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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Byron Derksen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cedrick Barrera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Derksen comes to the cage accompanied by Mindless Self Indulgence- Bitches. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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196 cm
19
280 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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192 cm
18
240 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Byron Derksen! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cedrick Barrera! The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, John Roberts and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Derksen misses with a two punch combination.
Derksen dips to his left and cracks Barrera with an uppercut! Barrera throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Derksen makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range. Derksen closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth. Derksen is chipping away with strikes.
Derksen 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. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Derksen tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though. Derksen lands some shots froms side control. Derksen stands up and beckons Barrera to his feet. Left hook, right uppercut from Barrera. Barrera misses with a two punch combination.
Derksen gets in close and instigates a clinch. Barrera is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Derksen gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt. Derksen lands with a right to the head. Derksen lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage. Nice body punch from Derksen - that landed with a thud.
Barrera looks gassed! Derksen lands a nice shot to the body. Derksen lands a takedown into guard.
Derksen is working Barrera over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round. Derksen is in close to Barrera's body, working some short punches and elbows. Derksen drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Derksen jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Derksen stands up over Barrera, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head. Derksen wants to pass the guard but Barrera is keeping the position. Derksen scoring with some ground and pound. Derksen distracts Barrera with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm. Derksen trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet. Barrera is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle. Derksen landing some decent shots from guard. Derksen is working Barrera over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Derksen gets to his feet - Barrera follows without any prompting. Derksen gets in close and instigates a clinch. Derksen lands a body shot in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Derksen works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Derksen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Barrera backwards. Derksen lands a body punch in the clinch. Derksen throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. Derksen lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage. Derksen works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard. Derksen passes Barrera's left leg - he's now in half guard. Derksen frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount. Derksen breaks from Barrera's wrist control and lands an elbow. Derksen working for a submission but Barrera is keeping him at bay. Derksen unloading with bombs!
That's three minutes gone in the round. Derksen lands a big elbow. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Derksen dominating with strikes here. Derksen working away from the top, dropping strikes. Derksen working Barrera over with strikes here. Derksen punishing his opponent with strikes. Derksen scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Barrera?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Derksen raining down shots from the mount! Derksen breaks from Barrera's wrist control and lands an elbow. Barrera throwing hammer fists to the chest of Derksen. What's that going to do exactly? Derksen landing shots from mount. Barrera tries to hold on but Derksen postures up. Derksen connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Derksen working the ground and pound effectively.
Derksen landing punches. Barrera in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head. Derksen raining down shots from the mount! Derksen putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound! Derksen landing strikes, looking to finish! Barrera can't escape the position.
Derksen working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Barrera is rocked! The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Derksen dominating with strikes here. A nice elbow there by Derksen. Derksen prevents Barrera from getting the reversal. Derksen with the ground and pound from mount. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Byron Derksen dominated that round. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
A punch combination from Barrera misses. Barrera shoots in but doesn't get the takedown and Derksen counters with a right hand to the body. Derksen has closed the distance and engaged Barrera in a clinch.
Derksen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. Derksen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Barrera tries to clinch and Derksen counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work. Derksen moves into the clinch. A right hook to the body lands for Derksen.
A right handed body shot lands from Derksen.
A right handed body shot lands from Derksen.
This has been an exciting period of action! Derksen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Barrera tries to keep at a distance but Derksen has taken the fight into the clinch. Derksen digs a right hand underneath Barrera's ribcage. Barrera let out a lung full of air as it connected. A left hand lands to the body for Derksen.
Derksen breaks the clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. Derksen breaks from the clinch.
Derksen shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard. Byron Derksen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's one minute gone in the round. Derksen frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount. Barrera tries to get back to half guard but can't. Derksen has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Barrera's face.
Derksen fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Barrera working to try and regain half guard.
Derksen fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Derksen is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Barrera can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Derksen in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Barrera is still in real trouble! Can Derksen finish him? The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Barrera is bucking up trying to escape but Derksen cracks him with another couple of good strikes. A nice elbow there by Derksen.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Derksen postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Barrera bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Derksen and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Byron Derksen!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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