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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Lyman Hicks (ranked 4406 p4p, 2937 weight class) and Coco Valenzuela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Lyman Hicks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Coco Valenzuela!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Sandra Marshall and Santiago Holmes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Valenzuela rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hicks moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hicks throwing a counter right hand but Valenzuela manages to avoid it.
Valenzuela throws a right and a left that Hicks avoids nicely.
Valenzuela swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Valenzuela clinches up against the cage.
Hicks tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Valenzuela's elbow.
Hicks goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hicks tries to throw a body punch but Valenzuela avoids it by throwing Hicks back against the cage.
Hicks on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Valenzuela letting Hicks take a breather here.
Valenzuela blocks an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hicks throws a punch but it's blocked by Valenzuela.
Hicks stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Hicks misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Valenzuela.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hicks.
Hicks misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Valenzuela wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hicks lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Valenzuela or not.
Hicks tries a body shot but Valenzuela blocks it.
Hicks blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Valenzuela misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hicks misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hicks tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Hicks fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hicks.
Hicks keeps control of Valenzuela as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hicks swings wildly with an uppercut but Valenzuela uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee is keeping an eye on Hicks - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Still in the clinch, Hicks scores with a nice short uppercut.
Valenzuela is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hicks is defending well for now.
Hicks throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Valenzuelas head.
Hicks stalls.
Hicks tries to throw a body punch but Valenzuela avoids it by throwing Hicks back against the cage.
Hicks misses with some punches.
Hicks scores with a nice hook to the head.
Valenzuela blocking some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hicks tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Valenzuela tries to circle away but Hicks has him pinned against the cage.
Hicks misses with the head strike.
Valenzuela dodges an elbow strike from Hicks.
Hicks throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Valenzuelas head.
Hicks misses with a hook from the clinch.
Valenzuela's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Valenzuela moves into the clinch.
Hicks can't find room to land a body shot as Valenzuela controls the action.
Hicks can't find room to land a body shot as Valenzuela controls the action.
Hicks tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Valenzuela's elbow.
Valenzuela tries to circle away but Hicks has him pinned against the cage.
Hicks lands with a light punch inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valenzuela gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Valenzuela throwing shots but Hicks is blocking nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hicks keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Valenzuela really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hicks. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Hicks regains full guard. Nicely done.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Valenzuela landing with the ground and pound.
Valenzuela trying to control but Hicks is working from the bottom.
Hicks throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Valenzuela throws an elbow that misses. Hicks uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Valenzuela's guard. Nice move by Hicks!
Hicks in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Lyman Hicks dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Hicks connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Hicks is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Valenzuela can do to turn this around?
Valenzuela forces Hicks back against the cage and clinches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hicks.
Hicks misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hicks goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hicks is trying to stall.
Lyman Hicks has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hicks's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Valenzuela blocking some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hicks misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hicks misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hicks lands a body shot in the clinch.
Hicks misses with the head strike.
Hicks throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Hicks lands a nice uppercut.
Hicks lands a shoulder strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hicks.
Valenzuela tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hicks avoids it.
Hicks can't find room to land a body shot as Valenzuela controls the action.
Hicks leaning against his opponent.
Hicks misses with the head strike.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hicks.
Valenzuela is breathing heavily.
Hicks lands a left hand.
Hicks throws an elbow that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hicks scores with a shoulder strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hicks.
Hicks misses with some punches.
A short body shot lands from Hicks as the two fighters clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Valenzuela blocks a body shot from Hicks.
Hicks tries to work over Valenzuela's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hicks lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hicks misses with the head strike.
Hicks misses with a punch on the inside.
Hicks pushes Valenzuela back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hicks leaning his opponent against the cage.
Valenzuela is trying to break the clinch but Hicks has him pressed against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hicks tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hicks.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Hicks avoids a wild elbow strike from Valenzuela.
Hicks lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Valenzuela or not.
Hicks tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hicks missing with knees to the body.
Hicks struggles to land a body shot inside as Valenzuela controls his hands.
Hicks digs a right hand into Valenzuela's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Valenzuela's gas tank.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hicks creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hicks misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hicks lands a left hand that snaps the head of Valenzuela backwards.
Hicks lands a shoulder strike.
Hicks has a couple of punches blocked by Valenzuela.
Valenzuela avoids a wild elbow strike from Hicks.
Hicks swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hicks misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Valenzuela.
Hicks misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hicks lands a left hand.
Hicks lands a nice uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Lyman Hicks dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Hicks misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hicks tries to clinch but Valenzuela moves out of range.
A combination from Valenzuela does no damage.
Valenzuela moves into the clinch successfully.
Hicks lands a shoulder strike.
Hicks misses with a punch on the inside.
Hicks struggles to land a body shot inside as Valenzuela controls his hands.
Hicks misses with some punches.
Hicks lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Hicks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Valenzuela blocks an uppercut.
Hicks tries to land knees in the clinch but Valenzuela avoids the damage to the body.
Valenzuela tries to break the clinch but Hicks is controlling the position.
Hicks throws a punch but it's blocked by Valenzuela.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hicks scores with a nice hook to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hicks.
Valenzuela blocks an uppercut.
Valenzuela lands a damaging elbow.
Hicks working aggressively here.
Hicks misses with a punch on the inside.
Valenzuela blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hicks throws a head punch that misses.
Valenzuela blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Valenzuela blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hicks swings wildly with an uppercut but Valenzuela uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hicks keeps control of Valenzuela as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hicks works on Valenzuela's body with a couple of short punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hicks.
Hicks doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hicks tries to throw a body punch but Valenzuela avoids it by throwing Hicks back against the cage.
Hicks struggles to land a body shot inside as Valenzuela controls his hands.
Valenzuela has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hicks blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hicks lands a hook to the side of the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Hicks.
Valenzuela takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Valenzuela.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hicks presses Valenzuela against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Hicks has a couple of punches blocked by Valenzuela.
Hicks scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Valenzuela is rocked!
Hicks lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Valenzuela is still on wobbly legs! Can Hicks finish him?
Hicks misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hicks working aggressively here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hicks.
Hicks lands a shoulder strike.
Hicks lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Valenzuela to his knees! Hicks keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lyman Hicks!
A relieved looking Lyman Hicks thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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hype
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