PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vicente Escalante (ranked 271 p4p, 518 weight class) and Cayden Abner (ranked 37 p4p, 76 weight class). Abner has chosen Bulls On Parade as his entrance music. Vicente Escalante could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Cayden Abner's chin.

Escalante
vs
Abner

183 cm
24
192
11 - 1 - 0

182 cm
26
186
11 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Brooklyn Apothecary
Core Combat

Brooklyn Apothecary
Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vicente Escalante!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Cayden Abner!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Gregory Folan and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice jab there from Escalante.
Escalante throws a head kick that misses
and Abner counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Escalante misses with a hook
and Abner counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Escalante avoids the body shot from Abner.
Escalante darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Abner scores with a hook to the body. Escalante takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Abner displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Escalante throws out the jab.

Escalante gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Abner misses with a short punch on the inside.
Abner misses with a body punch.
Abner misses with a body punch.
Escalante throws an elbow that misses.
Abner fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Abner misses with a punch to the body.

Abner manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Escalante gets to his feet - Abner follows without any prompting.
Escalante misses with a shot to the body
and Abner counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A good leg kick by Abner.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abner is looking to clinch.
Escalante misses with a low kick.
Good standup being displayed there by Abner as he connects with a hook.
Abner throws a body shot but no joy.
Escalante throws a right and a left that both miss.
Escalante on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Abner tries a head kick but it misses.
Nice straight punches there by Escalante. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Escalante.
Escalante throws a low kick but it's checked well by Abner.

Escalante gets tackled into the cage by Abner. Abner maintains the clinch.
Abner tries to throw a body punch but Escalante avoids it by throwing Abner back against the cage.

Escalante breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Escalante scores with a jab to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Escalante lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends Abner sprawling to the canvas. Escalante follows him down, looking for the kill. Can Abner hang on?

Abner is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Abner tries to get to full guard but Escalante has control of the leg.
Abner is still in real trouble! Can Escalante finish him?
Abner seems to have recovered his senses.
Escalante wants to stand up but Abner is controlling the position.
Abner holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Escalante wants to stand up but Abner has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Abner trying to control from the bottom.
Escalante tries to stand and escape but Abner is controlling the position.

Escalante stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Abner to get to his feet.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Abner.
Escalante throws a right and a left that Abner avoids nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abner takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Abner keeps the fight on the outside.
Abner now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Escalante tries to move into range but Abner moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Escalante takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Abner uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Escalante.
A nice side step and Abner releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Escalante seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Escalante connects with a nice looking jab.
Escalante swats away the attempt to clinch by Abner.
Abner takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Abner bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Vicente Escalante seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Abner missing with a left hand there. Escalante was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Escalante wants to clinch up but Abner keeps it at a distance.
Escalante lands with a straight right. Abner didn't see that one coming.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Abner dips to his left and cracks Escalante with an uppercut!
Escalante looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Abner blocks a low kick nicely.
Escalante sets himself, and Abner steps forward looking for the clinch! Escalante avoids it this time.
Abner dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Escalante misses with a hook.
Abner looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Escalante throws an overhand right that lands on Abner's shoulder, as Abner tries to avoid the shot.
Abner throws out a counter right but Escalante avoids it with no problem.
Abner tests Escalante's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Good exchange - Abner coming out on top.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Escalante instigates a clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Vicente Escalante will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Escalante moves into the clinch successfully.
Escalante tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Escalante tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Abner's elbow.
Escalante tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Abner's elbow.
Escalante tries to work over Abner's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Abner misses with a hook to the ribs.
Abner keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Escalante's efforts to push away.

Abner manages to break the clinch.
Escalante connects with a right hand. Abner shakes it off.
A nice leg kick lands there from Escalante.
Escalante misses with a straight left.
Abner let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Abner rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Escalante counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Escalante tries to land a leg kick but Abner saw it coming and moves away.
A swing and a miss from Escalante.
A big left from Escalante misses.
Abner was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Escalante stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Escalante with a jab.
Abner lands a nice looking body kick.
Abner misses with a low kick.
Escalante with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Escalante swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Abner.
Nice body punch from Escalante.
Escalante misses with an uppercut.
Escalante is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Abner can do to turn this around?
Abner takes one on the button.
Abner tries a low kick but Escalante avoids it.
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Escalante! Abner is out on his feet! Escalante rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Abner is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Abner is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vicente Escalante!
Vicente Escalante retains his middleweight title!
Vicente Escalante made sure to mention his sponsor, Brooklyn Apothecary in his post fight interview.
Cayden Abner spoke after the fight, saying 'Well that was fun, but the result was all wrong and kinda sucked. Let's do it again!'.