PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tyrone Jaxon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and QL Hicks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jaxon comes to the cage accompanied by X Goin' Give iIt To Ya-DMX. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Jaxon
vs
Hicks

168 cm
34
178 lbs
24 - 13 - 1

183 cm
29
186 lbs
24 - 16 - 1

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Insanely flexible

ADCC Champion
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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Revolution Fatigues
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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 24 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Tyrone Jaxon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, QL Hicks!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Elvis Blanc and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jaxon tries a head kick but it misses.
Hicks throws a right and a left that Jaxon avoids nicely.
Some wild striking there from Hicks.
Jaxon misses with an uppercut.
Jaxon lands with an uppercut that bounces Hicks off the cage and back into range.
Jaxon checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Hicks wants to clinch.
Hicks checks a leg kick.
Jaxon with a lazy takedown attempt
and Hicks counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Hicks tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Jaxon swivels and escapes.
Hicks works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Jaxon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hicks shoots in for a double leg but Jaxon sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Jaxon misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hicks dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jaxon misses with a wild body shot.
Jaxon throws the left hand but Hicks avoids the punch easily.
Hicks throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hicks keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jaxon connects with a leg kick. Hicks looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Jaxon connects with a leg kick. Hicks looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Jaxon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hicks moves away.
Jaxon lands a right hook to the body.
Hicks tries to bum rush Jaxon with a series of wild strikes but Jaxon uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hicks tries to close the distance and clinch but Jaxon swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jaxon jabs Hicks to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Jaxon throws a head kick that misses.

Jaxon gets tackled into the cage by Hicks. Hicks maintains the clinch.
Hicks lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jaxon can't find room to land a body shot as Hicks controls the action.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jaxon wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jaxon drops down looking for an ankle pick but Hicks pulls his leg out and moves away.
Hicks jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jaxon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Jaxon.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tyrone Jaxon. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A jab from Hicks misses.
Hicks looks to score with a jab to the body but Jaxon is just out of range.
Hicks moves in looking to clinch but Jaxon pushes him off.
Hicks uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jaxon.
Hicks ducks under a wild hook from Jaxon.
Hicks thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hicks throws a head kick but Jaxon moves out of range.
Jaxon takes a swing at Hicks's ribcage but misses.
Jaxon looks to score with a jab to the body but Hicks is just out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Hicks misses the target.
Hicks lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jaxon circles away quickly and effectively.
Jaxon connects with a right hand. Hicks shakes it off.
Jaxon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jaxon thows a body shot but no joy.
Hicks keeps Jaxon at a distance using the push kick.
Jaxon finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Jaxon scores with a head kick. Hicks tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Hicks lands a nice looking body shot.
Jaxon cracks Hicks with an open hand slap.
Jaxon misses the shot to the body.
Hicks scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jaxon lands with an overhand left.
Jaxon moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Jaxon.
Jaxon ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jaxon wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Jaxon connects with a right hand. Hicks shakes it off.

Hicks drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Jaxon tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Hicks wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Hicks is looking to take a break and control but Jaxon is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Tyrone Jaxon will probably get the nod.
That's time! Jaxon's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Jaxon fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hicks showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jaxon.
Jaxon lands a slapping body shot.
Jaxon uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Hicks swings for the body but Jaxon moves out of range.
Jaxon throws a body punch but Hicks moves out of range.
Jaxon throws a hook but Hicks avoids it easily.
Hicks uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jaxon.
Hicks connects with a jab.
Jaxon ducks under a wild hook from Hicks.
Jaxon throws a half hearted mid kick.
Jaxon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jaxon moves into range and connects with a jab.
Hicks missing with a left hand there. Jaxon was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jaxon thows a body shot but no joy.
Jaxon misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Hicks counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Jaxon's guard now.
Jaxon utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Hicks's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Hicks trying to control but Jaxon is working from the bottom.
Hicks throws a big elbow that misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hicks trying to control but Jaxon is working from the bottom.
Hicks pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jaxon is keeping the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hicks trying to control but Jaxon is working from the bottom.
Hicks trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Hicks wants to control from the top but Jaxon keeps moving.
Hicks throws a big right hand that misses.
Hicks postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Jaxon manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Hicks manages to get himself to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jaxon preventing the sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hicks has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hicks can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Jaxon controls the pace.
Jaxon keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Hicks's head.
Hicks is trying to keep Jaxon in close.
Jaxon trying to control but Hicks is working from the bottom.
QL Hicks has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hicks wants to sweep here but Jaxon controlling him for the moment.
Jaxon might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Hicks is on top in guard.
Hicks stopping the sweep attempt from Jaxon.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hicks throws a big right hand that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

QL Hicks showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Hicks misses with a leg kick.
Hicks tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Jaxon manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jaxon looks to score with a jab to the body but Hicks is just out of range.

Hicks shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Hicks was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Hicks content just to control the position here.
Jaxon tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Jaxon tries to lock up and control but Hicks gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Hicks throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Jaxon sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Hicks looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hicks missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Hicks is trying to control. Jaxon wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Jaxon is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Jaxon is looking to control Hicks's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Jaxon avoid being mounted?
Hicks not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Jaxon has his hands clasped together around Hicks's back. He's all about the action.
Hicks wants to pass to mount but Jaxon is defending the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jaxon blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hicks.
Hicks not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Jaxon is not content to let Hicks control the position.
Jaxon is looking to improve his position.
Hicks wants to control but Jaxon is keeping him busy.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Jaxon gets cracked there but stands up to it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hicks shoots in but Jaxon avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Hicks wants to clinch up but Jaxon keeps it at a distance.
Jaxon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hicks.
Hicks showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jaxon.
Jaxon misses the shot to the body.
Jaxon throws a big shot that misses.
Jaxon misses with a wild body shot.
Jaxon swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Hicks counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Hicks throws a series of punches but Jaxon avoids them all with ease.
Hicks missing with a left hand there. Jaxon was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jaxon on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Hicks doesn't manage to clinch there - Jaxon circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hicks cracks Jaxon with a right hand to the side of the head.
Hicks moves out of range of the body kick.
Jaxon buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Jaxon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hicks manages to avoid it.
Hicks fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jaxon manages to avoid it.
A telegraphed right hand from Jaxon misses the target.
Hicks takes a swing at Jaxon's ribcage but misses.
Hicks tries for a takedown but Jaxon circles away easily
and Jaxon counters with a straight right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jaxon takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jaxon throws a body punch but Hicks moves out of range.
Jaxon misses the jab.
Hicks displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

And that's the end of the fight!
QL Hicks comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Hicks has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 28:29
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... QL Hicks!
During a confident post fight interview, QL Hicks thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.