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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alonso Escovedo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Barry Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Escovedo comes into the arena with Pantera blaring out of the sound system. This should be fireworks!
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265 lbs
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277 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alonso Escovedo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Barry Henderson!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Edson Gomes and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good standup being displayed there by Escovedo as he connects with a hook.
Escovedo lands with a hook. Henderson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Henderson tries to close the distance and clinch but Escovedo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Escovedo cracks a nice hook into Henderson's ribs.
Escovedo shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Henderson can do anything to dispel that myth.
Henderson can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Escovedo controls the pace.
Henderson keeping moving, preventing Escovedo from controlling successfully.
Henderson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Henderson wants to sweep but no luck.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Escovedo stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Henderson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Henderson is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Escovedo is pushing down on Henderson's leg trying to pass to half guard. Henderson is fighting to maintain full guard but Escovedo has managed to sneak the leg through.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Escovedo is keen to just control but Henderson is a slippery customer.
Henderson is looking to escape.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Escovedo chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Henderson gets caught flat footed, as Escovedo shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Escovedo stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Henderson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Henderson wants to stand up but Escovedo is controlling him.
Henderson looks gassed!
Escovedo throwing strikes from guard but Henderson blocks nicely.
Escovedo is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Escovedo scoring with punches to the head and body.
Escovedo wants to control from the top but Henderson keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escovedo controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Escovedo wants to pass the guard but Henderson is keeping the position.
Henderson wants to get back to his feet but Escovedo is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Escovedo decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Alonso Escovedo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Escovedo throws out a leg kick but Henderson moves out of range and Escovedo only half commits.
Henderson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Escovedo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Escovedo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Henderson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Escovedo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Escovedo scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Escovedo decides to return to a standing position.
Escovedo shoots in for a double leg but Henderson sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Henderson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Escovedo connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Henderson momentarily.
Escovedo misses with a double jab.
Escovedo scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Henderson tries to clinch but Escovedo moves out of range.
Escovedo with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Henderson has managed to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Escovedo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Escovedo shoots in but no luck this time.
Escovedo swats away the attempt to clinch by Henderson.
Escovedo defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Henderson.
Henderson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Escovedo scores with a three punch combo!
Henderson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Escovedo throws a leg kick that misses.
Henderson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Escovedo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Escovedo closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Escovedo scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Escovedo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Henderson tries to clinch up.
Nice jab there from Escovedo.
Escovedo goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Henderson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Henderson has taken the fight to the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alonso Escovedo dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Henderson takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Nice body punch from Escovedo.
Escovedo lands a right hook to the body.
Escovedo sizes up Henderson with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Escovedo tries to score a power double leg takedown but Henderson sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Escovedo somewhat.
Escovedo scores with a jab to the body.
Escovedo gets a takedown into half guard.
Escovedo perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Escovedo thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Henderson's head.
Escovedo gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Henderson is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Henderson checks the leg kick.
Henderson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fighters circle momentarily. Escovedo darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Escovedo misses with a two punch combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Henderson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Alonso Escovedo is winning the standup battle so far.
Henderson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Escovedo takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Henderson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Escovedo closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Henderson is staying active underneath Escovedo, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Henderson trying to hold on to Escovedo's head to control him but Escovedo postures up.
Escovedo throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well, if Escovedo is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Henderson is staying active underneath Escovedo, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Escovedo is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Henderson is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Escovedo decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Escovedo lands a head shot.
Escovedo lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Henderson backs up against the cage.
Henderson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Escovedo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Escovedo throws out a leg kick but Henderson moves out of range and Escovedo only half commits.
Henderson fails with an attempt to clinch.
A punch lands to the side of Henderson 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Henderson tries to clinch but Escovedo moves out of range.
Nice cross by Escovedo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escovedo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Escovedo swats away the attempt to clinch by Henderson.
Escovedo's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Escovedo duly obliges.
Escovedo lands a slapping body shot.
Henderson doesn't manage to clinch there - Escovedo circles away.
Escovedo scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Henderson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Escovedo lands a nice shot that snaps Henderson's head back.
Henderson is looking to clinch.
Henderson avoids the head kick by Escovedo.
Henderson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Henderson needs to keep his hands up - Escovedo had a free shot at his head there.
Henderson tries to clinch up.
Alonso Escovedo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Henderson dodges the punch combination from Escovedo.
Escovedo lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Henderson backs up against the cage.
Escovedo throws out a leg kick but Henderson moves out of range and Escovedo only half commits.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Escovedo has a takedown stuffed.
Escovedo looks to land a combination. Henderson sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Escovedo misses with a series of wild punches.
Horrible takedown by Henderson or perhaps it was just good defense by Escovedo which made him look bad.
Escovedo lands a jab.
Henderson tries to clinch but Escovedo moves out of range.
Henderson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Escovedo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Henderson walks into a left hand.
Henderson shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Escovedo drives through with a takedown into guard.
Henderson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Escovedo trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Henderson controls Escovedo momentarily but Escovedo frees himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alonso Escovedo dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Henderson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Escovedo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Henderson fails to land with a series of punches.
Escovedo moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Escovedo throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Henderson on the side of the head.
Henderson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Henderson doesn't manage to clinch there - Escovedo circles away.
Escovedo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Henderson circles away quickly and effectively.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Escovedo.
Henderson clinches with his opponent.
Henderson is trying to maintain a safe position but Escovedo gets an underhook and turns Henderson into the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Henderson.
Henderson tries to land a knee to the head but Escovedo blocks with his arms.
Escovedo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Henderson has him pressed against the cage.
Henderson working aggressively here.
Escovedo pulls guard.
Henderson wants to stand but Escovedo has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Escovedo seems keen to control Henderson's posture.
Henderson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson stopping the sweep attempt from Escovedo.
Escovedo is trying to control the position but Henderson postures up.
Escovedo is working an open guard so Henderson takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Henderson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Escovedo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Escovedo goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Escovedo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Henderson can do to turn this around?
Escovedo scores a takedown into full mount!
Escovedo connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Escovedo looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escovedo controlling the pace for now.
Henderson is trying desperately to improve position.
Henderson is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Escovedo controlling from mount.
Alonso Escovedo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escovedo working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Henderson is trying to stand up.
Escovedo controlling from the full mount.
Escovedo looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Escovedo landing strikes from the mount.
Escovedo postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Henderson looks a forlorn figure.
Barry Henderson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Escovedo looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Escovedo controlling the position easily from mount.
Henderson can't escape the position.
Escovedo looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Escovedo takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Henderson swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alonso Escovedo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Escovedo, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:26
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:26
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alonso Escovedo!
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RATING
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