PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Lyman Hicks (ranked 989 p4p, 1931 weight class) and Caleb Jones (ranked 93 p4p, 171 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Lyman Hicks has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Lyman Hicks seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Hicks
vs
Jones

173 cm
27
153
8 - 4 - 0

170 cm
27
145
10 - 6 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Northern Zombie
Shadow Realm Apparel

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 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Lyman Hicks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Caleb Jones!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Jonathan Paton and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hicks lands a body shot.
Jones takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Hicks seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Hicks throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Good exchange - Hicks coming out on top.
Hicks connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Hicks throws a big shot that misses.
Hicks scores with a nice right hand.
Hicks throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jones looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Hicks misses with a shot to the body

and Jones counters by clinching up.
Hicks wants to get back to striking at distance but Jones won't allow it.

Hicks breaks the clinch.

Jones moves into the clinch successfully.
Hicks has a couple of punches blocked by Jones.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Jones tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hicks avoids it.
Jones is trying to pull guard but Hicks has him pressed against the cage.
A short right from Hicks on the inside.
Hicks fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hicks scores with a shoulder strike.
Jones lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hicks backwards.
Jones tries to pull guard but Hicks forces him back to his feet, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hicks.
Jones looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Jones takes a shot to the head.
Jones blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hicks.
Jones jumps guard but Hicks stands there with Jones around his waist. Jones gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Lyman Hicks has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Caleb Jones.
Hicks wants to break free but Jones has control.
Hicks throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Joness head.
Hicks is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

Hicks breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A jab from Hicks misses.
Jones throws out a counter right but Hicks avoids it with no problem.
Hicks looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hicks is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jones.
Jones tries to counter by closing the distance.
Jones dodges the punch combination from Hicks.
Jones is looking to clinch but Hicks is avoiding it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Hicks misses.
Hicks waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jones.
Jones is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.

Jones moves into the clinch.
Jones with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hicks lands a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hicks swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jones tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jones fails to pull guard.
Hicks lands an elbow that stopped Jones in his tracks for a moment.
Jones tries to pull guard but Hicks holds him up against the cage and eventually Jones drops back down to his feet.
A nice left hand lands by Hicks.
Jones jumps guard but Hicks turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Hicks lands with a left to the head.
Hicks leaning against his opponent.
Hicks lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A body shot lands from Jones.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hicks.
A short uppercut from Hicks.
Jones takes an elbow to the temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hicks is looking to control Jones's arms but Jones gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hicks has his back to the cage.
Jones tries to pull guard but Hicks holds him up against the cage and eventually Jones drops back down to his feet.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jones.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Jones is trying to pull guard but Hicks has him pressed against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hicks.
Hicks misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hicks has a couple of punches blocked by Jones.
Jones tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Jones is trying to pull guard but Hicks has him pressed against the cage.
Hicks lands with a short shot to the head.
Hicks swings wildly with an uppercut but Jones uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hicks takes a shot to the head.
Hicks softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Hicks.
Hicks lands with a right to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Hicks walks away with a smile on his face. Jones gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Hicks tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jones was well out of range. Poor timing from Hicks.
Hicks connects with a body shot.

Jones clinches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A shot in the inside from Hicks.
Hicks misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hicks pushes Jones back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hicks throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jones tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Hicks smiles and moves away.
Hicks throws a hook to the side of Jones's head but Jones sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hicks sets himself, and Jones steps forward looking for the clinch! Hicks avoids it this time.
Hicks throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hicks misses with a left hand
and Jones counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hicks lands a jab to Jones's midsection.
Hicks throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hicks throws a series of punches but Jones moves out of range.
Nice shot by Hicks.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Lyman Hicks dominated that round.
That's time! Hicks's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Hicks digs a good hook to Jones's body.
No joy there for Hicks, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jones steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hicks.
Hicks scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hicks misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Jones counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Jones.
Hicks throws a punch but it's blocked by Jones.
A shot in the inside from Hicks.
Jones takes a shot to the head.
Jones misses with a knee strike.
Hicks tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jones's elbow.
Hicks misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jones pushes Hicks back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Hicks scores with a nice short uppercut.
Jones tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Hicks smiles and moves away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hicks misses with a body shot.
Jones let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Jones waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hicks.
Hicks misses with a looping right.
Jones staying out of range there.
Jones swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones connects with a single shot there.
Lyman Hicks is winning the standup battle so far.
Hicks moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Jones slips a straight right by Hicks.
Hicks throws a body shot but no joy.
Hicks misses with a series of wild punches.
Jones tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hicks was well out of range. Poor timing from Jones.
Jones takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Hicks misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jones.
Hicks thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hicks sets himself, and Jones steps forward looking for the clinch! Hicks avoids it this time.
Jones ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jones ducks under a wild hook from Hicks.
Hicks throws a lazy uppercut
and Jones counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Hicks throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Jones counter with a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hicks displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jones throws out the jab.
Hicks circles away from the clinch attempt.

