PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Frankie Carbone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darren Escoba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carbone comes to the ring accompanied by Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA. Frankie Carbone has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Carbone
vs
Escoba

187 cm
24
181 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

176 cm
22
177 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Frankie Carbone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Darren Escoba!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, James Ackerman and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A shot to de liver by Carbone. Beautiful body shot.
Escoba avoids the head kick by Carbone.
Escoba fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Escoba checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Escoba bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Carbone's head.
A left and a right from Escoba both land. Nice combination.
Some wild striking there from Escoba.
Escoba keeps the fight on the outside.
Escoba misses with a two punch combination.
Carbone feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Escoba's calf.
Escoba throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Carbone.
Carbone swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Carbone gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Carbone shoots in for a takedown but Escoba shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Carbone keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carbone tries to close the distance and clinch up but Escoba swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Escoba lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Escoba uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Carbone.
Nice body punch from Carbone.
Escoba scores with a punch to the head.
Carbone fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Escoba throws a combination that misses
and Carbone makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Escoba looks gassed!
Escoba jabs Carbone right on the nose. Carbone blinks but takes it well.
Carbone tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Escoba paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Escoba swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Carbone counters with an inside leg kick.
Escoba cracks Carbone with a good jab.
Carbone connects with a high kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Escoba throws a series of punches but Carbone avoids them all with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escoba thows a body shot but no joy.
A combination from Escoba does no damage.
Carbone lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Escoba blocks a head kick by Carbone.
Carbone throws a head kick that misses.
Escoba takes a swing at Carbone's ribcage but misses.
Escoba lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Carbone at a distance.
A head kick misses from Carbone.
Carbone shoots in and drives through. Escoba sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frankie Carbone. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Carbone misses the body punch
and Escoba counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Escoba throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Escoba moves out of range as Carbone strikes.
Carbone throws a leg kick but Escoba sees it coming and moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escoba swinging wildly here.
Darren Escoba seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Escoba fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Carbone on the side of the head.
Escoba throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Carbone counters with a solid body kick.
Carbone tries to clinch up but Escoba circles away and keeps his distance.
Escoba will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Escoba dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Carbone moves into the clinch.
Carbone tries to land a knee to the head but Escoba blocks with his arms.
Carbone keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Escoba's efforts to push away.
Carbone tries to land knees in the clinch but Escoba avoids the damage to the body.
Escoba tries to break free but Carbone pushes him back against the ropes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carbone lands an elbow inside.
Carbone dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Carbone gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Escoba has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Escoba is trying to break the clinch but Carbone is controlling him.
Escoba is trying to break the clinch but Carbone is controlling him.
Carbone misses with a knee to the head.
Carbone throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Escoba blocks it with crossed arms.
Carbone trying to land knees to the body.
Escoba wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Carbone has him pressed against the ropes.
Escoba blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Carbone with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Carbone throws a knee to the head but misses.
Escoba blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Carbone with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frankie Carbone dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Escoba scores with a punch to the head.
Darren Escoba is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Escoba throws a right and a left that Carbone avoids nicely.
Carbone feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Escoba's calf.
The fighters circling - Carbone throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Carbone cracks the inside of Escoba's front leg.
Carbone delivers a nice body kick.
Escoba looks to land a combination but Carbone avoids it well.
Escoba stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Carbone.
Escoba fails to land with a series of punches.
A solid leg kick lands there for Carbone.
Carbone looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Escoba is fending him off so far but Carbone persists. Nope, Escoba circles away and we're back to standing.
Escoba uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Carbone.
Carbone throws a right hand that Escoba ducks under and follows up with a left that Escoba also avoids with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carbone misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Escoba.
Carbone tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Escoba paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Escoba lands a jab-cross combination.
Carbone misses with a head kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Carbone throws a head kick that misses.
Escoba is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Escoba misses with a two punch combination.
Carbone misses with an attempted mid kick.
Escoba misses with a combination
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Escoba throws a series of punches but Carbone moves out of range.
Carbone is looking to wear down Escoba with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Escoba throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Carbone makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Escoba misses the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carbone tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Carbone connects with a jab.
Escoba moves out of range of the body kick from Carbone.
Escoba throws a combination that misses
and Carbone counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Carbone walks into a jab.
Carbone tries to clinch there but Escoba circles away.
Escoba takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Carbone scores with a kick to the body.
Escoba fails to land with a series of punches.
Carbone lands a head kick!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Escoba keeps the fight on the outside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Carbone has taken the fight to the clinch.
Carbone pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Escoba takes a knee right on the jaw!
Carbone trying to control the position but instead, Escoba has worked for underhooks and has pushed Carbone into the ropes.
Carbone landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Carbone obliges.
Escoba is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Escoba has had enough of the clinch but Carbone keeps him there for the moment.
Escoba wants to break the clinch but can't.
Carbone lands a good knee to the midsection. Escoba won't want to take too many of those.
Carbone prevents Escoba from breaking the clinch.
Carbone landing knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carbone working Escoba over with knees to the body.
Escoba wants to break free but Carbone has control.
Knees to the body from Carbone.
Escoba wants to get back to striking at distance but Carbone won't allow it.
Carbone scores with a hook to the body.
Escoba wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Carbone tries a knee to the head but Escoba blocks it.
Carbone throws a knee to the head but misses.
Carbone keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Escoba's efforts to push away.
Carbone crunches a lovely knee into Escoba's ribcage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Escoba tries to circle away but Carbone has him pinned against the ropes.
Carbone tries to land a knee to the head but Escoba blocks with his arms.
Carbone landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Carbone lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frankie Carbone dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Good shot there by Carbone.
Escoba stalks Carbone and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Carbone's face. Carbone staggers backwards, shaken.
Escoba throws a body punch but Carbone moves out of range.
Escoba swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Carbone counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Carbone connects with a solid leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Carbone.
Escoba throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Carbone.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Carbone is defended easily by Escoba.
Carbone misses with a looping right.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Escoba throws a combination that misses
and Carbone counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Carbone tries a head kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carbone is looking to land body kicks.
Carbone darts in trying to clinch
and Escoba counters with a two punch combo.

Carbone shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Escoba napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Carbone tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
You can see the frustration on Escoba's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Carbone will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Escoba tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escoba is trying to control Carbone's posture but Carbone avoids it.
Carbone happy to just control the position for now.
You can see the frustration on Escoba's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carbone slows the pace down.

Carbone decides to stand back up. Carbone steps back and let's Escoba get back to his feet.
Escoba looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Carbone shoots in for a double leg but Escoba sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Escoba scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Carbone tries to clinch up but Escoba circles away and keeps his distance.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Escoba!
Escoba lands with a straight right. Carbone didn't see that one coming.
Escoba misses with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Escoba does no damage.
Carbone shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Escoba throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Carbone.
Carbone fails with an attempt to clinch.
Frankie Carbone is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Carbone throws a quick inside leg kick.
Escoba connects with a good right hand that stumbles Carbone. Carbone circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Escoba misses with a series of wild punches.
Carbone dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Escoba. That did some damage!
Carbone tries a head kick but it misses.
Darren Escoba has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Escoba throws a left and a right that both miss
and Carbone counters with a nice body shot.
Left hook, right uppercut from Carbone.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Frankie Carbone.
Well Carbone has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frankie Carbone!