PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Derek Waters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hank Patterson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Waters comes to the cage accompanied by Hip Hop. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Hank Patterson enters the cage!

Waters
vs
Patterson

189 cm
23
195 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

183 cm
26
185 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

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Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
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Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Derek Waters!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hank Patterson!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Jonathan Paton and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Patterson gets tackled into the cage by Waters. Waters maintains the clinch.
Patterson stalling the fight.
A short right from Waters on the inside.
Patterson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Waters tries to break the clinch but Patterson is controlling the position.
Waters blocking some punches.
A short uppercut from Waters.
Waters digs a right hand underneath Patterson's ribcage. Patterson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A nice right hand lands inside from Patterson.
A shot in the inside from Waters.

It looks like Hank Patterson has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Waters.
Patterson lands with a light punch inside.
Patterson content to slow the pace in the clinch.

Waters manages to break the clinch.
A big right from Patterson misses.
Waters throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Patterson.

Waters instigates a clinch.
Patterson looking to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Waters breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Patterson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Waters sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Waters thows a body shot but no joy.
Patterson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Derek Waters seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Waters scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Patterson lands with an uppercut that bounces Waters off the cage and back into range.
Patterson misses with an uppercut.
Patterson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Waters sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Waters showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Patterson.
Patterson scores with a jab.
Waters throws the left hand but Patterson avoids the punch easily.
Good exchange - Waters coming out on top.
Patterson throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patterson misses with a body kick.
Waters misses with a hook to the body
and Patterson counters with a right hand to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Waters staying out of range there.

Patterson moves into the clinch.
Patterson tries to throw a body punch but Waters avoids it by throwing Patterson back against the cage.
Waters is trying to push Patterson away but Patterson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Patterson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Waters has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Waters pushes Patterson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Patterson tries to throw a body punch but Waters avoids it by throwing Patterson back against the cage.
Waters is trying to break the clinch but Patterson has him pressed against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Patterson.

Patterson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A shot to the liver by Waters. Beautiful body shot.
Waters misses with the combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Patterson misses.
Waters misses the shot to the body.
Patterson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Patterson misses with a body kick.
Nice jab there from Waters.
Patterson tries to clinch but Waters moves out of range.
Waters takes a swing at Patterson's ribcage but misses.
Waters fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Waters shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Patterson throws a shot from downtown. Waters moves away and avoids it.
Patterson cracks Waters with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Waters misses with the combination.
Patterson jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Patterson on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Patterson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Patterson lands with a good body shot.
Waters looks to score with a jab to the body but Patterson is just out of range.
Waters 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.
Patterson throws a low kick but Waters moves out of range easily.
Waters waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Patterson.
Waters misses with a body shot.
Waters thows a body shot but no joy.
A looping hook to the body misses from Waters. Patterson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Patterson darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Waters throws a body punch but Patterson moves out of range.
Patterson throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Patterson missing with a left hand there. Waters was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Waters looks to score with a jab to the body but Patterson is just out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Hank Patterson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Hank Patterson's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Patterson ducks under a wild hook from Waters.
Patterson lands with a shot to the body.
Patterson lunges at Waters with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Waters's hand.
Patterson avoids the body shot from Waters.
Patterson lands with a right hand.
Waters moves out of range as Patterson strikes.
Patterson looks to throw the jab but Waters is out of range.
Waters connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Patterson's hands.
Patterson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A left lands for Waters.

Patterson is rocked!
Waters finds Patterson's off switch, with a big overhand right that connects perfectly to the side of the head! Patterson flops back against the cage, eyes gazing into the distance. Waters lands an unnecessary shot before the referee has time to step in and end the fight. Brutal stuff but I'm sure Patterson will be OK.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Derek Waters!
An out of breath Derek Waters thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.