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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michael Akins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Samuel Derpens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Michael Akins has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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210 lbs
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211 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Michael Akins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Samuel Derpens!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Colin Fray and Micheangelo Fripello.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Derpens throws a nice inside leg kick.
Derpens wants to clinch up but Akins keeps it at a distance.
Derpens misses with a double jab.
Derpens tries to close the distance and clinch up but Akins swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Akins shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Derpens as he avoids it easily.
Derpens throws a quick inside leg kick.
Derpens wants to clinch up but Akins keeps it at a distance.
Derpens lands a right hook to the body.
Derpens moves into range and clinches up with Akins.
Akins tries to pull guard but Derpens forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Derpens ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Derpens no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Derpens keeping moving, preventing Akins from controlling successfully.
Akins wants to stand but Derpens is controlling his posture from full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Derpens working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Akins doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Akins manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Derpens has a closed guard, preventing Akins from standing up.
Derpens is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Akins with a flurry of punches that miss.
Akins trying to control but Derpens is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Derpens is pulling down on Akins's head to control his posture.
Samuel Derpens has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Derpens instigates a clinch.
Akins takes a knee to the side of the body.
Akins is trying to push Derpens away but Derpens has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Derpens stalling against the cage.
Akins wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Derpens has him pressed against the cage.
Akins fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Michael Akins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Derpens.
Derpens pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Derpens fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Derpens or perhaps it was just good defense by Akins which made him look bad.
Akins closes the distance and pushes Derpens back into the cage.
Derpens working Akins over with knees to the body.
Derpens lands an elbow that stopped Akins in his tracks for a moment.
Derpens tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Akins's elbow.
Derpens lands an elbow just above Akins 's eye.
Akins has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Derpens is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Akins is trying to break the clinch but Derpens is controlling him.
Derpens lands an elbow inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Derpens keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Akins's efforts to push away.
Derpens is looking for a takedown.
With the fighters up against the cage, Akins throws an elbow but misses.
Derpens taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Derpens breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Derpens gets a clinch.
Derpens pulls Akins into guard.
Akins passes easily into side control. Nice work.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Derpens is trying to control Akins's posture but Akins avoids it.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Akins is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Derpens has escaped the position, nice work there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Samuel Derpens dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Akins shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Derpens keeping hold of Akins's head, controlling as best he can.
Derpens trying to control here.
Derpens is trying to get back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Akins is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Derpens!
Akins trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Derpens wants to control but Akins is having none of it.
Derpens is wriggling around trying to escape.
Akins controlling from mount.
Akins is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Derpens to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Derpens shrugs it off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Derpens is squirming around, avoiding Akins's attempts to control the action.
Derpens tries to hold on but Akins postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Akins is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Derpens is surviving well by controlling Akins's body position as best he can.
Derpens is squirming around, avoiding Akins's attempts to control the action.
Derpens wants to hold on but Akins pushes him away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Derpens is in a horrible position here. Akins smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Akins get's back to his feet.
Akins has closed the distance and engaged Derpens in a clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Derpens creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Derpens breaks the clinch.
Akins shoots in and drives through. Derpens sprawls well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Akins is trying hard to land a takedown here. Derpens sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Derpens pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Derpens moves into the clinch.
Derpens with a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Akins is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Michael Akins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Derpens receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Nice elbow from Derpens.
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!
Derpens breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Akins throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Derpens shoots for a takedown but Akins saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Derpens scores with a head kick. Akins tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Derpens tries to clinch there but Akins circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Michael Akins will probably get the nod.
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!
Derpens closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Derpens breaks the clinch.
Akins closes the distance and clinches up with Derpens, looking for a takedown. Akins pushes Derpens against the cage but Derpens circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Derpens closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Akins's guard.
Derpens forces his way into half guard.
Derpens 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.
Akins is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Derpens pulls his head out easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Akins is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Derpens pulls his head out easily.
Akins is looking for a sweep. Derpens is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Derpens takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Akins won't allow Derpens to pass to mount.
Derpens throwing shots but Akins is blocking nicely.
Akins might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Derpens trying to pass the guard but Akins defending well.
Akins tries to roll over but Derpens keeps him under control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Akins looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Derpens is trying to control. Akins wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Derpens looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Akins tries to roll over but Derpens keeps him under control.
Akins is looking to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Akins is not content to let Derpens control the position.
Derpens with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Samuel Derpens was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Derpens throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Akins misses with a few strikes there.
Akins shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Derpens as he avoids it easily.
Derpens lands a front kick.
Derpens moves into the clinch successfully.
Derpens breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Derpens is looking to clinch but Akins is avoiding it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Derpens shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Derpens tries a head kick but it misses.
Derpens throws a sloppy head kick and Akins moves out of range easily.
Akins moves into the clinch.
Akins has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Derpens avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Michael Akins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Akins is trying to drag Derpens to the mat but Derpens just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Derpens breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Akins takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Akins shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Samuel Derpens comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Derpens has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 28:29
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 28:29
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Samuel Derpens!
Samuel Derpens bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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