PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Steve Martin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pablo Escobar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Escobar has chosen KoRn En Vivo Mtv as his entrance music. Pablo Escobar has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Steve Martin's chin.

Martin
vs
Escobar

168 cm
30
134 lbs
10 - 8 - 1

160 cm
26
142 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Milwaukee's Best 160
Kemists ↑ 5x160Q

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 10 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Steve Martin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Pablo Escobar!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Escobar dives in for a single leg takedown but Martin sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.

Martin manages to break the clinch.
Martin dips to his left and cracks Escobar with an uppercut!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Escobar checks a leg kick.
Escobar falls off balance throwing a combination
and Martin counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Escobar connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Escobar punishes Martin's body with a nice straight punch.
Escobar wants to slow Martin down by chopping away at his legs.
Escobar steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Martin.
Escobar looks to land a combination but Martin avoids it well.
A jab from Escobar misses.
Escobar throws a jab but it's blocked by Martin.
Martin doesn't manage to clinch there - Escobar circles away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Escobar tries to clinch there but Martin circles away.
Martin misses with a straight right.
The fight stays on the outside here - Escobar looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Escobar looks to land a combination. Martin sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Escobar throws a body punch but Martin moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar is trying hard to land a takedown here. Martin sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Martin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Martin misses with a head kick.
Martin connects with a right hand. Escobar shakes it off.

Escobar looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Martin keeping full guard, as Escobar tries to pass.
Escobar trying to control the position from guard on top but Martin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Escobar stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Martin swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martin wants to sweep here but Escobar controlling him for the moment.
Escobar trying to control but Martin is working from the bottom.
Escobar stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Martin swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Escobar trying to control the position from guard on top but Martin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Pablo Escobar has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Escobar slips under a jab.
Martin loads up on a big right hand but Escobar slips the punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar tried to score with a low kick but Martin checks it.
Escobar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Martin.
Martin misses with a body shot.
Martin ducks right into an uppercut from Escobar.
Escobar shoots for a takedown but Martin saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Steve Martin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pablo Escobar.
Escobar moves out of range as Martin strikes.
Martin throws a series of punches but Escobar moves out of range.
Martin throws a series of punches but Escobar moves out of range.
Escobar misses with a hook to the body
and Martin counters with a body kick that stops Escobar in his tracks momentarily.
Escobar lands a really nice looking cross but Martin seems unphased.
Martin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Escobar.
Escobar throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Martin missing with a left hand there. Escobar was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Escobar lands with a good body shot.
Martin takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Escobar scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Martin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Escobar with a nice cross.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martin scores with a decent looking hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Escobar takes the fight into the clinch.
Escobar misses with a punch to the body.
Escobar is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Martin is defending well.

Martin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
No joy there for Escobar, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Steve Martin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Martin lands a body shot.
Martin lands a leg kick that knocks Escobar off balance momentarily.
Escobar lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Martin circles away quickly and effectively.
Martin throws a shot from downtown. Escobar moves away and avoids it.
Escobar scores with a body shot.
Martin keeps the fight on the outside.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Escobar uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Martin.
Escobar takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Martin takes one to the side of the head.
Escobar just misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pablo Escobar dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Escobar ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Escobar connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Escobar tries to close the distance and clinch but Martin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Escobar looks to land a left hand but Martin moved out of range nicely.
Martin moves out of range of the strikes.
A jab lands there for Martin.
Martin walks into a straight right hand from Escobar.
Martin throws a lazy uppercut
and Escobar counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Martin on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Martin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice body punch from Escobar.
A looping hook to the body misses from Martin. Escobar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Escobar lands a body shot.
Martin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Escobar keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Martin.
Escobar throws a leg kick but Martin sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Martin is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Martin throws a hook but Escobar avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Escobar momentarily.
Martin drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Martin throws a hook but Escobar blocks it.
Escobar keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Escobar is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Martin.
Escobar is looking to slow Martin down with leg kicks.
Pablo Escobar seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Escobar throws a body punch but Martin moves out of range.
Escobar scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Martin doesn't seem bothered though.
Escobar thumps Martin with a low kick.
Martin defending well as Escobar loads up on a big left hand.
Escobar misses with an uppercut. Martin saw that one coming.
Martin ducks under a wild hook from Escobar.
Martin connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Escobar's hands.
Escobar tries for a takedown but Martin sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Escobar ducks under a wild hook from Martin.
Escobar fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Martin jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martin missing with a left hand there. Escobar was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Escobar defending well as Martin loads up on a big left hand.
Escobar dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Martin looks to land a left hand but Escobar moved out of range nicely.
Martin looks to land a left hand but Escobar moved out of range nicely.
Martin swinging wildly here.
Escobar blocks a jab.
Escobar connects with a good right hand that stumbles Martin. Martin circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

