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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Antoni Hong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chico Dicko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Antoni Hong has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Good wrestling
Great low kicks
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BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Antoni Hong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chico Dicko!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Gwen Towbar and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dicko throws a jab when Hong was well out of range.
Dicko misses with an uppercut.
Dicko lands with a thumping leg kick.
A jab from Hong finds it's way through Dicko's defenses.
Dicko stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Dicko wants it to stay on the feet.
Dicko throws a lazy uppercut
so Hong counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Hong stops Dicko from standing up.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hong trying to control the position from guard on top but Dicko is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hong wants to pass the guard but Dicko is keeping the position.
Hong stopping the sweep attempt from Dicko.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hong distracts Dicko with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Dicko has his hands on Hong's head, controlling the position.
Hong sitting in guard here, content to control.
Dicko 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.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Dicko with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dicko is looking to score with low kicks.
Dicko checks a leg kick.
Hong misses with a body kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Dicko, as that shot connected.
Hong takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Hong fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hong has been working on his balance at Mandirigmang Pilipino, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Dicko.
Dicko jabs Hong right on the nose. Hong blinks but takes it well.
Hong throws a head kick that misses
and Dicko makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dicko misses with a low kick.
Hong tries to clinch but Dicko moves out of range.
Dicko moves out of range of the body kick from Hong.
Dicko lands with a shot to the body.
Hong walks into a jab.
Dicko doesn't manage to clinch there - Hong circles away.
Dicko throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Chico Dicko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hong throws a low kick but it's checked well by Dicko.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hong on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Dicko keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hong misses with a straight left.
A bone on bone clash there as Dicko blocks the leg kick.
Hong on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Dicko connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Dicko lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Hong has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hong and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A clash of legs there as Dicko blocks the low kick.
Dicko moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Dicko takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Dicko cracks Hong with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Hong misses with a low kick.
Hong swings for the body but Dicko moves out of range.
Hong jabs at Dicko's body.
Hong throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hong throws a jab when Dicko was well out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hong misses with a straight left.
Dicko ducks right into an uppercut from Hong.
Dicko cracks Hong with a good jab.
Dicko bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Dicko moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Dicko delivers a nice body kick.
No joy there for Dicko, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Dicko avoids the body shot from Hong.
Hong throws out a leg kick but Dicko moves out of range and Hong only half commits.
Hong staying out of range there.
Hong connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Dicko's hands.
Dicko throws the left hand but Hong avoids the punch easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A swing and a miss from Dicko.
Dicko bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Hong drives through with a takedown into guard.
Dicko looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Hong puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Antoni Hong will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Hong shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Dicko pinned against the cage. Dicko gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Hong takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Hong takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Dicko lands with a nice body punch.
Dicko stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Dicko wants it to stay on the feet.
The fighters circling - Dicko throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dicko tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dicko throws a head kick but Hong moves out of range.
Hong slips under a jab.
Dicko avoids the body shot from Hong.
Dicko swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dicko misses with a series of wild punches.
A slapping leg kick lands for Dicko.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Dicko, as that shot connected.
Hong misses with a head kick.
Hong lands the left hand.
Dicko checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Dicko drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Dicko stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Antoni Hong. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dicko ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Dicko ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Dicko lands a jab to Hong's midsection.
A jab from Hong misses.
Dicko steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hong.
An inside leg kick from Hong misses.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Dicko.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dicko moves away from the strike by Hong.
Hong misses with a looping right.
Dicko lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dicko misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dicko jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Dicko avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Hong tries to clinch up.
Dicko lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Hong has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Chico Dicko is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hong uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dicko.
Hong ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Hong needs to keep his hands up - Dicko had a free shot at his head there.
Hong takes the fight into the clinch.
Dicko working hard to break the clinch.
Hong blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dicko blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dicko tries to throw a body punch but Hong avoids it by throwing Dicko back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hong has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Dicko after a bit of a struggle.
Hong struggles to land a body shot inside as Dicko controls his hands.
Dicko has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hong blocks a body shot from Dicko.
Hong trying to control the position but instead, Dicko has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hong into the cage.
Hong misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hong misses with some punches.
Dicko prevents the takedown attempt.
Dicko lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hong backwards.
Dicko pushes Hong back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dicko stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A head punch on the inside from Hong fails to land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dicko scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dicko with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hong prevents a body shot from Dicko.
Come on Dicko - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Hong misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dicko.
A nice left hand lands by Hong.
Dicko wants to get back to striking at distance but Hong won't allow it.
A body shot lands from Dicko.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dicko'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.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dicko manages to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chico Dicko showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
A telegraphed right hand from Dicko misses the target.
Dicko throws a good cross that connects.
Hong looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hong.
Nice body punch from Hong.
Hong ducks under a wild hook from Dicko.
Hong smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Dicko tests Hong's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hong tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hong throws a body kick that misses.
Dicko has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Dicko avoids the body shot from Hong.
Dicko fails to land with a series of punches.
Hong avoids the body shot from Dicko.
Dicko motions for Hong to come forward. Dicko throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dicko takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hong. Dicko does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dicko tries to clinch up.
Dicko works the jab nicely.
Hong fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Dicko fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Hong on the side of the head.
Hong fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Dicko.
Dicko lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hong's sensitive parts.
Dicko lands a nice looking body shot.
Dicko fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hong.
A jab from Hong misses.
Hong manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Dicko on his heels. He'll look to pass Dicko's guard now, I'm sure.
Hong postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Dicko is pulling down on Hong's head. It's preventing any offense from Hong, at least for the moment.
Hong wants to control from the top but Dicko keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hong passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Dicko avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Hong.
Hong is putting a hurting on Dicko here, landing some big shots from side control.
Hong landing a few strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dicko is trying to buck Hong off.
Antoni Hong overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
An elbow from Hong crashes against the mat.
Dicko prevents Hong from improving position.
Hong in side control, throwing shots but Dicko defends.
Dicko being controlled for a moment.
Hong wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dicko keeps working.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hong is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Dicko is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Hong looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Dicko is avoiding damage well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dicko on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
And that's the end of the fight!
Antoni Hong showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Hong 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Chico Dicko!
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