PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Billy Batts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christian Derksen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Batts's entrance music is Pro-pain - Make war (not love) . A fine choice. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Batts
vs
Derksen

186 cm
35
203 lbs
30 - 16 - 0

188 cm
25
192 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Milwaukee's Best 160

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 30 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Billy Batts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Christian Derksen!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Batts swings for the body but Derksen moves out of range.
Derksen throws the kick towards the body but Batts avoids it.
Batts throws a sloppy head kick
and Derksen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Derksen scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Batts throws a nice head kick!
Derksen tries to clinch

and Batts counters by clinching up.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Batts trying to land knees to the body.
Batts blocking some punches.
Our sources have told us that Batts has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Batts tries to land knees in the clinch but Derksen avoids the damage to the body.
Derksen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Derksen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Batts scores with a hook to the body.
Derksen misses with some punches.
Derksen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Derksen is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Derksen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Batts misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Derksen.
Derksen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Batts lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Derksen backwards.
Batts 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.
Derksen misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Batts blocks an uppercut.
Batts throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Derksen blocks it with crossed arms.
Batts avoiding damage as Derksen throws knees to the body.
Derksen misses with the head strike.
Batts lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Batts's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Batts manages to break the clinch.

Derksen rushes Batts and presses him up against the cage.
Derksen landing knees to the body.
Derksen throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Derksen pushes off an throws an elbow but Batts leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Batts can't break the clinch.
Batts tries a knee to the head but Derksen blocks it.

Batts breaks from the clinch.
Derksen tests Batts's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Derksen moves out of range as Batts throws a body kick.
Nice shot by Derksen.
Derksen tries to clinch but Batts moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Derksen doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Jab, jab by Batts - just one landing.
Derksen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Batts.
Batts finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Batts throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Derksen connects with a good right hand that stumbles Batts. Batts circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Batts chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Derksen can pounce on him.

Derksen gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Batts lands a nice shot to the body.
Batts 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.
Derksen misses with a body punch.
Batts unloads a knee to the mid-section. Derksen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Derksen misses with a short punch on the inside.

Batts breaks from the clinch.
Batts fakes the leg kick and cracks Derksen in the body.
Batts tries a head kick but it misses.
Derksen takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Derksen is looking to slow Batts down with leg kicks.
Batts moves away from the strike by Derksen.
Derksen chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Batts swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Batts throws a body punch but Derksen moves out of range.
Batts misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Derksen misses with a shot to the body

and Batts counters by moving into the clinch.
Batts works on Derksen's body with a couple of short punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Batts.
Batts blocking some punches.
Batts putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Derksen in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Batts using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Derksen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Batts presses Derksen against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Derksen looks winded!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Batts crunches a lovely knee into Derksen's ribcage.
Knees to the body from Batts.

Batts breaks the clinch.
Batts throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Derksen moves in looking to clinch but Batts pushes him off.
Batts turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Batts lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Derksen takes a swing at Batts's ribcage but misses.
Batts throws a hook but Derksen avoids it easily.
Derksen takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Batts is looking to wear down Derksen with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Batts on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Derksen. Derksen obviously looking to wear him down.
Batts misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Derksen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Batts.
Derksen shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Batts connects with a jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Derksen looks to throw the jab but Batts is out of range.
Batts throws a jab when Derksen was well out of range.
Batts fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Derksen.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Billy Batts dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Batts delivers a nice body kick.
Derksen lands a jab to the nose.

Batts gets tackled into the cage by Derksen. Derksen maintains the clinch.
Batts blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Batts blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Batts with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Batts breaks the clinch.
Derksen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Derksen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice straight punches there by Batts. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Batts.
A nice leg kick lands there from Batts.
Batts scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A leg kick checked by Batts.
Derksen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Batts attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Batts throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Derksen on the side of the head.
Derksen throws a leg kick but Batts sees it coming and moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Batts uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Derksen.
Batts 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.
Batts fails to land with a series of punches.
Derksen throws out a loose jab but Batts uses good head movement to avoid it.
Batts throws a jab when Derksen was well out of range.
Derksen motions for Batts to come forward. Derksen throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Batts takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Derksen blocks a head kick by Batts.
Batts fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Derksen manages to avoid it.
A clash of legs there as Derksen blocks the low kick.
Batts throws a poor cross that misses
and Derksen counters with a good low kick that Batts was not able to check.
Derksen keeps Batts at a distance using the push kick.
Derksen clobbers Batts with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Batts scores with a hook to the body. Derksen takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Derksen on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Derksen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Batts throws out the jab.
Derksen connects with a leg kick. Batts looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Batts pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Batts jabs at Derksen's body.
Derksen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Derksen moves out of range of the body kick.
Derksen slips under a jab from Batts.
A solid leg kick lands there for Batts.
A slapping body kick lands there for Derksen.
Batts avoids the body shot from Derksen.
Derksen misses with the body kick

