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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Richard Hickock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlos Penagos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hickock comes to the cage accompanied by Turn me on Mr Deadman. Penagos has chosen Somebody Gonna Get Their Ass Whooped! as his entrance music. Richard Hickock had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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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
14 - 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
21 - 7 - 1, fighting out of New York, Carlos Penagos!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Reed Andrews and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Hickock lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Penagos has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Penagos and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Penagos slips a straight right by Hickock.
Penagos lands with a cross.
Penagos lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Hickock throws a sloppy head kick and Penagos moves out of range easily.
Hickock tries to clinch up but Penagos circles away and keeps his distance.
Hickock is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Penagos moves out of range of the strikes.
Hickock cracks Penagos with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Hickock instigates a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Penagos lands a body punch.
Hickock takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hickock throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hickock on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hickock is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Penagos is defending well for now.
Penagos misses with an elbow strike.
Penagos lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hickock or not.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Penagos taking a breather.
Penagos doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Penagos using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hickock throws an elbow but it misses.
Hickock pushes Penagos back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Hickock tries a knee to the head but Penagos blocks it.
Penagos tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hickock misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Penagos.
Hickock misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Penagos blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Penagos fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Penagos presses Hickock against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Hickock fails to land.
Hickock blocks a body shot from Penagos.
Penagos managing to block the knees to the body from Hickock.
Hickock with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Penagos struggles to land a body shot inside as Hickock controls his hands.
Penagos stalling in the clinch but Hickock improves position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hickock managing to block the knees to the body from Penagos.
Hickock scores with a nice hook to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hickock.
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!
Penagos tries to land knees in the clinch but Hickock avoids the damage to the body.
Hickock lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Penagos or not.
Penagos managing to block the knees to the body from Hickock.
Penagos tries to land knees in the clinch but Hickock avoids the damage to the body.
Penagos blocks an uppercut.
Hickock tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Penagos avoids it.
Hickock managing to block the knees to the body from Penagos.
Hickock avoids a wild elbow strike from Penagos.
Hickock with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hickock creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Penagos takes an elbow to the temple.
Knees in the clinch landing for Penagos.
Penagos tries to stall but Hickock uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Hickock tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hickock lands a nice elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hickock creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Penagos's defenses.
Hickock being controlled against the cage.
Hickock blocking some punches.
Penagos goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hickock throws an elbow but misses.
Penagos avoids the elbow strike from Hickock, against the cage.
Hickock lands a body shot in the clinch.
Penagos lands a good knee to the midsection. Hickock won't want to take too many of those.
Hickock gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hickock tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Penagos's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A left hand lands to the body for Hickock.
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!
Hickock lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Penagos backwards.
Hickock connects with a knee to the head.
Hickock lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Penagos backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hickock takes a knee right on the jaw!
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Hickock blocking some punches.
Hickock misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hickock scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hickock softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Penagos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hickock avoids it.
Hickock looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Penagos throws an elbow but misses.
Hickock tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Penagos lands a shot to the body.
Hickock lands a nice elbow.
Hickock with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Penagos misses with an elbow over the top.
Penagos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hickock lands with a light punch inside.
Hickock scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hickock lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Penagos backwards.
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! Back to the action!
Hickock throws a low kick but Penagos moves out of range easily.
Penagos has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Penagos there as he acknowledges the shot.
Penagos takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Hickock fails to land with a series of punches.
Good shot there by Hickock.
Hickock misses with an uppercut
and Penagos counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Hickock instigates a clinch.
Hickock scores with a nice hook to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Penagos unloads a knee to the mid-section.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hickock.
Hickock blocks an elbow strike from Penagos.
Richard Hickock has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hickock pushes off an throws an elbow but Penagos leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Penagos misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hickock lands a knee to the head.
Penagos landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Penagos is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hickock is defending well for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hickock lands a damaging elbow.
Penagos taking a breather.
Penagos leaning his opponent against the cage.
Hickock takes an elbow to the temple.
Hickock on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Penagos lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hickock takes an elbow to the temple.
A short body shot lands from Penagos as the two fighters clinch.
Hickock tries to land a knee to the head but Penagos blocks with his arms.
Penagos looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Penagos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Penagos dodges an elbow strike from Hickock.
Penagos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hickock avoids it.
Penagos managing to block the knees to the body from Hickock.
