PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jamie Douglas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Larry McStone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Douglas
vs
McStone

187 cm
21
205 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

188 cm
20
205 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

O'Brannigan's Fightwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jamie Douglas!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Larry McStone!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Douglas fails in his attempt to clinch.

Douglas gets a clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Douglas creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
McStone missing with knees to the body.
McStone tries to pull guard but Douglas holds him up against the cage and eventually McStone drops back down to his feet.
Douglas scores with a hook to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Douglas.
McStone tries a knee to the head but Douglas blocks it.
Douglas looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
McStone is trying to break the clinch but Douglas has him pressed against the cage.
McStone is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Douglas gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Douglas tries to circle away but McStone has him pinned against the cage.
Douglas avoiding damage.
Douglas wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but McStone has him pressed against the cage.
Douglas is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Douglas lands with a left to the head.
McStone tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Douglas smiles and moves away.
Jamie Douglas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Larry McStone.
McStone is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Douglas.

It looks like Larry McStone has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
McStone is trying to break the clinch but Douglas is controlling him.
Douglas lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
McStone letting Douglas take a breather here.
Douglas lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of McStone backwards.
Douglas taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
McStone fails to pull the fight into his guard.
McStone tries to pull guard but Douglas holds him up against the cage and eventually McStone drops back down to his feet.
Douglas is working McStone over against the cage.
Douglas is leaning against McStone and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
McStone fails to pull the fight into his guard.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Douglas takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
McStone throws an elbow but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Douglas - that landed with a thud.
McStone wants to break the clinch but can't.
Douglas lands a shot to the body.
McStone looks gassed!
Douglas scores with a hook to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Douglas.
A right hand to the body from Douglas.
Douglas works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Douglas breaks the clinch.

Douglas gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Douglas working hard to break the clinch.

Douglas breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Douglas takes the fight into the clinch.
Douglas lands a shoulder strike.

McStone breaks the clinch.
Jamie Douglas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Douglas!
Douglas scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Douglas, as that shot connected.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Douglas clinches up with McStone and pushes him back against the cage.
Douglas lands with a left to the head.
Douglas lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Douglas.
McStone has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A right hook to the body lands for Douglas.
Douglas works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A right handed body shot lands from Douglas.
Douglas wants to break free but McStone has control.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Douglas takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Douglas works on McStone's body with a couple of short punches.
Douglas is trying to break the clinch but McStone is controlling him.
Douglas lands a nice shot to the body.
Douglas lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt McStone or not.
Douglas stalling in the clinch.
McStone keeps control of Douglas as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Douglas lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of McStone backwards.
McStone working hard to break the clinch.
Douglas tries to circle away but McStone has him pinned against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Douglas lands a body shot.
Douglas lands a nice looking hook to the body, 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!
A frustrated look appears on Douglas's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Douglas's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Douglas lands with a short shot to the head.
McStone tries to break the clinch but Douglas is controlling the position.
Douglas is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Douglas.
Douglas is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
McStone tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Douglas has McStone pressed against the cage, preventing McStone from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Douglas content to slow the pace in the clinch.
McStone fails to pull guard.

Douglas's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from McStone.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Douglas gets a clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Douglas creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Douglas wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Douglas lands with a left to the head.
Douglas stalls.
Douglas has had enough of the clinch but McStone keeps him there for the moment.
A frustrated look appears on Douglas's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Douglas is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that McStone can do to turn this around?
Douglas just leaning against McStone, taking a breather.

McStone jumps guard.
Douglas distracts McStone with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Douglas wants to control from the top but McStone keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
McStone wants to sweep but no luck.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Douglas lands a couple of digs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McStone preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Douglas is working McStone over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
McStone utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
McStone can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Douglas controls the pace.
McStone wants to sweep but no luck.
Douglas advances to half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Douglas wants to pass to mount but McStone is defending the position.
Douglas working over McStone with some ground and pound. McStone looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
McStone regains full guard. Nicely done.
Douglas is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Douglas chips away with some ground and pound.

McStone 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Douglas decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
McStone tries to grapple but his opponent circles
letting Douglas counter with a right hand.

Douglas has taken the fight to the clinch.
McStone changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Douglas fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Douglas tries to clinch but McStone moves out of range.

