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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Matthew Godbolt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Hickock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Godbolt might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Trenches by Pop Evil. Hickock comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Why can't we be friends kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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202 lbs
21 - 15 - 4 |
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193 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
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World class MT
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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
21 - 15 - 4, fighting out of Las Vegas, Matthew Godbolt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
34 - 21 - 3, fighting out of Los Angeles, Richard Hickock!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Godbolt moves forwards but Hickock connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Hickock lands the left hand.
Hickock fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Godbolt throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Godbolt takes a swing at Hickock's ribcage but misses.
Godbolt shoots in for a takedown but Hickock shows good takedown defense.
Hickock misses with a looping right.
Godbolt lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Godbolt takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A shot to the body from Godbolt misses
and Hickock counters with a body kick.
Godbolt dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Godbolt tries to bum rush Hickock with a series of wild strikes but Hickock uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Some wild striking there from Hickock.
Godbolt changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Hickock bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Godbolt swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Some bone on bone action there as Godbolt checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Godbolt misses with a takedown
and Hickock counters with a stiff right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Godbolt closes this distance looking for a takedown but Hickock circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matthew Godbolt. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Godbolt fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Hickock lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Godbolt misses with an uppercut. Hickock saw that one coming.
Hickock is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Godbolt with a body shot.
Hickock throws a nice inside leg kick.
Godbolt fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Hickock avoids it really well and circles away.
A little jabbing left from Hickock on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Hickock throws a hook to the side of Godbolt's head but Godbolt sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Godbolt appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Godbolt throws a right hand that Hickock ducks under and follows up with a left that Hickock also avoids with ease.
Hickock is looking for the big counter here.
Crunch! Hickock slams his shin into Godbolt's torso.
Hickock scores with a jab. Godbolt acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Godbolt avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Godbolt steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hickock.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hickock lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Godbolt at a distance.
Hickock connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good standup being displayed there by Hickock as he connects with a hook.
Godbolt takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Godbolt shoots for a double leg takedown but Hickock sprawls well. He's pushed Godbolt's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Godbolt stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Hickock fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Godbolt will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hickock scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Hickock has Godbolt up against the cage in a clinch.
Godbolt stalling the fight.
Godbolt lands a nice uppercut.
Hickock has Godbolt pressed against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Godbolt has Hickock pressed against the cage.
Godbolt trying to control the position but instead, Hickock has worked for underhooks and has pushed Godbolt into the cage.
The referee calls for Godbolt to work.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hickock as Godbolt tries to tie him up.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Matthew Godbolt.
Godbolt fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Hickock misses with a low kick.
Nice defenses there by Hickock.
It seemed like Hickock was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Hickock throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Godbolt is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hickock.
Godbolt fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hickock misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hickock looks to land a body kick but Godbolt moved away.
Godbolt avoids a kick to the body.
Godbolt with a hook.
Hickock lands a head shot.
Hickock takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Godbolt lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Godbolt misses with a hook to the body
and Hickock counters with an inside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hickock paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Richard Hickock is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Godbolt throws a body shot but no joy.
Godbolt takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Hickock scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Godbolt on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hickock. Hickock obviously looking to wear him down.
Hickock throws a nice looking combination but Godbolt bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hickock tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Godbolt half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Richard Hickock dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Godbolt's corner calls for a 1-2. Godbolt obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Hickock works Godbolt's body with a nice hook.
Hickock misses with a kick to the body.
Hickock closes the distance and pushes Godbolt back into the cage.
Godbolt lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Hickock taking a breather.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hickock.
Godbolt lands a right hand.
Godbolt manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Hickock gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Godbolt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Godbolt slowing the pace effectively.
I was talking to Godbolt's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Hickock has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hickock effectively controlling the action here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hickock lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Godbolt blocks an elbow strike.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Hickock gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Matthew Godbolt has been cut.
Godbolt manages to break the clinch.
Hickock has worked on his takedown defense in the runup to this fight and it is paying off so far.
Hickock misses with a straight right.
Hickock moves out of range of the strikes.
