PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pablo Escobar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Kessler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kessler has chosen Yattering - Chase of Thoughts as his entrance music. Pablo Escobar had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Escobar
vs
Kessler

187 cm
29
187 lbs
15 - 6 - 0

185 cm
29
203 lbs
16 - 10 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

MB Nutrition

VIRAL COMBAT
Milwaukee's Best 160 (85% laundry)

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 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pablo Escobar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jack Kessler!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Donald Grub and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Escobar misses with a low kick.
Escobar lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kessler's sensitive parts.
Kessler lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Escobar is looking to clinch but Kessler is avoiding it.
Kessler fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Kessler takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Kessler moves out of range of the leg kick from Escobar.
Kessler avoids a kick to the body.

Escobar clinches up against the cage.
Kessler taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Escobar is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Kessler tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Escobar blocking some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kessler swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Escobar swings wildly with an uppercut but Kessler uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Escobar lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch on the inside from Escobar fails to land.
Escobar is trying to stall.
Escobar misses with a body punch.
Escobar lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kessler or not.
Escobar lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kessler tries to stall but Escobar uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escobar swings wildly with an uppercut but Kessler uses good head movement to avoid it.
Good body shot from Escobar.
Kessler fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Kessler.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Kessler pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kessler cracks Escobar with a good jab.
Escobar uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kessler.
Escobar keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Escobar thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Kessler if he has to take too many more of those.
Kessler misses with a head kick.
Escobar has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Kessler.
Kessler keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Kessler darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kessler throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Kessler missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Kessler seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Escobar does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Kessler thows a huge punch but Escobar dodges it nicely.
Escobar blocking the ground and pound attempt from Kessler.
Kessler thows a huge punch but Escobar dodges it nicely.
Escobar is staying active underneath Kessler, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kessler throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Kessler throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Escobar to regain full guard.
Kessler throws a big right hand that misses.
Kessler throwing strikes from guard but Escobar blocks nicely.
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.
Kessler throws a big right hand that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Escobar pulls Kessler in to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Pablo Escobar will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Escobar cracks the inside of Kessler's front leg.
Kessler tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kessler shoots in but Escobar avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Escobar uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kessler.
Escobar wants to clinch.
Kessler checks a low kick from Escobar.
Kessler misses with an uppercut. Escobar saw that one coming.
A leg kick checked by Kessler.
Kessler takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar throws a half hearted mid kick.
Kessler takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Kessler keeps the fight on the outside.
Escobar's corner calls for a 1-2. Escobar obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Escobar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Escobar moves out of range as Kessler strikes.
Kessler takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kessler changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Escobar tries to avoid it but Kessler manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Escobar to the ground. Escobar escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Escobar swings away with a leg kick that misses.

Kessler shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kessler trying to control the action but Escobar is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escobar gets full guard.
Kessler postures up in Escobar's guard and throws a big left but Escobar blocks it.
Kessler throws a big right hand that misses.
Kessler missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Escobar pulls Kessler in close to his closed guard and prevents Kessler from doing any damage or advancing position.
Escobar avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kessler lands a couple of digs.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Escobar holds on and takes a little breather.
Kessler lands a couple of digs.
Escobar definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Kessler forces his way into half guard.
Kessler misses with a head shot. Escobar uses the momentum to regain guard.
Kessler wants to control from the top but Escobar keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Escobar has his feet on Kessler's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Escobar tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Escobar paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Escobar cracks Kessler with an open hand slap.

Kessler is rocked!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Escobar cracks the inside of Kessler's front leg.
Kessler is still on wobbly legs! Can Escobar finish him?
Escobar tries to move into range but Kessler moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Escobar lands a really nice looking cross but Kessler seems unphased.
Escobar closes the distance and lands a brutal uppercut that knocks Kessler out! We're looking at the replay now - he was out before he hit the floor!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Pablo Escobar!
A relieved looking Pablo Escobar thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.