PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pulla Sorsa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christian Derksen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Sorsa
vs
Derksen

187 cm
25
185 lbs
17 - 8 - 0

188 cm
24
192 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

KO Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Pulla Sorsa!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Christian Derksen!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Colin Fray and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Derksen throws a lazy body kick
and Sorsa connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sorsa misses with a leg kick.
Derksen scores with a nice body kick.
Derksen tries a head kick but it misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sorsa looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Derksen thows a body kick. Sorsa tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Sorsa ducks right into an uppercut from Derksen.
Sorsa misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Derksen missing with a left hand there. Sorsa was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sorsa connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Sorsa blocks the body kick.
Sorsa throws a head kick that half lands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sorsa looks to land a combination. Derksen sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Derksen feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Sorsas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Christian Derksen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Derksen lands a front kick.
Derksen throws a poor cross that misses
and Sorsa counters with a left and a right that stings Derksen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sorsa tries a head kick but it misses.
Sorsa shoots in for a takedown but Derksen shows good takedown defense.
Sorsa throws a right and a left that Derksen avoids nicely.
Sorsa blocks the body kick.

Derksen pushes Sorsa up against the cage in a clinch.
A body shot lands from Derksen.
Derksen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sorsa's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sorsa throws a head punch that misses.
Sorsa's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sorsa tries to stall but Derksen uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Derksen lands a nice elbow.
Derksen lands with a right to the head.
Sorsa blocks an elbow strike.
Derksen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Derksen throws an elbow but it misses.
Derksen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sorsa avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Derksen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sorsa backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sorsa creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Derksen looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sorsa avoids the elbow strike from Derksen, against the cage.
Derksen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Derksen has a couple of punches blocked by Sorsa.
Sorsa just leaning against Derksen, taking a breather.
Derksen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sorsa blocks an elbow strike.
Sorsa avoids a wild elbow strike from Derksen.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Derksen as Sorsa tries to tie him up.
Derksen tries to land knees in the clinch but Sorsa avoids the damage to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sorsa working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Derksen lands an elbow inside that Sorsa shrugs off.
Derksen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sorsa holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Derksen creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sorsa's defenses.
Derksen tries to land knees in the clinch but Sorsa avoids the damage to the body.
Derksen misses with an elbow over the top.
Sorsa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Derksen's elbow.
Derksen looking to slow down the pace here.
Derksen misses with the head strike.
Derksen misses with an elbow strike.
Derksen misses with a punch on the inside.
Sorsa stalling in the clinch but Derksen improves position.
Derksen struggles to land a body shot inside as Sorsa controls his hands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sorsa blocks a body shot from Derksen.
Sorsa is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Sorsa content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Derksen lands a nice uppercut.
Derksen working Sorsa over with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sorsa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sorsa.
Sorsa stalling.
Sorsa blocking some punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sorsa throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Derksen throws an elbow but it misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sorsa.

Sorsa gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Christian Derksen dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Sorsa throws a head kick that misses.
Sorsa throws a low kick, looking for Derksen's leg but Derksen calmly moves out of range.
Derksen lands a jab.
Derksen fakes the leg kick and cracks Sorsa in the body.
Derksen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sorsa connects with a jab.
Derksen tries to clinch but Sorsa moves out of range.
Derksen is looking to slow Sorsa down with leg kicks.
Sorsa thows a leg kick but Derksen checks it
and Derksen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Derksen throws a low kick but Sorsa moves out of range easily.
Derksen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Derksen paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Derksen tries a head kick but it misses.

Derksen has Sorsa up against the cage in a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sorsa lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sorsa avoiding damage.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Derksen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Derksen misses with an elbow over the top.
Derksen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Sorsa throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Derksens head.
Derksen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Derksen.
Sorsa's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sorsa tries to throw a body punch but Derksen avoids it by throwing Sorsa back against the cage.
Sorsa content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Sorsa - that landed with a thud.
Derksen presses Sorsa against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Sorsa is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Derksen lands with a light punch inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Derksen swings wildly with an uppercut but Sorsa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sorsa makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sorsa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Derksen looking to stall.
Sorsa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Derksen lands an elbow that stopped Sorsa in his tracks for a moment.
Derksen letting Sorsa take a breather here.
Derksen tries to work over Sorsa's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sorsa wants to stall.
Derksen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sorsa lands a left hand.
Sorsa working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sorsa blocks an elbow strike from Derksen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sorsa lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Derksen backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sorsa.
Derksen comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Derksen trying to land knees to the body.
Derksen throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Derksen blocks an elbow strike from Sorsa.
Sorsa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sorsa blocks the elbow strike.
Sorsa is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Derksen is defending well for now.
Sorsa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sorsa blocks an elbow strike.
Derksen pushes Sorsa back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A short right from Sorsa.
Derksen lands a right hand.
Derksen lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Sorsa is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Clinched against the cage, Derksen lands a big elbow that drops Sorsa! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Sorsa is complaining that he's OK but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Christian Derksen! Christian Derksen retains his middleweight title!
Christian Derksen seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.