Penagos tries to throw a body punch but Hickock avoids it by throwing Penagos back against the cage.
Hickock fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Hickock.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hickock pushes off an throws an elbow but Penagos leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Penagos avoids the elbow strike from Hickock, against the cage.
Hickock misses with an elbow strike.
Penagos landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hickock takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hickock blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hickock crunches a lovely knee into Penagos's ribcage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Hickock lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Penagos landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hickock landing knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hickock.
Hickock trying to land knees to the body.
Hickock tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Penagos blocks a body shot from Hickock.
Penagos creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hickock's defenses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penagos goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Penagos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Penagos.
Hickock tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hickock creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Penagos's defenses.
Penagos lands a nice shot to the body.
Hickock avoids the elbow strike from Penagos, against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hickock creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hickock tries to throw a body punch but Penagos avoids it by throwing Hickock back against the cage.
Penagos unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hickock lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hickock tries a knee to the head but Penagos blocks it.
Penagos scores with a nice hook to the head.
Penagos tries to land knees in the clinch but Hickock avoids the damage to the body.
Hickock misses with a body punch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Penagos lands a nice elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hickock tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hickock on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hickock tries to land a knee to the head but Penagos blocks with his arms.
With the fighters up against the cage, Penagos throws an elbow but misses.
Hickock misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A right hook to the body lands for Hickock.
Penagos scores a nice knee to the body.
A short right from Penagos on the inside.
The referee is keeping an eye on Penagos - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Penagos lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Penagos lands a shoulder strike.
Penagos is working Hickock over against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Penagos misses with a hook to the ribs.
Penagos lands a left hand.
Hickock managing to block the knees to the body from Penagos.
Penagos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hickock avoids it.
Penagos just leaning against Hickock, taking a breather.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Carlos Penagos will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Hickock throws a jab but it's blocked by Penagos.
Hickock tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Penagos is able to avoid easily.
Hickock digs a good body shot into Penagos's ribs.
Hickock throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Penagos.
Richard Hickock seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Penagos misses with a body punch
and Hickock counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Penagos ducks under a wild hook from Hickock.
Hickock dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Penagos. That did some damage!
Hickock pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hickock wants to slow Penagos down by chopping away at his legs.
Penagos lands a nice looking body shot.
Penagos misses with a wild body shot.
Penagos connects with a body shot that sends Hickock's belly button to the back.
Penagos swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Carlos Penagos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hickock ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Penagos moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Penagos lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hickock at a distance.
Penagos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hickock moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Penagos lands a two punch combo.
Hickock doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Hickock tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hickock throws a head kick that misses.
Penagos misses the shot to the body.
A good leg kick by Hickock.
Penagos closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Good body shot from Hickock.
Knees in the clinch landing for Penagos.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hickock misses with some punches.
Penagos blocks an elbow strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hickock dodges an elbow strike from Penagos.
Penagos is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Penagos utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Penagos unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hickock lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hickock avoiding damage as Penagos throws knees to the body.
Penagos utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Penagos lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hickock backwards.
Hickock on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hickock lands an elbow inside.
Hickock trying to land knees to the body.
Hickock tries a knee to the head but Penagos blocks it.
Hickock avoiding damage as Penagos throws knees to the body.
Hickock goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hickock missing with knees to the body.
Hickock tries to work over Penagos's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penagos tries to stall but Hickock uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Hickock on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hickock can't find room to land a body shot as Penagos controls the action.
Hickock misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Penagos obliges.
Hickock with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Penagos is pushing Hickock up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Penagos dodges an elbow strike from Hickock.
Hickock avoiding damage as Penagos throws knees to the body.
Penagos misses with an elbow strike.
Hickock being controlled against the cage.
Hickock tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hickock misses with a hook to the ribs.
Penagos is trying to stall.
Penagos lands a nice knee to the body.
Penagos's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Penagos throws an elbow that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hickock lands a right hand that snaps the head of Penagos backwards.
Penagos scores a nice knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Penagos.
It looks like Richard Hickock has been cut.
Penagos trying to land knees to the body.
Penagos looking to slow down the pace here.
Penagos looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Penagos.
Penagos taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Penagos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hickock avoids it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Carlos Penagos comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Penagos 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 Jonathan Paton scores the fight 28:29
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Carlos Penagos!
Carlos Penagos managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, CEC Nutrition Q160, into his post fight interview.
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