PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Derka Derka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Dux (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Derka
vs
Dux

225 cm
18
270 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

197 cm
26
255 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Derka Derka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Frank Dux!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Eliza Hachem and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck for Derka with that takedown attempt.
Dux scores with a kick to the midsection.
Dux tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Derka is trying hard to land a takedown here. Dux sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Derka fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Derka Derka. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dux doesn't manage to clinch there - Derka circles away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Derka tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dux paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dux tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Derka fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Dux avoids it really well and circles away.
Dux tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Derka manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A punch lands to the side of Derka 's head but he takes it in his stride.

It looks like Derka Derka has been cut.
Dux fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Derka.
Derka is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Derka tries to keep at a distance but Dux has taken the fight into the clinch.
Good body shot from Dux.
Dux tries to land a knee to the head but Derka blocks with his arms.
Dux connects with a knee to the head.
Dux lands a left hand that snaps the head of Derka backwards.
Dux lands with a right to the head.
Derka really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Derka avoids the elbow strike from Dux, against the cage.
Dux with a knee to the head.
Dux slowing the pace effectively.
Dux is trying to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dux working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Derka misses with some punches.
Dux stalls.
A short right from Dux.
Dux taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Dux scores with a knee to the head.
Dux misses with a knee strike.
Derka tries for a takedown. No joy.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Derka takes a knee right on the jaw!

Derka Derka's cut is getting worse.
Dux stalling the fight.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Frank Dux.

Dux rushes Derka and presses him up against the cage.

Dux escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Derka dives in and grabs Dux's left leg, looking for a takedown. Dux pushes down on Derka's head and hops out.

Dux instigates a clinch.
Dux misses with a knee to the head.
Dux pressing his opponent against the cage.
Dux lands a nice uppercut.
Dux trying to control the position but instead, Derka has worked for underhooks and has pushed Dux into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Dux misses with a knee strike.

Derka has Dux pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Derka pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Dux tumbling to the mat - Derka dives into Dux's guard.
Derka postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Derka lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Derka keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Dux's head.
Derka with a flurry of punches that miss.
Derka is looking to work some ground and pound but Dux has wrist control.
Derka passes Dux's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Derka working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Derka tries to pass the half guard into mount. Dux knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Derka scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Derka thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Dux controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Dux can do anything to dispel that myth.
Dux tries to kick Derka off but Derka keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Derka will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Derka drops an elbow to the side of Dux's head.
Derka drops an elbow to the side of Dux's head.
Derka moves nicely into side control.
Dux really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Derka. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Derka lands a decent elbow from side control.
Derka looks up at the clock and then as Dux takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Derka smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Dux is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Derka landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Derka passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Dux!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Derka tries to control but Dux wriggling away.
Dux is in a horrible position here. Derka smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Dux tries to lock up and control but Derka gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Derka lands a big shot there that rocks Dux but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
BOOM! Derka connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Dux takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Derka tries to control but Dux wriggling away.
Dux takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dux is bucking up trying to escape but Derka cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dux takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Derka is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Dux can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Derka with good strikes from the mount here!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Frank Dux will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Derka Derka's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Derka shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Dux pinned against the cage. Dux gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Derka shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Dux sprawls well. Dux wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Derka gets slowly back to his feet.
Derka shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Dux as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Derka Derka. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Derka will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Dux wants to clinch.
Dux pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Derka throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Dux's waist but Dux gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Derka off to one side.
Derka fails in his attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dux wants to clinch.
Derka misses with a takedown attempt - Dux sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Derka fails with the takedown.
Derka circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dux throws a one two combo.
Dux connects with a solid leg kick.
Dux tries a head kick but it misses.
Dux looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dux tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dux keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
A head kick from Dux lands but Derka takes it in his stride.
Dux fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dux tries to close the distance and clinch but Derka swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Frank Dux seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Dux clinches.
Dux looking to throw knees to the head but Derka is blocking nicely.
Derka drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Dux gets the underhooks and prevents it.

Derka has Dux pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Derka pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Dux tumbling to the mat - Derka dives into Dux's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Derka accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dux utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Derka connects with a couple of short punches.
Derka 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.
Derka postures up.
Derka wants to control from the top but Dux keeps moving.
Dux is trying to control the position but Derka postures up.
Derka trying to control the position from guard on top but Dux is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Derka works over Dux with some ground and pound from guard.
Derka scoring with some ground and pound.
Derka with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Derka looking to pass the guard.
Derka Derka overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Derka is in close to Dux's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Derka thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Derka wants to control from the top but Dux keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Derka working some strikes from top position.

Dux is looking for a triangle but Derka pushes his legs off easily.
Derka working some strikes from top position.
Derka keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Dux's head.
Dux can't keep his opponent in guard - Derka advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Dux won't allow Derka to pass to mount.
Dux on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Derka lands a nice short elbow.
Derka wants to pass to mount but Dux is defending the position.
Dux is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Derka scores with a couple of nice shots.
Derka looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Derka lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Derka working over Dux with some ground and pound. Dux looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Derka slips a nice elbow through Dux's hands, connecting with Dux's forehead.
Derka is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Dux takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Derka landing punches.

Derka with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Derka lands with some strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dux in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Derka landing strikes, looking to finish!
Dux in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Derka Derka dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Derka Derka'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!

Derka shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Derka showed some decent athleticism there.
Derka working Dux over with strikes.
Derka seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Derka lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Derka lands a nice short elbow.
Derka is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Dux has hold of Derka's hands but Derka slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Derka wants to control but Dux is keeping him busy.
Ground and pound from Derka.
Dux is trying to stand back up but Derka is controlling him
Derka is trying to control. Dux wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Derka takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Dux takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Dux is trying to stand up here but Derka is controlling him well.
Nice strikes from Derka there.
Derka scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Derka is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Derka is trying to work for a kimura but Dux is defending well.
Dux taking some punishment here, with Derka in his half guard.
Derka frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Derka with good strikes from the mount here!
Dux taking shots to the head.
Derka working the ground and pound effectively.
Derka lands a nice shot to the head.

Dux is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Derka working the ground and pound effectively.
Dux is still in real trouble! Can Derka finish him?
Derka wants to control the pace but Dux is squirming around nicely.
Dux seems to have recovered his senses.
Derka with a couple of short strikes.
Derka landing shots from mount.
Derka scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Derka landing shots from mount.
Derka pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The referee warns Dux that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Derka with good strikes from the mount here!
Derka tries to control but Dux wriggling away.
Derka lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Derka looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Derka dominating with strikes here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Derka connects with a massive shot to the dome!
A big strike lands for Derka! That's really hurt Dux and he's turned his back - Derka keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Derka jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Derka Derka!