PBP Commentary

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

Lewis
vs
Escobar

181 cm
25
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
25
240 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Justin Lewis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Pablo Escobar!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Phil Schofield and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lewis tries to keep at a distance but Escobar has taken the fight into the clinch.
Lewis lands a knee to the body.
Escobar looks winded!
Lewis missing with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Lewis.

It looks like Pablo Escobar has been cut.
Lewis connects with a knee to the head.
Lewis landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Lewis lands a good knee to the midsection. Escobar won't want to take too many of those.
Escobar managing to block the knees to the body from Lewis.
Lewis using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Lewis lands a knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lewis pressing his opponent against the cage.
Escobar on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Escobar avoiding damage as Lewis throws knees to the body.
Escobar on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Escobar with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Escobar tries to land a knee to the head but Lewis blocks with his arms.

Lewis manages to break the clinch.

Lewis pushes Escobar up against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lewis using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Escobar has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lewis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Escobar.

Escobar has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Lewis clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Lewis trying to control the hands but Escobar won't let him.
Lewis is trying to get back to his feet but Escobar has full control of the position and if anything, Lewis has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Lewis is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Lewis trying to get back to his feet but Escobar is in full control for now.
Escobar lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Lewis trying to get back to his feet but Escobar is in full control for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escobar controlling from the back.
Lewis is trying to get back to his feet but Escobar has full control of the position and if anything, Lewis has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Escobar is punishing Lewis with some ground and pound.
Lewis wants to get back to his feet.
Escobar trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Lewis doesn't escape.

Lewis is trying to shake Escobar off. He's managed it and has hopped back to his feet! Escobar won't be happy about giving up the dominant position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lewis throws a sloppy head kick
and Escobar counters with a left and a right that stings Lewis.
Lewis throws a sloppy head kick and Escobar moves out of range easily.
Escobar throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar shoots in and drives through. Lewis sprawls well.
Lewis swats away the attempt to clinch by Escobar.
Lewis closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Lewis throws a nice head kick!
Escobar avoids the head kick by Lewis.
A nice inside leg kick there by Escobar. That's going to slow Lewis down.
Escobar blocks a head kick by Lewis.
Escobar now looks to counter with a shot at the body.

Escobar darts in and clinches Lewis up against the cage.
Lewis throws a knee to the head but misses.
Escobar tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Escobar misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lewis.
Escobar lands a knee to the body.
Lewis using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Escobar has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Escobar blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lewis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Escobar.
Lewis using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Escobar has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Escobar lands with a light punch inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Escobar is looking to take this one to the mat.
Escobar wants a takedown but no success here.
Justin Lewis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pablo Escobar.
Escobar missing with knees to the body.
Escobar tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Escobar takes a knee to the side of the body.
Lewis is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Lewis lands a good knee to the midsection. Escobar won't want to take too many of those.
Lewis tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Escobar avoids it.
Lewis connects with a knee to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Escobar.
Lewis tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Escobar throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lewis blocks it with crossed arms.
Lewis lands a good knee to the midsection. Escobar won't want to take too many of those.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Justin Lewis dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pablo Escobar's cut.
That's time! Lewis's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Escobar tries to score a power double leg takedown but Lewis sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Escobar somewhat.
A jab from Escobar does it's job there.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Lewis lands a big head kick that sends Escobar tumbling to the mat! Lewis takes a step backwards and waves Escobar back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Escobar is rocked!
Lewis throws a sloppy head kick and Escobar moves out of range easily.
Escobar is still on wobbly legs! Can Lewis finish him?
The fight stays on the outside here - Escobar looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Escobar seems to have recovered his senses.
Lewis drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Escobar gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Escobar tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Escobar is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lewis blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lewis has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Escobar uses from the top position.