and Batts counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Batts.
Batts lands a shoulder strike.
Batts tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Derksen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Derksen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Batts misses with a knee strike.
Derksen lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Batts escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Derksen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Batts paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Derksen throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Batts tries a head kick but it misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A leg kick checked by Derksen.
Batts looks to score with a jab to the body but Derksen is just out of range.
Batts swats away the attempt to clinch by Derksen.
Derksen throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Batts.
Derksen cracks the inside of Batts's front leg.
Derksen throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Batts stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Batts takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Derksen has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Batts.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Derksen cracks a nice hook into Batts's ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Batts connects with a body shot that sends Derksen's belly button to the back.
Derksen looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That kick from Batts tenderised Derksen's leg. Derksen is trying to keep his angry face on.
Derksen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Batts throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Derksen counters with a leg kick.
Batts avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Derksen ducks right into an uppercut from Batts.
Batts circles away from the clinch attempt.
Derksen jabs Batts to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Batts connects with a leg kick. Derksen looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Batts tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Batts misses with a lunging right hand
and Derksen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Batts throws a head kick that misses.
Derksen just misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Christian Derksen will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Derksen blocks the body kick.
Derksen keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Batts looks to score with a jab to the body but Derksen is just out of range.
Derksen throws a solid leg kick but Batts takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Derksen.
Batts misses with a leg kick.
Batts throws a nice inside leg kick.
Batts misses the shot to the body.
Batts takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Batts lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Batts shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Batts will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Derksen looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Batts. Derksen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Batts throws a chopping leg kick but Derksen manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Derksen lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Derksen moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Batts rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Derksen holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Derksen's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Batts on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Batts landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Batts misses with a knee to the head.
Batts blocks an elbow strike from Derksen.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Derksen just misses with a elbow thrown towards Batts's brow.
Batts tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Derksen avoids it.
Derksen throws a punch but it's blocked by Batts.
Nice elbow from Derksen.
Derksen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Derksen misses with an elbow strike.
Derksen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Derksen throws an elbow but it misses.
Batts with a knee to the head.
Batts blocking some punches.
Batts working hard to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Batts takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Billy Batts has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Derksen misses with the head strike.
Batts landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Batts landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Derksen digs a right hand into Batts's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Batts's gas tank.
A head punch on the inside from Derksen fails to land.
Batts tries to work over Derksen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Batts lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Derksen backwards.

Batts breaks from the clinch.
Derksen has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Derksen - that will leave a mark!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Batts.
Batts looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Derksen walks into a straight right hand from Batts.
A big left from Batts misses.
Derksen scores with a jab to the head.
Derksen tries to clinch but Batts is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Batts chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Derksen can pounce on him.
Batts dodges the punch combination from Derksen.
Derksen checks a low kick from Batts.
Batts swats away the attempt to clinch by Derksen.
Batts misses with a low kick as Derksen jumps back.
Derksen blocks a head kick by Batts.
Batts will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Derksen chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Batts walks into a jab.
Batts swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Derksen uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Derksen throws a body punch but Batts moves out of range.
Batts throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Derksen - that will leave a mark!
A punch combination from Batts misses.
Derksen checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Batts throws a right hand that misses
and Derksen counters with a solid body kick.
Derksen checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Batts walks into a stiff left hand from Derksen.
Derksen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Batts looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Batts throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Batts takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Batts throws a sloppy head kick and Derksen moves out of range easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Batts takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Derksen fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Derksen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Batts.
Derksen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Christian Derksen.
I think Derksen has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Christian Derksen!
A victorious Christian Derksen thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.