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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Van Dinh Nguyen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pablo Escobar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nguyen's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Rolling Stones - Paint it Black . Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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146 lbs
14 - 7 - 0 |
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144 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class MT
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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 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Van Dinh Nguyen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Pablo Escobar!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Chris Downing and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nguyen moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nguyen throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Nguyen lands a jab.
Nguyen throws a head kick that misses.
Escobar tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nguyen slips a jab from Escobar.
Escobar misses with a straight right.
Nguyen goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Escobar misses with a series of wild punches.
Escobar misses with a straight right.
Nguyen throws a quick inside leg kick.
Escobar tries to clinch but Nguyen moves out of range.
Nguyen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Escobar sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Escobar lunges at Nguyen with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Nguyen's hand.
Escobar tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Escobar throws a combination that misses
and Nguyen counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Nguyen.
A head punch on the inside from Escobar fails to land.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Escobar wants to break free but Nguyen has control.
Nguyen misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar is trying to force a seperation but Nguyen has the dominant position.
Nguyen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Escobar breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Escobar forces Nguyen back against the cage and clinches.
Nguyen looking to throw knees to the head but Escobar is blocking nicely.
Escobar wants to get back to striking at distance but Nguyen won't allow it.
Nguyen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nguyen misses with the head strike.
Nguyen digs a right hand into Escobar's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Escobar's gas tank.
Nguyen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nguyen just misses with a elbow thrown towards Escobar's brow.
Escobar on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nguyen looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Escobar misses with a body punch.
Escobar breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Escobar connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
It looks like Van Dinh Nguyen has been cut.
Escobar misses with a straight right.
Nguyen takes the fight into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Escobar wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escobar wants to break free but Nguyen has control.
Nguyen tries a body shot but Escobar blocks it.
Nguyen keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Escobar's efforts to push away.
A nice right hand lands inside from Escobar.
Nguyen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nguyen lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Escobar.
Nguyen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nguyen misses with an elbow strike.
A head punch on the inside from Nguyen fails to land.
Escobar misses with a knee to the head.
Nguyen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nguyen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Escobar scores with a shoulder strike.
Escobar dodges an elbow strike from Nguyen.
Escobar creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Nguyen scores a nice knee to the body.
Nguyen creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar managing to block the knees to the body from Nguyen.
Escobar has had enough of the clinch but Nguyen keeps him there for the moment.
Nguyen putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Escobar in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Nguyen tries to throw a body punch but Escobar avoids it by throwing Nguyen back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Escobar's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Nguyen misses with a knee to the head.
Nguyen misses with an elbow strike.
Nguyen has Escobar pressed against the cage, preventing Escobar from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Escobar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nguyen tries to clinch but Escobar is having none of it.
Escobar uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nguyen.
Nguyen drives through and clinches with Escobar against the cage.
Nguyen crunches a lovely knee into Escobar's ribcage.
Nguyen blocks a body shot from Escobar.
Nguyen working aggressively here.
Knees to the body from Nguyen.
Escobar wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Nguyen has him pressed against the cage.
Escobar tries to land knees in the clinch but Nguyen avoids the damage to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A frustrated look appears on Escobar's face as he tries to break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nguyen cracks Escobar with a nice body shot.
Nguyen throws an elbow that misses.
Nguyen creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Nguyen has Escobar pressed against the cage, preventing Escobar from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Escobar has had enough of the clinch but Nguyen keeps him there for the moment.
Nguyen misses with a knee strike.
Escobar missing with knees to the body.
Nguyen misses with an elbow strike.
Escobar lands an elbow inside.
Escobar wants to get back to striking at distance but Nguyen won't allow it.
Nguyen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Escobar is trying to push Nguyen away but Nguyen has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Escobar's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Nguyen throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Escobar creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Nguyen gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Escobar utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Escobar wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Van Dinh Nguyen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Van Dinh Nguyen's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Escobar looks to land a combination but Nguyen avoids it well.
Nguyen throws the left hand but Escobar avoids the punch easily.
Nguyen throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Nguyen fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Escobar, pushing him back against the cage.
Nguyen lands an elbow that stopped Escobar in his tracks for a moment.
Escobar blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Escobar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nguyen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Nguyen connects with a high kick.
Nguyen moves into the clinch successfully.
Escobar is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nguyen is defending well for now.
