PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bill Hicks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Hicks might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Bill Hicks at Dangerfields. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Hicks
vs
Davis

185 cm
19
172 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

186 cm
25
178 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Prefers standup

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Inexperienced

Vikai Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bill Hicks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, James Davis!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Colin Fray and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Davis tries to keep at a distance but Hicks has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hicks leaning his opponent against the cage.
Hicks working aggressively here.
Hicks is stalling here.
A right hand to the body from Hicks.
Davis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hicks lands a shoulder strike.
Davis trying to stall but Hicks improves his position.
Davis blocks an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hicks digs a right hand underneath Davis's ribcage. Davis let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Davis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Hicks scores with a nice short uppercut.

Davis jumps guard.
Hicks lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Davis looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hicks is one step ahead there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hicks throws a big right hand that misses.
Hicks tries to free his leg and advance position but Davis is retaining full guard.
Hicks throws an elbow that misses. Davis uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Hicks's guard. Nice move by Davis!

Hicks trying to keep a closed guard but Davis is proving a slippery customer.

Hicks looking for subs off his back but Davis has passed one foot through into half guard.
Hicks knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Davis on the ground.
Davis tries to stand but can't do so whilst Hicks controls his leg.
Davis trying to control from half guard but Hicks is working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hicks is controlling Davis's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Davis thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hicks's head.
Hicks keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Davis is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

Hicks looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Hicks is looking to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Hicks makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Hicks.
Hicks is trying to keep Davis in close.
Davis trying to control the position from guard on top but Hicks is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Davis avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Hicks controlling Davis's posture.
Hicks wants to sweep here but Davis controlling him for the moment.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Davis changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Hicks tries to avoid it but Davis manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Hicks to the ground. Hicks escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Hicks fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Hicks misses the target.
Davis steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hicks.
Davis avoids the body shot from Hicks.
Davis wants to counter with a clinch but Hicks pushes him away.
Davis with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Hicks to score with a decent uppercut.
Davis waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hicks.
Davis swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Hicks to counter with a crisp jab.
Davis uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hicks.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Davis shoots in and drives through. Hicks sprawls well.
Davis on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Davis throws a head kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bill Hicks dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Hicks tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Davis was well out of range. Poor timing from Hicks.
Hicks moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Hicks connects with a single shot there.

Davis is rocked!
Davis fails with the takedown
and Hicks counters with a big left hand that crumples Davis! He was out before he hit the floor! Brutal knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Bill Hicks!
In his post fight interview, Bill Hicks started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.