Jones gets in close and instigates a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jones tries to land knees in the clinch but Hicks avoids the damage to the body.
Jones misses with some punches.
Hicks throws a punch but it's blocked by Jones.
Jones misses with the head strike.
Jones blocks an uppercut.
Jones blocking some punches.
Jones jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Hicks walks away with a smile on his face. Jones gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Hicks is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jones can do to turn this around?
Hicks swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hicks catches Jones with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Hicks throws a body shot but no joy.

Jones has taken the fight to the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hicks.
Lyman Hicks has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Jones is trying to pull guard but Hicks has him pressed against the cage.
Lyman Hicks has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Caleb Jones.

Hicks breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hicks looks to throw the jab but Jones is out of range.
Jones wants to counter with a clinch but Hicks pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hicks with a hook.
Hicks pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hicks throws an off balance right hand

and Jones counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Jones.

Hicks pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hicks connects with a crisp jab.
Hicks throws an overhand right that lands on Jones's shoulder, as Jones tries to avoid the shot.
Lyman Hicks seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones moves out of range of the strikes.

Jones moves into range and clinches up with Hicks.
Jones tries to pull guard but Hicks forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Hicks working aggressively here.
Jones tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Hicks smiles and moves away.
Jones uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hicks.
Hicks lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Jones doesn't manage to clinch there - Hicks circles away.
Jones moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hicks misses with the combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hicks lands with a nice combination. Jones backs away looking to recover.
Hicks swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hicks throws a looping overhand right but Jones ducks down to avoid it.
Jones throws an overhand right that lands on Hicks's shoulder, as Hicks tries to avoid the shot.
Jones tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hicks manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jones moves out of range as Hicks strikes.
A left lands for Hicks.
Jones slips a jab and a cross from Hicks.
Hicks throws a shot from downtown. Jones moves away and avoids it.
Jones wants to clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Lyman Hicks dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Nice cross by Hicks.
Caleb Jones has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hicks throws an overhand right that lands on Jones's shoulder, as Jones tries to avoid the shot.
Hicks throws a jab but it's blocked by Jones.
Jones is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Hicks throws out a loose jab but Jones uses good head movement to avoid it.
A little jabbing left from Jones on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Hicks lands a nice hook to Jones's body. Jones takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Hicks scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Jones doesn't seem bothered though.
Hicks changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Jones avoids a punch combination nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones defending well as Hicks loads up on a big left hand.
Hicks lands a really nice looking cross but Jones seems unphased.
Nice defenses there by Jones.
Hicks looks to land a left hand but Jones moved out of range nicely.
Jones appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Hicks misses the target.
Hicks slips a straight right by Jones.
Hicks lands with a straight right. Jones didn't see that one coming.
Hicks lands with a straight right. Jones didn't see that one coming.
Hicks avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jones jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hicks throws a good cross that connects.
The fighters circling - Hicks throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hicks catches Jones with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Jones tries to clinch but Hicks is having none of it.
Jones throws a lazy right hand but Hicks sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hicks is looking to counter punch.
Hicks takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Jones throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hicks misses with a hook.
Jones slips under a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hicks throws a jab when Jones was well out of range.
Hicks misses with a looping right.
Hicks sets himself, and Jones steps forward looking for the clinch! Hicks avoids it this time.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hicks misses with a hook. Jones ducked under it nicely.
Hicks missing with a left hand there. Jones was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Jones clinches.
Jones jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Hicks walks away with a smile on his face. Jones gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Hicks!
Hicks throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A punch lands to the side of Jones 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The fighters circle momentarily. Jones darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Hicks throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jones wants to counter the offense by Hicks and move into the clinch position.
A left and a right from Hicks both land. Nice combination.
Jones slips a straight right by Hicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Hicks throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jones takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Jones takes a swing at Hicks's ribcage but misses.
Jones on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Hicks misses the shot to the body.
Jones tries to counter with a clinch but Hicks shakes him off and moves away.
Hicks connects with a single shot there.
Hicks throws a hook to the side of Jones's head but Jones sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hicks ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hicks misses with a jab to the body
and Jones counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hicks connects with a body shot.
Jones gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Hicks.
Hicks scores with a jab.
Hicks dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A left lands for Hicks.
Lyman Hicks is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jones looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jones uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hicks.
A little jabbing left from Jones on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Jones is looking to clinch but Hicks is avoiding it.
A little feinted left hand from Hicks on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Hicks lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Jones takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Hicks connects with a body shot.
Hicks slips a straight right by Jones.
Hicks uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jones.
Jones takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Hicks swings widly with a right hand
and Jones counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jones throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hicks scores with a jab.
Hicks looks to score with a jab to the body but Jones is just out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Jones misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lyman Hicks showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hicks has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:27
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lyman Hicks!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Lyman Hicks made sure he mentioned Shadow Realm Apparel, along with how happy he was to win his fight.