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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Douglas Quaid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dwayne Hicks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Quaid comes to the cage accompanied by Metallica - For Whom the Bell Tolls. Douglas Quaid could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Dwayne Hicks's chin.
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153 lbs
9 - 0 - 0 |
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170 cm
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153 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Douglas Quaid!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dwayne Hicks!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shirou Masuda and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hicks throws a series of punches but Quaid avoids them all with ease.
Quaid ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Quaid ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hicks moves away.
Hicks avoids a punch combination nicely.
Quaid checks a low kick from Hicks.
Douglas Quaid seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Quaid fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Hicks sprawls well initially but Quaid persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Quaid sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hicks defending well though.
Quaid seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Hicks does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Hicks is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Hicks wants to improve his position but Quaid is controlling well.
Quaid wants to control but Hicks is keeping him busy.
Quaid moves into full mount! Hicks won't be happy about that!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hicks working to try and regain half guard.
Quaid tries to control but Hicks wriggling away.
Quaid with the ground and pound from mount.
Quaid throws some wild stikes that Hicks manages to avoid easily.
Hicks is looking to get to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Quaid throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Hicks can't escape the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Quaid controlling his opponent.
Quaid is landing with some decent strikes but Hicks is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Quaid thowing shots but they're missing.
Hicks regains half guard.
Quaid is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Quaid has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Hicks gets back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hicks working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Quaid.
Hicks utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Quaid wants to control from the top but Hicks keeps moving.
Hicks is controlling Quaid's posture.
Hicks utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Quaid looking to sit in guard and control but Hicks gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Hicks throwing strikes from guard but Quaid blocks nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Quaid is trying to control the position but Hicks postures up.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Quaid lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hicks circles away quickly and effectively.
Hicks takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Hicks misses with a wild body shot.
Hicks wants to clinch.
Quaid throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hicks.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Quaid slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
It looks like Dwayne Hicks has been cut.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Quaid.
Hicks misses the shot to the body.
Quaid takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Douglas Quaid dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dwayne Hicks's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Hicks lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Quaid circles away quickly and effectively.
Quaid circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hicks will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Quaid, as that shot connected.
Hicks tries a head kick but it misses.
Hicks lands a head kick. Quaid smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Quaid.
Quaid shoots in for a takedown but Hicks shows good takedown defense.
Hicks drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Hicks sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Quaid is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Quaid has control of Hicks's left arm, preventing Hicks from doing any damage.
Quaid bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Hicks's guard.
Quaid won't allow Hicks to sweep him here.
Quaid lands a couple of elbows.
Hicks looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Quaid advances position into side control!
Hicks is not content to let Quaid control the position.
Hicks tries to improve position but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quaid trying to control the action but Hicks is working from the bottom.
Hicks tries to improve position but can't.
Hicks tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Quaid doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Hicks makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Douglas Quaid. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hicks misses with an uppercut.
Quaid shoots for a takedown but Hicks saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hicks rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Quaid moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hicks slips a jab and a cross from Quaid.
Hicks uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Quaid.
Hicks throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Quaid avoids the head kick by Hicks.
Hicks walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Quaid misses with a takedown attempt - Hicks sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
A head kick from Hicks lands but Quaid takes it in his stride.
Hicks lands a body shot.
Hicks misses the shot to the body.
Hicks moves out of range as Quaid strikes.
Quaid looks to clinch
and Hicks counters with a nice low kick that buckles Quaid's knee momentarily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hicks defending well as Quaid loads up on a big left hand.
Hicks moves away from the strike by Quaid.
Quaid shoots for a double leg takedown but Hicks sprawls well. He's pushed Quaid's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Hicks turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Hicks misses with a two punch combination.
Quaid fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Hicks on the side of the head.
Quaid displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hicks throws out the jab.
Hicks is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Quaid rather than just go for the knockout.
Quaid fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Hicks avoids it really well and circles away.
Hicks wants to land a leg kick but Quaid is out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hicks.
Quaid tries to clinch but Hicks moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dwayne Hicks showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Dwayne Hicks's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Hicks misses with a two punch combination.
Quaid tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hicks was well out of range. Poor timing from Quaid.
Hicks throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Hicks lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Quaid checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Quaid takes one on the button.
Hicks slips a jab and a cross from Quaid.
Hicks throws a low kick but it's checked well by Quaid.
Hicks throws a head kick that misses.
Dwayne Hicks is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hicks thumps Quaid with a low kick.
Hicks throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Hicks throws a half hearted mid kick.
A combination from Hicks does no damage.
No luck for Hicks with that takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hicks misses the jab.
A big right from Quaid misses.
Hicks finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Hicks throws a leg kick which misses Quaid's front leg but catches the back leg as Quaid tries to avoid it.
Quaid closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Quaid tries to pass the half guard into mount. Hicks knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Hicks keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Quaid is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hicks has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Quaid trying to control the position from guard on top but Hicks is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Quaid trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hicks looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Quaid trying to control but Hicks is working from the bottom.
Hicks looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Quaid drops back, looking for a kneebar! Hicks looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Hicks looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Hicks!
Hicks postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Hicks stands up and beckons Quaid to his feet.
Quaid shoots in and drives through. Hicks sprawls well.
Nice takedown defense from Hicks. No joy for Quaid on that attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hicks circles away from the clinch attempt
and Hicks counters with a stiff right hand.
Hicks connects with a high kick.
Quaid closes the distance and clinches up with Hicks, looking for a takedown. Quaid pushes Hicks against the cage but Hicks circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Douglas Quaid. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Quaid avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Quaid is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Quaid throws a sloppy body shot
and Hicks counters with a body kick.
Quaid shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Hicks sprawls well. Hicks wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Quaid gets slowly back to his feet.
Dwayne Hicks seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Quaid takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hicks misses with a head kick.
Quaid fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dwayne Hicks comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Hicks 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dwayne Hicks!
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energy
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