PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between August Derleth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Dutch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Derleth
vs
Dutch

176 cm
27
135 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

172 cm
24
130 lbs
3 - 2 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, August Derleth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, John Dutch!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, William Peck and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Derleth gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Derleth throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Derleth lands a nice elbow.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Derleth as Dutch tries to tie him up.
Dutch working hard to break the clinch.
Derleth with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Derleth pushes off an throws an elbow but Dutch leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Derleth taking a breather.
Derleth misses with an elbow strike.
Dutch misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Derleth misses with a knee strike.
A hook to the body from Dutch.
Dutch tries to throw a body punch but Derleth avoids it by throwing Dutch back against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Derleth takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Dutch avoids the elbow strike from Derleth, against the cage.
Derleth really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Derleth is trying to stall.
Derleth creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dutch's defenses.
A body shot lands from Dutch.
Derleth lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dutch backwards.
Dutch trying to control the position but instead, Derleth has worked for underhooks and has pushed Dutch into the cage.
Derleth tries a knee to the head but Dutch blocks it.
Dutch misses with a body punch.
Dutch wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Derleth has him pressed against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Dutch misses with a punch to the body.
Dutch struggles to land a body shot inside as Derleth controls his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Dutch.
Derleth pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Derleth working Dutch over with knees to the body.
Derleth stalling against the cage.
Derleth lands an elbow inside.
Dutch can't find room to land a body shot as Derleth controls the action.
Derleth tries to land a knee to the head but Dutch blocks with his arms.
Derleth's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Derleth misses with an elbow over the top.
Derleth lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dutch works on Derleth's body with a couple of short punches.
Dutch misses with a body punch.
Dutch goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Derleth swings wildly with an uppercut but Dutch uses good head movement to avoid it.
Derleth with an attempt at a knee that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dutch creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Dutch.
Derleth blocks a body shot from Dutch.
Derleth with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Derleth with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Derleth has a couple of punches blocked by Dutch.
Derleth looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Derleth scores with a nice hook to the head.
Derleth gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Derleth comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Derleth blocks an uppercut.
Derleth tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dutch tries a body shot but Derleth blocks it.
Derleth misses with a knee strike.
A knee to the head by Derleth.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Derleth creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Dutch lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Derleth or not.
A right hand to the body from Dutch.
Derleth is breathing heavily.
A hook to the body from Dutch.
Derleth throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dutch blocks it with crossed arms.
Dutch blocks the elbow strike.
Dutch lands a body shot.
Dutch tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Good body shot from Dutch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A right handed body shot lands from Dutch.
Dutch is trying to break free.
Derleth doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Derleth tries to land a knee to the head but Dutch blocks with his arms.
Derleth with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dutch wants to break free but Derleth has control.
Dutch takes a knee right on the jaw!
Dutch takes an elbow to the temple.
Derleth with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nice body punch from Dutch - that landed with a thud.
Dutch is working Derleth over against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Derleth is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dutch is defending well for now.
Dutch leaning his opponent against the cage.
Derleth taking a breather.
Derleth can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Dutch lands a hook that snaps the head of Derleth backwards.
Derleth tries to land a knee to the head but Dutch blocks with his arms.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dutch.
Dutch scores with a shoulder strike.
Derleth putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Dutch in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Dutch lands a left hand that snaps the head of Derleth backwards.
Dutch works on Derleth's body with a couple of short punches.
Dutch misses with a body punch.
Derleth tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Derleth misses with a knee strike.
Derleth lands an elbow just above Dutch 's eye.
Nice body punch from Dutch.
Dutch lands a right hand.
Dutch cracks Derleth with a nice body shot.
Dutch lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Derleth backwards.
Dutch can't find room to land a body shot as Derleth controls the action.
Dutch tries to work over Derleth's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dutch misses with a hook to the ribs.
Derleth prevents a body shot from Dutch.
A head punch on the inside from Derleth fails to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Derleth landing knees to the head.
Derleth misses with a knee to the head.
Dutch avoids a wild elbow strike from Derleth.
Dutch stalling in the clinch but Derleth improves position.
Derleth trying to land knees to the body.
Derleth wants to stall.
Derleth throws an elbow that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dutch creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Dutch digs a right hand underneath Derleth's ribcage. Derleth let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Good body shot from Dutch.
Derleth lands an elbow just above Dutch 's eye.
Dutch presses Derleth against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Dutch has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Derleth throws a head punch that misses.
Dutch presses Derleth against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Dutch tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Derleth's elbow.
Derleth lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dutch avoids a wild elbow strike from Derleth.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dutch lands a body shot.
Derleth tries to land a knee to the head but Dutch blocks with his arms.
Dutch lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dutch can't break the clinch.
Dutch lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Dutch takes an elbow to the forehead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Dutch dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Dutch avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Derleth fails in his attempt to clinch.
August Derleth seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Derleth fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dutch throws a hook but Derleth avoids it easily.
Dutch throws a hook to the side of Derleth's head but Derleth sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dutch takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Derleth moves in looking to clinch but Dutch pushes him off.
Derleth lands a nice looking body kick.
Derleth steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dutch.
Dutch throws a hook but Derleth blocks it.
Dutch keeps the fight on the outside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Derleth uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dutch.
Derleth tries to clinch up but Dutch circles away and keeps his distance.
Dutch throws the left hand but Derleth avoids the punch easily.
Dutch misses with a series of wild punches.
Derleth tries to clinch up but Dutch circles away and keeps his distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dutch scores with a nice head shot.
Derleth tries to clinch but Dutch moves out of range.
Derleth tries a head kick but it misses.
Derleth tries to clinch but Dutch moves out of range.
Derleth with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Derleth is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Derleth tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Derleth lands with a kick to the temple. Dutch shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Derleth avoids the body shot from Dutch.
Dutch moves away from the strike by Derleth.
Derleth moves in looking to clinch but Dutch pushes him off.
Derleth wants to clinch.
Derleth tries to clinch up but Dutch circles away and keeps his distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Dutch.
Derleth is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dutch throws a hook but Derleth blocks it.
Dutch avoids the head kick by Derleth.
Dutch swats away the attempt to clinch by Derleth.
Dutch swats away the attempt to clinch by Derleth.
Dutch connects with a looping right hand.
Dutch misses with a leg kick
and Derleth counters with a head kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dutch. Derleth does a little dance to reset his feet.
Derleth tries to close the distance and clinch but Dutch swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dutch just misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dutch throws a jab but it's blocked by Derleth.
Derleth doesn't manage to clinch there - Dutch circles away.
Dutch swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Derleth tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dutch swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Derleth throws a nice head kick!
Derleth fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dutch jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dutch misses with a straight left.
Dutch misses with a double jab.
Derleth on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Derleth moves in looking to clinch but Dutch pushes him off.
Derleth lands with a nice body kick.
Derleth tries to clinch but Dutch moves out of range.
Dutch takes a kick to the side of the head.
Dutch connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Dutch missing with a left hand there. Derleth was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Derleth tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dutch paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dutch throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Derleth sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Derleth tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dutch paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Derleth tries to clinch but Dutch moves out of range.
Derleth tries to clinch but Dutch moves out of range.
Dutch keeps the fight on the outside.
Derleth throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Dutch's head.
Derleth tries to clinch but Dutch is having none of it.
Derleth throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Dutch.
Derleth lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Dutch takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Derleth tries to clinch but Dutch is having none of it.
Dutch swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Derleth is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Derleth tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dutch swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

