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Apex 5 | Matt Prettyman vs John Hickman
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4/8/2025
Apex 5 - Matt Prettyman vs John Hickman.
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Out of the blue corner, coming in at 6 feet 1 inch, 151 pounds, from Mack Fitness out of Gainesville, Florida, Mack Prettyman!
00:15
And fighting out of the red corner, representing Rory MMA from Oakland Park, Kansas, at 5'10", 153.5 pounds,
00:29
John Hickman!
00:33
And I ask that because, as Bricker just alluded to, look, you can put all your eggs in one basket,
00:40
but if your sole thing is, I'm going to take it to the ground, somebody's big right hand can get you,
00:45
and of course vice versa, at what point do you not go with the feast or famine mentality of,
00:49
this is what I'm going to do and I'm not going to change in fight or not?
00:52
So I've always changed, as these guys start off, we've got the circle,
00:58
Ooh, nice solid leg kick, change levels to a double leg, turns, cuts the corner, gets him right here.
01:05
Josh Hickman slowing this fight down.
01:08
When I was a wrestler, that's what you want to do, right?
01:10
Somebody starts to obviously show that they're a little bit better than you up top with the ground,
01:14
or the stand game, take them to the ground, even that out, right?
01:18
Yeah, well, you want to just change that momentum.
01:21
Especially early on, you know, this is his debut fight here for Mr. Hickman, and, you know,
01:28
ate a big shot early, and now he's changing the pace up, calming himself down,
01:32
and putting it to a place where he feels like he has more control.
01:34
Yeah, pretty man came out, guns blazing, looking to land a big shot early,
01:39
and Hickman went ahead and said, you know what?
01:42
I'm going to just change my levels, let you run into my takedown, take you down.
01:45
Now he's on top end mount in a great position, and you see he's not really doing a lot of damage,
01:49
but he is securing the position.
01:51
He's not overdoing it.
01:53
He's taking his time.
01:54
He knows he has time to work, and if you look at pretty man on the bottom, he's just squirming.
01:58
And Justin can attest to this.
02:01
He's wasting energy.
02:02
He's doing nothing.
02:02
You can tell he's not versed in jiu-jitsu because he is not getting hands on the hips.
02:07
He's not shrimping out.
02:08
He's not trying to do anything that you're supposed to.
02:11
He's just holding him down and then bucking his hips for no reason.
02:14
Right.
02:14
There's no building of frames here.
02:16
He's just kind of picking his hips up and hoping that he might tip him over here.
02:21
But good knee pressure there by Hickman to stay on top.
02:26
You know, I think about things like if you're in control, you're on top of somebody,
02:29
simply just wearing them down so that way later on you can figure out what the finish would be,
02:34
whether it's on the grounder or with the stand-up.
02:36
Yeah, absolutely.
02:37
It's way easier to control someone than it is to try and get someone off of you.
02:42
Right now we are in the middle of round one, just a little over a buck left in it,
02:48
and some good blows right here from up top right now.
02:53
Hickman's got some ground and pound.
02:54
If he doesn't defend himself, the ref will stop this fight.
02:57
That guy gave up his back.
02:58
Hick, worst thing you could do here.
03:01
He's got that choke in.
03:02
No fighting in the hands.
03:03
There it is.
03:04
It could be over quick, and he's holding on for dear life.
03:08
He's thinking about it, and that is it, folks.
03:10
On the ground, he finishes it off.
03:13
And what a performance by the young man right now.
03:18
My goodness.
03:19
John Hickman looks like he's about to punch through the cage.
03:22
Pure aggression.
03:23
And in addition, he's got a really great mustache.
03:34
I mean, let's face it, that is an incredible stache.
03:37
It breeds power.
03:45
Deion Sanders always said, you look good, you feel good.
03:48
You feel good, you play good, and if you play good, you're glad.
03:51
He gave up his back.
03:52
I think that paid off.
03:53
The worst thing you could do here.
03:54
Absolutely.
03:55
He's got that choke in.
03:56
Dominant performance.
03:57
There it is.
03:58
It could be over quick, and he's holding on for dear life.
04:02
He's thinking about it, and that is it, folks.
04:03
Ladies and gentlemen, at two minutes and 16 seconds in round one,
04:11
our winner with a rear neck and choke hold out of the right corner,
04:17
John, he needs a nickname, Hickman!
04:22
I like the stache as a nickname.
04:24
Yeah, well, what I was saying was Prettyman came out looking to try to land a couple solid shots.
04:30
And Hickman may have changed his game plan up and said, you know what?
04:33
I think I'm going to take this to the ground where he obviously dominated him.
04:36
There was not even an ounce of defense coming up.
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