PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Pablo Escobar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Felipe Costa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Costa has chosen His Own Highlight Video as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Escobar
vs
Costa

172 cm
26
144 lbs
14 - 5 - 0

166 cm
28
141 lbs
21 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Good kicks
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Pablo Escobar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Felipe Costa!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Patrick Alders and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Escobar moves to clinch but Costa breaks away

and Costa moves into the clinch.
Escobar is trying to break the clinch but Costa is controlling him.
Escobar looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Costa swings wildly with an uppercut but Escobar uses good head movement to avoid it.

Escobar breaks the clinch.
Escobar tries to clinch there but Costa circles away.
Costa avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Escobar tries to clinch but Costa moves away
and Costa counters with a one-two to the body.
Escobar connects with a looping right hand.
Escobar throws a right and a left that Costa avoids nicely.
Pablo Escobar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Escobar connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Costa's hands.
Costa thumps Escobar with a low kick.
Escobar throws a right and a left that Costa avoids nicely.
Escobar takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Costa lands a leg kick that knocks Escobar off balance momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar misses the jab.
Costa throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Escobar swings for the body but Costa moves out of range.
Escobar wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Costa tries to clinch up.
Escobar misses with a few strikes there.
Escobar lands a head shot.

It looks like Felipe Costa has been cut.
Escobar throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Escobar misses with a combination
and Costa counters with a left and a right that stings Escobar.
Pablo Escobar is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Escobar cracks Costa with an open hand slap.
Costa defending well as Escobar loads up on a big left hand.
Escobar looks to score with a jab to the body but Costa is just out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Costa swats away the attempt to clinch by Escobar.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Escobar has closed the distance and engaged Costa in a clinch.
Costa throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Costa.
Escobar throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Costa blocks it with crossed arms.
Costa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Escobar.
Costa misses with some punches.
Escobar blocking some punches.
Costa prevents Escobar from breaking the clinch.
Escobar tries to throw a body punch but Costa avoids it by throwing Escobar back against the cage.

Escobar breaks from the clinch.
Costa misses with a few strikes there.
Escobar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Escobar moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Costa walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Escobar throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar tries to close the distance and clinch up but Costa swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Escobar wants to clinch
and Costa counters with a series of strikes. Escobar will be more careful next time no doubt.
No joy there for Escobar, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Costa throws a head kick but Escobar moves out of range.
Escobar will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Escobar moves into range and connects with a jab.
Escobar darts in trying to clinch

and Costa counters by moving into the clinch.
Escobar is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Costa blocks an elbow strike from Escobar.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Escobar.
With the fighters up against the cage, Escobar throws an elbow but misses.
Costa tries a body shot but Escobar blocks it.

Escobar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Escobar scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Escobar ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Escobar lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Costa slips a jab and a cross from Escobar.
Costa finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Escobar dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Escobar will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Costa dodges the punch combination from Escobar.
Escobar looks to land a left hand but Costa moved out of range nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pablo Escobar dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Felipe Costa's cut.
That's time! Escobar's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Costa avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Escobar looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pablo Escobar is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fighters circling - Escobar throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Costa scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Escobar fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Escobar throws a body punch but Costa moves out of range.
Escobar tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Costa drops his hands momentarily and Escobar takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

Escobar pushes Costa up against the cage in a clinch.

Escobar breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Escobar lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Costa lands with a nice combination. Escobar backs away looking to recover.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Escobar blocks a head kick by Costa.
A jab from Costa misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar throws a right and a left that Costa avoids nicely.
Costa misses with a wild combination.
Escobar fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sloppy strikes from Escobar. Those never looked like landing.

Escobar moves into the clinch.

Escobar breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Escobar tries to clinch but Costa moves away
and Costa counters with a nice kick to the body.
Costa pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Costa takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Escobar looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Escobar throws a lazy right hand but Costa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Escobar throws a series of punches but Costa moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Costa bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Costa on the wrong end of a nice hook.

Escobar drops Costa with a beautiful combination! Costa stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Escobar is looking for the KO!

Costa is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Escobar misses with a wild combination.
Costa is still on wobbly legs! Can Escobar finish him?
Some wild striking there from Costa.
Escobar drops Costa with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Costa! Escobar dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pablo Escobar!
Pablo Escobar took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Wolfpack Blood Labs Q158-Q155 for their support in the buildup to the fight.