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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Derrick (ranked 1631 p4p, 2196 weight class) and Fanta Coco (ranked 238 p4p, 289 weight class). Fanta Coco will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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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 16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joe Derrick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 30 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Fanta Coco!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Leandro Rodrigues and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Derrick has Coco up against the cage in a clinch.
Coco scores with a hook to the body.
Derrick avoiding damage as Coco throws knees to the body.
Derrick working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Coco throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Derrick blocks it with crossed arms.
Derrick misses with some punches.
Derrick blocks a body shot from Coco.
Derrick landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Coco landing knees to the body.
Coco struggles to land a body shot inside as Derrick controls his hands.
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 struggles to land a body shot inside as Derrick controls his hands.
Derrick crunches a lovely knee into Coco's ribcage.
Coco pushes Derrick back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A short uppercut from Coco.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
With the fighters up against the cage, Derrick throws an elbow but misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Derrick obliges.
Coco tries to land a knee to the head but Derrick blocks with his arms.
Derrick tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Coco throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Derrick blocks it with crossed arms.
Derrick struggles to land a body shot inside as Coco controls his hands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Coco tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Derrick pushes Coco back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Derrick lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Derrick.
Coco tries to land knees in the clinch but Derrick avoids the damage to the body.
Coco can't find room to land a body shot as Derrick controls the action.
Derrick tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Coco avoids it.
Coco blocks the elbow strike.
Derrick blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
With the fighters up against the cage, Derrick throws an elbow but misses.
Coco tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Derrick avoids it.
Derrick creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Derrick lands with a right to the head.
Derrick struggles to land a body shot inside as Coco controls his hands.
Derrick misses with a punch to the body.
Derrick tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Coco avoids it.
Nice body punch from Derrick - that landed with a thud.
Coco looks winded!
Coco blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Coco missing with knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Derrick creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coco lands a right hand that snaps the head of Derrick backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice right hand lands inside from Derrick.
Knees to the body from Derrick.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Derrick.
Derrick tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Coco avoids it.
Coco's coach down at St Petersburg MMA Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Coco's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Derrick creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Coco's defenses.
It looks like Fanta Coco has been cut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Derrick.
Coco swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Derrick presses Coco against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Derrick lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Derrick scores a nice knee to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Derrick.
Nice body punch from Derrick.
Derrick landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Derrick lands an elbow just above Coco 's eye.
Derrick working Coco over with knees to the body.
Derrick scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Derrick scores a nice knee to the body.
Derrick tries to land a knee to the head but Coco blocks with his arms.
Derrick lands a nice knee to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Derrick.
Derrick lands a knee to the body.
Coco misses with a body punch.
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 working aggressively here.
Derrick trying to land knees to the body.
Derrick lands a right hand.
Coco takes a knee to the side of the body.
Derrick working Coco over with knees to the body.
Derrick creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Coco's defenses.
Coco avoids the elbow strike from Derrick, against the cage.
Derrick lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Derrick presses Coco against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Coco avoids the elbow strike from Derrick, against the cage.
Coco tries to land knees in the clinch but Derrick avoids the damage to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Derrick trying to land knees to the body.
Derrick struggles to land a body shot inside as Coco controls his hands.
Derrick lands a damaging elbow.
That has opened up Fanta Coco's cut even more.
Derrick throws a knee to the head but misses.
Derrick missing with knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coco tries to land knees in the clinch but Derrick avoids the damage to the body.
A short right from Derrick on the inside.
Derrick trying to land knees to the body.
Derrick goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Derrick lands with a short shot to the head.
Coco scores with a hook to the body.
Derrick gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Coco swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Coco managing to block the knees to the body from Derrick.
Coco is trying to push Derrick away but Derrick has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
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.
Derrick pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Coco prevents a body shot from Derrick.
Derrick goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Coco misses with a punch to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Derrick obliges.
Derrick connects with a nasty looking knee right to Coco's face.
Derrick misses with a knee to the head.
Derrick lands a right hand that snaps the head of Coco backwards.
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 fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Derrick darts in and clinches Coco up against the cage.
Coco on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Derrick creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Coco blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nice elbow from Derrick.
Derrick tries to land knees in the clinch but Coco avoids the damage to the body.
Derrick has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Derrick misses with a body punch.
Derrick is working Coco over against the cage.
Coco prevents a body shot from Derrick.
Coco takes an elbow to the temple.
The cut above Fanta Coco's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
A short uppercut from Derrick.
Fanta Coco's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
A hook to the body from Derrick.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Derrick.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Fanta Coco's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Joe Derrick!
Our winner, Joe Derrick, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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