PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Aleksandar Ivkov (ranked 3531 p4p, 1498 weight class) and Patrick Deringer (ranked 198 p4p, 84 weight class). Aleksandar Ivkov had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 137.4lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Patrick Deringer acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Ivkov
vs
Deringer

177 cm
28
149
7 - 7 - 0

175 cm
27
140
7 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

BE Younick

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 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aleksandar Ivkov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Patrick Deringer!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Chris Edwards and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ivkov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Deringer looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Ivkov throws a hook but Deringer blocks it.
Deringer throws a right hand that misses
and Ivkov connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ivkov lands with a right hand.
Ivkov throws a body shot but no joy.
Deringer moves into range and connects with a jab.
Deringer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Deringer uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ivkov.
Ivkov misses with a looping left.
Deringer looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Deringer takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Deringer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ivkov was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Ivkov waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Deringer.
Deringer lands with a shot to the body.
The crowd cheers as Deringer lands an impressive looking overhand right. Ivkov doesn't seem phased though.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Deringer lands with an overhand left.
Ivkov definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Ivkov misses with a series of wild punches.
Deringer throws a predictable looking body shot
and Ivkov cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Deringer lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Deringer on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Deringer is rocked!
Deringer takes a swing at Ivkov's ribcage but misses.
Deringer is still on wobbly legs! Can Ivkov finish him?
A looping hook to the body misses from Deringer. Ivkov does a little dance to reset his feet.
Deringer seems to have recovered his senses.
Deringer works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

Ivkov is rocked!
A jab from Ivkov misses.
Oh Ivkov is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ivkov slips a jab from Deringer.
Deringer dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Deringer takes one to the side of the head.
Ivkov takes one to the side of the head.
Ivkov is looking to land body kicks.
Ivkov moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Deringer avoids a kick to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Deringer. Ivkov does a little dance to reset his feet.
Deringer misses with a wild body shot.
Deringer takes a swing at Ivkov's ribcage but misses.
A jab from Deringer misses.
Deringer scores with a sloppy right hand. Ivkov should have avoided that one.
Deringer slips under a jab from Ivkov.
Deringer looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Deringer takes a swing at Ivkov's ribcage but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Deringer. That snapped Ivkov's head back.
Ivkov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ivkov fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Ivkov throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Deringer bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Ivkov's head backwards.
Deringer punishes Ivkov's body with a nice straight punch.
Deringer throws an off balance right hand
and Ivkov counters with a stiff right hand.
Deringer thuds a left hand into Ivkov's body.
Deringer cracks Ivkov with an open hand slap.
Deringer fails in his attempt to clinch.
Deringer throws a body punch but Ivkov moves out of range.
Deringer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ivkov was well out of range. Poor timing from Deringer.
Deringer misses with an uppercut
and Ivkov counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ivkov throws a big shot that misses.
Deringer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ivkov moves away.
Deringer digs a good hook to Ivkov's body.
Deringer takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Deringer fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Deringer scores with a hook to the body. Ivkov takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Deringer scores with a shot to the body.
Deringer takes a swing at Ivkov's ribcage but misses.
As Deringer looks to move away, Ivkov throws a big counter combo but Deringer just gets out of the way.
Ivkov throws a shot from downtown. Deringer moves away and avoids it.
Deringer is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Ivkov with a body shot.
Deringer lands a lovely overhand right.
Deringer tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ivkov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Deringer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ivkov connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Deringer misses the jab.
Deringer cracks Ivkov with a right hand to the side of the head.
Deringer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ivkov was well out of range. Poor timing from Deringer.
Deringer throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ivkov slips a straight right by Deringer.

Deringer closes the distance and clinches.
Deringer lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Aleksandar Ivkov has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Deringer tries to land knees in the clinch but Ivkov avoids the damage to the body.
Ivkov putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Deringer in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Deringer has a couple of punches blocked by Ivkov.
Ivkov lands a shoulder strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Deringer has a couple of punches blocked by Ivkov.
Deringer throws a head punch that misses.
Ivkov lands with a left to the head.
Ivkov lands a left hand.
Deringer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ivkov scores with a nice hook to the head.
Deringer swings wildly with an uppercut but Ivkov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Deringer using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Deringer lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Deringer takes a shot to the head.
Deringer lands a shot to the body.
Deringer tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ivkov avoids it.
Deringer goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Deringer stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ivkov throws a head punch that misses.
Ivkov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Deringer tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ivkov throws a head punch that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick Deringer dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Aleksandar Ivkov's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Ivkov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ivkov just misses with a punch to the body.
Deringer throws a hook to the side of Ivkov's head but Ivkov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Deringer throws a body shot but no joy.
Ivkov seems to have got his legs back now.
Patrick Deringer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A slow jab from Deringer misses its intended target.
Deringer dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ivkov loads up on a big right hand but Deringer slips the punch.
Deringer scores with a body shot.
Deringer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Deringer misses with an uppercut. Ivkov saw that one coming.
Deringer throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ivkov counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Deringer forces Ivkov back against the cage and clinches.
Patrick Deringer seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Deringer avoiding damage as Ivkov throws knees to the body.
Deringer can't find room to land a body shot as Ivkov controls the action.
Ivkov working aggressively here.

