PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Byron Derksen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Knockout Bob (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Derksen comes to the cage accompanied by Mindless Self Indulgence- Bitches. Byron Derksen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Derksen
vs
Bob

196 cm
22
280 lbs
8 - 2 - 1

195 cm
24
275 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 1, fighting out of New York, Byron Derksen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Knockout Bob!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Jonathan Paton and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Derksen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Derksen looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Bob is fending him off so far but Derksen persists. Nope, Bob circles away and we're back to standing.

Derksen clinches with his opponent.
Derksen has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Bob avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Bob misses with a short punch on the inside.
Good body shot from Derksen.
Bob looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bob wants to break free but Derksen has control.
Bob misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bob is trying to force a seperation but Derksen has the dominant position.
Bob taking a breather.

Derksen wants the takedown. Bob is fighting it off but Derksen persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Bob's guard against the cage.
Derksen in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Derksen loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Derksen wants to control from the top but Bob keeps moving.
Derksen trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Derksen in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Derksen with a flurry of punches that miss.
Derksen thows a big elbow that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Derksen working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Derksen with a flurry of punches that miss.
Bob keeping full guard, as Derksen tries to pass.
Derksen is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Derksen looking to pass the guard.
Derksen with a flurry of punches that miss.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Bob is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
A right handed body shot lands from Bob.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Derksen is working for takedown but Bob is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Byron Derksen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A right hook to the body lands for Derksen.
Bob is trying to break free.

Bob's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Derksen fails with the takedown.
Bob scores with a jab to the head.
Bob misses the shot to the body.
Derksen displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Derksen shoots in but no luck this time.
Derksen blocks the body kick.
Derksen takes one to the chin there.

It looks like Byron Derksen has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bob thows a body shot but no joy.
Bob tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Derksen was well out of range. Poor timing from Bob.
Derksen dives in and grabs Bob's left leg, looking for a takedown. Bob pushes down on Derksen's head and hops out.
Derksen keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Some wild striking there from Derksen.
Knockout Bob seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bob scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Knockout Bob is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Derksen shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Bob pinned against the cage. Bob gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Derksen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bob.
Bob throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Derksen fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Bob avoids it really well and circles away.
Bob throws a body punch but Derksen moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Derksen.
Bob throws a chopping leg kick but Derksen manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Derksen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bob throws out the jab.
Derksen dodges the punch combination from Bob.

Derksen decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Bob is looking to improve his position.
Bob wants to control but Derksen is keeping busy.
Derksen is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Derksen trying to control from half guard but Bob is working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bob is looking to improve his position.
Derksen is pressing down on Bob's thigh, looking to free his foot. Bob is holding on for now.
Bob is looking to improve his position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Derksen is just content to waste time from the top position. Bob takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Derksenis looking to pass into half guard but Bob pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Bob is in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Byron Derksen will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Byron Derksen's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

The crowd cheers as Bob lands an impressive looking overhand right. Derksen doesn't seem phased though.
Derksen shoots for a double leg takedown but Bob sprawls well. He's pushed Derksen's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Derksen checks a low kick from Bob.
Bob looks to score with a jab to the body but Derksen is just out of range.
Bob lands with an uppercut that bounces Derksen off the cage and back into rage.
Derksen jabs at Bob's body.
Bob swings for the body but Derksen moves out of range.
Nice sprawl there from Bob as Derksen shoots in.
Bob tried to score with a low kick but Derksen checks it.
Derksen looks for a takedown but Bob sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Byron Derksen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bob throws a nice outside leg kick.
Derksen tries to bum rush Bob with a series of wild strikes but Bob uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bob connects with a body shot.
Derksen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bob.
No joy there for Bob, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Derksen swinging wildly here.
Bob connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
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!
Bob dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bob throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Derksen counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bob looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Derksen tries to free his leg and advance position but Bob is retaining full guard.
Derksen working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bob wants to stand but Derksen is controlling the position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Bob can do anything to dispel that myth.
Bob looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Bob keeping full guard, as Derksen tries to pass.
Bob is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Derksen missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Derksen loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Bob looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Derksen has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Derksen trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Derksen throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Derksen throws a big right hand that misses.
Bob keeping moving, preventing Derksen from controlling successfully.
Derksen advances to half guard.
Derksen wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bob keeps working.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Derksen moves nicely into side control.
Derksen fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Derksen working the head and body with strikes.
Derksen is chipping away with strikes.
Derksen wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bob keeps working.
Derksen throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Bob managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Derksen.
Bob can't do much from the bottom here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bob is not content to let Derksen control the position.

Derksen is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Bob has escaped the position, nice work there.
Bob parries the strikes from Derksen easily there. Derksen is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Bob to escape.
Bob avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Derksen.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Derksen fails to land a wild elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Knockout Bob will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Byron Derksen's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Derksen fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Derksen misses with a few strikes there.
Derksen misses with a wild combination.
Bob misses with an uppercut. Derksen saw that one coming.
Derksen shoots in for a takedown but Bob shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Bob looks to land a right hand but Derksen moved out of range.
Bob throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Derksen misses with a double jab.
Bob takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A good leg kick by Bob.
Derksen shoots for a takedown but Bob saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Byron Derksen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bob swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Derksen counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Bob's guard now.
Bob wants to control the position but Derksen says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Derksen not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Derksen working the head and body with strikes.