Hickock misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Godbolt changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Hickock missing with a left hand there. Godbolt was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Godbolt blocks a head kick by Hickock.
Hickock will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Godbolt checks a leg kick.
Hickock scores with a hook to the body. Godbolt takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Godbolt jabs Hickock right on the nose. Hickock blinks but takes it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hickock misses with a low kick as Godbolt jumps back.
Hickock keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Godbolt.
Hickock thows a left - swing and a miss!
A big left from Hickock misses.
Godbolt on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hickock throws a jab when Godbolt was well out of range.
Godbolt fails with the takedown.
Hickock looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Godbolt misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matthew Godbolt. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Godbolt moves out of range of the leg kick from Hickock.
Godbolt takes a swing at Hickock's ribcage but misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hickock. Godbolt does a little dance to reset his feet.
Godbolt gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Hickock.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Godbolt chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hickock can pounce on him.
Godbolt darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Godbolt is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Hickock has managed to free his arm - good work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hickock desperately trying to maintain half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hickock trying to control here.
Godbolt wants to work for an arm triangle but Hickock is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Godbolt passes into side control, despite Hickock's attempt to control the position.
Hickock is trying to buck Godbolt off.
Godbolt postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Hickock is looking to reverse the position.
Godbolt with the ground and pound but Hickock regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Godbolt looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Godbolt throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Richard Hickock showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Matthew Godbolt's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Godbolt drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Godbolt is trying to ground and pound but Hickock uses the momentary lack of control by Godbolt to regain half guard.
Hickock tries to get to full guard but Godbolt has control of the leg.
Godbolt winds up and cracks Hickock with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hickock wants to get back to his feet.
Godbolt wants to control but Hickock is keeping him busy.
Godbolt looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hickock is looking to control Godbolt's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Hickock avoid being mounted?
Godbolt wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hickock keeps working.
Hickock manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Hickock looks to score with a jab to the body but Godbolt is just out of range.
Godbolt half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Godbolt slips a straight right by Hickock.
Godbolt appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Godbolt looks to land a right hand but Hickock moved out of range.
Hickock thumps Godbolt with a low kick.
Hickock keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hickock looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Hickock lands a jab to the nose.
Hickock takes a swing at Godbolt's ribcage but misses.
Godbolt lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hickock at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Godbolt smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Hickock throws an overhand right that lands on Godbolt's shoulder, as Godbolt tries to avoid the shot.
Godbolt misses with a looping right.
Hickock misses with a low kick.
Godbolt drops down looking for a counter takedown but Hickock sprawls and moves away.
Hickock walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Godbolt checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Godbolt scores with a three punch combo!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Godbolt swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Godbolt fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Godbolt misses with a looping left.
Godbolt will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Godbolt misses the body punch
and Godbolt takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hickock throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Godbolt feinted with a counter takedown.
Godbolt circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Godbolt darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Hickock misses the target.
Hickock waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Godbolt.
Hickock thuds his shin into the meat of Godbolt's side.
Godbolt takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Hickock tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Godbolt is able to avoid easily.
Hickock misses with an uppercut.
Godbolt throws a series of punches but Hickock avoids them all with ease.
Hickock feints a counter leg kick.
Hickock takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Jab by Godbolt.
Hickock on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Godbolt fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hickock manages to avoid it.
Hickock lands a leg kick that knocks Godbolt off balance momentarily.
Godbolt takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A jab from Godbolt misses.
Godbolt throws a hook to the side of Hickock's head but Hickock sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hickock misses with a series of wild punches.
Hickock thumps Godbolt with a low kick.
Hickock looks to land a right hand but Godbolt moved out of range.
Hickock throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hickock fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Godbolt looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Richard Hickock seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Godbolt avoids the body shot from Hickock.
Hickock lands a jab to the nose.
A swing and a miss from Hickock.
Godbolt slips under a jab from Hickock.
Matthew Godbolt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hickock takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Richard Hickock.
I've got Hickock winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Richard Hickock!
A relieved looking Richard Hickock thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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