Ivkov breaks from the clinch.

Deringer gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ivkov scores with a shot to the side of Deringer's head.
Ivkov throws a punch but it's blocked by Deringer.
Deringer lands with a right to the head.
Deringer misses with a knee strike.
Deringer trying to stall but Ivkov improves his position.
Deringer goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Ivkov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ivkov. Deringer does a little dance to reset his feet.
Deringer lands a nice hook to Ivkov's body. Ivkov takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Ivkov with a jab.
Deringer lands with a nice body punch.
Deringer thuds a left hand into Ivkov's body.
Ivkov moves away from the strike by Deringer.
Deringer throws a body shot but no joy.
Deringer has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Deringer misses with an uppercut.
Ivkov stuns Deringer with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Deringer is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Ivkov rather than just go for the knockout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ivkov moves away from the strike by Deringer.
Ivkov tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Deringer manages to circle out of the way.
Deringer catches Ivkov with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Deringer misses with a body shot.
Deringer scores with a jab. Ivkov acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Ivkov displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Deringer throws out the jab.
Deringer throws a predictable looking body shot
and Ivkov counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Deringer fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ivkov manages to avoid it.
Ivkov was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Deringer throws a shot from downtown. Ivkov moves away and avoids it.
Ivkov is looking to counter punch.
Deringer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice body punch from Deringer.
Deringer misses with a hook
letting Ivkov counter with a right hand.
Deringer misses the shot to the body.
Ivkov seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
A big left from Ivkov misses.
Ivkov throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ivkov circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Deringer misses with a wild body shot.
Ivkov bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Deringer's head backwards.
Deringer throws the left hand but Ivkov avoids the punch easily.
Deringer misses with a hook. Ivkov ducked under it nicely.
Ivkov misses with a few strikes there.
Deringer jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Deringer waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ivkov.
Ivkov swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A lazy left from Deringer finds it's target.
Ivkov moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Deringer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ivkov moves away.
Deringer stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Deringer lands a nice hook to Ivkov's body. Ivkov takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Ivkov slips under a jab.
Ivkov misses with a head kick.
Ivkov swinging wildly here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Deringer thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ivkov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
It looked like Ivkov was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Deringer.
Deringer on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Deringer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ivkov moves away.
Deringer just misses with a punch to the body.
Ivkov loads up on a big right hand but Deringer slips the punch.
Deringer jabs at Ivkov's body.
The fighters circling - Deringer throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Deringer throws an overhand right that lands on Ivkov's shoulder, as Ivkov tries to avoid the shot.
Ivkov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Deringer's corner calls for a 1-2. Deringer obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Deringer waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ivkov.
Deringer misses with a hook. Ivkov ducked under it nicely.
Ivkov lands the left hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick Deringer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Aleksandar Ivkov's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Ivkov swats away the attempt to clinch by Deringer.
Ivkov staying out of range there.
Deringer lands a slapping body shot.
Ivkov throws a jab when Deringer was well out of range.
Deringer throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ivkov fails to land with a series of punches.
Deringer swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Deringer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A big right from Deringer misses.
Deringer lands a right hook to the body.
Deringer throws a body shot but no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Deringer stuns Ivkov with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Deringer scores with a sloppy right hand. Ivkov should have avoided that one.
Deringer bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

Deringer fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ivkov, pushing him back against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ivkov.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ivkov tries to land a knee to the head but Deringer blocks with his arms.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ivkov lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Deringer throws a knee to the head but misses.
Deringer prevents a body shot from Ivkov.
Deringer misses with a punch on the inside.
Good body shot from Ivkov.
Deringer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ivkov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ivkov looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A nice left hand lands by Ivkov.
Ivkov lands with a right to the head.
Ivkov lands a nice uppercut.
Deringer using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ivkov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ivkov has a couple of punches blocked by Deringer.
Deringer swings wildly with an uppercut but Ivkov uses good head movement to avoid it.

Deringer manages to break the clinch.
Aleksandar Ivkov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ivkov keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Deringer.
Ivkov defending well as Deringer loads up on a big left hand.
Ivkov steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Deringer.
Deringer lands a nice hook to Ivkov's body. Ivkov takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ivkov cracks Deringer with a good jab.
Deringer misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Ivkov counters with a big right hand! Oh Deringer is in trouble here! Ivkov follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Aleksandar Ivkov!
A victorious Aleksandar Ivkov thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.