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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Stark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and QL Hicks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stark comes to the cage accompanied by Iron Man-Black Sabbath. QL Hicks has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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181 lbs
23 - 11 - 0 |
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183 cm
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186 lbs
25 - 16 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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ADCC Champion
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anthony Stark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, QL Hicks!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Gregory Folan and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hicks misses with a body shot.
Stark misses with a jab, cross combination.
Stark tries to close the distance and clinch but Hicks swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hicks swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Stark looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A swing and a miss from Hicks.
Stark tests Hicks's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Stark moves into the clinch successfully.
Stark goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Stark misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Stark creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hicks goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Stark doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A nice left hand lands by Stark.
A short left from Stark.
A right handed body shot lands from Hicks.
Stark lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hicks backwards.
Stark lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hicks lands with a short shot to the head.
Hicks tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Stark's elbow.
Stark lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hicks blocks an uppercut.
Stark lands with a light punch inside.
Still in the clinch, Hicks scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hicks tries to score a body lock takedown but Stark shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Stark swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stark.
A short right from Hicks on the inside.
Hicks lands a left hand that snaps the head of Stark backwards.
Stark lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hicks blocks an uppercut.
Stark softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stark misses with some punches.
Stark misses with some punches.
Hicks wants to take the fight to the mat but Stark manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Stark lands an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hicks creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stark swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Stark tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hicks scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hicks blocks an uppercut.
Stark misses with a short punch on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Stark lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hicks backwards.
Stark has a couple of punches blocked by Hicks.
A head punch on the inside from Stark fails to land.
Stark working aggressively here.
Hicks misses with some punches.
Stark swings wildly with an uppercut but Hicks uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stark prevents the takedown attempt.
Anthony Stark has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of QL Hicks.
Stark misses with some punches.
Stark working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Stark fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hicks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hicks blocking some punches.
Hicks goes for a takedown in the clinch but Stark prevents it.
Hicks prevents a body shot from Stark.
Stark misses with a hook to the ribs.
Stark tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hicks wants a takedown but no success here.
Stark lands with a short shot to the head.
Hicks tries to throw a body punch but Stark avoids it by throwing Hicks back against the cage.
Hicks misses with a hook to the ribs.
Stark misses with some punches.
Stark lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hicks backwards.
Stark misses with some punches.
Stark throws a punch but it's blocked by Hicks.
Stark scores with a hook to the body.
Stark misses with a hook from the clinch.
Stark swings wildly with an uppercut but Hicks uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Hicks fails to land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hicks takes a shot to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hicks has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Stark after a bit of a struggle.
Stark lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hicks backwards.
Stark lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Stark presses Hicks against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Stark is working Hicks over against the cage.
Hicks tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hicks is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Stark pulls him back up using the underhooks.
A head punch on the inside from Stark fails to land.
Stark has a couple of punches blocked by Hicks.
Stark tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hicks's elbow.
Stark misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stark lands a body punch.
Stark scores with a shoulder strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Stark misses with a hook from the clinch.
Stark lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Stark fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Stark misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anthony Stark dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Stark misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hicks.
Stark stuffs the takedown attempt from Hicks. Hicks gets slowly back to his feet.
Stark lands with a right hand.
Hicks misses the jab.
Hicks walks into a stiff left hand from Stark.
Stark scores with a shot to the body.
Hicks uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Stark.
Stark works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Hicks jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hicks takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Hicks walks into a straight right hand from Stark.
Hicks looks to land a left hand but Stark moved out of range nicely.
Hicks throws the left hand but Stark avoids the punch easily.
Stark lands with a nice body punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stark throws out a loose jab but Hicks uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hicks misses with a wild body shot.
Anthony Stark seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hicks takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Stark throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hicks misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hicks slips under a jab from Stark.
Hicks is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Stark looks to score with a jab to the body but Hicks is just out of range.
Stark cracks Hicks with an open hand slap.
Hicks rushes Stark and presses him up against the cage.
Stark lands a body shot in the clinch.
Stark swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Stark fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hicks working aggressively here.
Nice body punch from Stark.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stark.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hicks.
Hicks wants to take the fight to the mat but Stark manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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 is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Stark can't fight it off and eventually Hicks manages to take the fight to the floor. Stark looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Hicks tries to free his leg and advance position but Stark is retaining full guard.
Stark has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Hicks doesn't defend quickly enough and Stark has managed to lock this one up! Can Hicks escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Stark on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Anthony Stark!
Anthony Stark managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Steel Terror-Trition: Video Proven 160Q, into his post fight interview.
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hype
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