Lewis had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Escobar defends it easily.
Lewis is trying to hold Escobar in close to prevent damage but Escobar has managed to pass into half guard.
Lewis is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Escobar scores with a couple of nice shots.
Lewis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Escobar can do to turn this around?
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Escobar in particular looking to stall.
Lewis wants to get back to his feet.
Escobar working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lewis wants to improve his position but Escobar is controlling well.
Escobar is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Lewis makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Escobar tries to clinch but Lewis is having none of it.

Lewis tries to keep at a distance but Escobar has taken the fight into the clinch.
Lewis missing with knees to the body.
Lewis connects with a nasty looking knee right to Escobar's face.
Lewis landing knees to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Escobar misses with a knee to the head.
Escobar looking to throw knees to the head but Lewis is blocking nicely.
Knees in the clinch landing for Escobar.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lewis landing knees to the body.
Lewis tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Escobar avoids it.
Justin Lewis has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Escobar lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Justin Lewis has been cut.
Lewis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Escobar.
Escobar managing to block the knees to the body from Lewis.
Escobar lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lewis takes a knee right on the jaw!
Lewis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Escobar.
A knee to the head by Lewis.
Escobar has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Lewis avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Lewis prevents the takedown attempt.
Justin Lewis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pablo Escobar.
Lewis looking to throw knees to the head but Escobar is blocking nicely.
Escobar lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Escobar takes a knee to the side of the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Escobar lands a nice knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Escobar wants a takedown.
Lewis tries to land knees in the clinch but Escobar avoids the damage to the body.
Escobar avoiding damage as Lewis throws knees to the body.
Escobar is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lewis is defending well for now.
Escobar lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Lewis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Escobar.
A knee to the head by Escobar.
Lewis connects with a nasty looking knee right to Escobar's face.
Lewis tries a knee to the head but Escobar blocks it.
Escobar with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Escobar lands a good knee to the midsection. Lewis won't want to take too many of those.
Escobar managing to block the knees to the body from Lewis.
Escobar lands a knee to the body.
Escobar managing to block the knees to the body from Lewis.
Lewis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Escobar trying to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Justin Lewis dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Escobar throws a sloppy head kick and Lewis moves out of range easily.

Lewis gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Lewis missing with knees to the body.
Lewis 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.
Lewis landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A knee to the head by Lewis.
Lewis stalling the fight.
Lewis lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lewis unloads a knee to the mid-section. Escobar lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Lewis manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Lewis is trying to keep Escobar in close.
Escobar slips nicely into half guard.
Lewis wants to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Lewis tries to get to full guard but Escobar has control of the leg.
Lewis is trying to stand back up but Escobar is controlling him
Escobar sitting and controlling from the half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Lewis has hold of Escobar's hands but Escobar slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Escobar content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Escobar with a nice cross.
Pablo Escobar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Escobar moves into the clinch.
Lewis unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Lewis missing with knees to the body.
Lewis is stalling here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lewis prevents a takedown attempt there.
Lewis taking a breather.
Escobar misses with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Lewis.

Lewis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Justin Lewis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lewis throws a head kick that misses.
Justin Lewis is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Justin Lewis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Escobar.
Lewis throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A head kick misses from Escobar.

Lewis has taken the fight to the clinch.
Knees to the body from Lewis.
Escobar trying to land knees to the body.
Escobar struggles to land a body shot inside as Lewis controls his hands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lewis 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.
Escobar trying to land knees to the body.
Escobar on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lewis missing with knees to the body.

Lewis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Escobar throws a nice head kick!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Escobar is looking to clinch.
Lewis lands a head kick. Escobar smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Escobar goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Lewis lands with a slapping head kick.
Escobar throws a quick inside leg kick.

Lewis forces Escobar back against the cage and clinches.
Knees in the clinch landing for Escobar.
Escobar tries to land knees in the clinch but Lewis avoids the damage to the body.
Lewis lands a good knee to the midsection. Escobar won't want to take too many of those.

And that's the end of the fight!
Justin Lewis showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Lewis, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 James Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Justin Lewis!