August Derleth dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Dutch misses with a straight right.
Derleth tries to clinch but Dutch moves out of range.
Derleth tries to clinch but Dutch moves out of range.
Derleth is looking to clinch.
Dutch throws a series of punches but Derleth avoids them all with ease.
Derleth lands with a slapping head kick.
Dutch throws the left hand but Derleth avoids the punch easily.
Derleth throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Dutch.
Derleth tries to clinch but Dutch moves out of range.
Derleth checks a leg kick.
Dutch misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Derleth is looking to clinch but Dutch is avoiding it.
Derleth tries to clinch up but Dutch circles away and keeps his distance.
Derleth fails with an attempt to clinch.
Derleth is looking to clinch.
Derleth displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dutch throws out the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Derleth fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dutch circles away from the clinch attempt.

Derleth has Dutch up against the cage in a clinch.
Derleth prevents a body shot from Dutch.
Derleth misses with a knee strike.
Dutch misses with a body punch.
Dutch's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Dutch is trying to break the clinch but Derleth is controlling him.
Derleth lands an elbow just above Dutch 's eye.

It looks like John Dutch has been cut.
Derleth stalls.
Dutch throws a head punch that misses.
Derleth lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Derleth prevents a body shot from Dutch.
Derleth lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Derleth looking to slow down the pace here.
Dutch misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dutch.
Derleth with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Derleth slowing the pace effectively.
Dutch misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Derleth tries to land a knee to the head but Dutch blocks with his arms.
Derleth gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Derleth lands a nice shot to the body.
A hook to the body from Derleth.
Derleth dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Derleth lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Dutch or not.
Dutch takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Derleth trying to control the position but instead, Dutch has worked for underhooks and has pushed Derleth into the cage.
A knee to the head by Derleth.
Derleth connects with a nasty looking knee right to Dutch's face.
Dutch misses with a short punch on the inside.
Derleth lands an elbow that stopped Dutch in his tracks for a moment.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Dutch.

Dutch manages to break the clinch.
Derleth wants to clinch up but Dutch keeps it at a distance.
Derleth lands a high kick!
Dutch keeps the fight on the outside.
Dutch takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Derleth scores with a head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Derleth tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Derleth lands a nice leg kick that just misses Dutch's sensitive parts.
Derleth tries to clinch but Dutch moves out of range.
Derleth throws a head kick that misses.
Derleth scores with a head kick.
Derleth fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dutch circles away from the clinch attempt.

Derleth fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Dutch, pushing him back against the cage.
Dutch lands a right hand that snaps the head of Derleth backwards.
Derleth leaning against his opponent.
Derleth comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Derleth misses with a punch on the inside.
Dutch tries a body shot but Derleth blocks it.
Dutch takes a knee right on the jaw!
Dutch tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Derleth's elbow.
John Dutch seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Dutch tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Derleth's elbow.
Dutch misses with a body punch.
Derleth lands an elbow that stopped Dutch in his tracks for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dutch misses with a hook to the ribs.
Derleth lands a right hand.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Dutch as Derleth tries to tie him up.
Derleth blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Derleth tries a knee to the head but Dutch blocks it.
Dutch softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Derleth tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Derleth comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dutch works on Derleth's body with a couple of short punches.
A short right from Derleth on the inside.
Derleth lands an elbow inside.
Dutch manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Derleth throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Derleth tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Derleth tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Derleth tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Derleth will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Dutch up against the cage.
Nice elbow from Derleth.
Derleth is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Dutch is keeping busy.

And that's the end of the fight!
August Derleth showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Derleth has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Peck scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... August Derleth!