PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Derrick Wooten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jan Dekker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Wooten
vs
Dekker

176 cm
23
279 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

190 cm
25
240 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Good in bed

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Very confident

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 Amsterdam, Derrick Wooten!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jan Dekker!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Saam Ante and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dekker shoots in and drives through. Wooten sprawls well.

Dekker takes the fight into the clinch.
Dekker avoiding damage as Wooten throws knees to the body.
Wooten drops down looking for an ankle pick but Dekker pulls his leg out and moves away.
Dekker misses with a double jab
and Wooten counters with a nice body shot.

Dekker gets a double leg takedown into Wooten's guard.

Wooten is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Dekker is aware though and is defending well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dekker with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Dekker stands up and waves to Wooten to follow him.
Dekker fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dekker closes the distance and clinches up with Wooten, looking for a takedown. Dekker pushes Wooten against the cage but Wooten circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Derrick Wooten has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jan Dekker.
A head kick misses from Dekker.

Dekker closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Wooten quickly recovers to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dekker not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Wooten really is a fat lump.
Dekker is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Wooten is trying to stand.
Wooten is trying to escape back to his feet but Dekker uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Wooten might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Wooten pushes Dekker away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Dekker gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Dekker decides to stand back up. Dekker steps back and let's Wooten get back to his feet.
Dekker changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Wooten tries to avoid it but Dekker manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Wooten to the ground. Wooten escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Dekker shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Wooten as he jumps to the side.
Dekker looks winded!

Wooten clinches up with Dekker and pushes him back against the cage.
Dekker scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wooten jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Dekker walks away with a smile on his face. Wooten gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Wooten blocks a head kick by Dekker.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wooten stuns Dekker with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wooten fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wooten moves in looking to clinch but Dekker pushes him off.

Dekker closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Wooten trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Dekker scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Wooten is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Dekker fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dekker content just to control the position here.
Dekker landing strikes, looking to finish!
Wooten is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Wooten takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dekker controlling his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jan Dekker dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Dekker looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Dekker passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Wooten!
Dekker controlling the pace for now.
Wooten knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Dekker on the ground.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dekker with the ground and pound from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dekker content just to control the position here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Dekker cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

Wooten is rocked!
Dekker controlling from the full mount.
Dekker is continuing to stall.
A big strike lands for Dekker! That's really hurt Wooten and he's turned his back - Dekker keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Dekker jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jan Dekker!