PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Charlie Hickings (ranked 1393 p4p, 193 weight class) and Ramon Gianni (ranked 3265 p4p, 372 weight class). Hickings comes to the cage accompanied by Thing - Just loud noises. Ramon Gianni has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Charlie Hickings's chin.

Hickings
vs
Gianni

188 cm
21
191 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

180 cm
20
190 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

King Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Charlie Hickings!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ramon Gianni!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Daniel Bishop and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hickings lands a slapping body shot.
Hickings missing with a left hand there. Gianni was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Gianni tries to keep at a distance but Hickings has taken the fight into the clinch.
A hook to the body from Hickings.
A right handed body shot lands from Hickings.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Gianni takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Hickings lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gianni backwards.
Gianni misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gianni misses with a punch on the inside.
Hickings misses with a punch on the inside.
Hickings lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gianni backwards.
Gianni has a couple of punches blocked by Hickings.
Hickings lands a hook that snaps the head of Gianni backwards.
Gianni leaning his opponent against the cage.
Hickings misses with a body punch.
A short uppercut from Gianni.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hickings lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hickings scores with a hook to the body.
Gianni misses with a body punch.
Hickings misses with the head strike.
Hickings tries to work over Gianni's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hickings lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gianni backwards.
Hickings misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hickings lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gianni backwards.
Hickings lands with a left to the head.
Gianni throws a punch but it's blocked by Hickings.
Gianni is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hickings blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hickings lands a body shot.
Hickings misses with a punch to the body.
Hickings throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Hickings throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Giannis head.
Hickings holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Hickings taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Hickings tries to work over Gianni's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gianni misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right from Hickings.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gianni working aggressively here.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Gianni takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Hickings lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gianni is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Hickings lands with a right to the head.
Gianni misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hickings scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short right from Hickings.
Hickings misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hickings.
Hickings misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Hickings fails to land.
Gianni tries to stall but Hickings uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Hickings lands a shot to the body.
Hickings lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hickings tries to work over Gianni's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hickings tries a body shot but Gianni blocks it.
Hickings lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gianni backwards.
Hickings takes a shot to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hickings creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hickings lands a shoulder strike.
Hickings tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gianni blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hickings misses with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Gianni.
Hickings makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gianni misses with the head strike.
Hickings lands with a right to the head.
Hickings lands with a short shot to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hickings misses with a body punch.
Gianni misses with a body punch.
Hickings tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gianni's elbow.
Hickings definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Hickings tries to throw a body punch but Gianni avoids it by throwing Hickings back against the cage.
Hickings misses with some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hickings prevents Gianni from breaking the clinch.
Hickings lands a body punch.
Hickings lands a right hand.
Gianni taking a breather.
Gianni looking to slow down the pace here.
Gianni is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Gianni prevents a body shot from Hickings.
Hickings tries to work over Gianni's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Gianni breaks from the clinch.
Gianni ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hickings moves away.
Hickings thuds a left hand into Gianni's body.
Gianni swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hickings.
Hickings blocks the body kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Hickings misses the target.
Hickings catches Gianni with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Hickings takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
A shot to the body from Hickings misses
and Gianni counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gianni misses with a body punch
and Hickings counters with a straight right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charlie Hickings dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Gianni connects with a body shot.
Hickings misses with a right hand
and Gianni counters with a left to the body.
Hickings is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gianni can do to turn this around?
Gianni takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hickings feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Giannis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Hickings dips to his left and cracks Gianni with an uppercut!
Hickings throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Hickings cracks Gianni with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Gianni bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hickings's head.
Hickings scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gianni slips under a jab from Hickings.
Hickings misses the jab.
Hickings lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Gianni thuds a left hand into Hickings's body.
Gianni misses with a right hand
and Hickings counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gianni misses with a kick to the body
and Hickings connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gianni misses with an uppercut.
Hickings throws out a loose jab but Gianni uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gianni takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hickings throws a predictable looking body shot
and Gianni counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gianni dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hickings darts in trying to clinch
and Gianni counters with a slapping leg kick.
Gianni misses with a low kick as Hickings jumps back.
Gianni takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Gianni uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hickings.
Good work by Hickings as he checks the leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hickings scores with a hook to the body. Gianni takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Hickings scores with a jab to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A thudding body kick lands there by Gianni!
Gianni digs a good hook to Hickings's body.
Gianni walks into a left hand.
Hickings sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
A big right from Hickings misses.
Gianni gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Gianni scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hickings fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gianni manages to avoid it.
Gianni counters with a body kick.
Gianni wants to land a leg kick but Hickings is out of range.
It looked like Hickings wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Gianni works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hickings throws a good cross that connects.
Hickings throws a body shot but no joy.
Charlie Hickings is winning the standup battle so far.
Gianni lands a nice shot to the body.
Gianni throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The fighters circling - Hickings throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hickings misses with a body shot.
Gianni wants to counter with a clinch but Hickings pushes him away.
Hickings fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Gianni throws a sloppy head kick and Hickings moves out of range easily.
Gianni on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Gianni misses the jab.
Gianni uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hickings.
The fighters circle momentarily. Gianni darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Gianni lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Gianni ducks right into an uppercut from Hickings.
Charlie Hickings seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gianni throws a body shot but no joy.
Gianni looks to land a right hand but Hickings moved out of range.
Gianni fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Gianni has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Gianni ducks right into an uppercut from Hickings.
Gianni takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

Hickings is rocked!
Gianni throws an uppercut from hell that sends Hickings clean off his feet! He's out cold! Gianni stands back and admires his work as he thinks about that KO of the night award that is surely being wrapped up for him back stage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ramon Gianni!
An out of breath Ramon Gianni thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.