PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jake Sully (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and QL Hicks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sully kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is I See You. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Sully
vs
Hicks

194 cm
26
191 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

183 cm
27
186 lbs
14 - 8 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jake Sully!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, QL Hicks!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Winston Howard and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hicks shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Hicks slips a straight right by Sully.
Hicks uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sully.
Hicks tries for a takedown but Sully circles away easily

and Sully counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Hicks!
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Hicks tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Sully lands a big shot there that rocks Hicks but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Sully pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hicks regains half guard.
Sully will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Hicks is looking for a sweep. Sully is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Sully lands strikes from half guard.
Sully throwing shots but Hicks is blocking nicely.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Hicks is looking for a sweep. Sully is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Sully scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Sully prevents Hicks from improving his position.
Sully winds up and cracks Hicks with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Sully throwing shots but Hicks is blocking nicely.
Hicks blocking the ground and pound attempt from Sully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hicks tries to get to full guard but Sully has control of the leg.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sully seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Hicks is looking to improve his position.
Sully not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Hicks is trying to get back to full guard.
Sully is looking to advance position but Hicks won't allow it.
Sully is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Hicks is pressing down on Sully's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Sully missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sully missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hicks preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Hicks is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Sully is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sully trying to control but Hicks is working from the bottom.
Hicks looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Sully passes Hicks's left leg - he's now in half guard.

Hicks is defending against the submission attempts here by Sully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nice strikes from Sully there.
Sully is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Hicks!
Hicks is wriggling around trying to escape.
Sully scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Hicks?
Hicks manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Hicks manages to get to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hicks keeping full guard, as Sully tries to pass.
Hicks utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Hicks has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Sully can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Hicks is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Sully loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Sully lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Sully loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Sully with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hicks working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sully.
Sully in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sully landing with the ground and pound.
Hicks preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Sully distracts Hicks with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sully throwing strikes but missing.
Hicks is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Sully passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Hicks manages to get back to half guard.
Hicks on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Sully seems to be looking for submissions.
Sully throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Hicks is pressing down on Sully's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake Sully dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Hicks slips a jab and a cross from Sully.
Sully scores with a nice head shot.
Sully will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Sully pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sully stuffs the takedown attempt from Hicks. Hicks gets slowly back to his feet.
Sully lands a jab to the head.
Sully throws a hook to the side of Hicks's head but Hicks sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Sully scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Sully scores with a nice right hand.
Sully is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Sully looks to score with a jab to the body but Hicks is just out of range.
Hicks tries to score a power double leg takedown but Sully sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Hicks somewhat.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Hicks.
Jake Sully has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of QL Hicks.
Horrible takedown by Hicks or perhaps it was just good defense by Sully which made him look bad.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sully throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sully stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Sully wants it to stay on the feet.
Sully slaps away a takedown attempt from Hicks, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Sully looks to land a right hand but Hicks moved out of range.
Hicks misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Hicks shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Sully sprawls well. Sully wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Hicks gets slowly back to his feet.
Hicks is breathing heavily.
Sully connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Sully has Hicks up against the cage in a clinch.
Sully content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Sully unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hicks lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sully misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hicks is trying to force a seperation but Sully has the dominant position.
Hicks avoiding damage as Sully throws knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sully misses with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sully throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hickss head.
Sully has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Hicks is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Hicks can't find room to land a body shot as Sully controls the action.
Hicks prevents a body shot from Sully.
A short body shot lands from Hicks as the two fighters clinch.

Sully breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sully loads up on a big right hand but Hicks slips the punch.
Sully is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Sully scores with a jab to the jaw.

Hicks darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Sully is looking to control Hicks's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Sully avoid being mounted?

Hicks is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Sully is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Sully gets full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hicks throws a strike but Sully rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sully's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Sully trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Sully landing some decent shots from guard.
Sully pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hicks is keeping the position for now.
Sully trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Sully content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Hicks looking for a guillotine here but Sully defends easily.
Hicks is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sully pushes down on Hicks's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Sully thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Sully is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Hicks!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hicks tries to hold on but Sully pushes him away.
Sully looking to finish Hicks with some ground and pound. This is bad for Hicks!
Sully is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Hicks can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Hicks is bucking up trying to escape but Sully cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Sully tries to control but Hicks wriggling away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sully lands a big elbow.
Sully breaks from Hicks's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Hicks taking shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake Sully dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're 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.

Sully scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Jake Sully is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hicks looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Sully is fending him off so far but Hicks persists. Nope, Sully circles away and we're back to standing.

Sully looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Hicks!
Hicks is looking to improve his position but Sully isn't that keen on the idea.
Sully looking to finish Hicks with some ground and pound. This is bad for Hicks!
Sully breaks from Hicks's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Hicks can't escape the position.
Sully dominating with strikes here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sully prevents Hicks from getting the reversal.
Hicks is bucking up trying to escape but Sully cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Hicks is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Hicks takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A nice elbow there by Sully.
Hicks tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sully lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Hicks hang on?
Sully is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hicks can do to turn this around?
Sully wants to control the pace but Hicks is squirming around nicely.
Hicks can't escape the position.
Sully lands a big elbow - Hicks is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Hicks is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Jake Sully!
Jake Sully decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.