PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mikel Douglas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Barney Rubble (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Douglas
vs
Rubble

212 cm
24
178 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

175 cm
25
165 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mikel Douglas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Barney Rubble!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Micheangelo Fripello and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rubble misses with a wild body shot.
Douglas throwing a counter right hand but Rubble manages to avoid it.
Douglas closes the distance and clinches up with Rubble, looking for a takedown. Douglas pushes Rubble against the cage but Rubble circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Rubble tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A little feinted left hand from Douglas on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

Rubble gets a double leg takedown into Douglas's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Rubble gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Rubble shoots and misses
and Douglas counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Left hook, right uppercut from Douglas.
Douglas takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?

Rubble shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Douglas makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Rubble has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rubble wants a takedown but no success here.

Rubble's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rubble shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Douglas but Douglas pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Mikel Douglas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Barney Rubble.
Rubble misses with a jab to the body
and Douglas counters with a head kick. That will keep Rubble thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Rubble throws a sloppy head kick
letting Douglas counter with a right hand.
Rubble misses with an uppercut
and Douglas counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

Douglas drives through with a takedown into guard.
Douglas wants to control from the top but Rubble keeps moving.
Douglas missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Douglas really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Rubble looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Douglas throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Douglas will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Rubble wants to get back to his feet but Douglas passes into half guard.
Rubble tries to kick Douglas off but Douglas keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

Douglas seems to be working for a kimura but Rubble defends the submission attempt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Douglas stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Rubble.

Rubble bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

Rubble decides to stand back up.
Rubble fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rubble fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Rubble looks winded!
Douglas fails with the takedown.
Rubble misses with a series of wild punches.
Douglas thuds his right hand into Rubble's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Rubble clinches with his opponent.

Rubble manages to pull guard.
Rubble is looking to stand up but Douglas isn't so interested in that idea.
Douglas working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Rubble's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Douglas stands up and waves to Rubble to follow him.
Douglas shoots in but no luck this time.
Rubble on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Rubble shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Douglas pinned against the cage. Douglas gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mikel Douglas dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Douglas with a lazy takedown attempt
and Rubble counters with a three punch combo that has Douglas backing up. Douglas nods at Rubble to acknowledge the strikes.
Rubble throws a lazy head kick
and Douglas counters with a nice body shot.
Rubble doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Douglas counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Rubble thinking.
Barney Rubble seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Rubble scores with a takedown into Douglas's guard.

Douglas manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Douglas jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Rubble walks away with a smile on his face. Douglas gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Douglas looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Douglas lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Rubble kicks off Douglas and gets to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rubble shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Douglas counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Douglas is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Douglas controlling from the top position.

Rubble working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Douglas has passed into half guard!
Rubble is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rubble is looking to escape.
Rubble wants to stand back up but Douglas manages to pass into side control.
Rubble pushes Douglas away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Douglas gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Rubble parries the strikes from Douglas easily there. Douglas is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Rubble to escape.
Douglas is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rubble can do to turn this around?
Rubble tries to escape but Douglas is in control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Douglas wants to control but Rubble is keeping him busy.
Rubble tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Rubble is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Mikel Douglas overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Douglas looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Rubble gets back to half guard.
Rubble is trying to stand.
Rubble is staying active underneath Douglas, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rubble is trying to get back to full guard.
Douglas looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Douglas is thwarting Rubble's attempts to control the position.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

Douglas manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Rubble on his heels. He'll look to pass Rubble's guard now, I'm sure.

Rubble pushes Douglas off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Rubble looks to throw the jab but Douglas is out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rubble gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Douglas counters with a right hand to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mikel Douglas dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Rubble wants to slow Douglas down by chopping away at his legs.
It looked like Douglas wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Douglas is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Douglas fails with a takedown attempt.
Douglas circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rubble throws a left and a right that both miss
and Douglas counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Rubble fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Douglas to the ground. Rubble is now in Douglas's guard.

Douglas manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Douglas wants to stall.
Rubble stalling in the clinch.
Rubble keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Douglas's efforts to push away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Douglas tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Rubble smiles and moves away.
Rubble comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Rubble shoots in and drives through. Douglas sprawls well.
Rubble takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Rubble misses with a few strikes there.
Nice straight punches there by Douglas. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Douglas.
Rubble tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rubble tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Douglas swivels and escapes.
Rubble wants to clinch.
An attempted straight right counter from Douglas misses the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rubble throws a low kick but Douglas avoids it.
It looked like Douglas was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Douglas is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
A head kick misses from Rubble.
Douglas tries to counter with a takedown but Rubble is quick to defend against it.
Douglas has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Douglas misses the shot to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Rubble! But no joy.
Douglas fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Rubble avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mikel Douglas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Douglas lands an overhand right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Douglas cracks a nice hook into Rubble's ribs.
Rubble fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Rubble misses with a double jab.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Douglas.
Douglas scores with punches from side control.
Douglas scores with a couple of short elbows.
Rubble wants to get back to his feet but Douglas is dominant here and he's now got Rubble's back!
Douglas tries to get the hooks in deep but Rubble pushed the leg off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Douglas has Rubble flattened out and is raining down punches.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Douglas has the hooks in. Rubble is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Barney Rubble has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rubble is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.

Douglas working for the choke.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rubble is trying to get back to his feet but Douglas has full control of the position and if anything, Rubble has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Douglas punishes Rubble with strikes from the back mount.
Mikel Douglas is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Douglas missing with strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mikel Douglas showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Douglas, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 30:27
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mikel Douglas!