Martin gets caught napping as Escobar dives in and scores a takedown. Martin manages to retain guard.
Martin is controlling Escobar's posture.
Martin keeping moving, preventing Escobar from controlling successfully.
Martin is pulling down on Escobar's head to control his posture.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martin 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.
Escobar content to stall in guard here.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Martin throws a half hearted mid kick.
Martin has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Martin there as he acknowledges the shot.
Martin stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Martin wants it to stay on the feet.
Escobar is looking to clinch but Martin is avoiding it.
Martin takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The fight stays on the outside here - Martin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Escobar fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Steve Martin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pablo Escobar.
Martin throws a hook to the side of Escobar's head but Escobar sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Escobar looking to score a takedown here. Martin is defending well but Escobar drives through and ends up in Martin's guard.
Escobar in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Martin manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Escobar manages to get himself to full guard.
Martin keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Escobar's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Escobar looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Escobar controls Martin momentarily but Martin frees himself.
Escobar looking to hit a scissor sweep but Martin is one step ahead there.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Escobar looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Martin puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Escobar taking some punishment here, with Martin in his half guard.
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 corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Escobar swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Martin tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Escobar swings for the body but Martin moves out of range.
Escobar steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Martin.
Martin lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Martin throws a lazy uppercut
and Martin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Martin takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Martin moves out of range of the leg kick from Escobar.
Martin throws out a leg kick but Escobar moves out of range and Martin only half commits.
Martin will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Martin throws a combination that misses
and Escobar counters with a nice body shot.
Nice sprawl there from Martin as Escobar shoots in.
Escobar dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice shot by Escobar.
Escobar jabs Martin right on the nose. Martin blinks but takes it well.
Nice defenses there by Escobar.
Martin jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Martin. Escobar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Escobar connects with a crisp jab.
Escobar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Martin.
Escobar moves away from the strike by Martin.
Martin throws a body kick that misses.
Escobar throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Martin stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Martin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sloppy strikes from Escobar. Those never looked like landing.
Escobar throws a hook but Martin avoids it easily.
Escobar misses the shot to the body.
Escobar lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Martin at a distance.
Escobar goes for a double leg but Martin avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Martin continues to drive forward.

Martin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Martin throws an off balance right hand
and Escobar counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Escobar connects with a good right hand that stumbles Martin. Martin circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Martin slips a jab from Escobar.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escobar throws a left and a right that both miss
and Martin counters with a left to the body.
Escobar tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Escobar slips under a jab from Martin.

Escobar clinches with his opponent.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Martin.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Martin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Escobar misses with the head strike.
A short uppercut from Martin.
A short body shot lands from Martin as the two fighters clinch.
Steve Martin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Escobar has Martin pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Martin manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Steve Martin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pablo Escobar.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Martin.
Escobar takes a shot to the head.
Martin has Escobar pushed against the cage.
Escobar can't get the takedown.
Escobar can't find room to land a body shot as Martin controls the action.
Escobar has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Martin seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Escobar can turn it around.
Martin prevents the takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martin is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Escobar is keeping busy.
Martin is pressed up against the cage. Escobar has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Martin down to the mat. Martin avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Escobar takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Escobar 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 Martin has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Martin and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Escobar throws a jab when Martin was well out of range.
Martin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Escobar gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Escobar lands with an overhand left.
Pablo Escobar is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Martin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Martin keeps the fight on the outside.
A swing and a miss from Martin.
Martin looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Escobar slips under a jab.
Escobar moves away from the strike by Martin.
Martin throws a series of punches but Escobar avoids them all with ease.
Escobar closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martin throws a jab when Escobar was well out of range.
Escobar scores with a nice head shot.
Escobar swings for the body but Martin moves out of range.
Martin takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Martin throws a shot from downtown. Escobar moves away and avoids it.
Martin throws a big shot that misses.
Escobar misses with a wild body shot.
Escobar stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Martin takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Martin misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Escobar counters with a nice double leg into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Escobar with a flurry of punches that miss.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Escobar missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Escobar trying to control the position from guard on top but Martin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Escobar passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pablo Escobar comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Escobar winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 27:30
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pablo Escobar!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Pablo Escobar made sure he mentioned Kemists ↑ 5x160Q, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
Steve Martin was interviewed post fight and said 'I want to apologize to all my fans! I went to the strip club last night and I still have a f*****g hangover...plus...My huge penis threw me off balance a few times during the fight, I may tape it to my leg next fight.'.