Douglas moves into the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Douglas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McStone missing with knees to the body.
Douglas throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
McStone tries to circle away but Douglas has him pinned against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Douglas scores with a nice short uppercut.
Douglas lands a left hand.
Douglas lands with a right to the head.
McStone letting Douglas take a breather here.
McStone jumps guard but Douglas stands there with McStone around his waist. McStone gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Douglas will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning McStone up against the cage.
Douglas seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
McStone prevents Douglas from breaking the clinch.
McStone is trying to force a seperation but Douglas has the dominant position.
Douglas stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Jamie Douglas has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Douglas scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McStone tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Douglas just stands there and leans against the cage.
Jamie Douglas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Larry McStone.
Douglas tries to break free but McStone pushes him back against the cage.
Douglas gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from McStone.
Douglas lands a body punch.
McStone takes a shot to the head.
Douglas has had enough of the clinch but McStone keeps him there for the moment.
Douglas is leaning against McStone and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Douglas.
McStone missing with knees to the body.
Douglas looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
McStone tries a knee to the head but Douglas blocks it.
McStone wants a takedown but no success here.
Douglas is trying to break the clinch but McStone is controlling him.
Douglas slowing the pace effectively.
McStone is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Douglas is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Douglas working hard to break the clinch.
Douglas wants to get back to striking at distance but McStone won't allow it.
Douglas managing to block the knees to the body from McStone.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jamie Douglas dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Larry McStone's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Douglas takes the fight into the clinch.
Douglas is working McStone over against the cage.
Douglas digs a right hand underneath McStone's ribcage. McStone let out a lung full of air as it connected.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Douglas.
Douglas has McStone pushed against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Douglas digs a right hand underneath McStone's ribcage. McStone let out a lung full of air as it connected.
McStone fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Douglas lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Douglas pressing his opponent against the cage.
Douglas tries to break free but McStone pushes him back against the cage.
Douglas lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Douglas stalls.

Douglas pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Douglas fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Douglas scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. McStone doesn't seem bothered though.
Douglas ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

Douglas clinches with his opponent.
McStone tries to break free but Douglas pushes him back against the cage.
Douglas scores with a nice hook to the head.
Douglas wants to get back to striking at distance but McStone won't allow it.
McStone has had enough of the clinch but Douglas keeps him there for the moment.
Douglas working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Douglas is working McStone over against the cage.
Douglas stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Douglas lands a hook that snaps the head of McStone backwards.
Douglas wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but McStone has him pressed against the cage.
Douglas cracks McStone with a nice body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Douglas pushes McStone back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Douglas throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Douglas stalls.
Douglas gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from McStone.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Douglas is trying to break the clinch but McStone has him pressed against the cage.
McStone tries to score a body lock takedown but Douglas shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Jamie Douglas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Larry McStone.
McStone drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Douglas has McStone pressed against the cage.
Douglas is trying to break the clinch but McStone has him pressed against the cage.
Douglas keeps the fight in the clinch, despite McStone's efforts to push away.
Douglas is working McStone over against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Douglas breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Douglas moves into the clinch successfully.
Douglas working hard to break the clinch.
McStone lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Douglas has had enough of the clinch but McStone keeps him there for the moment.
A body shot lands from Douglas.
Douglas wants to break free but McStone has control.
McStone has Douglas pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Douglas manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Douglas blocks an elbow strike.
Douglas stops a takedown attempt from McStone.
Douglas stalling.
McStone tries a knee to the head but Douglas blocks it.
McStone goes for a takedown in the clinch but Douglas prevents it.
Douglas digs a right hand underneath McStone's ribcage. McStone let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Douglas scores with a nice hook to the head.
McStone looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Douglas slows down the pace here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McStone is trying to drag Douglas to the mat but Douglas just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Douglas just leaning against McStone, taking a breather.
McStone tries to score a body lock takedown but Douglas shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
McStone letting Douglas take a breather here.
Douglas lands with a light punch inside.
McStone tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Douglas works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Douglas wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
McStone is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Douglas is keeping busy.
Douglas throws a blind hook that connects with the side of McStones head.
Larry McStone has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
McStone with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Douglas stalling against the cage.
McStone tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Douglas smiles and moves away.
Jamie Douglas is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Douglas clinches up with McStone and pushes him back against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jamie Douglas showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Douglas has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Andi Peters scores the fight for Jamie Douglas!
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight for Jamie Douglas!
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight for Jamie Douglas!

Jamie Douglas wins by unanimous decision!
Jamie Douglas retains his light heavyweight title!