PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Christian Derksen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nir Sosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Derksen
vs
Sosa

188 cm
23
192 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

180 cm
22
200 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Christian Derksen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nir Sosa!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Roger Salmon and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Derksen looks to land a left hand but Sosa moved out of range nicely.
Sosa takes a swing at Derksen's ribcage but misses.
Sosa throws a head kick that Derksen semi-blocks.
Derksen throws an overhand right that lands on Sosa's shoulder, as Sosa tries to avoid the shot.
Sosa misses with a hook. Derksen ducked under it nicely.
Sosa shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Derksen as he avoids it easily.
A big right from Derksen misses.
Derksen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sosa was well out of range. Poor timing from Derksen.
Good shot there by Sosa.
Derksen loads up on a big right hand but Sosa slips the punch.
Derksen connects with an inside leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Derksen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Derksen throws a leg kick but Sosa sees it coming and moves out of range.
Sosa throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sosa stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Derksen.
Derksen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sosa wants to slow Derksen down by chopping away at his legs.

Derksen fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Sosa, pushing him back against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Derksen misses with an elbow over the top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Derksen lands an elbow just above Sosa 's eye.
Sosa leaning his opponent against the cage.
Sosa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Derksen.
Sosa tries to throw a body punch but Derksen avoids it by throwing Sosa back against the cage.
Derksen throws a head punch that misses.
Derksen has Sosa pressed against the cage, preventing Sosa from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sosa stalling in the clinch but Derksen improves position.
Sosa wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Derksen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sosa backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Derksen.
Derksen creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sosa's defenses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Derksen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sosa backwards.
Derksen scores with a shot to the side of Sosa's head.
Derksen throws a punch but it's blocked by Sosa.
Derksen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sosa avoiding damage as Derksen throws knees to the body.
Sosa pushes Derksen back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Derksen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sosa lands a body shot.
Sosa avoiding damage.
Sosa blocking some punches.
Derksen misses with a knee to the head.
Derksen lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Nir Sosa has been cut.
Derksen throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A head punch on the inside from Derksen fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Derksen misses with a punch on the inside.
Derksen working aggressively here.
Sosa tries a body shot but Derksen blocks it.
Derksen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Derksen misses with an elbow over the top.
Derksen lands a left hand.
Sosa softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Sosa breaks the clinch.
Sosa fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Derksen checks it well.
Sosa lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A punch lands to the side of Sosa 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Sosa, as that shot connected.
Derksen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sosa.
A head kick misses from Derksen.
Derksen with a hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sosa misses with a looping left.
Christian Derksen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sosa moves out of range of the body kick.
Sosa loads up on a big right hand but Derksen slips the punch.
Derksen scores with a jab. Sosa acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Derksen tries to clinch but Sosa is having none of it.
Sosa swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Derksen throws a head kick that half lands.
Sosa throws a looping overhand right but Derksen ducks down to avoid it.
Sosa fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

Sosa feints and as Derksen raises his hands in defense, Sosa changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Sosa with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Sosa loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Derksen looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Derksen wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Sosa is now in half 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 Christian Derksen will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Nir Sosa's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Sosa swats away the attempt to clinch by Derksen.
Derksen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sosa throws out the jab.
Sosa avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A slapping leg kick lands for Derksen.
Some bone on bone action there as Derksen checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Derksen digs a good hook to Sosa's body.
Sosa looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Sosa throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Derksen takes one to the side of the head.
Sosa throws a series of punches but Derksen moves out of range.
Derksen tries to land a front kick but Sosa steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Derksen scores with a three punch combo!
Sosa tries to move into range but Derksen moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Derksen throws a sloppy head kick and Sosa moves out of range easily.
Derksen fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Sosa is out of range.
Sosa bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sosa on the wrong end of a nice hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sosa thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Derksen if he has to take too many more of those.
Sosa stuns Derksen with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Sosa lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Derksen tries to clinch up but Sosa circles away and keeps his distance.
Derksen swings for the body but Sosa moves out of range.
Sosa scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Derksen doesn't seem bothered though.
Derksen throws a hook but Sosa blocks it.
Sosa 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.
Sosa misses with a hook.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Sosa looks to land a left hand but Derksen moved out of range nicely.
Derksen throws an overhand right that lands on Sosa's shoulder, as Sosa tries to avoid the shot.
Sosa misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sosa loads up on a big right hand but Derksen slips the punch.
Derksen lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Derksen moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Christian Derksen is winning the standup battle so far.
Sosa checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Sosa connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Derksen just misses with a punch to the body.
Sosa is looking to score with low kicks.
Sosa lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Derksen throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Derksen throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Sosa.
Derksen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Derksen blocks a leg kick.
Derksen scores with a head kick. Sosa tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Sosa goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Derksen wants to clinch up but Sosa keeps it at a distance.
Derksen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Derksen lets loose with a powerful body kick. Sosa will feel that in the morning.
Sosa will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Derksen throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Derksen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sosa.
Sosa shoots in looking for a takedown but Derksen manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Sosa's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Derksen feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sosa's calf.
Sosa does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Derksen tries to clinch up but Sosa circles away and keeps his distance.
Sosa misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Derksen scores with a nice head shot.
Good leg kick by Sosa there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Derksen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sosa. That did some damage!
Sosa lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Sosa takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

