PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Emil Derrick (ranked 24227 p4p, 744 weight class) and Adam Bushey (ranked 22871 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Derrick
vs
Bushey

184 cm
19
212 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

185 cm
28
205 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Emil Derrick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Adam Bushey!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Bruno Lombardi and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Derrick scores with a head kick.
Bushey misses with a takedown attempt - Derrick sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Nice cross by Bushey.

Derrick takes the fight into the clinch.
Derrick fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Derrick lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bushey backwards.

Bushey ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Bushey no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Derrick seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Derrick stands up over Bushey, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Derrick controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bushey escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Derrick gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Derrick gets to his feet - Bushey follows without any prompting.
Derrick bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Bushey's head backwards.
Bushey dives in for a single leg takedown but Derrick sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.

Derrick clinches up with Bushey and pushes him back against the cage.
Derrick is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Derrick gets through Bushey's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Derrick successfully pulls guard.
Derrick tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Derrick on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Derrick tries to get out of the position.
Derrick is pulling down on Bushey's head to control his posture.
Bushey must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Derrick has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Bushey has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Derrick.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Derrick pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Adam Bushey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
No joy there for Bushey, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
We've been told by Derrick's head coaches at Big Price MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Derrick steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bushey.
A clash of legs there as Derrick blocks the low kick.
As Bushey looks to move away, Derrick throws a big counter combo but Bushey just gets out of the way.
Derrick misses with the combination.
Bushey wants to clinch up but Derrick keeps it at a distance.
Derrick throws a quick counter kick to the body but Bushey avoids it.
Bushey fails in his attempt to clinch.
Derrick was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

Derrick moves into the clinch.
Derrick lands a nice uppercut.
Derrick lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bushey has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Derrick after a bit of a struggle.
Emil Derrick has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Adam Bushey.
Derrick lands a left hand.
Derrick gets through Bushey's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Derrick will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Bushey up against the cage.
Bushey blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bushey tries to score a body lock takedown but Derrick shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Bushey is trying to drag Derrick to the mat but Derrick just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Bushey looks winded!
Derrick drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Bushey gets the underhooks and prevents it.

Derrick jumps guard.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Derrick manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
Derrick lands a body shot.
Derrick lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bushey backwards.

Derrick breaks from the clinch.
Bushey takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Derrick doesn't manage to clinch there - Bushey circles away.
Derrick has his takedown stuffed
and Bushey cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Derrick darts in and clinches Bushey up against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Derrick gets through Bushey's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Derrick's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Derrick moves into the clinch.
Derrick is pressed up against the cage. Bushey has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Derrick down to the mat. Derrick avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Derrick tries to score a power double leg takedown but Bushey sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Derrick somewhat.
Derrick plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

It looks like Adam Bushey has been cut.
Derrick tries to clinch but Bushey is having none of it.
Bushey misses with a looping right.

Oooooh!!! Derrick has knocked Bushey down with a huge combo! Derrick steps away and waves a wobbly Bushey back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Derrick tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Bushey manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Derrick scores with a jab. Bushey acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Bushey keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Derrick shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Bushey as he avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Emil Derrick dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Adam Bushey's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Derrick uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bushey.
Derrick tries to clinch there but Bushey circles away.

Derrick darts in and clinches Bushey up against the cage.
Bushey is trying to push Derrick away but Derrick has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Derrick pressing his opponent against the cage.
Bushey is looking for a takedown.

Derrick breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Bushey.
Bushey connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Derrick momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Derrick slips under a jab.
Derrick shoots in but Bushey avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Bushey throws a shot from downtown. Derrick moves away and avoids it.
Derrick tries to clinch but Bushey moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bushey scores with the left hand. Derrick knows he should have avoided that one.
Derrick moves in looking to clinch but Bushey pushes him off.
Derrick shoots in looking for a takedown. Bushey tries to sprawl out of it but Derrick keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Bushey manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Bushey circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bushey misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Derrick lets loose with a powerful body kick. Bushey will feel that in the morning.
Bushey is breathing heavily.
Bushey throws the left hand but Derrick avoids the punch easily.
Derrick throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Bushey.
Derrick misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bushey misses with the combination.
Derrick misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Derrick on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
The fight stays on the outside here - Derrick looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Derrick moves in looking to clinch but Bushey pushes him off.
The fight stays on the outside here - Derrick looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Emil Derrick is winning the standup battle so far.
Derrick keeps the fight on the outside.
Derrick went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bushey fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Derrick avoids it really well and circles away.
Derrick went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Emil Derrick has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Adam Bushey.
Derrick connects with a crisp jab.

Derrick gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Derrick goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Derrick breaks the clinch.
Derrick swats away the attempt to clinch by Bushey.
Derrick doesn't manage to clinch there - Bushey circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Derrick has Bushey up against the cage in a clinch.
Derrick lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Derrick creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Derrick.
Derrick is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Derrick is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bushey can do to turn this around?
Derrick keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bushey's efforts to push away.
Derrick lands an uppercut.
Derrick tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Bushey smiles and moves away.
Bushey misses with a looping right.

Derrick moves into the clinch.
Bushey is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Derrick pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Derrick tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Derrick stalling the fight.

Derrick successfully pulls guard.
Derrick manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Bushey manages to get himself to full guard.

This has been an exciting period of action!

Derrick decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bushey circles away from the clinch attempt.
Derrick throws a right hand that Bushey ducks under and follows up with a left that Bushey also avoids with ease.
Nice sprawl there from Bushey as Derrick shoots in.
Derrick lands a jab-cross combination.
Bushey throws a leg kick
and Bushey takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bushey misses with a wild body shot.
Bushey takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

Derrick rushes Bushey and presses him up against the cage.

Derrick jumps guard and drags Bushey to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Emil Derrick overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bushey working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Derrick's head.
Derrick lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Derrick is stalling in the full guard.

Bushey looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Emil Derrick dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Adam Bushey's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Derrick's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Derrick duly obliges.

Bushey darts in and clinches Derrick up against the cage.
Derrick lands with a short shot to the head.
Bushey is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bushey gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Derrick.
Bushey wants to get back to striking at distance but Derrick won't allow it.

Derrick breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Derrick is looking to clinch but Bushey is avoiding it.
Bushey keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bushey missing with a left hand there. Derrick was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Derrick has managed to clinch.
Bushey is looking to take this one to the mat.

Derrick's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Emil Derrick is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Derrick gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Derrick tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Bushey just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Emil Derrick. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bushey is trying to drag Derrick to the mat but Derrick just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Derrick lands a shoulder strike.
Bushey takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Derrick decides to pull guard.
Derrick is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Derrick has his feet on Bushey's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Bushey throws a hook but Derrick avoids it easily.
Derrick displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Derrick just misses with a punch to the body.
Bushey looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Derrick throwing a counter right hand but Bushey manages to avoid it.
Derrick tries to clinch but Bushey is having none of it.
Bushey displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Derrick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Derrick drives through and clinches with Bushey against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Derrick pulls guard effortlessly.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bushey loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Derrick wants to sweep but no luck.

Derrick kicks Bushey off and gets to his feet.
Bushey misses with a two punch combination.

Derrick drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Derrick moves into full mount!
Derrick sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Emil Derrick is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Derrick takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bushey is looking to improve his position but Derrick isn't that keen on the idea.
Derrick thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Derrick takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Derrick has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Derrick seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Bushey for as long as he can get away with.
Adam Bushey has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

And that's the end of the fight!
Emil Derrick showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Derrick has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 David Schapiro scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Emil Derrick!
Emil Derrick made sure to mention his sponsor, Phantom Fightwear in his post fight interview.