Nguyen lands an elbow inside.
Van Dinh Nguyen has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Escobar lands a nice uppercut.
With the fighters up against the cage, Nguyen throws an elbow but misses.
Escobar lands a left hand that snaps the head of Nguyen backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Escobar missing with knees to the body.
A short left from Nguyen.
Nguyen landing knees to the body.
Nguyen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Nguyen on the inside.
Escobar tries to land knees in the clinch but Nguyen avoids the damage to the body.
Escobar managing to block the knees to the body from Nguyen.
Nguyen blocks the elbow strike.
Escobar wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nguyen creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Escobar's defenses.
Escobar breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Escobar rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nguyen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Escobar doesn't manage to clinch there - Nguyen circles away.
Escobar moves away from the strike by Nguyen.
Escobar takes one on the button.
Van Dinh Nguyen is winning the standup battle so far.
Escobar keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nguyen.
Nguyen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Escobar. That did some damage!
Nguyen gets a clinch.
Escobar is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Escobar stalls.
Nguyen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Escobar.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escobar tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Escobar swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nguyen lands an elbow inside that Escobar shrugs off.
Escobar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nguyen pushes Escobar back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nguyen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Escobar blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nguyen has Escobar pressed against the cage, preventing Escobar from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Nguyen looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nguyen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Escobar manages to break the clinch.
Nguyen is looking to clinch.
Nguyen is looking to clinch.
Nice defenses there by Nguyen.
Escobar looks to land a right hand but Nguyen moved out of range.
Escobar throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Nguyen.
Nguyen misses the shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar misses with the combination.
Nguyen connects with a solid leg kick.
Escobar throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nguyen connects with an inside leg kick.
Nguyen throws a leg kick which misses Escobar's front leg but catches the back leg as Escobar tries to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Nguyen.
Escobar is breathing heavily.
Nguyen moves into range and clinches up with Escobar.
Nguyen tries to work over Escobar's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Nguyen.
Nguyen lands a good knee to the midsection. Escobar won't want to take too many of those.
Escobar breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nguyen works the jab nicely.
Nguyen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nguyen connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Escobar's hands.
Nguyen scores with a nice right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nguyen lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Escobar misses with a straight left.
Nguyen catches Escobar with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Nguyen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nguyen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Escobar is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nguyen.
Nguyen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Escobar manages to avoid it.
Nguyen moves forwards but Escobar connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Nguyen misses the shot to the body.
Nguyen connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Escobar rushes Nguyen and presses him up against the cage.
Nguyen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Escobar - that landed with a thud.
Escobar looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Escobar breaks the clinch.
Nguyen lands a jab to the head.
Pablo Escobar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Escobar tries to clinch up.
Escobar might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Escobar drops his hands momentarily and Nguyen takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Van Dinh Nguyen dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Van Dinh Nguyen's cut.
That's time! Nguyen's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!
Escobar falls off balance throwing a combination
and Nguyen counters with a low kick, right behind Escobar 's knee.
Nguyen throws a low kick, looking for Escobar's leg but Escobar calmly moves out of range.
Nguyen throws a half hearted mid kick.
Nguyen avoids the body shot from Escobar.
Nguyen feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Escobar's calf.
Escobar's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Escobar throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Nguyen counters with a thumping low kick.
Good leg kick by Nguyen there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Escobar throws a right and a left that both miss.
Escobar wants to clinch.
Escobar clinches up against the cage.
Nguyen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nguyen lands with a light punch inside.
Nguyen creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Nguyen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Escobar's face as he tries to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nguyen.
Escobar on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nguyen scores a nice knee to the body.
Escobar is looking to break free of the clinch but Nguyen has double underhooks.
Nguyen throws a punch but it's blocked by Escobar.
Nguyen throws an elbow that misses.
Nguyen misses with a knee strike.
Escobar avoiding damage as Nguyen throws knees to the body.
Nguyen 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.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nguyen.
Escobar is rocked!
Nguyen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Escobar is still on wobbly legs! Can Nguyen finish him?
Nguyen with a knee to the head.
Nguyen comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nguyen creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Escobar with a big uppercut! Escobar tries to clinch up but Nguyen pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Escobar to the mat! Escobar covers up and Nguyen unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Van Dinh Nguyen!
Van Dinh Nguyen decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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hype
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