PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brian Douglas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pablo Escobar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Douglas comes to the cage accompanied by Rocky's Theme. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Douglas
vs
Escobar

183 cm
27
197 lbs
19 - 13 - 0

190 cm
24
200 lbs
9 - 11 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Insanely flexible

Dangerous GnP
Good kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Brian Douglas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pablo Escobar!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Patrick Alders and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Escobar rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Douglas moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Escobar fails to land with a series of punches.
Douglas throws a head kick that misses.
Douglas is looking to clinch but Escobar is avoiding it.

Douglas tries to keep at a distance but Escobar has taken the fight into the clinch.
Escobar misses with a body punch.
Douglas blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Escobar on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Douglas obliges.
Escobar working aggressively here.
With the fighters up against the cage, Douglas throws an elbow but misses.
Escobar avoiding damage as Douglas throws knees to the body.
Douglas lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Pablo Escobar has been cut.
Douglas lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Douglas works on Escobar's body with a couple of short punches.
Escobar swings wildly with an uppercut but Douglas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Douglas blocking some punches.
Douglas throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Escobars head.
Douglas lands a damaging elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Douglas lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Escobar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Douglas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar throws a punch but it's blocked by Douglas.
Douglas using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Escobar has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Escobar misses with some punches.
Douglas lands a knee to the body.
Escobar looks gassed!
Douglas lands an elbow that stopped Escobar in his tracks for a moment.
Escobar blocks a body shot from Douglas.
Douglas works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Douglas misses with a knee to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Escobar.
Douglas connects with a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Douglas connects with a nasty looking knee right to Escobar's face.
Douglas putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Escobar in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Douglas.
Douglas scores a nice knee to the body.
Douglas lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Knees to the body from Douglas.
Douglas lands a knee to the body.
Douglas blocks an uppercut.
Douglas misses with a body punch.
Douglas using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Escobar has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Douglas is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Douglas tries a body shot but Escobar blocks it.
Douglas lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Escobar blocks a body shot from Douglas.
A short left from Douglas.
Douglas lands a knee to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Douglas.
Douglas lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Escobar.
Douglas lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A left hand lands to the body for Douglas.
Douglas unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Douglas obliges.
Escobar takes a knee to the side of the body.
Douglas working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Good body shot from Douglas.
Douglas landing knees to the body.
Douglas gets through Escobar's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A body shot lands from Douglas.
Douglas working Escobar over with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Douglas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Douglas lands an elbow inside that Escobar shrugs off.
Douglas lands an elbow just above Escobar 's eye.
Douglas with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Douglas goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A nice left hand lands by Douglas.
Escobar misses with a punch on the inside.
Douglas is working Escobar over against the cage.
Douglas landing knees to the body.
Escobar misses with a short punch on the inside.
Douglas lands a body shot.
A nice right hand lands inside from Douglas.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Douglas putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Escobar in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Douglas utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Douglas lands a knee to the body.
Douglas crunches a lovely knee into Escobar's ribcage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Douglas obliges.
Douglas tries a body shot but Escobar blocks it.
A right hook to the body lands for Douglas.
Douglas utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Douglas misses with a punch to the body.
Douglas lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Douglas.
Douglas putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Escobar in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Douglas lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nice body punch from Douglas.
Douglas lands with a light punch inside.
Douglas digs a right hand into Escobar's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Escobar's gas tank.
Douglas lands a left hand.
Escobar misses with some punches.
Escobar misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Douglas.
Escobar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Knees in the clinch landing for Douglas.
Escobar prevents a body shot from Douglas.
Douglas is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Douglas lands a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Douglas obliges.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Douglas looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Douglas throws a head kick that misses.
Brian Douglas is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Douglas drives through and clinches with Escobar against the cage.
Escobar avoiding damage as Douglas throws knees to the body.
Douglas softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Douglas lands an elbow that stopped Escobar in his tracks for a moment.
Douglas lands an elbow just above Escobar 's eye.
Escobar blocks a body shot from Douglas.
Escobar lands an uppercut.
Nice elbow from Douglas.
Douglas lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Douglas lands a shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Douglas softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Douglas works on Escobar's body with a couple of short punches.
Douglas lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Douglas is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Escobar can do to turn this around?
Douglas scores with a hook to the body.
Douglas lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Escobar or not.
Douglas lands an elbow that stopped Escobar in his tracks for a moment.
Douglas lands a right hand.
Brian Douglas has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Escobar is breathing heavily.
Douglas lands a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Douglas is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Douglas scores with a nice short uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Douglas.
A short left from Douglas.
Douglas lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Douglas.
Douglas lands a knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Douglas lands a hook to the side of the head.
Douglas lands a hook that snaps the head of Escobar backwards.
Douglas working Escobar over with knees to the body.
Douglas lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Douglas misses with a knee strike.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Douglas obliges.
Douglas lands a damaging elbow.
Douglas crunches a lovely knee into Escobar's ribcage.
Douglas lands a right hand that snaps the head of Escobar backwards.
Douglas lands a nice knee to the body.
Douglas lands a damaging elbow.
Douglas throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Douglas tries a knee to the head but Escobar blocks it.
Douglas lands a body punch in the clinch.
Escobar takes a knee right on the jaw!
A short right from Douglas.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Douglas obliges.
A right hook to the body lands for Douglas.
Douglas scores with a shoulder strike.
Douglas landing knees to the head.
Douglas misses with a punch to the body.
Douglas unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Douglas gets through Escobar's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Douglas tries to throw a body punch but Escobar avoids it by throwing Douglas back against the cage.
Escobar misses with a punch on the inside.
Douglas is working Escobar over against the cage.
Douglas landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Douglas lands an elbow just above Escobar 's eye.
Douglas makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Douglas lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Douglas lands an elbow that stopped Escobar in his tracks for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Douglas lands a body punch in the clinch.
Douglas landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Douglas obliges.
Douglas pushes Escobar back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Douglas scores with a hook to the body.
Douglas lands a shoulder strike.
A knee to the head by Douglas.
Douglas lands with a light punch inside.
Douglas putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Escobar in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
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!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Douglas obliges.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Douglas.
A short right from Douglas.
Douglas lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Escobar or not.
Douglas crunches a lovely knee into Escobar's ribcage.
Douglas tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Douglas with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Douglas lands an elbow that stopped Escobar in his tracks for a moment.
Douglas lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Douglas blocks an uppercut.
Douglas works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Douglas lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Douglas.
Douglas works on Escobar's body with a couple of short punches.
Escobar doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nice body punch from Douglas - that landed with a thud.
Douglas landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Douglas putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Escobar in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Escobar takes a shot to the head.
Douglas blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Douglas lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Escobar backwards.
Douglas working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Knees in the clinch landing for Douglas.
Escobar takes an elbow to the forehead.
Douglas misses with a punch to the body.
Escobar throws a head punch that misses.
Good body shot from Douglas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brian Douglas dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Pablo Escobar's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Douglas misses with a few strikes there.

