PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Valentijn Sammens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pablo Escobar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sammens comes to the cage accompanied by PRIDE FC - Opening. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sammens
vs
Escobar

188 cm
23
185 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

190 cm
23
200 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great low kicks
Cardio machine

Dangerous GnP
Good kicks
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Valentijn Sammens!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pablo Escobar!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Daniel Blasius and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Escobar darts in and clinches Sammens up against the cage.
Sammens blocking some punches.
A hook to the body from Escobar.
Escobar swings wildly with an uppercut but Sammens uses good head movement to avoid it.
Escobar on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Escobar struggles to land a body shot inside as Sammens controls his hands.
Escobar looking to stall.
Sammens looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sammens can't find room to land a body shot as Escobar controls the action.
Sammens presses Escobar against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Escobar works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Escobar lands a right hand.
Sammens creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Escobar lands a hook to the side of the head.
Escobar pushes Sammens back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Escobar lands a left hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Escobar managing to block the knees to the body from Sammens.
Escobar avoiding damage as Sammens throws knees to the body.
Escobar's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Sammens trying to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sammens throws an elbow that misses.
Sammens is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Escobar misses with a body punch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sammens throws an elbow but misses.
Sammens throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sammens missing with knees to the body.
Sammens tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Escobar avoids it.
Escobar can't find room to land a body shot as Sammens controls the action.
Sammens missing with knees to the body.
Sammens misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Escobar.
Escobar lands a right hand.
Still in the clinch, Escobar scores with a nice short uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Escobar scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sammens tries to work over Escobar's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sammens tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Escobar smiles and moves away.
Escobar ducks under a wild hook from Sammens.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sammens punishes Escobar's body with a nice straight punch.
Escobar throws a series of punches but Sammens moves out of range.

Escobar instigates a clinch.
Escobar lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sammens or not.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sammens trying to land knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sammens.
Escobar takes an elbow to the temple.
A short right from Escobar on the inside.
Sammens tries to land knees in the clinch but Escobar avoids the damage to the body.
Sammens tries a knee to the head but Escobar blocks it.
Sammens tries to land knees in the clinch but Escobar avoids the damage to the body.
Escobar blocks an elbow strike.
Escobar tries a body shot but Sammens blocks it.
Escobar pushes Sammens back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Escobar is working Sammens over against the cage.
Escobar tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sammens's elbow.
Sammens trying to land knees to the body.
Escobar lands an uppercut.
Sammens throws a punch but it's blocked by Escobar.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sammens tries to land knees in the clinch but Escobar avoids the damage to the body.
Escobar misses with some punches.
Escobar managing to block the knees to the body from Sammens.
Escobar managing to block the knees to the body from Sammens.
Escobar blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Escobar lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sammens backwards.
Sammens unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Escobar stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Sammens is breathing heavily.
Escobar avoiding damage as Sammens throws knees to the body.
Sammens misses with a knee strike.
Sammens can't find room to land a body shot as Escobar controls the action.
Sammens misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Escobar.
A nice left hand lands by Escobar.
Escobar lands with a right to the head.
Sammens tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Escobar avoids it.
Sammens throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sammens lands an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Escobar avoiding damage as Sammens throws knees to the body.
Escobar misses with a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Escobar lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sammens backwards.
Escobar lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Sammens is rocked!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Escobar.
Oh Sammens is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sammens misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sammens 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 effectively controlling the action here.
Escobar scores with a hook to the body.
Escobar lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sammens backwards.
Escobar has Sammens pressed against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Escobar.
Escobar lands a right hand.
Escobar works on Sammens's body with a couple of short punches.
A short uppercut from Escobar.
A left hand lands to the body for Escobar.
Escobar avoiding damage.
Escobar working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Escobar unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Sammens! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Escobar is unloading with more strikes now! Sammens drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pablo Escobar!
Pablo Escobar very nearly forgot to thank FinnFighter Nutrition (Only 160Q supps!) amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.