PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Derozan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Omega (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ryan Omega told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Derozan
vs
Omega

186 cm
19
205 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

183 cm
26
215 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Great low kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jimmy Derozan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ryan Omega!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Richard Clark and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Derozan connects with a looping right hand.
Some bone on bone action there as Omega checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Derozan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Derozan tried to score with a low kick but Omega checks it.
Nice cross by Omega.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Derozan.
Derozan swings for the body but Omega moves out of range.
Omega slips a jab from Derozan.
Derozan rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Omega to counter with a crisp jab.
Derozan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Derozan.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Omega has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
A telegraphed right hand from Derozan misses the target.

Omega gets caught napping as Derozan dives in and scores a takedown. Omega manages to retain guard.
Derozan is standing up over Omega. Omega looks to escape but Derozan dives into side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Derozan is working Omega over with some ground and pound from side control.
Derozan working the ground and pound but Omega is defending the strikes.
You can see the frustration on Omega's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Omega can do anything to dispel that myth.
Derozan sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Omega is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Derozan tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Omega struggling a bit here.
Omega is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Derozan slows the pace down.
Derozan misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Derozan grinds an elbow into Omega's temple.
Derozan is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Omega's shoulder. That is not cool.
Omega takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Derozan lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Derozan is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Derozan misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Omega wants to control but Derozan postures up.
Derozan lands a nice forearm strike.
Derozan landing strikes.
Derozan tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Omega really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Derozan. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Derozan looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Omega is avoiding damage well.
Derozan throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Derozan misses with the ground and pound.
Omega takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Derozan staying calm.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Omega can't do much from the bottom here.
Derozan scores with a couple of short elbows.
Omega is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Derozan has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Derozan happy to just control the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jimmy Derozan dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Derozan changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Omega looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Derozan remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Derozan lands a nice forearm strike.
Omega takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Derozan happy to just control the position for now.
Derozan throws an elbow but Omega slips to the side and avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Derozan working the head and body with strikes.
Omega takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Omega is trying to control Derozan's posture but Derozan avoids it.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Derozan connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Omega some visible discomfort.
Omega tries to buck Derozan off but Derozan is having none of it.
Derozan is chipping away with strikes.
Derozan tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Derozan landing a few strikes.
Omega wants to control but Derozan postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Omega taking a bit of punishment here - Derozan scoring with strikes.
Derozan controlling the position.
Derozan lands some shots froms side control.
Derozan happy to just control the position for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Derozan trying to control the action but Omega is working from the bottom.
A lull in the action here as Derozan stalls from top position.
Omega takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Derozan lands a few punches from side control.
An elbow from Derozan crashes against the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Derozan tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Derozan working the ground and pound but Omega is defending the strikes.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Derozan has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Derozan grinds an elbow into Omega's temple.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Derozan looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Omega is avoiding damage well.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Derozan throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jimmy Derozan dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Derozan punishes Omega's body with a nice straight punch.
Derozan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Omega is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Omega tries to clinch but Derozan moves out of range.
Derozan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Omega moves away.
Omega tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Derozan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Derozan feinted with a counter takedown.
Derozan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Omega tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Omega lands with a nice body punch.
Derozan looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Derozan scores with a leg kick.
Omega is looking to clinch.
Donk. Omega catches Derozan right on the button with a cross.

Omega moves into the clinch successfully.
Omega being controlled against the cage.
Omega throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Derozan blocks it with crossed arms.
Omega lands a right hand that snaps the head of Derozan backwards.
Derozan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Derozan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Derozan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Derozan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Derozan blocking some punches.
Derozan tries to throw a body punch but Omega avoids it by throwing Derozan back against the cage.
Omega misses with a punch on the inside.
Omega fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Derozan'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.
Derozan stalling the fight.
Omega working aggressively here.
Derozan blocking some punches.
Omega has a couple of punches blocked by Derozan.
Omega fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Derozan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The fight stays on the outside here - Omega looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That kick from Derozan tenderised Omega's leg. Omega is trying to keep his angry face on.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Omega has taken the fight to the clinch.
Derozan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A bit of stalling here from Derozan.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Omega.
Come on Derozan - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Omega.
Derozan effectively controlling the action here.
Omega looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Derozan drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Derozan has Omega pushed against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Omega misses with a short punch on the inside.

Derozan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Omega tries to clinch up.
Derozan keeps the fight on the outside.
Derozan tries to counter with a takedown but Omega is quick to defend against it.
Derozan lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Derozan takes a swing at Omega's ribcage but misses.
Omega steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Derozan.
Derozan swats away the attempt to clinch by Omega.
Derozan on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Omega doesn't manage to clinch there - Derozan circles away.
Jimmy Derozan is winning the standup battle so far.
Omega tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Derozan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Derozan throws a body punch but Omega moves out of range.
Derozan looks to throw a body kick
and Omega counters with a nice uppercut.
Omega fails with an attempt to clinch.
Omega takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Derozan dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Omega. That did some damage!
Omega wants to clinch up but Derozan keeps it at a distance.
Derozan throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Omega fails with an attempt to clinch.
Derozan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Derozan feinted with a counter takedown.
Derozan throws a push kick but Omega slaps the foot to one side.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slapping body kick lands there for Derozan.
Omega tries to clinch there but Derozan circles away.
Omega moves in looking to clinch but Derozan pushes him off.
Derozan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Omega can do to turn this around?
Derozan keeps the fight on the outside.
Omega looks to clinch

and Derozan counters with a shoot takedown. Omega fights it but they end up in guard.
Omega wants to get back to his feet but Derozan passes into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Derozan working over Omega with some ground and pound. Omega looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Ryan Omega has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Omega takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Derozan controlling the pace.
Derozan slips a nice elbow through Omega's hands, connecting with Omega's forehead.
Jimmy Derozan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Derozan has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Derozan content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jimmy Derozan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Derozan, 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 Edwards scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jimmy Derozan!
After the fight, Jimmy Derozan was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.