It looks like Knockout Bob has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Derksen wants to pass to mount but Bob is defending the position.
Derksen missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bob is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Derksen is looking to take a break and control but Bob is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Derksen tries to pass to full mount but Bob defends it.
Derksen with the ground and pound but Bob uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Derksen throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bob preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Bob avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Derksen trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Derksen stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bob swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Derksen won't allow Bob to sweep him here.
Derksen postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Derksen trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Derksen is working hard here to advance position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Derksen postures up in Bob's guard and throws a big left but Bob blocks it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Derksen working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Bob is working an open guard so Derksen takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Bob misses with a wild combination.
Derksen shoots in but no luck this time.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bob misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Derksen.
Bob just misses with a punch to the body.
Bob fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Bob rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Derksen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bob will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bob walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Derksen checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Derksen walks into a stiff left hand from Bob.
Bob misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Derksen looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Derksen fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Bob avoids it really well and circles away.
Bob connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Derksen momentarily.
Derksen looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Bob misses with a wild body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bob. Derksen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bob misses with a wild combination.
Derksen shoots for a double leg takedown but Bob sprawls well. He's pushed Derksen's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Bob waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Derksen.
Bob stuffs the takedown attempt from Derksen. Derksen gets slowly back to his feet.
Derksen closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Bob misses with a looping right.
Knockout Bob seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bob scores with the left hand. Derksen knows he should have avoided that one.
Bob dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Derksen. That did some damage!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
An inside leg kick from Bob misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Byron Derksen did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Derksen shoots in and drives through. Bob sprawls well.
Bob uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Bob stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Bob wants it to stay on the feet.
Bob stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Byron Derksen. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Derksen scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Byron Derksen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Derksen working away.
Derksen cracks Bob with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Bob keeps Derksen under control for a moment.
Bob tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Bob can't do much from the bottom here.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An elbow from Derksen crashes against the mat.
Derksen throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Derksen in side control lands a decent elbow.
Bob struggling a bit here.
Derksen controlling the position.
Derksen throwing strikes but missing, from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes there by Derksen.

Derksen stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Bob misses with a wild body shot.
Derksen fails to land the takedown.
No luck for Derksen with that takedown attempt.
Bob throws a series of punches but Derksen moves out of range.
Horrible takedown by Derksen or perhaps it was just good defense by Bob which made him look bad.
Bob throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Derksen.
Derksen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bob throws out the jab.
Derksen looks to land a combination but Bob avoids it well.
Derksen fails with a takedown attempt.
Bob throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bob missing with a left hand there. Derksen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Derksen tries to clinch up.
Bob misses with a double jab.
Bob with a nice cross.
Derksen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Derksen ducks under a wild hook from Bob.
Derksen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bob.
Derksen will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Bob lands a nice shot that snaps Derksen's head back.
Bob misses with a hook.
Bob looks to throw the jab but Derksen is out of range.
Derksen misses with a takedown attempt - Bob sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Nice takedown defense from Bob. No joy for Derksen on that attempt.
Nice defenses there by Derksen.
Bob thows a body shot but no joy.
Derksen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Derksen shoots in but Bob avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That kick from Bob tenderised Derksen's leg. Derksen is trying to keep his angry face on.
Byron Derksen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bob misses with a combination

and Derksen counters with a nice double leg into guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Derksen wants to control from the top but Bob keeps moving.
Bob wants to stand and escape but Derksen is having none of it.
Bob trying to control the position.

Derksen gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Bob displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Derksen.
Bob moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A swing and a miss from Bob.
Bob connects with an inside leg kick.
Derksen takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Bob throws a shot from downtown. Derksen moves away and avoids it.
Derksen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bob moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Byron Derksen will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Derksen takes one to the chin there.
Bob stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Bob wants it to stay on the feet.
Derksen fails to land the takedown.
Derksen takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Nice shot lands for Bob.
Bob misses with an uppercut. Derksen saw that one coming.

Derksen closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Bob struggling a bit here.
Bob regains half guard, as Derksen was trying to land strikes.
Bob manages to get to full guard.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bob looking to hit a scissor sweep but Derksen is one step ahead there.
Bob keeping moving, preventing Derksen from controlling successfully.
Bob working a defensive guard here.

Derksen is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Bob is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Bob has escaped and now he's on top!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Derksen wants to stand but Bob is controlling the position.
Bob won't allow Derksen to sweep him here.

Derksen kicks Bob off and gets to his feet.
Bob tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Derksen was well out of range. Poor timing from Bob.
Bob ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Derksen takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Derksen moves out of range of the body kick from Bob.
Bob scores with a hook to the body. Derksen takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Bob throws a low kick but Derksen moves out of range easily.
Bob lands with a good body shot.
Bob listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bob lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Derksen circles away quickly and effectively.
Bob swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Derksen counters with a takedown into side control.

Derksen tries for a kimura but Bob is defending well.
Bob holds on to Derksen's head and controls the position momentarily.
Knockout Bob has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bob regains half guard.
Derksen thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Bob to regain full guard.
Derksen throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Derksen stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bob swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Derksen throws a big right hand that misses.

Bob pushes Derksen off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Derksen defending well as Bob loads up on a big left hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bob avoids a punch combination nicely.
Donk. Bob catches Derksen right on the button with a cross.
Byron Derksen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bob connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Derksen's hands.
Derksen checks a leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Knockout Bob comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Derksen 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 49:48
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 49:48
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 49:48

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Byron Derksen!
Byron Derksen retains his heavyweight title!