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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between William O Leary (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dwayne Hicks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). William O Leary has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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176 cm
22
199 lbs
9 - 3 - 0 |
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186 cm
24
189 lbs
8 - 2 - 1 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Knockout power |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world! Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, William O Leary! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
8 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dwayne Hicks ! The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Chris Downing and Cecil Peabody.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/round1.jpg) The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Hicks fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hicks takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor. O Leary throws a jab when Hicks was well out of range. An inside leg kick from Hicks misses. A looping hook to the body misses from Hicks . O Leary does a little dance to reset his feet. Hicks is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by O Leary. O Leary avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Dwayne Hicks seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Hicks throws a body punch but O Leary moves out of range. Hicks missing with a left hand there. O Leary was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. O Leary swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A jab from Hicks misses. O Leary fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt. Hicks thows a left - swing and a miss! We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. O Leary swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Hicks fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt O Leary. Hicks lands the left hand. Hicks misses the shot to the body. O Leary swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hicks jabs O Leary right on the nose. O Leary blinks but takes it well.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/1.gif) That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight moves into the clinch position. O Leary gets through Hicks 's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head. Hicks wants to break the clinch but can't.
O Leary's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. O Leary misses with a body shot.
Hicks takes one on the chin but seems OK.
O Leary is looking to take this fight into the clinch. O Leary takes one on the chin but seems OK.
O Leary lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Hicks misses with an uppercut. O Leary saw that one coming. O Leary takes a swing at Hicks 's ribcage but misses. O Leary misses with a double jab
and Hicks counters with a nice uppercut. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Hicks connects with a good straight punch right through the guard and follows up with a right hook and a left hook! That last one sent O Leary tumbling to the canvas! Hicks pours on the pressure with more strikes and the referee has no hesitation diving in to stop the fight! O Leary was done - good stoppage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Dwayne Hicks ! Dwayne Hicks is the new middleweight champion!
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G |
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
82% |
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