PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Charlie Hickings (ranked 655 p4p, 89 weight class) and Raphael Hide (ranked 1850 p4p, 237 weight class). Hickings comes to the cage accompanied by Thing - Just loud noises. Hide comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Nightwish kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Raphael Hide told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Hickings
vs
Hide

188 cm
21
191 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

178 cm
21
190 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
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BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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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 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Charlie Hickings!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Raphael Hide!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Reed Andrews and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hickings swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hickings pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hickings scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Nice shot lands for Hide.
Hickings throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Hickings looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Hickings tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hide was well out of range. Poor timing from Hickings.
Hide takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Hickings lands a nice hook to Hide's body. Hide takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Charlie Hickings seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hickings misses with a body shot.
Hickings takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Hickings avoids the body shot from Hide.

Hickings gets tackled into the cage by Hide. Hide maintains the clinch.
Hickings works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hickings lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hide backwards.
Hickings lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hickings on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hide swings wildly with an uppercut but Hickings uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hickings lands a shoulder strike.
Hickings cracks Hide with a nice body shot.
Hide misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hickings.
Hide stalling against the cage.
Hickings has a couple of punches blocked by Hide.
Hide tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hickings can't find room to land a body shot as Hide controls the action.
Hickings can't find room to land a body shot as Hide controls the action.
Hide has a couple of punches blocked by Hickings.
A short body shot lands from Hide as the two fighters clinch.
Hickings blocks a body shot from Hide.
Hickings misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hickings misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hide.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hide.
Hide trying to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hide misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hickings.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hickings.
Hide blocks an uppercut.
Hide misses with a body punch.
Hickings misses with the head strike.
Hide connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hickings's face.
A hook to the body from Hide.
Hickings lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hickings struggles to land a body shot inside as Hide controls his hands.
Hickings tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hide avoids it.
Hickings wants a takedown.
Hickings misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hickings is trying to pull guard but Hide turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Hickings struggles to land a body shot inside as Hide controls his hands.
Hickings drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Hide gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Charlie Hickings. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hickings blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hide lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hickings backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hickings takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hide tries a knee to the head but Hickings blocks it.
Hide blocks a body shot from Hickings.
Hide has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Hickings seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Hide can turn it around.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hide.
A nice left hand lands by Hide.
Hide misses with a body punch.
Hide connects with a knee to the head.

Hickings is rocked!
Come on Hide - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Oh Hickings is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hide lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hickings backwards.
Hide is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hide landing knees to the body.
Hide is leaning against Hickings and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Hickings is breathing heavily.
Hide unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hide dips a shoulder and cracks Hickings with a mighty uppercut! Hickings falls back against the cage and Hide unloads with a barrage of strikes! Hickings is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Hide screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Raphael Hide!
A less than humble Raphael Hide misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
The defeated Charlie Hickings had this to say: 'Y ain't nathing, mate. Got lucky and noothink els. See ja soon reel soon, boi. You better hide.'.