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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Douglas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scott Ian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Douglas kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Celebration of the lizard. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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275 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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195 cm
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270 lbs
2 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, James Douglas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Scott Ian!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Douglas rushes Ian and presses him up against the cage.
Ian using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Douglas has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Douglas lands a shoulder strike.
Ian misses with a knee strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Douglas.
Douglas avoids the elbow strike from Ian, against the cage.
Douglas wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ian gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Douglas breaks the clinch.
Douglas has closed the distance and engaged Ian in a clinch.
Douglas blocks an elbow strike from Ian.
Douglas prevents Ian from breaking the clinch.
A short right from Douglas.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ian throws an elbow but misses.
Douglas taking a breather.
Douglas lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ian backwards.
Ian prevents Douglas from breaking the clinch.
Ian breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ian throws a head kick but Douglas moves out of range.
Douglas chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ian gets tackled into the cage by Douglas. Douglas maintains the clinch.
Ian trying to stall but Douglas improves his position.
Douglas gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Douglas is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ian is trying to stand.
Douglas 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.
Ian looks gassed!
Ian tries to roll over but Douglas keeps him under control.
Douglas is nestled in close to Ian, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Ian has hold of Douglas's hands but Douglas slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Douglas is taking a breather. Ian says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Douglas connects with a nice short shot to Ian's temple.
Douglas is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Douglas winds up and cracks Ian with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ian taking some punishment here, with Douglas in his half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Douglas content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Douglas connects with a nice short shot to Ian's temple.
Ian really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Douglas. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Douglas winds up and cracks Ian with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Douglas drops an elbow to the side of Ian's head.
Douglas seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Douglas connects with a nice short shot to Ian's temple.
Douglas seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Douglas perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Douglas working the head and body with strikes.
Douglas looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Ian with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Douglas sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Douglas working over Ian with some ground and pound. Ian looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ian is trying to stand.
Douglas scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Douglas lands strikes from half guard.
Douglas winds up and cracks Ian with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Douglas lands a nice short elbow.
Douglas sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Douglas looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Douglas stalling.
Douglas scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Nice strikes from Douglas there.
Nice strikes from Douglas there.
Douglas working the head and body with strikes.
Douglas stalling.
Douglas is nestled in close to Ian, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Ian is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Douglas scores with a couple of nice shots.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Douglas working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Ian pushes Douglas off but Douglas dives into side control.
You can see the frustration on Ian's face as Douglas controls the position.
Douglas cracks Ian with a big elbow.
Douglas scores with punches from side control.
Ian is rocked!
Douglas is looking to take a break and control but Ian is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Douglas lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Ian is still in real trouble! Can Douglas finish him?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Douglas lands a few punches from side control.
Ian is trying to escape the position but Douglas is controlling the position.
Ian seems to have recovered his senses.
Douglas lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Douglas controlling from side mount.
Douglas working the head with strikes.
Douglas lands a big left to the face of Ian, bouncing his head like a basketball. Another shot from Douglas and another - Ian is out! Douglas stands up and salutes his fans, who are going crazy in the stands.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). James Douglas!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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