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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Christian Derksen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Clay Matthews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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World class boxer
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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
31 - 8 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Christian Derksen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Clay Matthews!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Derksen takes a swing at Matthews's ribcage but misses.
Derksen moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromMatthews.
Derksen looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Matthews misses with a head kick.
Matthews looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Matthews ducks under a wild hook from Derksen.
Matthews moves out of range of the body kick.
Matthews connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Derksen momentarily.
Derksen blocks the body kick.
Derksen misses with a kick to the body
and Matthews counters with a straight right hand.
It looks like Christian Derksen has been cut.
Derksen plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Matthews fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Derksen, pushing him back against the cage.
Matthews avoids the elbow strike from Derksen, against the cage.
Matthews blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Matthews blocks an elbow strike.
A head punch on the inside from Matthews fails to land.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Derksen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Matthews blocks it with crossed arms.
Matthews throws a head punch that misses.
Matthews misses with a body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matthews lands a nice shot to the body.
Derksen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Derksen gets through Matthews's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Matthews manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Derksen throws a head punch that misses.
Matthews lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Derksen trying to land knees to the body.
Matthews working aggressively here.
Matthews lands a hook to the side of the head.
Derksen's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Matthews scores with a shoulder strike.
Matthews tries to work over Derksen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Matthews blocking some punches.
Matthews blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Derksen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Derksen pushes Matthews back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Matthews.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Matthews misses with a body punch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Derksen as Matthews tries to tie him up.
Derksen misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Derksen has a couple of punches blocked by Matthews.
Matthews tries to stall but Derksen uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Matthews avoids the elbow strike from Derksen, against the cage.
Matthews taking a breather.
Derksen gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Matthews holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Matthews misses with the head strike.
Matthews trying to control the position but instead, Derksen has worked for underhooks and has pushed Matthews into the cage.
Matthews lands with a light punch inside.
Derksen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Derksen lands an elbow that stopped Matthews in his tracks for a moment.
It looks like Clay Matthews has been cut.
Matthews lands with a light punch inside.
Derksen looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Matthews misses with a short punch on the inside.
Matthews swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Derksen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Matthews throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Derksens head.
Matthews lands a right hand.
A short uppercut from Matthews.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Matthews creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Derksen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Matthews leaning his opponent against the cage.
Matthews throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A short uppercut from Matthews.
Derksen looking to throw knees to the head but Matthews is blocking nicely.
Matthews makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Derksen looking to throw knees to the head but Matthews is blocking nicely.
Matthews working aggressively here.
Derksen lands an elbow inside that Matthews shrugs off.
Matthews taking a breather.
Derksen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Derksen looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Good body shot from Matthews.
Derksen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Derksen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Matthews is defending well for now.
Derksen pushes off an throws an elbow but Matthews leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head punch on the inside from Derksen fails to land.
Matthews has Derksen pressed against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Derksen creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Matthews lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Matthews lands a shoulder strike.
Matthews blocks an elbow strike.
Matthews blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Derksen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Matthews misses with a hook from the clinch.
Matthews throws a head punch that misses.
Derksen blocks a body shot from Matthews.
Matthews manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Matthews throws a head punch that misses.
Derksen misses with a knee strike.
Derksen misses with the head strike.
A short uppercut from Matthews.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Matthews tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Derksen misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Matthews.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Clay Matthews dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Derksen throws a sloppy head kick and Matthews moves out of range easily.
Matthews connects with the punch.
Matthews 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 scores with a jab to the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Derksen. Matthews does a little dance to reset his feet.
Matthews takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Derksen swings for the body but Matthews moves out of range.
Matthews ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Derksen moves away.
It looked like Derksen was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Matthews.
Matthews moves out of range as Derksen throws a body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Derksen loads up on a big right hand but Matthews slips the punch.
Matthews looks to land a right hand but Derksen moved out of range.
Matthews tries a head kick but it misses.
Matthews has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Derksen lands with a thumping leg kick.
Matthews throws a head kick but Derksen moves out of range.
Matthews just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromDerksen.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Derksen walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Derksen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Matthews takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Derksen moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Jab, jab by Matthews - just one landing.
Matthews blocks a jab.
Matthews pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Matthews shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Derksen eats them both and turns towards Matthews to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Matthews uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Derksen.
Matthews misses with a looping left.
Matthews moves out of range of the body kick from Derksen.
Matthews tries to counter by closing the distance.
Matthews takes a jab right on the kisser.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Matthews misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Derksen throws a shot from downtown. Matthews moves away and avoids it.
A shot to the liver by Derksen. Beautiful body shot.
Matthews swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Matthews swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The fighters circle momentarily. Derksen darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Derksen throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Derksen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Christian Derksen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Matthews blocks a leg kick.
Derksen plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Matthews is looking to clinch.
Derksen misses with a body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Derksen throws a head kick that misses.
Derksen throws the kick towards the body but Matthews avoids it.
Derksen avoids the head kick by Matthews.
Derksen throwing a counter right hand but Matthews manages to avoid it.
Derksen takes a swing at Matthews's ribcage but misses.
Derksen's jab looks to have found its range, popping Matthews under the eye.
Matthews tries to clinch but Derksen moves out of range.
Matthews 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.
Christian Derksen is winning the standup battle so far.
A shot to the body from Derksen misses
and Matthews counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Matthews checks a leg kick.
Derksen throws a head kick that misses.
Derksen throws a sloppy head kick and Matthews moves out of range easily.
Derksen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A leg kick checked by Derksen.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matthews misses with a low kick.
Matthews turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Matthews has closed the distance and engaged Derksen in a clinch.
Matthews lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Matthews is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Derksen is keeping busy.
Matthews lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Matthews blocks an uppercut.
Clay Matthews seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Matthews tries to throw a body punch but Derksen avoids it by throwing Matthews back against the cage.
Matthews slows down the pace here.
Derksen takes a shot to the head.
Derksen takes a shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Derksen.
Matthews scores with a shot to the side of Derksen's head.
Matthews has a couple of punches blocked by Derksen.
Derksen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Matthews blocks the elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Clay Matthews will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Derksen throws out a loose jab but Matthews uses good head movement to avoid it.
Matthews throws a front kick aimed at Derksen's knee but Derksen avoids it well.
Matthews takes a swing at Derksen's ribcage but misses.
Matthews slips a jab from Derksen.
Derksen looks to score with a jab to the body but Matthews is just out of range.
Derksen misses with a looping left.
Matthews was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Matthews slips a straight right by Derksen.
Matthews wants to counter the offense by Derksen and move into the clinch position.
Derksen scores with a leg kick.
Derksen misses with a right hand
and Matthews counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Matthews.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Matthews tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Derksen's elbow.
Derksen tries to land knees in the clinch but Matthews avoids the damage to the body.
Matthews doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Derksen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Matthews lands a shoulder strike.
Matthews makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matthews's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Matthews swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Derksen throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Derksen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Derksen's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Matthews slowing the pace effectively.
A short left from Matthews.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Derksen lands a left hand.
With the fighters up against the cage, Derksen throws an elbow but misses.
Derksen missing with knees to the body.
Derksen tries to work over Matthews's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short left from Matthews.
Matthews swings wildly with an uppercut but Derksen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Derksen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Derksen working aggressively here.
Derksen misses with an elbow strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Matthews.
Derksen tries a knee to the head but Matthews blocks it.
Matthews lands a left hand.
Matthews drops Derksen onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Derksen is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Derksen is rocked!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Derksen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Oh Derksen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Matthews lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Derksen to his knees! Matthews keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Clay Matthews!
Clay Matthews is the new middleweight champion!
A relieved looking Clay Matthews thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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