PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Edward Hickson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and ik Lik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hickson comes to the cage accompanied by "World So Cold" - Mudvayne. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Hickson
vs
Lik

169 cm
20
142 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
26
135 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Edward Hickson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, ik Lik!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Stewart Dunkirk and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hickson misses with a double jab.
Lik is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Lik looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!

Lik moves into the clinch.

Lik breaks from the clinch.
Hickson lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Hickson misses with a double jab

and Lik counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Lik breaks the clinch.
Hickson tries to bum rush Lik with a series of wild strikes but Lik uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hickson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lik.
Hickson misses with a double jab.
Some wild striking there from Hickson.
Hickson looks to land a combination but Lik avoids it well.
Lik fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lik tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hickson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hickson tests Lik's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hickson throws a series of punches but Lik avoids them all with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hickson throws a series of punches but Lik avoids them all with ease.
Hickson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Lik counters by moving into the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lik obliges.
Lik unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hickson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Lik pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hickson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lik circles away quickly and effectively.
A telegraphed right hand from Hickson misses the target.
Hickson throws a series of punches but Lik moves out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Hickson. Those never looked like landing.
Hickson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hickson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hickson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Edward Hickson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Lik has closed the distance and engaged Hickson in a clinch.
Lik lands a knee to the head.
Lik connects with a knee to the head.
Hickson being controlled against the cage.
Lik tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lik has Hickson pushed against the cage.

Lik breaks the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hickson swinging wildly here.
Hickson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hickson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lik circles away quickly and effectively.

Lik rushes Hickson and presses him up against the cage.

Lik escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hickson misses with a wild combination.
Hickson lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Hickson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hickson looks to land a combination but Lik avoids it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hickson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hickson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lik circles away quickly and effectively.
Edward Hickson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hickson slaps away a takedown attempt from Lik, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Hickson scores with a shot to the body.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Lik manages to break the clinch.

Lik darts in and clinches Hickson up against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hickson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lik has him pressed against the cage.

Lik breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but ik Lik will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Hickson throws a series of punches but Lik avoids them all with ease.
Hickson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lik circles away quickly and effectively.

Lik has closed the distance and engaged Hickson in a clinch.
Hickson wants to break the clinch but can't.

Lik breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hickson misses with a two punch combination.
Hickson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hickson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Lik shoots in for a double leg but Hickson sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Hickson misses with a few strikes there.
Hickson throws a right and a left that Lik avoids nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hickson misses with a two punch combination.
Hickson throws a one two combo.
Hickson throws a body punch but Lik moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lik avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hickson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Hickson tries to keep at a distance but Lik has taken the fight into the clinch.
Lik lands a nice knee to the body.
Lik stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Lik with a knee to the head.

Lik breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hickson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lik.
Hickson fails to land with a series of punches.
Edward Hickson is winning the standup battle so far.
Hickson throws a series of punches but Lik avoids them all with ease.

Lik moves into the clinch.
Lik using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Lik's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Edward Hickson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hickson misses with a double jab.
Hickson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lik moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Lik forces Hickson back against the cage and clinches.
Lik keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hickson's efforts to push away.

Lik breaks from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lik wants to clinch up but Hickson keeps it at a distance.
Lik tries to close the distance and clinch but Hickson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hickson misses with a wild combination.
Lik showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hickson.

Lik gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Lik lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lik putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hickson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

Lik breaks from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hickson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hickson swinging wildly here.
Hickson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lik circles away quickly and effectively.
Hickson stuffs the takedown.
Hickson fails to land with a series of punches.

Lik gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hickson is trying to force a seperation but Lik has the dominant position.
Lik is stalling here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lik keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hickson's efforts to push away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

ik Lik showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Lik doesn't manage to clinch there - Hickson circles away.
Hickson throws a right and a left that Lik avoids nicely.
Lik tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hickson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hickson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hickson misses with a wild combination.

Hickson tries to keep at a distance but Lik has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hickson is trying to break the clinch but Lik has him pressed against the cage.
A knee to the head by Lik.
Hickson has had enough of the clinch but Lik keeps him there for the moment.
Lik takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lik keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hickson's efforts to push away.
A knee to the head by Lik.
Lik misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hickson.
Lik lands a knee to the head.
Hickson has had enough of the clinch but Lik keeps him there for the moment.
Lik using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Lik's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A combination from Hickson does no damage.
Hickson throws a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lik takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Hickson lands a two punch combo.
Lik slips under a jab.
Hickson misses with a combination

and Lik holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Lik landing knees to the body.
Lik trying to land knees to the body.

Lik breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sloppy strikes from Hickson. Those never looked like landing.
Hickson misses with a wild combination.
A punch combination from Hickson misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Lik closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Knees to the body from Lik.
Lik lands a nice elbow.
Lik is stalling here.
Lik missing with knees to the body.
Lik lands a nice knee to the body.
Hickson tries to break the clinch but Lik is controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lik is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hickson is defending well for now.
Hickson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Lik manages to break the clinch.
Hickson looks to land a combination but Lik avoids it well.
Hickson lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Hickson.
Hickson throws a left and a right that both miss

and Lik counters by clinching up.
Lik landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Lik tries to throw a body punch but Hickson avoids it by throwing Lik back against the cage.
Edward Hickson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lik keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hickson's efforts to push away.
ik Lik is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Lik keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hickson's efforts to push away.

And that's the end of the fight!
ik Lik comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Lik winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... ik Lik!
ik Lik decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.