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Status: Married
Age: 44
Sign: Pisces

City: MARSHALL
State: Texas
Country: US
Signup Date: 5/7/2008

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Thursday, December 10, 2009 

 

 
A Marshall-based mixed martial arts fighter will step into the ring later this month for a professional fight.
Derrick "D-Rock" Krantz, coming off a win three weeks ago in Frisco, will take on UFC veteran Rich "No Love" Clementi at the Shreveport Municipal Auditorium on Saturday.
Krantz, who sports a 9-1 overall record, defeated Seth Clifton at the 66-second mark of the first round with a submission due to choke hold at the Dr Pepper Center in Frisco last month.
The event was presented by hall of fame referee Richard Steele, who puts on the Steele Cage events.
Clementi, owner of a 34-15 professional record, defeated Chris Stringer with a triangle choke hold with three minutes left in the second round of his most recent fight in Belfast, Ireland.
Krantz' fight with the veteran will be a part of an Ultimate Cage Fighting event called Seasons Beatings, which will be presented by Kim Addison of team 3:16.
For ticket information, call 318-402-6644.
2:54 AM 
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Thursday, October 08, 2009 

John Dejean Marshall’s newest professional boxer made his pro debut last month . He fought undefeated pro welterweight boxer Jimmy Johnson out of Texarkana, Texas in Arkansas on August 19th. Dejean was scheduled to go 4 rounds of boxing but knocked him out in the 3rd round. John is fighting out of D-ROCKS GYM in Marshall with coach Doug Krantz in conjunction with McMurry Productions. John is a student at Wiley College. John is finishing up his last semester at college. Dejean also helps coach boxing at D-Rocks Gym. John won his 2nd pro fight last week in Arkansas against another undefeated fighter, welterweight Darin Fuller out of Hook , Texas on September 16th in Texarkana. Dejean knocked him out in 2:06 of the first round! John is scheduled to fight another undefeated fighter next week in Texarkana, Arkansas at Shooters Sports Club on September 30th Wed. nite. Dejean will be fighting undefeated 4-0 welterweight Gerardo Ibarra out of Houston ,Texas. This will be John’s toughest fight yet. John is looking forward to a big fight in Dallas next month. If you are interested in helping sponser John you can call D-Rocks Gym at 903-934-8265

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Wednesday, June 24, 2009 

Current mood:  ecstatic
Category: Sports
 
Marshall native Derrick Krantz remained undefeated as a professional mixed martial arts fighter after winning an event at Shreveport, La.'s Festival Plaza earlier this month.
Featured as the main event in Kim Addison's Best of the Best Ultimate Cage Fighting Tournament, Krantz defeated Adam Schindler in the second round with a knockout, running his professional record to 7-0.
Derrick Krantz
 
In front of a pair of scouts that flew in from Las Vegas to watch "D-Rock" fight, Krantz had three takedowns of Schindler in the first round before finishing him off in the second round with a solid right, followed by a flurry of punches after Schindler's knee buckled.
Schindler, considered one of the top MMA fighters in Texas in the 155-pound division, became the first fighter at the professional level to last through the first round with Krantz.
The 21-year old's next fight will be June 26 at the Cajun Fighting Championship in Lafayette, La.
Krantz will fight Donny Wallace for a title belt.
The Marshallite also has perhaps his toughest test to date Aug. 8 when he is set to square off with UFC fighter Rich Clementi in a main event in Shreveport.
Clementi has more than 50 professional MMA fights under his belt.
11:20 PM 
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Thursday, May 14, 2009 

Congratulations goes out to Derrick  [D-Rock] Krantz for taking 1st place in his division at NAGA in Dallas on sat. 5-9-09  

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Wednesday, April 22, 2009 

Current mood:  blessed
Category: Sports
 

Marshall-based mixed martial arts fighter Derrick Krantz recently ran his professional winning streak to six matches with another first-round decision.

Krantz, known as "D-Rock" in the ring, defeated Jason Wright in a main event grudge match of the Unstoppable event at the Shreveport Municipal Auditorium on April 3.

Krantz forced Wright to tap out at the 2:36 mark of the first round after he clamped Wright down in a rear naked choke hold.

The win moved Krantz to 6-0 as a professional, with all six decisions coming in the first round.

Wright, who fell to 4-2 as a professional, challenged Krantz to move up to the 170-pound weight class for the fight after Krantz knocked out Wright's younger brother Frank Wright in 77 seconds in a Jan. 31 event.

Wright dropped from his usual 200-pound weight class for the fight, which went back and forth for the first 30 seconds until both fighters got onto their feet and Krantz — fighting for Kim Addison's Team 3:16 — picked Wright up and power slammed him to the ground.

