PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Delgado (ranked 4163 p4p, 4082 weight class) and Andre Douglas (ranked 0 p4p, 352 weight class). Andre Douglas has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Marcus Delgado's chin.

Delgado
vs
Douglas

172 cm
25
163
1 - 0 - 0

179 cm
25
154
1 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Marcus Delgado!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Andre Douglas!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Ben Hemmingworth and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Douglas feints and then cracks Delgado's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Delgado down.
Douglas scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Delgado takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Delgado throws a leg kick but Douglas sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Douglas throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Delgado moves into the clinch.
Douglas lands an uppercut.

Delgado is trying to trip Douglas. He has hold of a leg but Douglas is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Delgado persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Delgado postures up and lands a big shot to Douglas's brow.
Delgado sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Delgado with a flurry of punches that miss.
Delgado working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Delgado tries to free his leg and advance position but Douglas is retaining full guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Delgado preventing the sweep.
Delgado lands a couple of elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Delgado is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

Douglas has an active guard here but Delgado has managed to pass into half guard.
Ground and pound from Delgado.
Delgado prevents Douglas from improving his position.
Delgado working over Douglas with some ground and pound. Douglas looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Douglas trying to control here.
Delgado not doing much here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Delgado working over Douglas with some ground and pound. Douglas looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Still in half guard, Delgado seems content to control.
Delgado has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Douglas is trying to get back to full guard.
Douglas makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Douglas.
Delgado with a nice head shot there.
Delgado with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Douglas working for a triangle but Delgado defends it easily.
Delgado advances to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Delgado winds up and cracks Douglas with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Delgado prevents Douglas from improving his position.
Delgado thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Douglas wants to get back to full guard.
Douglas is trying to maintain the position but Delgado is very close to passing his half guard.
Douglas is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Delgado jumps into side control!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Delgado scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Douglas to see if he's OK.
Delgado landing a few strikes.
Douglas looks to move to half guard but instead Delgado has passed into mount! Damn!
Delgado lands a nice shot to the head.
Douglas wants to control but Delgado is having none of it.
Delgado with good strikes from the mount here!
Delgado looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Delgado pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Douglas tries to hold on but Delgado postures up.
Delgado landing strikes from the mount and Douglas is in trouble!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marcus Delgado dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Douglas misses with a jab, cross combination.
Douglas lands with a right hand.
Douglas checks a low kick from Delgado.
Delgado swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Delgado scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Delgado passes to side control.
Delgado working the ground and pound.
Delgado lands some shots froms side control.
Marcus Delgado overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Delgado wants to control but Douglas is keeping him busy.
Delgado in side control lands a decent elbow.
Douglas is trying to control Delgado's posture but Delgado avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Delgado has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Douglas!
Douglas tries to lock up and control but Delgado gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Delgado can't control as he wanted to and Douglas manages to get the fight back to his half guard.
Delgado prevents Douglas from improving his position.
Douglas is looking to control Delgado's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Douglas avoid being mounted?
Delgado is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Douglas can do to turn this around?
Douglas wants to get back to full guard.
Delgado is figuring out what he wants to do next.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Douglas wants to get back to full guard but Delgado has mounted him!
Delgado avoids the attempt from Douglas to control.
Delgado looking to finish Douglas with some ground and pound. This is bad for Douglas!
Delgado is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Delgado scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Douglas?

Delgado with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Delgado landing shots from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Delgado cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Douglas is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The referee warns Douglas that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Delgado tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Delgado has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Douglas's face.
Delgado lands a big elbow.
Delgado cracks Douglas with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Delgado is landing with some decent strikes but Douglas is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Delgado lands a heavy elbow.

Douglas is rocked!
Delgado lands a couple of good shots and Douglas has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Douglas is still in real trouble! Can Delgado finish him?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Delgado landing with strikes.
Delgado loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Douglas hold on?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Delgado is raining down hard shots and and Douglas has had enough - he's tapped out due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Marcus Delgado!