PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bill Hickok (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Demo Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hickok comes to the cage accompanied by Ari Gold - Let's Hug It Out, BITCH. Man is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: THE PRODIGY - voodoo people. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Hickok
vs
Man

185 cm
33
215 lbs
23 - 8 - 1

182 cm
30
197 lbs
25 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Springfield HW Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bill Hickok!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Demo Man!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Valeri Chadov and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Man takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

It looks like Demo Man has been cut.
Hickok takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Man lands with a shot to the body.
Man cracks a nice hook into Hickok's ribs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A big left from Man misses.
Man pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Man moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

It looks like Bill Hickok has been cut.
Nice shot lands for Hickok.
Hickok scores with a hook.
Hickok lands a nice hook to Man's body. Man takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Man scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Man stuns Hickok with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Hickok swinging wildly here.
Man looks to land a combination but Hickok avoids it well.
Man throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hickok.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hickok thows a body shot but no joy.
Hickok throws the left hand but Man avoids the punch easily.
Man lands a jab to the head.
Hickok throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Man misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hickok lunges at Man with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Man's hand.

Hickok lands a big head kick that sends Man tumbling to the mat! Hickok takes a step backwards and waves Man back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Man is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Man uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hickok.
Man is still on wobbly legs! Can Hickok finish him?
Hickok lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Man takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hickok's jab looks to have found its range, popping Man under the eye.
Hickok looks to score with a jab to the body but Man is just out of range.
Hickok uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Man.
Hickok cracks Man with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Man tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Hickok pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Man is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bill Hickok!
Bill Hickok retains his light heavyweight title!
After winning the bout, Bill Hickok thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.