PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hurba Derba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Clay Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Derba
vs
Thomas

210 cm
28
280 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

200 cm
23
275 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hurba Derba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Clay Thomas!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, David Schapiro and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Derba misses with a few strikes there.

Derba tries to keep at a distance but Thomas has taken the fight into the clinch.
Derba is trying to maintain a safe position but Thomas gets an underhook and turns Derba into the cage.

Thomas breaks the clinch.
Thomas shoots in but no luck this time.
Derba misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Thomas.

Thomas pushes Derba up against the cage in a clinch.
Derba fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Thomas with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Thomas is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Derba is defending well.
Thomas pushes Derba back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Derba breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Thomas fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Derba throws a right hand that Thomas ducks under and follows up with a left that Thomas also avoids with ease.
Derba throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
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!
Derba lands a nice looking body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Clay Thomas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thomas wants to clinch up but Derba keeps it at a distance.
Thomas throws a combination that misses
and Derba counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Derba lands a right hook to the body.
Derba looks to land a body kick but Thomas moved away.
Thomas misses with the combination.
Derba rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Thomas moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Thomas looks for a takedown but Derba sprawls well.
Hurba Derba has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Clay Thomas.
Thomas moves out of range as Derba strikes.
Derba throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A head kick misses from Derba.
Thomas looks for a takedown but Derba sprawls well.
Thomas throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Thomas.

Thomas has Derba up against the cage in a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thomas managing to block the knees to the body from Derba.
Thomas is working for takedown but Derba is calmly controlling the position for now.

Thomas drags the fight down to the ground.
Derba has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Thomas has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Clay Thomas wasn't active enough on the ground.

Thomas gets a clinch.
Thomas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Thomas.
Thomas blocking some punches.
Thomas lands a hook to the side of the head.

Thomas breaks the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Thomas clinches with his opponent.
Thomas jumps guard but Derba turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thomas has had enough of the clinch but Derba keeps him there for the moment.

Thomas gets control of Derba's arms and successfully pulls guard. Thomas will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Derba wants to control from the top but Thomas keeps moving.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Thomas is on top in guard.
Derba is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Derba knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Thomas on the ground.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Thomas gets to his feet - Derba follows without any prompting.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Clay Thomas will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Derba misses with a wild body shot.

Derba tries to keep at a distance but Thomas has taken the fight into the clinch.
Thomas wants to break the clinch but can't.
Derba misses with some punches.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Thomas takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Thomas jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Derba walks away with a smile on his face. Thomas gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Thomas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Derba paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Thomas tries a head kick but it misses.
Derba just misses with a punch to the body.
Derba scores with a jab to the body.
No luck for Thomas with that takedown attempt.
Nice cross by Derba.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thomas thuds a left hand into Derba's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Thomas decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Thomas stands up out of the half guard.
Thomas throws a series of punches but Derba moves out of range.
Derba throws a jab when Thomas was well out of range.
Derba throws a front kick aimed at Thomas's knee but Thomas avoids it well.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Derba.
Thomas throws a jab when Derba was well out of range.
Thomas is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Thomas looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Thomas keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Hurba Derba is winning the standup battle so far.
Thomas moves in looking to clinch but Derba pushes him off.
Thomas uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Derba.
Derba fails to land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Derba closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Thomas defending well as Derba loads up on a big left hand.
The crowd cheers as Thomas lands an impressive looking overhand right. Derba doesn't seem phased though.
Thomas chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Derba can pounce on him.
Thomas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Derba swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Thomas ducks under a wild hook from Derba.
Derba throws a leg kick but Thomas sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Derba keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Thomas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Derba swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Derba sizes up Thomas with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Thomas tries to bum rush Derba with a series of wild strikes but Derba uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Thomas gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Thomas displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Derba throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Clay Thomas is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas throws a hook to the side of Derba's head but Derba sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Thomas moves in looking to clinch but Derba pushes him off.
Derba lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Derba throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Thomas drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Thomas throws a nice looking combination but Derba bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Thomas shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Derba as he avoids it easily.
Hurba Derba has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Clay Thomas.
Thomas is breathing heavily.
Derba misses the jab.
Thomas avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Derba leaves Thomas with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Derba circles away from the clinch attempt.
No joy there for Thomas, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Derba throws a jab when Thomas was well out of range.
Derba throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas tries a low kick but Derba avoids it.
Good shot there by Derba.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Derba scores with a jab.

Derba lands a left and a right that send Thomas crashing to the mat, dazed. Derba thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Thomas is rocked!
Derba misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Thomas is still on wobbly legs! Can Derba finish him?
Some wild striking there from Derba.
Derba misses with a straight right.
Derba misses with a body kick.
Thomas seems to have recovered his senses.
Thomas displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

Derba tries to keep at a distance but Thomas has taken the fight into the clinch.
Thomas blocks a body shot from Derba.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The referee calls for Thomas to work.
Derba goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hurba Derba dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Thomas takes a swing at Derba's ribcage but misses.
Thomas throws a lazy body kick
enabling Derba to counter with a crisp jab.
Derba throws a looping overhand right but Thomas ducks down to avoid it.
Thomas wants to clinch up but Derba keeps it at a distance.

Thomas gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Thomas wants to take the fight to the mat but Derba manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Thomas drops down looking for an ankle pick but Derba pulls his leg out and moves away.
Thomas will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Hurba Derba has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Clay Thomas.
Derba looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Derba cracks Thomas with a good jab.
Thomas takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A swing and a miss from Derba.

Thomas closes the distance and clinches.
Thomas has Derba pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Derba manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Derba.
Thomas blocks a body shot from Derba.

Thomas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Derba lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Derba punishes Thomas's body with a nice straight punch.

Derba lands a big uppercut and Thomas crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Thomas looks OK. Derba waves Thomas back to his feet!

It looks like Clay Thomas has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Derba misses the shot to the body.
Thomas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Derba ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Derba misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice body punch from Derba.
A jab from Derba does it's job there.
An inside leg kick lands from Derba.
Derba misses with a two punch combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Derba scores with a kick to the midsection.
Good leg kick by Derba there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A thudding body kick lands there by Derba!
Derba lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Derba fakes the body blow, causing Thomas to drop his hands! Left hook to the temple! Thomas goes stiff, and falls face first into the mat. Goodnight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Hurba Derba!