PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Patrick Whales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pablo Escobar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pablo Escobar will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Whales
vs
Escobar

181 cm
25
190 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

187 cm
24
195 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Great wrestler
Great low kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Patrick Whales!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pablo Escobar!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Yves DeLean and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A lazy left from Escobar finds it's target.
A slow jab from Escobar misses its intended target.
Patrick Whales seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Escobar looks to score with a jab to the body but Whales is just out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Escobar. Whales does a little dance to reset his feet.
Escobar misses with a wild body shot.
Whales moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Whales uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Escobar.
Escobar chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Whales punishes Escobar's body with a nice straight punch.
Whales fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Whales throws a wild body kick that Escobar sees coming a mile off.
Escobar moves out of range of the body kick from Whales.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Escobar connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Whales lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Escobar has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Escobar and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Escobar throws a low kick but it's checked well by Whales.
Pablo Escobar is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Whales.

Whales fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Escobar, pushing him back against the cage.
Whales blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Escobar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Escobar blocking some punches.
Escobar has Whales pressed against the cage.
Whales lands a nice uppercut.
Escobar looking to slow down the pace here.
Whales tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Escobar's elbow.
A short left from Escobar.
Whales is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Escobar gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Escobar lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Whales or not.
Escobar throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Whaless head.
Escobar lands a left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escobar works on Whales's body with a couple of short punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Escobar cracks Whales with a nice body shot.
Escobar lands with a left to the head.
Escobar is looking to control Whales's arms but Whales gets an underhook and turns him. Now Escobar has his back to the cage.
Whales goes for a takedown in the clinch but Escobar prevents it.
Escobar lands a left hand.

Escobar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Escobar stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Whales throws an off balance right hand
and Escobar counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Escobar checks the leg kick nicely there.
Escobar throws a jab but it's blocked by Whales.
Escobar keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Whales.
Whales lands with a nice body kick.
Whales throws a body kick that misses
enabling Escobar to counter with a crisp jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whales fails with an attempt to clinch.

Whales moves into the clinch.
Escobar takes a shot to the head.
Whales throws a head punch that misses.
Escobar throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Whaless head.
Escobar misses with a short punch on the inside.
Escobar lands a hook to the side of the head.
A frustrated look appears on Escobar's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Escobar is trying to break the clinch but Whales is controlling him.
Escobar is defending well against a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Patrick Whales. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Escobar is struggling to control the position.
Escobar lands a hook to the side of the head.
Escobar wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Whales has him pressed against the cage.
Whales tries to score a body lock takedown but Escobar shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whales has a couple of punches blocked by Escobar.
Escobar wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Escobar effectively controlling the action here.
Escobar is trying to push Whales away but Whales has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Escobar.
Escobar tries a body shot but Whales blocks it.
Escobar blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Escobar wants to break free but Whales has control.
Whales digs a right hand underneath Escobar's ribcage. Escobar let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Escobar struggles to land a body shot inside as Whales controls his hands.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Escobar misses with some punches.
A left hand lands to the body for Whales.
Escobar throws a punch but it's blocked by Whales.
Whales lands with a short shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pablo Escobar dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Whales fails with a takedown attempt.
Whales throws a half hearted mid kick.
Escobar avoids the body shot from Whales.
Nice body kick there by Escobar.
A big right from Escobar misses.
Whales throws a sloppy head kick and Escobar moves out of range easily.

Whales shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Escobar wants to get back to full guard.
Whales wants to lay and pray for a moment but Escobar keeps working.
Escobar moves into full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whales trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Escobar looking to control.
Whales trying to control but Escobar is working from the bottom.
Escobar keeping full guard, as Whales tries to pass.
Whales throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Escobar works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Whales trying to control the position from guard on top but Escobar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Whales is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escobar keeping moving, preventing Whales from controlling successfully.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Patrick Whales just wasn't active enough.
Whales chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Whales tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Escobar counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Whales checks a leg kick nicely.
Escobar scores with a nice body kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Whales throws an off balance right hand
and Escobar counters with a good, hard body kick but Whales shrugs it off.
Escobar swings for the body but Whales moves out of range.
Escobar lands with a good body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Whales.
Whales is looking to slow Escobar down with leg kicks.
Whales throws a hook to the side of Escobar's head but Escobar sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Escobar throws a head kick that misses.
Escobar goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Escobar avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Escobar connects with a single shot there.
Whales lands with a nice body kick.

Oooooh!!! Escobar has knocked Whales down with a huge combo! Escobar steps away and waves a wobbly Whales back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Escobar throws a sloppy head kick and Whales moves out of range easily.
Escobar scores with a hook.

Whales is rocked!

Whales clinches up with Escobar and pushes him back against the cage.
Oh Whales is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whales goes for a takedown in the clinch but Escobar prevents it.
Whales seems to have got his legs back now.
Whales goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pablo Escobar seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

Escobar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Whales fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Escobar checks it well.
Escobar misses with a hook. Whales ducked under it nicely.
Whales looks to score with a jab to the body but Escobar is just out of range.
Escobar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Escobar connects with a jab.
Whales 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!
Whales keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Escobar.
Whales tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Escobar is able to avoid easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pablo Escobar showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Whales gets a takedown into half guard.
Escobar tries to get to full guard but Whales has control of the leg.
Whales is looking to stall here but Escobar recovers full guard.
Whales trying to control but Escobar is working from the bottom.
Whales pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Escobar is keeping the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar has momentary wrist control but Whales slips an elbow through the middle.
Escobar keeping moving, preventing Whales from controlling successfully.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Whales's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Whales preventing the sweep.
Whales stops Escobar from standing up.
Escobar is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escobar keeping moving, preventing Whales from controlling successfully.
Whales in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Escobar is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Escobar not doing much here.
Whales tries to get to full guard but Escobar has control of the leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whales wants to get back to full guard but Escobar has passed into side control.
Escobar wants to control but Whales is keeping him busy.
Whales is looking for a sweep.
Escobar wants to control but Whales is keeping him busy.
Whales tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Escobar wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whales tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Escobar presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Escobar content just to control the position here.
Pablo Escobar is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Whales is wriggling around trying to escape.

And that's the end of the fight!
Patrick Whales showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Escobar has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pablo Escobar!
Pablo Escobar seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.