Douglas slips under a jab.
It seemed like Douglas was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Douglas walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

It looks like Jack Douglas has been cut.
Hawkins lands a right hook to the body.
Douglas throws a body shot but no joy.

Douglas tries to keep at a distance but Hawkins has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hawkins scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Lamont Hawkins has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hawkins trying to control the position but instead, Douglas has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hawkins into the cage.
The referee calls for Hawkins to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawkins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hawkins misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hawkins lands with a short shot to the head.
Douglas wants a takedown.
A right hand to the body from Hawkins.
Hawkins misses with the head strike.
Hawkins lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hawkins misses with some punches.
Douglas wants to take the fight to the mat but Hawkins manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Douglas working aggressively here.
Douglas throws a punch but it's blocked by Hawkins.
Hawkins has a couple of punches blocked by Douglas.
Douglas letting Hawkins take a breather here.
Hawkins lands with a short shot to the head.
Douglas has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Hawkins is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Lamont Hawkins has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Douglas.
Hawkins misses with the head strike.
Hawkins is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hawkins.
Douglas lands an uppercut.

Hawkins manages to break the clinch.
Hawkins throws a push kick but Douglas slaps the foot to one side.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hawkins misses with a hook.
Hawkins looks to land a right hand but Douglas moved out of range.
Hawkins lands a right hook to the body.
Hawkins is looking to clinch but Douglas is avoiding it.
Douglas moves out of range as Hawkins throws a body kick.
Douglas replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Hawkins blocks it well.
Hawkins throws a body kick despite being completely out of range

and Douglas counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Hawkins tries to roll over but Douglas keeps him under control.
Douglas takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
My spies in ~T~ Troid - Gym inform me that Douglas has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Douglas sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hawkins defending well though.
Douglas has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hawkins wants to control but Douglas is keeping busy.
Hawkins is trying to get back to full guard.
Hawkins gets full guard.
Hawkins has Douglas pulled in close to control his posture.
Douglas trying to control but Hawkins is working from the bottom.
Hawkins working a defensive guard here.
Douglas trying to control but Hawkins is working from the bottom.

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.
Hawkins wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Douglas pushes down on Hawkins's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Hawkins is trying to maintain the position but Douglas is very close to passing his half guard.
Hawkins is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Douglas jumps into side control!
Douglas scoring with punches and elbows.
Douglas trying to control the position but Hawkins is working away.
Hawkins tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Douglas wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lamont Hawkins dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jack Douglas's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Hawkins lands with a nice combination. Douglas backs away looking to recover.
Hawkins throws an overhand right that lands on Douglas's shoulder, as Douglas tries to avoid the shot.
Hawkins misses with a hook.
Douglas stuns Hawkins with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Douglas throws a series of punches but Hawkins moves out of range.
Douglas stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hawkins.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hawkins.
Douglas lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Hawkins throws out a leg kick but Douglas moves out of range and Hawkins only half commits.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Douglas takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Hawkins tries to clinch up.
Douglas misses with a head kick.
Douglas slips under a jab from Hawkins.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawkins stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Douglas.
Hawkins with a hook.
Douglas checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Hawkins moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromDouglas.
Hawkins misses with an uppercut.
Hawkins tries to clinch up but Douglas circles away and keeps his distance.
Douglas keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hawkins.
Hawkins tries to close the distance and clinch up but Douglas swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Douglas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hawkins.
Hawkins misses with a body kick.
A low kick from Hawkins misses
letting Douglas counter with a right hand.
Douglas uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hawkins.
Douglas shapes to counter with a head kick.
Hawkins throws an overhand right that lands on Douglas's shoulder, as Douglas tries to avoid the shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hawkins lands with a nice body punch.
Hawkins throws a low kick, looking for Douglas's leg but Douglas calmly moves out of range.
Douglas checks a leg kick.
Douglas takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hawkins misses with a body shot
and Douglas makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Douglas closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hawkins misses with a hook
and Douglas counters with a low kick, right behind Hawkins 's knee.
Hawkins misses with a lunging right hand
and Douglas counters with a low kick, right behind Hawkins 's knee.
Hawkins throws a poor cross that misses

