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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Derek Starkey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thaddeus Fitzgerald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thaddeus Fitzgerald will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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142 lbs
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144 lbs
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Good takedowns
Counter fighter
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Derek Starkey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Thaddeus Fitzgerald!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, David Hoff and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fitzgerald throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Fitzgerald looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Fitzgerald lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Starkey circles away quickly and effectively.
Fitzgerald comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Fitzgerald throws a looping overhand right but Starkey ducks down to avoid it.
Fitzgerald scores with a jab. Starkey acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Fitzgerald fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Fitzgerald fails to land with a series of punches.
Fitzgerald displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Fitzgerald throws a body shot but no joy.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sloppy strikes from Fitzgerald. Those never looked like landing.
Fitzgerald throws out a loose jab but Starkey uses good head movement to avoid it.
Starkey slips under a jab from Fitzgerald.
Thaddeus Fitzgerald seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fitzgerald motions for Starkey to come forward. Fitzgerald throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Starkey avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Starkey has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Fitzgerald finds it's way round the side to connect with Starkey's head.
Starkey checks the leg kick.
Starkey takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Starkey takes a jab right on the kisser.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fitzgerald. Starkey does a little dance to reset his feet.
Thaddeus Fitzgerald is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fitzgerald ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Starkey moves away.
Starkey keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fitzgerald throws a hook but Starkey blocks it.
Fitzgerald throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Starkey.
Fitzgerald tries a head kick but it misses.
Sloppy strikes from Fitzgerald. Those never looked like landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fitzgerald swinging wildly here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fitzgerald cracks a nice hook into Starkey's ribs.
Starkey takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Fitzgerald throws out a loose jab but Starkey uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fitzgerald throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fitzgerald throws a right hand that Starkey ducks under and follows up with a left that Starkey also avoids with ease.
Fitzgerald connects with a single shot there.
Fitzgerald's corner calls for a 1-2. Fitzgerald obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Starkey dodges the punch combination from Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald misses with a few strikes there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Starkey.
Starkey showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald works Starkey's body with a nice hook.
Starkey checks a low kick from Fitzgerald.
Starkey slips a straight right by Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Fitzgerald misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Starkey moves out of range as Fitzgerald strikes.
Fitzgerald throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Fitzgerald throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fitzgerald throws a body shot but no joy.
Fitzgerald throws an overhand right that lands on Starkey's shoulder, as Starkey tries to avoid the shot.
Starkey is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Fitzgerald throws a lazy right hand but Starkey sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The fighters circling - Fitzgerald throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fitzgerald misses with a body shot.
Nice defenses there by Starkey.
Nice shot by Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald misses with a straight right.
Starkey uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fitzgerald.
No joy there for Fitzgerald, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Fitzgerald lands with a good body shot.
Fitzgerald misses with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thaddeus Fitzgerald dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Starkey showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fitzgerald.
Nice defenses there by Starkey.
Starkey ducks under a wild hook from Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Fitzgerald misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Fitzgerald just misses with a punch to the body.
Fitzgerald swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Fitzgerald misses with a straight left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big left from Fitzgerald misses.
Fitzgerald swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fitzgerald throws a good cross that connects.
Starkey defending well as Fitzgerald loads up on a big left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Starkey closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Fitzgerald swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Starkey might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Fitzgerald lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Starkey circles away quickly and effectively.
Thaddeus Fitzgerald seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fitzgerald swinging wildly here.
Fitzgerald is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Starkey.
Thaddeus Fitzgerald is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Starkey defending well as Fitzgerald loads up on a big left hand.
Fitzgerald throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Starkey sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Fitzgerald tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Starkey was well out of range. Poor timing from Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald misses with an uppercut.
Starkey slips a jab and a cross from Fitzgerald.
Starkey keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fitzgerald throws a lazy uppercut
and Starkey counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Starkey controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Starkey forces his way into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Starkey controlling the action here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fitzgerald wants to control but Starkey is keeping busy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Starkey trying to pass the guard but Fitzgerald defending well.
Starkey looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Starkey in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Fitzgerald tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Starkey!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Derek Starkey!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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