PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pablo Escobar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eizo Abukara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Escobar
vs
Abukara

188 cm
19
223 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

195 cm
26
275 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Powerful

Grand Royal Wear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pablo Escobar!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Eizo Abukara!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Tarja Halkonen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Escobar lands with a hook. Abukara tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Abukara fails with an attempt to clinch.
Abukara tries to close the distance and clinch but Escobar swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Escobar lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Abukara backs up against the cage.
Escobar goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
A slapping body kick lands there for Escobar.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Escobar scores with a shot to the body.
Escobar lands a jab to the nose.
Pablo Escobar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Escobar tests Abukara's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Escobar connects with a body shot that sends Abukara's belly button to the back.
Abukara wants to clinch.
Abukara dodges the punch combination from Escobar.
Escobar cracks a nice hook into Abukara's ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abukara closes the distance but Escobar moves to the side
and Escobar counters with a left and a right that stings Abukara.
Escobar is looking to slow Abukara down with leg kicks.
Escobar throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Abukara on the side of the head.
Escobar is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Abukara is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Escobar.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Abukara takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Abukara tries to clinch but Escobar is having none of it.
Abukara moves to clinch but Escobar breaks away
and Escobar counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Abukara takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

Abukara is rocked!

Abukara moves into the clinch successfully.
Knees in the clinch landing for Abukara.
Escobar misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abukara missing with knees to the body.
Escobar avoiding damage as Abukara throws knees to the body.
Escobar is looking to break free of the clinch but Abukara has double underhooks.
Escobar stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Abukara's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Abukara trying to land knees to the body.
Escobar is trying to push Abukara away but Abukara has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Escobar tries to break free but Abukara pushes him back against the cage.
Escobar is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Abukara misses with some punches.
Abukara taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Escobar wants to break free but Abukara has control.

Escobar breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Abukara tries to clinch but Escobar moves out of range.
Abukara is looking to land body kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar throws a body kick that misses.
Escobar seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Abukara on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Escobar scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Abukara doesn't seem bothered though.
Escobar looks to land a body kick but Abukara moved away.
Abukara is looking to clinch.

Abukara closes the distance and clinches.
Escobar blocks an elbow strike from Abukara.
Abukara misses with a knee strike.
Abukara trying to land knees to the body.
Escobar avoiding damage as Abukara throws knees to the body.
Escobar lands an uppercut.
Escobar misses with a hook to the ribs.
A shot in the inside from Escobar.

Escobar manages to break the clinch.
Nice body kick from Escobar.
Abukara takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Escobar connects with a single shot there.
Abukara moves in looking to clinch but Escobar pushes him off.
Escobar lands the left hand.
Escobar is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Escobar lets his hands go wild with a nice combination. Left! Right! Uppercut! Spinning backfist! Abukara goes down and covers up as Escobar starts wailing on him! The ref watches the action closely before stepping in and putting a stop to the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pablo Escobar!
Pablo Escobar retains his heavyweight title!
A very excited looking Pablo Escobar made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.