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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sandy Hawkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rick Diculous (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Hawkins might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Enter Sandman. Diculous comes into a darkened arena with his song building. How you like me now - The Heavy kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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165 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sandy Hawkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rick Diculous!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Robert Douchet and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hawkins tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hawkins swats away the attempt to clinch by Diculous.
Diculous throws an overhand right that lands on Hawkins's shoulder, as Hawkins tries to avoid the shot.
Diculous slips a jab and a cross from Hawkins.
Diculous throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hawkins on the side of the head.
Diculous misses with a looping left.
Hawkins tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hawkins misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Diculous throws a big shot that misses.
Hawkins throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hawkins doesn't manage to clinch there - Diculous circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hawkins tries to keep at a distance but Diculous has taken the fight into the clinch.
Diculous leaning his opponent against the cage.
Hawkins misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Diculous.
Hawkins throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawkins misses with a knee to the head.
Diculous lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Diculous is stalling here.
Hawkins trying to land knees to the body.
Hawkins misses with a punch on the inside.
Hawkins tries to land knees in the clinch but Diculous avoids the damage to the body.
Hawkins throws an elbow that misses.
Hawkins tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nice elbow from Hawkins.
A head punch on the inside from Diculous fails to land.
A nice left hand lands by Diculous.
Come on Diculous - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Diculous lands a left hand.
Diculous blocks an elbow strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Diculous.
Diculous lands a nice uppercut.
Hawkins goes for a takedown attempt but Diculous pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Hawkins scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Diculous is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Hawkins.
Hawkins avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Diculous misses the jab.
Hawkins looks to throw the jab but Diculous is out of range.
Hawkins tries to clinch but Diculous moves out of range.
Hawkins tries to clinch up.
Hawkins throws a hook but Diculous blocks it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hawkins. Diculous does a little dance to reset his feet.
Diculous blocks a jab.
Hawkins looks to score with a jab to the body but Diculous is just out of range.
Hawkins keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Diculous moves out of range of the strikes.
A jab from Diculous finds it's way through Hawkins's defenses.
Diculous misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diculous digs a good body shot into Hawkins's ribs.
Diculous fails to land with a series of punches.
Hawkins walks into a straight right hand from Diculous.
Hawkins throws the left hand but Diculous avoids the punch easily.
Hawkins misses with a double jab
enabling Diculous to counter with a crisp jab.
Hawkins blocks a jab.
Hawkins misses with a wild body shot.
Diculous keeps the fight on the outside.
Diculous has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Diculous there as he acknowledges the shot.
Sandy Hawkins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Diculous throws a jab when Hawkins was well out of range.
Diculous uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hawkins.
Hawkins throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Diculous sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hawkins wants to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hawkins moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Hawkins tries to clinch but Diculous moves out of range.
Diculous ducks under a wild hook from Hawkins.
Diculous uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hawkins.
Hawkins takes a swing at Diculous's ribcage but misses.
Hawkins looks to score with a jab to the body but Diculous is just out of range.
Diculous throws a good cross that connects.
Diculous has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hawkins misses with a knee to the head.
Diculous working aggressively here.
Hawkins changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Diculous fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Nice takedown defense from Diculous. No joy for Hawkins on that attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rick Diculous dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Hawkins fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Some wild striking there from Hawkins.
Hawkins just misses with a punch to the body.
Hawkins displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Diculous throws out the jab.
Diculous misses the shot to the body.
Diculous might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Diculous throws the left hand but Hawkins avoids the punch easily.
Hawkins misses with a body punch
letting Diculous counter with a right hand.
Hawkins takes one to the chin there.
A shot to the liver by Hawkins. Beautiful body shot.
Diculous cracks Hawkins with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Hawkins attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Hawkins shoots and misses
and Diculous counters with a left to the body.
Diculous keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hawkins.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawkins tries for a takedown but Diculous sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
A combination from Diculous does no damage.
Hawkins throws a left and a right that both miss
and Diculous counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Diculous tries to clinch up.
Diculous throws a shot from downtown. Hawkins moves away and avoids it.
Nice jab there from Diculous.
Hawkins misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sandy Hawkins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hawkins fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Hawkins is looking to wear down Diculous with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Hawkins looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Diculous is fending him off so far but Hawkins persists. Nope, Diculous circles away and we're back to standing.
Diculous connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hawkins's hands.
Hawkins misses with a body shot.
Hawkins gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Hawkins moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diculous scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Hawkins lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Diculous has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Diculous and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Hawkins avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hawkins looks to throw the jab but Diculous is out of range.
Hawkins feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Hawkins thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Hawkins throws a big right hand that misses.
Diculous is looking to stand up but Hawkins isn't so interested in that idea.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawkins wants to control from the top but Diculous keeps moving.
Diculous is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Hawkins trying to control the position from guard on top but Diculous is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Sandy Hawkins has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Diculous fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hawkins looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Hawkins throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Diculous tries to sprawl but Hawkins drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Diculous scores with a few weak punches.
Diculous blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hawkins.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hawkins is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Hawkins is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Hawkins stops Diculous from getting back to his feet.
Hawkins 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.
Hawkins throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Diculous avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hawkins.
Diculous scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Hawkins manages to mount him!
Hawkins sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Hawkins is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Diculous to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Diculous shrugs it off.
Hawkins landing strikes from the mount and Diculous is in trouble!
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 Sandy Hawkins will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Hawkins misses with a body kick.
Hawkins takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Hawkins is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Diculous keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Diculous blocks a leg kick.
Diculous just misses with a punch to the body.
Rick Diculous seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hawkins tries to clinch up.
Hawkins throws a head kick but Diculous moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hawkins lands a slapping body shot.
Diculous slaps away a takedown attempt from Hawkins, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Hawkins throws a shot from downtown. Diculous moves away and avoids it.
Diculous throws a right hand that Hawkins ducks under and follows up with a left that Hawkins also avoids with ease.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diculous scores with a three punch combo!
Diculous throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hawkins counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hawkins misses with a series of wild punches.
Diculous swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hawkins makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Diculous scores with a jab to the head.
Hawkins will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Diculous rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hawkins moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Diculous misses with a body punch
and Hawkins counters with a right hand to the body.
Diculous misses the jab.
Hawkins scores with a shot to the body.
Diculous takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Diculous misses with a hook. Hawkins ducked under it nicely.
Diculous cracks Hawkins with an open hand slap.
Diculous avoids the head kick by Hawkins.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hawkins throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Diculous was covering up waiting for the punch and Hawkins finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Hawkins throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Diculous works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Hawkins slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Diculous wants to get back to his feet but Hawkins passes into half guard.
Hawkins has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Diculous taking shots to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diculous is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawkins jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Diculous manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Diculous wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Diculous is not content to let Hawkins control the position.
Hawkins tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Diculous is looking for a sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Hawkins working the head with strikes.
Hawkins trying to control the position but Diculous is working away.
Hawkins tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Hawkins working the ground and pound.
Hawkins trying to control the position but Diculous is working away.
Diculous prevents Hawkins from moving into mount.
Hawkins thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Diculous tries to escape but Hawkins is in control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sandy Hawkins showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Hawkins has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Sandy Hawkins!
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energy
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hype
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