Background
Douglas was born and raised in the heart of a rough neighborhood in Antioch, California, along with his twin brother Damion, by their parents who worked for steel mills.
Douglas was born and raised in the heart of a rough neighborhood in Antioch, California, along with his twin brother Damion, by their parents who worked for steel mills.
He competes in the Lightweight division, and was formerly signed with Strikeforce, but has also competed for EliteXC.
The Douglas brothers got into many fights while growing up, beating up schoolyard bullies that were bigger and older than themselves. Following two wins via TKO in 2004, Douglas made his professional mixed martial arts debut in 2005 against veteran Jeff Curran. He has fought for EliteXC, the International Finance Corporation and the Cage Combat Fighting Championships.
He has defeated the likes of Chute Boxe Academy prospect Marlon Mathias and Muay Thai superstar Malaipet during his undefeated streak in EliteXC. Strikeforce
Douglas made his debut for Strikeforce in August 2009 on the preliminary card of Strikeforce: Carano versus
Cyborg, losing to Justin Wilcox via submission. He returned to the organization in 2010 on their ShoMMA Strikeforce Challengers series.
He defeated Dominic Clark via TKO in October 2010 and Nick Gonzalez via submission in February 2011. He next fought Caros Fodor at Strikeforce Challengers: Wilcox versus
Damm and lost in the third round by TKO.