PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between lamont kevler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Byron Derksen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). kevler's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, have a nice day. Derksen has chosen Mindless Self Indulgence- Bitches as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

kevler
vs
Derksen

196 cm
24
265 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

196 cm
21
280 lbs
4 - 2 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, lamont kevler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 1, fighting out of New York, Byron Derksen!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Reed Andrews and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
kevler tries to close the distance and clinch but Derksen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Derksen gets the takedown into side control.
Derksen cracks kevler with a big elbow.
Derksen postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
The ground and pound from Derksen seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Derksen works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Derksen is chipping away with strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
You can see the frustration on kevler's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
kevler managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Derksen.
Derksen working the body and head with strikes.
Derksen lands a few punches from side control.
kevler tries to bench press Derksen off him but Derksen keeps the position.
Derksen trying to control the position but kevler is working away.
kevler tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Derksen wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Derksen is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
kevler defending against the ground and pound.
Derksen scores with a couple of short elbows.
kevler is trying to get back to half guard.
Derksen in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
kevler is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Derksen with the ground and pound but kevler regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Derksen wants to take a breather but kevler is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Derksen thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed kevler's head.
Derksen drops an elbow to the side of kevler's head.
Derksen stalling away here and it's allowed kevler to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Derksen wants to control from the top but kevler keeps moving.
kevler is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Derksen looking to pass the guard.
Derksen is in close to kevler's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Derksen in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Derksen tries to free his leg and advance position but kevler is retaining full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Derksen is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Derksen throws a strike but kevler rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Derksen trying to control the position.
kevler prevents Derksen from getting back to his feet.

kevler gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
A combination from Derksen does no damage.
Derksen misses with a wild combination.

Derksen clinches with his opponent.
Derksen has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. kevler avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

Derksen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
kevler throws a left and a right that both miss

and Derksen counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Derksen is trying to control. kevler wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Derksen thows a huge punch but kevler dodges it nicely.
Derksen throwing shots but kevler is blocking nicely.
Derksen is pressing down on kevler's thigh, looking to free his foot. kevler is holding on for now.

Derksen is looking for a kimura but kevler is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Derksen to get the leverage.
Derksen looks gassed!
Derksen missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Derksen takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Derksen is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

kevler looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Derksen is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, kevler has managed to free his arm - good work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Byron Derksen dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Derksen digs a good hook to kevler's body.
Derksen misses with a low kick.
kevler jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

Derksen forces kevler back against the cage and clinches.
Derksen digs a right hand into kevler's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on kevler's gas tank.

Derksen lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Derksen is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Derksen wants to control the pace but kevler is squirming around nicely.
Derksen lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice elbow there by Derksen.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Derksen lands with some vicious ground and pound - can kevler hang on?

That's one minute gone in the round.

Derksen wants to finish this one by submission but kevler is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Derksen.
kevler takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Derksen lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Derksen looking to finish kevler with some ground and pound. This is bad for kevler!

kevler is rocked!
Derksen lands a big shot to the head and kevler winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Byron Derksen!