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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Timmy Derkson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alkaline Solo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Solo has chosen Radio as his entrance music. Alkaline Solo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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164 lbs
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156 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Timmy Derkson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alkaline Solo!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Chris Downing and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Solo shoots in and drives through. Derkson sprawls well.
Solo shoots for a double leg takedown but Derkson sprawls well. He's pushed Solo's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Derkson tries to clinch up.
Solo keeps the fight on the outside.
Nice sprawl there from Derkson as Solo shoots in.
Timmy Derkson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alkaline Solo.
Derkson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Solo drags the fight down to the ground.
Derkson preventing the sweep.
Derkson tries to stand but Solo is controlling from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Solo wants to control but Derkson passes easily into half guard.
Solo wants to improve his position but Derkson is controlling well.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Derkson has Solo up against the cage in a clinch.
Derkson prevents Solo from breaking the clinch.
That's two 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.
Solo jumps guard but Derkson stands there with Solo around his waist. Solo gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Derkson misses with a knee strike.
Derkson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Derkson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Solo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Solo wants to break the clinch but can't.
Derkson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Derkson lands a nice knee to the body.
Derkson misses with a knee to the head.
Solo has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Derkson is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Solo looks gassed!
Solo looking for a takedown.
Derkson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Derkson lands a knee to the head.
Derkson landing knees to the body.
Solo wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Solo jumps guard but Derkson stands there with Solo around his waist. Solo gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Derkson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Derkson tries to land a knee to the head but Solo blocks with his arms.
Solo wants a takedown.
Derkson landing knees to the body.
Derkson landing knees to the head.
It looks like Alkaline Solo has been cut.
Derkson missing with knees to the body.
Derkson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Solo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Derkson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Solo is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Derkson is keeping busy.
Solo avoiding damage as Derkson throws knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Derkson.
Derkson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Solo looking for a takedown.
Derkson lands a knee to the body.
Solo tries to score a body lock takedown but Derkson shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Derkson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Derkson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Derkson scores a nice knee to the body.
Derkson tries a knee to the head but Solo blocks it.
Derkson landing knees to the head.
Derkson lands a knee to the head.
Solo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Derkson.
Derkson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Solo has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Derkson uses from the top position.
Solo striking off his back but it's not causing Derkson any problems.
Derkson wants to stand but Solo has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Derkson stands and steps away. Solo gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Derkson shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Derkson showed some decent athleticism there.
Derkson postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Solo to stand up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Derkson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Derkson is looking to clinch but Solo is avoiding it.
Derkson forces Solo back against the cage and clinches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Nice elbow from Derkson.
Derkson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Derkson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Solo jumps guard and drags Derkson to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Solo wants to stand and escape but Derkson is having none of it.
Solo 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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Timmy Derkson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alkaline Solo's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Solo swats away the attempt to clinch by Derkson.
Derkson tries to clinch up.
Derkson has managed to clinch.
Derkson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Derkson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Derkson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Solo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Derkson clinches with his opponent.
Solo jumps into guard, dragging Derkson to the mat.
Solo working a defensive guard here.
Derkson stopping the sweep attempt from Solo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Solo manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Solo misses with a head shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Derkson tries to buck Solo off but Solo takes his back!
Solo is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Derkson knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Derkson for a finish.
That's two 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.
Derkson looking very determined here, making life difficult for Solo.
Solo throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
Derkson has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Solo.
Derkson looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Solo patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Derkson is covering up but some of the strikes from Solo are getting through and doing damage.
Derkson fending off the submission attempt from Solo.
Solo seems to be going for a rear naked choke. He has an arm under Derkson's chin but Derkson turns very nicely into Solo's guard. Good BJJ skills being displayed there by Derkson.
Solo looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
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.
Derkson avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Solo has his foot on Derkson's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Derkson works his way back into a safe position though.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Derkson won't allow Solo to sweep him here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alkaline Solo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Alkaline Solo'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. This is the final round!
Derkson gets caught flat footed, as Solo shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Derkson keeping moving, preventing Solo from controlling successfully.
Solo looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Let's hope that Solo has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Solo trying to control the position from guard on top but Derkson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Solo 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.
Solo looking to pass the guard.
That's two 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.
Derkson wants to stand and escape but Solo is having none of it.
Derkson keeping moving, preventing Solo from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Solo swats away the attempt to clinch by Derkson.
Solo misses with a takedown attempt
and Derkson counters by moving into the clinch.
Solo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Solo holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Solo manages to break the clinch.
Derkson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Derkson dodges the punch combination from Solo.
Solo shoots in looking for a takedown. Derkson tries to sprawl out of it but Solo keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Derkson manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Solo fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Timmy Derkson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alkaline Solo.
Solo moves into range and clinches up with Derkson.
Solo wants to break the clinch but can't.
Derkson lands a knee to the head.
Solo tries to stall but Derkson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Solo tries to pull guard but Derkson won't allow it.
Solo tries for a takedown but Derkson manages to get underhooks.
Solo breaks from the clinch.
Derkson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Solo counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Derkson's guard now.
Solo throwing strikes from guard but Derkson blocks nicely.
Derkson keeping moving, preventing Solo from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Derkson is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Solo is controlling him.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Solo accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Solo is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Solo trying to control but Derkson is working from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alkaline Solo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Solo has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 George Francis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 28:29
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alkaline Solo!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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