PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Glenn Edwards (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pablo Escobar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Escobar's choice of entrance music: Dr. Kitch. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Edwards
vs
Escobar

175 cm
21
158 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

175 cm
19
165 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

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 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Glenn Edwards!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pablo Escobar!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Cecil Peabody and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Edwards tries to close the distance and clinch but Escobar swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Glenn Edwards seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Escobar misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Edwards is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Escobar avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Escobar shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Edwards is squirming around, avoiding Escobar's attempts to control the action.
Edwards just holding on.
Escobar avoids the attempt from Edwards to control.
Edwards keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar scoring with strikes but Edwards is staying in there.
Escobar cracks Edwards with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Escobar landing strikes, looking to finish!
Escobar unloading with bombs!
Escobar thowing shots but they're missing.
Escobar working the ground and pound effectively.
Escobar breaks from Edwards's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Edwards working to try and regain half guard.
Escobar is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Edwards can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Edwards taking shots to the head.
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!
Edwards throwing hammer fists to the chest of Escobar. What's that going to do exactly?
Edwards tries to hold on but Escobar pushes him away.
Escobar blocks Edwards's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.

Escobar looking to secure an arm triangle but Edwards defends it well.
Edwards tries to hold on but Escobar postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Escobar scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Edwards?
Edwards wants to get back to his feet.
Edwards is trying to escape the mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar lands a heavy elbow.
Escobar looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Escobar trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Escobar unloading with bombs!
Edwards wants to control but Escobar is having none of it.
Edwards taking shots to the head.
Edwards in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Edwards is looking to get to half guard.
Escobar trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Escobar in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Edwards tries to reverse the position but Escobar maintains control.
Escobar trying to control but Edwards is having none of it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Escobar with the ground and pound from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pablo Escobar dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Escobar throws a sloppy head kick and Edwards moves out of range easily.
Edwards tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Escobar paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Escobar throws a right hand that Edwards ducks under and follows up with a left that Edwards also avoids with ease.
Edwards is looking to clinch.
Escobar tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Edwards swivels and escapes.
Edwards wants to clinch.
Escobar misses with a hook. Edwards ducked under it nicely.
Danga de danga de dang - Edwards scores with a four punch combination!
Escobar leaves Edwards with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Edwards moves in looking to clinch but Escobar pushes him off.
The fight stays on the outside here - Edwards looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Escobar gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Edwards doesn't manage to clinch there - Escobar circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Edwards tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Escobar keeps the fight on the outside.
Escobar is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Edwards.
Escobar lands a nice leg kick that just misses Edwards's sensitive parts.
Escobar misses with a hook.

Escobar gets a takedown into half guard.

Edwards is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Escobar pulls his head out easily.
Edwards punching from the bottom.
Escobar keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Edwards is trying to control but can't.
Edwards is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Escobar scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Edwards is refusing to be controlled, as Escobar sits in half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Escobar lands a nice short elbow.
Escobar passes into side control, despite Edwards's attempt to control the position.
Edwards is not content to let Escobar control the position.
Escobar scoring with punches from side control.
Escobar working the ground and pound.
Escobar postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Pablo Escobar has got the better of the ground game so far.
Edwards wants to control but Escobar postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Edwards tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Escobar tries to score with some ground and pound. Edwards controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Escobar looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Edwards is avoiding damage well.
Edwards tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Escobar cracks Edwards with a big elbow.
Escobar throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Edwards sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Escobar is looking to take a break and control but Edwards is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Escobar is just content to waste time from the top position. Edwards takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Escobar accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Escobar got a little sloppy there for a moment and Edwards has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Escobar has managed to get both his arms back between Edwards's legs - danger averted.
Escobar wants to control from the top but Edwards keeps moving.

Edwards looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Escobar throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Edwards keeping moving, preventing Escobar from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Glenn Edwards will probably get the nod.
That's time! Edwards's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Escobar thumps Edwards with a low kick.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Escobar!
Edwards fails in his attempt to clinch.
Edwards tries to clinch up but Escobar circles away and keeps his distance.
Glenn Edwards is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Edwards tries to clinch there but Escobar circles away.
Escobar fails to land the takedown.
The crowd cheers as Edwards lands an impressive looking overhand right. Escobar doesn't seem phased though.
Escobar showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Edwards.
Edwards keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Edwards moves in looking to clinch but Escobar pushes him off.
Edwards is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Edwards is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Edwards doesn't manage to clinch there - Escobar circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Edwards fails in his attempt to clinch.
Edwards fails to land with a series of punches.
Escobar uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Edwards.
Edwards takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Escobar throws a head kick that misses.
Escobar misses with a straight left.
Escobar lands a body shot.
Edwards throws a quick inside leg kick.
Escobar jabs Edwards right on the nose. Edwards blinks but takes it well.
Edwards tries to clinch up but Escobar circles away and keeps his distance.
Edwards tries to clinch but Escobar is having none of it.
Edwards wants to clinch.
Nice body punch from Escobar.
Edwards avoids a low kick by using good footwork.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Edwards misses with a kick to the body.
Edwards connects with a jab.
Escobar throws a series of strikes that have Edwards backpedaling.
Edwards takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Edwards tries to close the distance and clinch up but Escobar swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Escobar has Edwards up against the cage in a clinch.
Escobar tries to score a body lock takedown but Edwards shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Glenn Edwards has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pablo Escobar.
Edwards tries a body shot but Escobar blocks it.
Edwards lands a damaging elbow.
Escobar has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Edwards is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Escobar tries to pull guard but Edwards won't allow it.
Escobar doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Edwards has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Edwards is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Escobar is defending well for now.
Escobar is working for takedown but Edwards is calmly controlling the position for now.
Escobar has Edwards pressed against the cage, preventing Edwards from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Escobar tries to stall but Edwards uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar tries for a takedown but Edwards manages to get underhooks.

Edwards breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Escobar shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Escobar won't let Edwards get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Escobar lands with some strikes.
Escobar sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Escobar lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Escobar trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Escobar unloading with bombs!
Edwards is squirming around, avoiding Escobar's attempts to control the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Edwards manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Escobar trying to control the action but Edwards is working from the bottom.
Edwards is looking to escape.
Ground and pound from Escobar.
Escobar is looking to stall here but Edwards recovers full guard.

Escobar postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Edwards is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Escobar, into his guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pablo Escobar comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Escobar has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:29
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:29
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 27:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pablo Escobar!