Douglas tries to keep at a distance but Escobar has taken the fight into the clinch.
Douglas lands an elbow inside.
Douglas doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Knees in the clinch landing for Douglas.
Douglas struggles to land a body shot inside as Escobar controls his hands.
Douglas lands a damaging elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Douglas.
Douglas landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Douglas gets through Escobar's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Douglas landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Escobar throws a punch but it's blocked by Douglas.
Douglas throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Douglas lands a knee to the head.
Douglas landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Douglas.
Douglas crunches a lovely knee into Escobar's ribcage.
Douglas crunches a lovely knee into Escobar's ribcage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Douglas landing knees to the body.
Escobar takes an elbow to the temple.
Douglas comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Douglas with a knee to the head.
A short right from Douglas.
Douglas lands a knee to the body.
Douglas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Escobar.
Douglas putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Escobar in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Douglas lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A hook to the body from Douglas.
Douglas blocking some punches.
Escobar swings wildly with an uppercut but Douglas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Douglas unloads a knee to the mid-section. Escobar lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Douglas lands a body punch.
Douglas lands a body punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Escobar takes a knee right on the jaw!
Douglas lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Pablo Escobar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Douglas landing knees to the head.
Douglas tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Douglas misses with a body punch.
Douglas unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Douglas lands a left hand that snaps the head of Escobar backwards.
Escobar working aggressively here.
Douglas creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Escobar throws a punch but it's blocked by Douglas.
Douglas lands a knee to the body.
Douglas lands a body shot in the clinch.
Douglas scores with a knee to the head.
Escobar managing to block the knees to the body from Douglas.
Escobar doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Douglas scores with a shoulder strike.
Douglas scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Escobar throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Douglas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Douglas lands an elbow inside that Escobar shrugs off.
Douglas creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Escobar's defenses.
Douglas landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Douglas lands a knee to the head.
Douglas lands a good knee to the midsection. Escobar won't want to take too many of those.
Douglas presses Escobar against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Douglas pushes Escobar back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Escobar throws a punch but it's blocked by Douglas.
Douglas misses with a knee strike.
Escobar wants to stall.
Douglas blocking some punches.
A knee to the head by Douglas.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Escobar.
Escobar takes a knee to the side of the body.
Douglas works on Escobar's body with a couple of short punches.
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!
Douglas scores a nice knee to the body.
Douglas scores with a shot to the side of Escobar's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Douglas gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Douglas lands a nice shot to the body.
Douglas blocks a body shot from Escobar.
Brian Douglas is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A nice right hand lands inside from Douglas.
Escobar misses with a punch on the inside.
Douglas blocking some punches.
Escobar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Douglas.
Douglas softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Douglas prevents a body shot from Escobar.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Escobar throws a head punch that misses.
Douglas scores with a knee to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Douglas.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brian 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:25
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:25
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brian Douglas!
A very excited looking Brian Douglas made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.