PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dustin Douglas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mitchell Stehling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Douglas comes to the cage accompanied by La La La - Snoop Lion. Stehling has chosen Turmion Kätilöt - Minä MÄÄRÄÄN! as his entrance music. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Douglas
vs
Stehling

200 cm
31
265 lbs
28 - 8 - 0

191 cm
32
261 lbs
42 - 17 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Hell's Balls Recovery (160)
Convicted Trap House

Perkele!
Conviction

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 28 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dustin Douglas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 42 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mitchell Stehling!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Douglas throws a leg kick that is checked
and Stehling counters with a leg kick.
Stehling misses with a low kick.
Stehling thows a left - swing and a miss!

Stehling has taken the fight to the clinch.
Douglas tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Stehling on the inside.
A short left from Stehling.
Douglas tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Douglas swings wildly with an uppercut but Stehling uses good head movement to avoid it.
Douglas tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Stehling's elbow.
Stehling lands with a short shot to the head.
Douglas softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Stehling tries a body shot but Douglas blocks it.
Stehling goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Stehling can't find room to land a body shot as Douglas controls the action.
Stehling lands with a left to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Douglas scores with a shot to the side of Stehling's head.
Douglas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Douglas misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stehling is looking for a takedown.
Douglas scores with a hook to the body.
A hook to the body from Stehling.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Douglas.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Douglas.
Stehling blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stehling.
Douglas swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stehling is looking to take this one to the mat.
Stehling blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Stehling blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Stehling can't find room to land a body shot as Douglas controls the action.
Douglas cracks Stehling with a nice body shot.
Stehling looks winded!
Stehling throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Douglas throws a head punch that misses.
Douglas softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Douglas.
Stehling lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Douglas tries a body shot but Stehling blocks it.
Stehling lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Douglas misses with some punches.
Stehling has a couple of punches blocked by Douglas.
Stehling throws a punch but it's blocked by Douglas.
Stehling blocks a body shot from Douglas.
Douglas is looking to control Stehling's arms but Stehling gets an underhook and turns him. Now Douglas has his back to the cage.
Douglas prevents a body shot from Stehling.
Stehling tries to throw a body punch but Douglas avoids it by throwing Stehling back against the cage.
Stehling misses with a body punch.
Douglas struggles to land a body shot inside as Stehling controls his hands.
Douglas lands with a light punch inside.
Douglas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Douglas scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Douglas blocking some punches.
Stehling throws a punch but it's blocked by Douglas.
Stehling managing to block the knees to the body from Douglas.
Stehling lands a left hand that snaps the head of Douglas backwards.
Douglas goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Stehling tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Douglas's elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Douglas.
Douglas lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Douglas prevents a body shot from Stehling.
Stehling's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Stehling digs a right hand into Douglas's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Douglas's gas tank.
Stehling tries to work over Douglas's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Douglas tries to throw a body punch but Stehling avoids it by throwing Douglas back against the cage.
Stehling tries a body shot but Douglas blocks it.
Douglas softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Stehling has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Douglas is trying to keep an underhook but Stehling manages to get the takedown into half guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Stehling takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Douglas is looking for a sweep. Stehling is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Douglas is looking to control Stehling's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Douglas avoid being mounted?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Douglas is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Douglas is controlling Stehling's trapped leg to prevent Stehling from advancing to side control.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Stehling is thwarting Douglas's attempts to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Dustin Douglas.
A cross from Stehling lands.
Stehling tries to clinch but Douglas is having none of it.

Stehling closes the distance and clinches.
Stehling tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Douglas tries to throw a body punch but Stehling avoids it by throwing Douglas back against the cage.
Stehling pushes Douglas back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Douglas landing knees to the head.
Douglas lands a hook that snaps the head of Stehling backwards.
Douglas tries to work over Stehling's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A right hand to the body from Stehling.
Douglas is trying to break the clinch but Stehling has him pressed against the cage.
Stehling misses with a punch to the body.
Douglas misses with a punch on the inside.
Stehling tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Dustin Douglas will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Douglas misses with a kick to the body
and Stehling counters with a stiff right hand.
Douglas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Douglas scores with a spinning back kick!
Stehling lands a jab.
Stehling has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Douglas.
Stehling throws a series of punches but Douglas avoids them all with ease.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Douglas tries a low kick but Stehling avoids it.
Stehling moves in looking to clinch but Douglas pushes him off.
Douglas swats away the attempt to clinch by Stehling.
Douglas is looking to slow Stehling down with leg kicks.
Douglas misses with a leg kick
and Stehling counters with a stiff right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Douglas. Stehling does a little dance to reset his feet.
A cross from Douglas lands.
Stehling uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Douglas.
Douglas throws a series of punches but Stehling moves out of range.
Stehling misses with a hook. Douglas ducked under it nicely.
Douglas blocks a low kick nicely.
Douglas swats away the attempt to clinch by Stehling.
Stehling misses with a straight right.
Douglas's jab looks to have found its range, popping Stehling under the eye.
Stehling jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Stehling misses with an uppercut. Douglas saw that one coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Douglas does no damage.
Mitchell Stehling seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stehling throws a jab but it's blocked by Douglas.

Douglas sends Stehling crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Douglas is motioning to the referee to let Stehling up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Stehling is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Douglas throws a right hand that misses

and Stehling counters by moving into the clinch.
Douglas lands a left hand.
Stehling scores with a nice hook to the head.

Douglas drops Stehling onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Stehling is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Stehling is still on wobbly legs! Can Douglas finish him?
Douglas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Douglas misses with the head strike.
Douglas misses with a hook to the ribs.
Douglas wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Douglas throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Stehlings head.
Stehling swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Stehling tries to throw a body punch but Douglas avoids it by throwing Stehling back against the cage.
Douglas has a couple of punches blocked by Stehling.
Douglas has a couple of punches blocked by Stehling.

Douglas drops Stehling onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Stehling is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Douglas.
Douglas tries to land a knee to the head but Stehling blocks with his arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Douglas working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Stehling tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Douglas drops Stehling with a massive uppercut from the clinch! Oh my word, Stehling is out cold! What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Dustin Douglas!
Dustin Douglas very nearly forgot to thank Hell's Balls Recovery (160) amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.