PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Quinton Randleman (ranked 968 p4p, 106 weight class) and Samuel Douglas (ranked 1082 p4p, 125 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Douglas's choice of entrance music: Bob Marley - Three Little Birds. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Randleman
vs
Douglas

179 cm
23
243 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

199 cm
24
262 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Granite chin

Freebok (85% Laundry)
King of Clothes

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 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Quinton Randleman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Samuel Douglas!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Ren Mimura and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good work by Randleman as he checks the leg kick.
Randleman fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

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

Douglas working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Randleman doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Randleman manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Randleman not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Douglas not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Douglas keeping moving, preventing Randleman from controlling successfully.
Randleman might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Douglas had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Randleman defends it easily.
Randleman scoring with some ground and pound.

Douglas has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Randleman is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Douglas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Douglas is trying to get back to half guard.
Randleman wants to lay and pray for a moment but Douglas keeps working.
Randleman just content to control the position.
Randleman working the body and head with strikes.
Douglas is looking for a sweep.
Randleman scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Douglas to see if he's OK.
The referee asks Randleman politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Randleman prefers to stall for the moment though.
Douglas sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

Douglas actively working from the bottom here.

Douglas looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Douglas actively working from the bottom here.
Douglas tries to roll over but Randleman keeps him under control.
Randleman seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Randleman is nestled in close to Douglas, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

Douglas looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Randleman working over Douglas with some ground and pound. Douglas looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Randleman is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Randleman's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Douglas makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Douglas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Douglas is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Randleman is aware though and is defending well.

Douglas is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Randleman 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.
Randleman chips away with some ground and pound.
Randleman engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Randleman has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Randleman working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Douglas's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Randleman content to stall in guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Douglas is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Douglas looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Douglas is looking for a triangle but Randleman pushes his legs off easily.
Randleman is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Douglas has an active guard here but Randleman has managed to pass into half guard.

Douglas looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Quinton Randleman dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Douglas lets loose with a powerful body kick. Randleman will feel that in the morning.
Randleman throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Randleman steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Douglas.
Randleman cracks Douglas with a good jab.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Douglas takes one to the side of the head.
Randleman slips a straight right by Douglas.

Randleman scores with a takedown into Douglas's guard.
Our spies down at at Nemesis Gym inform us that Douglas has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Randleman trying to control but Douglas is working from the bottom.

Douglas is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Douglas keeping moving, preventing Randleman from controlling successfully.

Randleman is sitting in close to Douglas's body. Douglas has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Randleman is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Randleman is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Douglas.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Samuel Douglas!
Samuel Douglas thanked the fans post fight for their support.
In defeat, Quinton Randleman stepped up to the mic, saying 'Really? i dident loose. everybody knows that. the judges got paid.'.