Krantz then got half mount and began to hit Wright with several unanswered punches, forcing Wright to protect himself and opening the door for the choke hold.

Krantz will hit the ring again June 6 at the Red River Rumble at the Shreveport Festival Plaza.

Discussions are also in the works that Krantz might be in the running to fight a UFC top 10 fighter in August.

11:44 PM 
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Monday, March 30, 2009 

Current mood:  strong
Category: Sports
 
Three boxers from a Marshall training facility recently qualified for championship bouts at a Golden Gloves tournament in Dallas.
Justin Krantz, Payton Scott and Josh VanBuskirk, all of D-Rocks Gym in Marshall, each advanced to the championship round of the eighth annual Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions in Dallas on March 14-15.....

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Joshua Van Buskirk, left, trains on a horizontal bag as he prepairs to fight in the Golden Gloves competition in the 14 and under division on Wednesday at D-Rocks Gym in Marshall.
 
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Scott, 8, won a three-round unanimous decision over Joel Solis from Guzman's Boxing Gym in the bantam novice 60-pound championship match.
The win gave Scott the Texas Golden Gloves title in his weight class, complete with a set of gold boxing gloves.
Krantz, 12, lost a close three-round decision to Mauricio Castillo of Azteca Boxing Gym in the junior novice 80-pound championship match. Krantz still earned a gold medal as the second-place finisher in the state.
VanBuskirk, 14, dropped a last man standing match to Nick Blanco of Eagles Boxing Gym in a three-round intermediate novice 176-pound championship. VanBuskirk also captured a gold medal for his efforts.
"All three fighters showed heart and courage to go all three rounds in each championship match," said coach Doug Krantz.
More than 20 different boxing clubs were represented at the tournament, which was open only yo Golden Gloves champions form the East Texas, West Texas and Dallas-Fort Worth regions.
This is the first year that D-Rocks Gym has entered the USA Boxing at the amateur level.
Any one interested in boxing or in helping to sponsor a student may call D-Rocks Gym, 313 Pope St., at 903-934-8265.
11:49 PM 
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Monday, March 30, 2009 

Current mood:  blessed
Category: Sports
 
Marshall mixed martial arts fighter Derrick Krantz kept his professional record unblemished with a first-round defeat of Aaron Hall during an event last Friday.
Krantz, known as "D-Rock" in the ring, finished Hall, of Macon, Ga., off at the 2:46 point of the first round with an arm triangle tap out during the Cage Kings Total Domination event at the Horseshoe Casino in Bossier City, La.....
With the win, Krantz moved his professional record to 5-0 and extended a streak of five straight matches during which he has won in the first round.
Krantz will hit the ring again April 3 when he takes on Travis Adams, of Arkansas, at the Shreveport Municipal Auditorium.
Krantz will be fighting with the 3:16 Unstoppable Ultimate Fighting team.
Adams currently has a 1-0 record as a professional. The fight will be featured as the main event.
Advance tickets are available at D-Rocks Gym, 315 Pope St., for $20.
11:46 PM 
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Wednesday, February 04, 2009 

Current mood:  blessed
Fighters win titles in Golden Gloves


A pair of boxers from Marshall's D-Rocks Gym came away with titles this past weekend during the 69th Annual East Texas Golden Gloves boxing tournament in Troup.
Justin Krantz captured the junior novice 80-pound title thanks to a three-round, split decision win over Chad Snow on Saturday. Krantz also had a TKO decision in his first fight over Brett Fitts of Jacksonville.....
Payton Scott, also from D-Rocks Gym, won the junior novice 60-pound gold after a three-round, unanimous decision over Preston Price from Sulphur Springs.
Also fighting for D-Rocks Gym was Josh VanBuskirk, who moved up from the junior class to the senior class in the 165-pound group because there was no other boxers at the junior level.
VanBuskirk fell to Longview's Dentarius Jackson after the bump-up.
There were 13 boxing clubs entered in the tournament including teams from Longview, Tyler, Jacksonville, Dallas, Troup and Marshall.
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In other news, Marshall mixed martial arts fighter Derrick Krantz won his fourth straight professional fight with a first-round knockout of Cleo Wright during the Louisiana Boxing & Wrestling Commission's Reality Check MMA event at Shreveport's Municipal Auditorium.
Krantz, now 4-0, got the knockout at the 77-second mark.
 
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Thursday, September 18, 2008 
Congratulations goes out to Derrick Krantz (D-Rock) for making team shamrock this weekend in Cali.
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