PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Seth Bryce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and August Derleth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bryce comes to the cage accompanied by no more tears. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Bryce
vs
Derleth

173 cm
18
145 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

176 cm
22
135 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

White Gorilla Nutrition
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Seth Bryce!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, August Derleth!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Ian Loll and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bryce loads up on a big right hand but Derleth slips the punch.
Bryce scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Bryce scores with a spinning back kick!
Derleth fails with a takedown attempt.
Bryce throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bryce throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Derleth closes the distance and clinches up with Bryce, looking for a takedown. Derleth pushes Bryce against the cage but Bryce circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Bryce lands with a thumping leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Bryce lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Derleth has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Derleth and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Bryce throws a hook to the side of Derleth's head but Derleth sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Derleth moves into the clinch successfully.
Bryce crunches a lovely knee into Derleth's ribcage.
Derleth will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Bryce up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Bryce.
Bryce unloads a knee to the mid-section. Derleth lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bryce misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Derleth.
Bryce unloads a knee to the mid-section. Derleth lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bryce avoiding damage as Derleth throws knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bryce.
Bryce tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Derleth on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Derleth avoiding damage as Bryce throws knees to the body.
Bryce scores with a hook to the body.
Derleth is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bryce is keeping busy.
Bryce tries to land knees in the clinch but Derleth avoids the damage to the body.
Bryce cracks Derleth with a nice body shot.
Bryce tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Good body shot from Bryce.
Bryce wants to get back to striking at distance but Derleth won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bryce throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bryce tries to land a knee to the head but Derleth blocks with his arms.
Derleth stalling in the clinch.
Derleth trying to stall but Bryce improves his position.
Derleth looks gassed!
Bryce lands a knee to the body.

Bryce breaks the clinch.
Seth Bryce seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Derleth avoids the head kick by Bryce.
Danga de danga de dang - Bryce scores with a four punch combination!
Bryce throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Derleth fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bryce lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Derleth fails in his attempt to clinch.

Bryce has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bryce lands a right hand.
Bryce throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Derleth managing to block the knees to the body from Bryce.
Derleth is looking to control Bryce's arms but Bryce gets an underhook and turns him. Now Derleth has his back to the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Bryce.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Derleth on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bryce lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Derleth.
Bryce scores with a hook to the body.
Bryce throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bryce missing with knees to the body.
Bryce misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Derleth.
Bryce crunches a lovely knee into Derleth's ribcage.
Bryce throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bryce lands a nice shot to the body.
Bryce landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Derleth is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Derleth throws a knee to the head but misses.
Derleth manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Bryce tries to work over Derleth's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bryce misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bryce missing with knees to the body.
Bryce tries to land knees in the clinch but Derleth avoids the damage to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bryce misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Derleth.
Derleth stalling in the clinch but Bryce improves position.
Bryce can't find room to land a body shot as Derleth controls the action.
Derleth is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Derleth is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Bryce trying to land knees to the body.
Derleth on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bryce with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Derleth lands with a left to the head.
Bryce connects with a nasty looking knee right to Derleth's face.
Bryce goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bryce tries a knee to the head but Derleth blocks it.
Derleth on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Seth Bryce dominated that round.
That's time! Bryce's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Bryce swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bryce lands a nice looking body shot.
Bryce lands a lovely overhand right.
Bryce misses with the combination.
Bryce throws a series of punches but Derleth moves out of range.
Bryce throws a leg kick that misses.
Derleth slips under a jab from Bryce.
Derleth checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

Derleth feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Bryce has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Derleth has passed into side control.
Bryce manages to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bryce tries to get to full guard but Derleth has control of the leg.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Derleth decides to stand and escape the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Derleth looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A choreographed right hand from Bryce misses the target.
No joy there for Bryce, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Derleth has a takedown stuffed.
Derleth shoots in but Bryce avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Derleth takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Bryce scores with a decent looking hook.
Bryce connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Derleth's hands.

Bryce closes the distance and clinches.
Derleth managing to block the knees to the body from Bryce.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bryce just misses with a elbow thrown towards Derleth's brow.
Bryce lands a body punch in the clinch.
Derleth is trying to stall.
Bryce landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Derleth is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Derleth on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bryce misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Derleth.
Bryce missing with knees to the body.
Bryce tries to throw a body punch but Derleth avoids it by throwing Bryce back against the cage.
Derleth stalling against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Bryce tries to land knees in the clinch but Derleth avoids the damage to the body.
A hook to the body from Bryce.
Derleth on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Derleth stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Derleth looking to slow down the pace here.
Bryce is leaning against Derleth and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Bryce tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Derleth managing to block the knees to the body from Bryce.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bryce lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Derleth or not.
Derleth looking to slow down the pace here.
Bryce misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Derleth.
Bryce landing knees to the body.
Bryce with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Derleth is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Derleth wants a takedown.
Seth Bryce has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of August Derleth.
Derleth managing to block the knees to the body from Bryce.
A body shot lands from Bryce.
Derleth avoids the elbow strike from Bryce, against the cage.
Derleth has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Bryce avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Derleth avoiding damage as Bryce throws knees to the body.
Bryce lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bryce trying to land knees to the body.
Derleth managing to block the knees to the body from Bryce.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Derleth managing to block the knees to the body from Bryce.
Bryce misses with a punch to the body.
Derleth content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Bryce.
Derleth avoiding damage as Bryce throws knees to the body.
Bryce missing with knees to the body.
Derleth drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Bryce lands a knee to the body.
Bryce lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Derleth stalling against the cage.
Derleth tries to stall but Bryce uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Bryce tries to throw a body punch but Derleth avoids it by throwing Bryce back against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Bryce.
Derleth on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bryce doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Seth Bryce dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Derleth shoots in and drives through. Bryce sprawls well.

Derleth feints and as Bryce raises his hands in defense, Derleth changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.

Bryce working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Derleth doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Bryce is tightening it up a little... Derleth has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Derleth reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Derleth taps out! nice BJJ there by Bryce!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:25 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Seth Bryce!
Seth Bryce is the new bantamweight champion!