and Douglas counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Douglas not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Douglas prevents Hawkins from improving his position.
Douglas controlling the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Douglas prevents Hawkins from improving his position.
Ground and pound from Douglas.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hawkins has hold of Douglas's hands but Douglas slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Douglas is trying to work for a kimura but Hawkins is defending well.
Douglas trying to control from half guard but Hawkins is working away.
Hawkins is trying to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Douglas wants to take a breather but Hawkins is having none of it.
Douglas throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Hawkins wants to get back to full guard.
Hawkins trying to control here.
The fighters are battling for position here. Hawkins manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Douglas stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hawkins swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Hawkins is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Douglas is fighting to break Hawkins's control of his arms but Hawkins is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Jack Douglas just about did enough to take it.
The cut man is working on Jack Douglas's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Hawkins checks the leg kick nicely there.
Hawkins swings widly with a right hand
and Douglas counters with an outside leg kick.
Hawkins throws a lazy right hand but Douglas sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
An inside leg kick from Hawkins misses.
Lamont Hawkins is winning the standup battle so far.
Hawkins throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Douglas to counter with a crisp jab.
Hawkins lands a jab.
Douglas throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Hawkins bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Douglas's head backwards.
Hawkins misses with a straight right.
And Douglas tries to counter it with a takedown but Hawkins pushes his down on his head and steps out.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hawkins lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Hawkins closes the distance looking to clinch

and Douglas counters with a takedown into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawkins wants to control but Douglas postures up.
Douglas lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Hawkins down.
You can see the frustration on Hawkins's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Hawkins is not content to let Douglas control the position.
Hawkins is looking to reverse the position.
Hawkins is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hawkins on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Check out the look on Douglas's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Douglas working the ground and pound.
Hawkins isn't going anywhere.
Hawkins can't do much from the bottom here.
Hawkins gets back to half guard.
Hawkins tries to get to full guard but Douglas has control of the leg.
Douglas is trying to control the action in half guard but Hawkins is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Douglas there.
Douglas is trying to control the action in half guard but Hawkins is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Hawkins tries to roll over but Douglas keeps him under control.
Hawkins keeping control of the position.
Hawkins has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Hawkins wants to get back to full guard.
Hawkins is trying to maintain the position but Douglas is very close to passing his half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Hawkins tries to roll over but Douglas keeps him under control.
Douglas is thwarting Hawkins's attempts to control the position.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Douglas lands a leg kick that knocks Hawkins off balance momentarily.
A low kick from Hawkins misses
and Douglas counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hawkins is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Douglas ducks under a wild hook from Hawkins.
Douglas throws a fast counter high kick but Hawkins manages to duck under it in time.
Douglas tries to move into range but Hawkins moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Douglas moves away from the strike by Hawkins.
Douglas avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hawkins jabs at Douglas's body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Douglas dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Jack Douglas's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Hawkins misses the shot to the body.
A left lands for Hawkins.
Hawkins throws a hook but Douglas avoids it easily.
Douglas swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Douglas slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Hawkins throws a looping overhand right but Douglas ducks down to avoid it.
Douglas follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Hawkins throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hawkins misses with a right hand
and Douglas counters with a good low kick that Hawkins was not able to check.
Douglas has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Hawkins connects with a jab.
Hawkins misses with an uppercut

and Douglas counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

Douglas is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Hawkins defends it well.
Hawkins is looking for a sweep. Douglas is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Jack Douglas has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Douglas seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Ground and pound from Douglas.

Douglas wants to work for an arm triangle but Hawkins is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Douglas is thwarting Hawkins's attempts to control the position.
Hawkins is concentrating on defense, preventing Douglas from advancing position.
Hawkins is looking to control Douglas's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Hawkins avoid being mounted?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Douglas missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Hawkins trying to control here.

Hawkins looking for submissions off his back.
Douglas looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Hawkins trying to control here.
Douglas is trying to control. Hawkins wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Hawkins throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Douglas swings for the body but Hawkins moves out of range.
Hawkins rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Douglas counters with a nice body shot.
Hawkins tries to clinch up but Douglas circles away and keeps his distance.
Douglas with the counter takedown but Hawkins avoids it easily.
Douglas loads up on a big right hand but Hawkins slips the punch.
Hawkins looks to clinch
and Douglas counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Douglas takes a jab right on the kisser.

Hawkins forces Douglas back against the cage and clinches.

Hawkins breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A slow jab from Hawkins misses its intended target.
Douglas lands a glancing blow to the side of Hawkins's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Douglas on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Hawkins misses with a wild body shot.
Hawkins throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Douglas lunges at Hawkins with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hawkins's hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hawkins scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Hawkins dips to his left and cracks Douglas with an uppercut!
Hawkins misses with a low kick.
Douglas moves out of range as Hawkins throws a body kick.
Hawkins keeps Douglas at a distance using the push kick.
Hawkins lands with a thumping leg kick.
Douglas slips a jab from Hawkins.
Hawkins pivots, looking for a leg kick but Douglas is out of range and Hawkins settles back down.
Douglas throws out a counter right but Hawkins avoids it with no problem.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jack Douglas.
I think Douglas 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 48:47
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 49:46
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 47:48

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Lamont Hawkins!
A relieved looking Lamont Hawkins thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
Jack Douglas spoke after the fight, saying 'The judges are corrupt! I should have won that.'.