Derksen moves into the clinch.
Sosa has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Derksen after a bit of a struggle.
Sosa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Derksen lands an elbow inside.
Derksen throws an elbow but it misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Derksen.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sosa drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Derksen gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Christian Derksen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nir Sosa.
Sosa lands a body punch.
Sosa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sosa avoids a wild elbow strike from Derksen.
With the fighters up against the cage, Derksen throws an elbow but misses.

Sosa jumps into guard, dragging Derksen to the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sosa working a defensive guard here.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Sosa is on top in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Christian Derksen will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Nir Sosa'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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Derksen throws a low kick but Sosa avoids it.
Sosa tries to work over Derksen's front leg with a kick but Derksen checks it.
Derksen throws a front kick that sends Sosa stumbling back into the cage.
Derksen takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Sosa throws a looping overhand right but Derksen ducks down to avoid it.
Derksen just misses with a punch to the body.
Sosa misses with a low kick as Derksen jumps back.
Sosa shoots for a double leg takedown but Derksen sprawls well. He's pushed Sosa's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Nice body kick there by Derksen.
Derksen blocks a jab.
Derksen is looking to clinch.
Sosa fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Derksen.
Sosa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Derksen.
Derksen throws a head kick that misses.
Derksen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sosa.
Sosa misses with a hook. Derksen ducked under it nicely.
Derksen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Derksen thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Sosa if he has to take too many more of those.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sosa.
A swing and a miss from Sosa.
Sosa throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Derksen darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Sosa throws a lazy uppercut
and Derksen makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Sosa really felt that one!
Sosa gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Derksen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Derksen closes the distance and pushes Sosa back into the cage.
Sosa takes an elbow to the forehead.
Derksen misses with a body punch.
Sosa misses with a punch to the body.
Derksen throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sosa has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Derksen.
With the fighters up against the cage, Derksen throws an elbow but misses.
Derksen struggles to land a body shot inside as Sosa controls his hands.
Sosa lands a left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Derksen misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Derksen.
Sosa dodges an elbow strike from Derksen.
Derksen lands with a light punch inside.
Christian Derksen has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Derksen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sosa managing to block the knees to the body from Derksen.
Derksen gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sosa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Derksen prevents Sosa from breaking the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sosa.
Derksen lands an elbow inside that Sosa shrugs off.
A right hook to the body lands for Sosa.
Sosa tries to pull guard but Derksen holds him up against the cage and eventually Sosa drops back down to his feet.
Derksen looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Derksen creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sosa misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Derksen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sosa misses with a body punch.

Sosa pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sosa walks into a straight right hand from Derksen.
Sosa takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Derksen is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Jab, jab by Derksen - just one landing.
Derksen avoids the head kick by Sosa.
Derksen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Sosa misses with an uppercut.
Sosa scores with a crisp jab that stopped Derksen in his tracks.
Derksen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sosa's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Sosa blocks a head kick by Derksen.
Derksen misses with a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Derksen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sosa throws a chopping leg kick but Derksen manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sosa misses with a body kick.
Sosa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Derksen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sosa throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sosa loads up on a big right hand but Derksen slips the punch.
Derksen motions for Sosa to come forward. Derksen throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Christian Derksen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sosa checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Sosa takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Sosa misses with a hook.
Sosa takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Derksen tries to work over Sosa's front leg with a kick but Sosa checks it.
Sosa tries a low kick but Derksen avoids it.
Derksen scores with a kick to the body.
Nir Sosa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Good leg kick by Sosa there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

And that's the end of the fight!
Christian Derksen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Derksen, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Chris Saunders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 30:27
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Christian Derksen!
After winning the bout, Christian Derksen thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.