Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.
Derek Bryant (17-7 across 24 tracked bouts) and Taurus Sykes (25-8-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.
Derek Bryant vs Taurus Sykes — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Derek Bryant leads 1–0- Derek Bryant wonBryant vs SykesApr 21, 2006 · TKO
The Numbers
- 17-7
- Record
- 25-8-1 (edge)
- 70.8%
- Win %
- 75% (edge)
- 14 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 7
- —
- KO rate
- 28%
- 82% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 0%
- 3 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 4
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 1.7 (edge)
- Bouts per year
- 0.7
- 24
- Bouts tracked
- 7
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- —
- Height
- 6′2″ (188 cm)
- —
- Reach
- 71″ (180 cm)
- 55
- Age
- 51
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Division
- Heavyweight
- United States
- Nationality
- American
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyDerek Bryant · 17 wins
KO/TKO
14
Decision
3
Other
0
Taurus Sykes · 1 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
1
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (24 and 7 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
1 sharedShared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Derek Bryant
LLLWW
L3 streak · last fought Jan 21, 2012
Taurus Sykes
LLLLL
L5 streak · last fought Dec 11, 2010
Common Questions
- Have Derek Bryant and Taurus Sykes ever fought each other?
- Yes. Derek Bryant and Taurus Sykes met once on April 21, 2006, and Derek Bryant won by TKO.
- Who has the better record, Derek Bryant or Taurus Sykes?
- Derek Bryant is 17-7 across the 24 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Taurus Sykes is 25-8-1. Taurus Sykes has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Derek Bryant or Taurus Sykes?
- Derek Bryant has 14 knockout wins and Taurus Sykes has 7. Derek Bryant has more.
- Do Derek Bryant and Taurus Sykes have any common opponents?
- Derek Bryant and Taurus Sykes share 1 common opponent: Seth Mitchell. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Derek Bryant and Taurus Sykes?
- This comparison is drawn from 24 bouts tracked for Derek Bryant and 7 bouts tracked for Taurus Sykes. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.