PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Sigvard Aurelius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pablo Escobar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aurelius's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Marcia Carolus Rex. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Aurelius
vs
Escobar

156 cm
29
130 lbs
15 - 1 - 0

172 cm
25
144 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sigvard Aurelius!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Pablo Escobar!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Dmitry Maklakov and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Escobar throws a left and a right that both miss
and Aurelius counters with a nice body kick.
Good shot there by Escobar.
A combination from Escobar does no damage.
Aurelius lands a leg kick that knocks Escobar off balance momentarily.
Escobar cracks Aurelius with an open hand slap.
Escobar swings for the body but Aurelius moves out of range.
Escobar takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Escobar throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Aurelius.
Aurelius takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Escobar throws a combination that misses
and Aurelius counters with a thumping low kick.
Escobar misses with a looping left.
Aurelius ducks under a wild hook from Escobar.
Escobar throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Aurelius counters with a nice kick to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A shot to the body from Escobar misses
and Aurelius counters with an outside leg kick.
Escobar tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Aurelius showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Escobar.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Aurelius counters with a nice uppercut.
Escobar misses with a shot to the body

and Aurelius counters by moving into the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Aurelius obliges.
Escobar wants to get back to striking at distance but Aurelius won't allow it.
Aurelius has Escobar pressed against the cage, preventing Escobar from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Nice elbow from Aurelius.
Escobar is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Escobar wants to break the clinch but can't.
Escobar wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Escobar is trying to break the clinch but Aurelius has him pressed against the cage.
Escobar has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Aurelius keeps control of Escobar as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Escobar working hard to break the clinch.
Escobar is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aurelius prevents Escobar from breaking the clinch.
Aurelius lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Escobar or not.
Escobar wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Aurelius lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Aurelius lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Aurelius lands an elbow that stopped Escobar in his tracks for a moment.
Aurelius gets through Escobar's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Aurelius missing with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Escobar is trying to break the clinch but Aurelius has him pressed against the cage.
Escobar is trying to push Aurelius away but Aurelius has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Escobar is trying to force a seperation but Aurelius has the dominant position.
Escobar can't break the clinch.
Aurelius tries to land knees in the clinch but Escobar avoids the damage to the body.
Aurelius lands an elbow inside.
Aurelius 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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Aurelius has him pressed against the cage.
Aurelius prevents Escobar from breaking the clinch.
Escobar tries to break the clinch but Aurelius is controlling the position.
Escobar has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Nice elbow from Aurelius.
Escobar wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Aurelius has him pressed against the cage.
Escobar takes a knee to the side of the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Aurelius.
Aurelius pushes off an throws an elbow but Escobar leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Aurelius digs a right hand into Escobar's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Escobar's gas tank.
Aurelius has Escobar pressed against the cage, preventing Escobar from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Aurelius tries to throw a body punch but Escobar avoids it by throwing Aurelius back against the cage.
A short right from Aurelius on the inside.
Escobar is trying to force a seperation but Aurelius has the dominant position.
Escobar wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Escobar wants to break free but Aurelius has control.
Escobar is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Aurelius throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A frustrated look appears on Escobar's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Escobar is trying to break free.
Escobar is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Escobar wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Aurelius has him pressed against the cage.
Aurelius has Escobar pressed against the cage, preventing Escobar from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Escobar wants to break free but Aurelius has control.
Escobar looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Escobar is trying to break the clinch but Aurelius has him pressed against the cage.
Escobar wants to break the clinch but can't.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Escobar manages to break the clinch.
Escobar misses with a hook
and Aurelius counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Escobar lands a really nice looking cross but Aurelius seems unphased.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Pablo Escobar will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Aurelius fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Escobar has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Aurelius has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Escobar misses with a lunging right hand
and Aurelius counters with a nice uppercut.
Aurelius bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Aurelius staying out of range there.
Escobar cracks Aurelius with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Aurelius throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pablo Escobar seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Aurelius steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Escobar.
Escobar throws a sloppy head kick and Aurelius moves out of range easily.
Escobar jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Escobar ducks right into an uppercut from Aurelius.
Escobar scores with a sloppy right hand. Aurelius should have avoided that one.
A nice leg kick lands there from Aurelius.

Oooooh!!! Escobar has knocked Aurelius down with a huge combo! Escobar steps away and waves a wobbly Aurelius back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Aurelius is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Escobar misses with a wild combination.
Oh Aurelius is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Aurelius misses with a body kick.
Aurelius seems to have got his legs back now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Aurelius circles away quickly and effectively.
Aurelius throws a push kick but Escobar slaps the foot to one side.
Escobar misses with a few strikes there.
Aurelius on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Aurelius throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Aurelius goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Aurelius misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Aurelius drives through and clinches with Escobar against the cage.
Escobar wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Aurelius has him pressed against the cage.
Escobar looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Escobar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Escobar stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Aurelius.
Aurelius needs to keep his hands up - Escobar had a free shot at his head there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aurelius tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Escobar manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Escobar throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Escobar gets tackled into the cage by Aurelius. Aurelius maintains the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Aurelius lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Escobar managing to block the knees to the body from Aurelius.
Escobar is trying to break free.
Aurelius lands an elbow inside that Escobar shrugs off.
Aurelius lands with a right to the head.

Escobar is rocked!
Aurelius creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Escobar's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Escobar drops to his knees and Aurelius pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sigvard Aurelius!
Sigvard Aurelius retains his bantamweight title!
Sigvard Aurelius took some time post fight to say the following; 'You're the master no more, Huynh. It was a war.'.