PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kane Swift Jr (ranked 2047 p4p, 223 weight class) and Lenny Douglas (ranked 2080 p4p, 227 weight class). Lenny Douglas is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Swift Jr
vs
Douglas

175 cm
20
152 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

168 cm
21
150 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Kane Swift Jr!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lenny Douglas!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Tarja Halkonen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Douglas dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Swift Jr doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Douglas counters with a thumping low kick.
Douglas misses with a few strikes there.
Swift Jr misses with a wild combination.
Douglas fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Swift Jr.
Douglas lands with a nice body punch.
Douglas scores with a jab.
Swift Jr takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Decent striking displayed by Douglas there.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Swift Jr slips a straight right by Douglas.
Douglas lands with a shot to the body.
Swift Jr dodges the punch combination from Douglas.
Douglas lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Douglas showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Swift Jr.
Swift Jr tries to close the distance and clinch but Douglas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Swift Jr fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Douglas misses with a double jab.
As Douglas tries to get set, Swift Jr tries to push him back and clinch up but Douglas manages to avoid the attempt.
The crowd cheers as Douglas lands an impressive looking overhand right. Swift Jr doesn't seem phased though.

Swift Jr shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Douglas manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Douglas is controlling Swift Jr's posture.
Swift Jr with a flurry of punches that miss.
Douglas keeping moving, preventing Swift Jr from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swift Jr is really struggling to control Douglas but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Douglas seems keen to control Swift Jr's posture.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Swift Jr lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Swift Jr's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Swift Jr is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Douglas is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Swift Jr is fighting to break Douglas's control of his arms but Douglas is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Swift Jr stands up and waves to Douglas to follow him.
Douglas pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A jab lands there for Douglas.
Swift Jr tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling Douglas to counter with a crisp jab.
Kane Swift Jr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Douglas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Swift Jr with a lazy takedown attempt
and Douglas connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Douglas scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Swift Jr doesn't seem bothered though.
Swift Jr shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Douglas sprawls well. Douglas wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Swift Jr gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kane Swift Jr. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Swift Jr fails with the takedown
and Douglas counters with a right hand to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swift Jr shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Douglas counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Douglas dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Swift Jr. That did some damage!
Douglas has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Swift Jr tries to bum rush Douglas with a series of wild strikes but Douglas uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Swift Jr takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Swift Jr moves in looking to clinch but Douglas pushes him off.
Douglas fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Swift Jr.
Swift Jr takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Douglas enables Swift Jr to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Douglas manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.

Douglas wriggles free and stands up.
Lenny Douglas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Swift Jr lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Swift Jr takes a shot right to the bread basket.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Swift Jr.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lenny Douglas dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Swift Jr with a poor takedown
and Douglas cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jab by Douglas.

Douglas lands a big uppercut and Swift Jr crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Swift Jr looks OK. Douglas waves Swift Jr back to his feet!

Swift Jr is rocked!
A solid leg kick lands there for Douglas.
Oh Swift Jr is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Swift Jr shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Douglas eats them both and turns towards Swift Jr to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Douglas drops Swift Jr with a naaaaasty hook - Swift Jr is in real trouble here! Douglas dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lenny Douglas!
Lenny Douglas is the new featherweight champion!
Our winner, Lenny Douglas, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
Kane Swift Jr spoke after the fight, saying 'I'll be back - Arnold Schwarzenegger'.