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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Lyman Hicks (ranked 122 p4p, 1711 weight class) and Daniel Burton (ranked 11 p4p, 151 weight class). Hicks's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, The Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come Today. Daniel Burton has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Lyman Hicks's chin.
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BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
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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 16 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lyman Hicks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Daniel Burton!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Saam Ante and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hicks staying out of range there.
Hicks scores with a takedown into Burton's guard.
Burton looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Burton avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hicks stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Burton swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Hicks throws a big right hand that misses.
Burton wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burton keeping moving, preventing Hicks from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Burton is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Burton is trying to keep Hicks in close.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burton is looking to sweep but instead, Hicks has passed into half guard.
Hicks working the head and body with strikes.
Burton is trying to control but can't.
Burton keeping control of the position.
Hicks missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Burton moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Hicks postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burton pulls Hicks in to control the position.
Hicks with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Burton is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Hicks defends well.
Hicks wants to pass the guard but Burton is keeping the position.
Burton looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Burton is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Hicks is aware though and is defending well.
Hicks lands a couple of elbows.
Burton is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Burton keeping moving, preventing Hicks from controlling successfully.
Hicks is in close to Burton's body, working some short punches and elbows.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hicks postures up.
Burton is looking for a triangle but Hicks pushes his legs off easily.
Hicks throws a strike but Burton rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Hicks is striking but Burton is not phased and passes to half guard.
Burton is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Hicks defends it well.
Hicks tries to roll over but Burton keeps him under control.
Burton is looking to take a break and control but Hicks is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Burton performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hicks trying to control but Burton postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hicks is not content to let Burton control the position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hicks is trying to get back to full guard.
Hicks regains full guard. Nicely done.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Lyman Hicks dominated that round.
That's time! Hicks's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Burton pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Hicks back to the cage. Burton follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Hicks takes a swing at Burton's ribcage but misses.
The fighters circling - Burton throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hicks shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Burton pinned against the cage. Burton gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Burton throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hicks counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Hicks changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Burton misses the target.
Hicks slips a jab from Burton.
Hicks scores with a punch to the head.
Hicks lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Hicks listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Burton bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hicks's head.
Hicks throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A head kick misses from Hicks.
Burton scores with a jab. Hicks acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hicks clobbers Burton with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Hicks misses with a wild combination.
Burton lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Hicks backs up against the cage.
Burton misses with a double jab
and Hicks counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Burton ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Burton ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hicks moves away.
Daniel Burton is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hicks bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hicks ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Burton moves away.
Burton scores with a jab. Hicks acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Hicks throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Hicks looks to score with a jab to the body but Burton is just out of range.
Hicks waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Burton.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hicks ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hicks just misses with a punch to the body.
Burton throws the left hand but Hicks avoids the punch easily.
Burton looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lyman Hicks seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Burton misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hicks connects with a body shot.
Nice uppercut lands for Burton. That snapped Hicks's head back.
Hicks throws out a loose jab but Burton uses good head movement to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Burton. Hicks does a little dance to reset his feet.
Burton throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hicks sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hicks misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Burton.
Burton is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Burton throws out a powerful jab.
Burton fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hicks manages to avoid it.
Daniel Burton is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Burton throws a series of punches but Hicks avoids them all with ease.
Hicks half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Burton swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hicks loads up on a big right hand but Burton slips the punch.
Hicks keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hicks shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Hicks is nestled in close to Burton, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Hicks lands with a punch from half guard.
Hicks seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Burton is trying to control but Hicks passes into side control!
Hicks works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Hicks scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Burton to see if he's OK.
Hicks looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Burton is avoiding damage well.
Hicks tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Hicks is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Burton can do to turn this around?
Hicks misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burton on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
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!
Hicks lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Hicks fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Burton is trying to improve his position.
Hicks works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Burton is not content to let Hicks control the position.
Burton tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Hicks wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Hicks creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Burton sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Burton gets back to half guard.
Hicks with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Lyman Hicks dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Hicks moves into the clinch successfully.
Hicks blocks a body shot from Burton.
Hicks is looking for a takedown.
Burton has a couple of punches blocked by Hicks.
A right handed body shot lands from Burton.
Burton lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Burton's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hicks. Burton does a little dance to reset his feet.
Burton has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Hicks finds it's way round the side to connect with Burton's head.
Hicks slips under a jab.
Hicks went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Hicks looks to throw the jab but Burton is out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hicks tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A shot to the liver by Hicks. Beautiful body shot.
Hicks is looking to wear down Burton with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Hicks has his takedown stuffed
and Burton counters with a straight right hand.
Burton uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hicks has time to react.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Burton misses.
Hicks is trying hard to land a takedown here. Burton sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lyman Hicks. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Burton throws the left hand but Hicks avoids the punch easily.
Hicks throws the left hand but Burton avoids the punch easily.
Burton scores with a nice strike.
A big left from Burton misses.
Burton fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hicks manages to avoid it.
Burton throws an overhand right that lands on Hicks's shoulder, as Hicks tries to avoid the shot.
Burton swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hicks counters with a nice body shot.
Hicks dodges the punch combination from Burton.
Burton takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hicks pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hicks looks to land a combination but Burton avoids it well.
Burton throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Burton fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hicks manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burton on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Hicks looks to land a left hand but Burton moved out of range nicely.
Hicks swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hicks wants to clinch.
Hicks seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
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!
Hicks takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Hicks moves into range and clinches up with Burton.
Burton doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Burton lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hicks backwards.
Burton tries to throw a body punch but Hicks avoids it by throwing Burton back against the cage.
Burton tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Burton swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burton misses with a punch on the inside.
Hicks lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Burton misses with a short punch on the inside.
Burton can't break the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hicks.
Burton manages to break the clinch.
Hicks swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Burton.
Hicks avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hicks is looking to counter the offense by Burton and move into the clinch.
Hicks just misses with a punch to the body.
Burton swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Burton throws out a loose jab but Hicks uses good head movement to avoid it.
Burton slips under a jab.
Hicks uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Burton.
Hicks swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Hicks swings away with a body shot that misses
and Burton counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Hicks avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Burton defending well as Hicks loads up on a big left hand.
Hicks throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Burton sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hicks fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hicks throws a shot from downtown. Burton moves away and avoids it.
Hicks misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Burton throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Burton scores with a hook.
Burton avoids the body shot from Hicks.
Burton avoids the body shot from Hicks.
Daniel Burton seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hicks is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Burton.
Burton bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Burton throws a nice looking combination but Hicks bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hicks throws an overhand right that lands on Burton's shoulder, as Burton tries to avoid the shot.
Burton gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Daniel Burton has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lyman Hicks is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Burton gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Hicks to score an easy takedown into full guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Daniel Burton.
I think Hicks has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:28
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 29:28
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lyman Hicks!
Post fight, an emotional Lyman Hicks said 'Where the fuck is my belt? You beat the champ, you are the champ!'.
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