PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Richard Hickock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pierre Gautier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hickock comes to the cage accompanied by Turn me on Mr Deadman. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Hickock
vs
Gautier

182 cm
24
193 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

187 cm
31
202 lbs
25 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

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 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Richard Hickock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pierre Gautier!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hickock throws a big shot that misses.
Hickock throws a leg kick
and Gautier counters with a nice body shot.
Hickock pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Richard Hickock seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hickock lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hickock tries to land a leg kick but Gautier saw it coming and moves away.
Hickock thows a body shot but no joy.
Gautier lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
A slow jab from Hickock misses its intended target.
Hickock throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gautier throws a leg kick but Hickock sees it coming and moves out of range.
Gautier looks for the body kick but Hickock saw that one coming.
Hickock dips to his left and cracks Gautier with an uppercut!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hickock is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gautier gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Hickock misses with an uppercut. Gautier saw that one coming.
Hickock moves out of range of the body kick from Gautier.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Hickock. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Hickock.
Hickock misses with a head kick.
Gautier throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

Hickock pushes Gautier up against the cage in a clinch.
Hickock unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gautier lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gautier misses with a body punch.
Hickock lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gautier is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Hickock lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gautier backwards.
Hickock lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hickock blocks an uppercut.
Hickock gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Gautier throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gautier stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A short body shot lands from Gautier as the two fighters clinch.
Gautier tries to work over Hickock's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hickock fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hickock scores with a shot to the side of Gautier's head.
Gautier tries a body shot but Hickock blocks it.
Hickock lands a good knee to the midsection. Gautier won't want to take too many of those.
Hickock missing with knees to the body.
Hickock throws a punch but it's blocked by Gautier.
Gautier taking a breather.
A right hook to the body lands for Hickock.
Gautier takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hickock misses with a body punch.
Hickock working Gautier over with knees to the body.
Gautier misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hickock scores with a shoulder strike.
Gautier blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gautier.
Hickock misses with an elbow strike.
Gautier tries to throw a body punch but Hickock avoids it by throwing Gautier back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hickock throws a head punch that misses.
Hickock scores with a nice hook to the head.
Gautier lands a nice uppercut.
Gautier stalling.
Gautier misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gautier blocks an elbow strike.
Hickock doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hickock blocking some punches.
Hickock using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hickock utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Gautier throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hickocks head.
Gautier is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hickock is keeping busy.
Gautier lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A right hand to the body from Gautier.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hickock tries a knee to the head but Gautier blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Gautier tries to throw a body punch but Hickock avoids it by throwing Gautier back against the cage.
Gautier is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hickock is keeping busy.
Hickock lands a nice knee to the body.
Gautier is trying to stall.
Hickock throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Gautier can't find room to land a body shot as Hickock controls the action.
Hickock using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gautier has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hickock connects with a knee to the head.
Hickock lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gautier throws a punch but it's blocked by Hickock.
Hickock with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gautier.
Gautier blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
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 Richard Hickock will probably get the nod.
That's time! Hickock's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Hickock throws a head kick that Gautier semi-blocks.
Hickock scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Hickock connects with a jab.
Gautier tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gautier keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hickock takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Hickock throws out a leg kick but Gautier moves out of range and Hickock only half commits.
Hickock changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Hickock takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hickock lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A shot to the liver by Hickock. Beautiful body shot.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Hickock has Gautier up against the cage in a clinch.
Gautier misses with a body punch.
Hickock lands an elbow inside.
Hickock lands a nice shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hickock lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hickock scores with a shoulder strike.
Gautier wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hickock using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Gautier is breathing heavily.
Hickock lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Gautier makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hickock misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gautier.
Hickock struggles to land a body shot inside as Gautier controls his hands.
Hickock lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gautier backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hickock prevents a body shot from Gautier.
Gautier misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gautier tries a body shot but Hickock blocks it.
Gautier on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hickock working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hickock lands a knee to the head.

Gautier is rocked!
Hickock connects with a knee to the head.
Gautier is still on wobbly legs! Can Hickock finish him?
Hickock comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hickock lands a hook that snaps the head of Gautier backwards.
Hickock creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Gautier's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Gautier drops to his knees and Hickock pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Richard Hickock!
A relieved looking Richard Hickock thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.