PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pablo Escobarre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charles Richmond (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Escobarre's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Xzibit- Alcoholic . Richmond has chosen Dont Stop Me Now as his entrance music. Charles Richmond has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Escobarre
vs
Richmond

185 cm
27
187 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

190 cm
25
190 lbs
17 - 7 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Zenith Nutrition (160q/225$)

EVOLUTION Clothing

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 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pablo Escobarre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Charles Richmond!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Colin Fotheringham and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Richmond tries to clinch up.

Richmond moves into the clinch successfully.
Richmond can't break the clinch.
Richmond is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Escobarre tries to throw a body punch but Richmond avoids it by throwing Escobarre back against the cage.
Richmond is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Escobarre keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Richmond's efforts to push away.
Richmond lands a right hand that snaps the head of Escobarre backwards.

Escobarre pulls guard.

Escobarre is working an open guard so Richmond takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Richmond fails in his attempt to clinch.
Escobarre's corner calls for a 1-2. Escobarre obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Richmond looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Richmond throws a series of punches but Escobarre avoids them all with ease.

Richmond has Escobarre up against the cage in a clinch.
Richmond struggles to land a body shot inside as Escobarre controls his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Richmond swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Escobarre lands a right hand that snaps the head of Richmond backwards.
Richmond tries a body shot but Escobarre blocks it.

Richmond escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Richmond tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Escobarre counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A jab from Escobarre does it's job there.
Richmond fails in his attempt to clinch.
Escobarre circles away from the clinch attempt.
Escobarre swings for the body but Richmond moves out of range.
Escobarre swats away the attempt to clinch by Richmond.
Richmond tries to bum rush Escobarre with a series of wild strikes but Escobarre uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Richmond slips under a jab from Escobarre.
Richmond pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Richmond is looking to land body kicks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Escobarre. Beautiful body shot.
Richmond throws a sloppy head kick and Escobarre moves out of range easily.

Escobarre drops Richmond with a right and a left! Escobarre comes rushing in but Richmond regains his composure and manages to keep Escobarre in guard.

Richmond is rocked!
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!
Richmond looking to control.
Richmond is still in real trouble! Can Escobarre finish him?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Escobarre works over Richmond with some ground and pound from guard.
Escobarre controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Escobarre is in close to Richmond's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Escobarre is in close to Richmond's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Escobarre with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Escobarre engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Escobarre has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Escobarre scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richmond tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Richmond seems to have recovered his senses.
Escobarre throws a strike but Richmond rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Escobarre not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Escobarre working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Richmond doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Richmond manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Escobarre pulls Richmond in close to prevent any damage.
This is a sustained period of stalling by Escobarre.
Escobarre looking to control but Richmond passes into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Richmond prevents Escobarre from improving his position.
Richmond is thwarting Escobarre's attempts to control the position.
Richmond controlling the action here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pablo Escobarre dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Escobarre circles away from the clinch attempt
and Escobarre counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Escobarre checks a leg kick nicely.
Richmond tries to clinch there but Escobarre circles away.
Charles Richmond is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Escobarre misses with a hook.
Charles Richmond seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Richmond tries to clinch there but Escobarre circles away.
Escobarre throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Richmond sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Richmond lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Richmond tries to clinch but Escobarre moves away
and Escobarre counters with a stiff right hand.
Escobarre scores with the left hand. Richmond knows he should have avoided that one.
Richmond throws a right hand that Escobarre ducks under and follows up with a left that Escobarre also avoids with ease.
Pablo Escobarre is winning the standup battle so far.
Escobarre throws a big shot that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Richmond takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Escobarre cracks Richmond with an open hand slap.
Escobarre digs a good body shot into Richmond's ribs.
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!
Richmond looks for the body kick but Escobarre saw that one coming.
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Escobarre! Richmond is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pablo Escobarre!
After winning the bout, Pablo Escobarre thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.