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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fanta Coco (ranked 1586 p4p, 1232 weight class) and Joe Derrick (ranked 235 p4p, 181 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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Decent wrestler
World class boxer
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Decent wrestler
World class boxer
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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 29 - 29 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Fanta Coco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joe Derrick!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Seu Braga and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Derrick takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Coco feints a jab promting Derrick to slip. Coco then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Derrick slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Coco takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Derrick is rocked!
Derrick sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Coco seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Coco tries a head kick but it misses.
Coco connects with a jab.
Coco takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Coco with a nice cross.
Derrick is still on wobbly legs! Can Coco finish him?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Derrick scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Coco doesn't seem bothered though.
Derrick seems to have recovered his senses.
Derrick takes the fight into the clinch.
Coco on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Derrick scores with a nice hook to the head.
Coco struggles to land a body shot inside as Derrick controls his hands.
Coco breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Derrick fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Derrick moves into the clinch successfully.
Derrick trying to land knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Coco is trying to break the clinch but Derrick is controlling him.
Coco managing to block the knees to the body from Derrick.
Coco avoiding damage as Derrick throws knees to the body.
Derrick misses with a body punch.
Coco tries a body shot but Derrick blocks it.
Derrick misses with a punch to the body.
Derrick is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Coco is defending well for now.
Knees in the clinch landing for Derrick.
Coco swings wildly with an uppercut but Derrick uses good head movement to avoid it.
Coco tries a body shot but Derrick blocks it.
Derrick misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Coco dodges an elbow strike from Derrick.
Coco blocks an elbow strike.
Derrick landing knees to the head.
It looks like Fanta Coco has been cut.
Coco controlling the action here for a moment.
Derrick doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Coco stalling.
Derrick lands a good knee to the midsection. Coco won't want to take too many of those.
Coco is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Derrick lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Derrick tries to land a knee to the head but Coco blocks with his arms.
Derrick is leaning against Coco and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Derrick working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A short uppercut from Derrick.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Derrick creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Coco blocks an elbow strike from Derrick.
Derrick throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Derrick pushes off an throws an elbow but Coco leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Coco tries to land knees in the clinch but Derrick avoids the damage to the body.
Coco misses with a punch to the body.
Coco tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Derrick avoids it.
Derrick is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Coco is defending well for now.
Coco lands with a right to the head.
Derrick lands a damaging elbow.
Derrick missing with knees to the body.
Coco landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Coco managing to block the knees to the body from Derrick.
Coco lands a shot to the body.
Derrick tries a body shot but Coco blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coco wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Derrick has him pressed against the cage.
Derrick can't find room to land a body shot as Coco controls the action.
Coco lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Coco misses with a hook to the ribs.
Coco is trying to maintain a safe position but Derrick gets an underhook and turns Coco into the cage.
Coco misses with a knee strike.
Coco blocks an uppercut.
Derrick tries to land knees in the clinch but Coco avoids the damage to the body.
Coco managing to block the knees to the body from Derrick.
Coco breaks the clinch.
Derrick dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Derrick showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Coco.
Derrick forces Coco back against the cage and clinches.
Coco avoids the elbow strike from Derrick, against the cage.
A short uppercut from Derrick.
Derrick tries a body shot but Coco blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Derrick tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Coco avoids it.
Coco goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Derrick trying to land knees to the body.
Derrick misses with a hook from the clinch.
Coco breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Derrick moves into the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Derrick tries to land knees in the clinch but Coco avoids the damage to the body.
Coco blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Coco avoids a wild elbow strike from Derrick.
Derrick using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Derrick lands a body shot.
A right handed body shot lands from Derrick.
Derrick missing with knees to the body.
Derrick misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Coco.
Derrick tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Coco avoids it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Derrick misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Coco.
Derrick lands an uppercut.
Coco avoiding damage as Derrick throws knees to the body.
Derrick blocks an uppercut.
Coco takes a knee to the side of the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Derrick dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Fanta Coco's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Derrick scores with a body shot.
Coco has Derrick up against the cage in a clinch.
Coco is stalling here.
Coco blocks an elbow strike.
Coco dodges an elbow strike from Derrick.
Coco's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Derrick instigates a clinch.
Derrick on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Coco is looking to control Derrick's arms but Derrick gets an underhook and turns him. Now Coco has his back to the cage.
A short uppercut from Derrick.
A short body shot lands from Derrick as the two fighters clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Coco avoiding damage as Derrick throws knees to the body.
Derrick lands a good knee to the midsection. Coco won't want to take too many of those.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Derrick.
Derrick makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Fanta Coco's cut is getting worse.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Derrick lands with a light punch inside.
Derrick lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Derrick scores with a shot to the side of Coco's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Derrick.
Derrick lands a nice elbow.
Coco blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Derrick tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Coco avoids it.
Coco missing with knees to the body.
Derrick lands with a short shot to the head.
Coco is rocked!
Derrick lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Oh Coco is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Coco takes an elbow to the forehead.
Derrick unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Derrick creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Coco with a big uppercut! Coco tries to clinch up but Derrick pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Coco to the mat! Coco covers up and Derrick unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Joe Derrick!
A very excited looking Joe Derrick made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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