PBP Commentary

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

Escobar
vs
Ninefingers

185 cm
31
220 lbs
7 - 8 - 0

188 cm
23
214 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Francisco Escobar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Logan Ninefingers!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Russell Pearce and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ninefingers keeps the fight on the outside.
Ninefingers flicks out a counter leg kick but Escobar steps away.
Escobar is looking to clinch but Ninefingers is avoiding it.
Escobar tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ninefingers paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ninefingers appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.

Escobar rushes Ninefingers and presses him up against the cage.
Escobar is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Ninefingers is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Escobar is keeping busy.

Ninefingers's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ninefingers tries a head kick but it misses.
It looked like Escobar was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Francisco Escobar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Ninefingers gets tackled into the cage by Escobar. Escobar maintains the clinch.
Escobar's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ninefingers being controlled against the cage.

Escobar gets a trip takedown into half guard.

Ninefingers makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar moves in looking to clinch but Ninefingers pushes him off.
Escobar closes the distance but Ninefingers moves to the side
and Ninefingers connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

It looks like Francisco Escobar has been cut.

Escobar clinches up against the cage.
Escobar is looking for a takedown.
Ninefingers misses with a body punch.
Ninefingers lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Escobar tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ninefingers avoids it.
Escobar content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Escobar is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ninefingers is defending well for now.
Ninefingers blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ninefingers goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ninefingers creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Escobar trying to land knees to the body.
Escobar is struggling to control the position.
Escobar looking to stall.
I was talking to Escobar's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ninefingers misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ninefingers scores with a shot to the side of Escobar's head.
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!
Ninefingers blocks an uppercut.
Ninefingers has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Escobar seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Ninefingers can turn it around.
Ninefingers taking a breather.
Ninefingers misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Escobar.
Ninefingers throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Escobars head.
Escobar goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Escobar manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Ninefingers blocks a body shot from Escobar.
Escobar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Escobar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Escobar displaying some good clinch control by pressing Ninefingers up against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Escobar scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ninefingers breaks the clinch.
Escobar tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Ninefingers manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Escobar tries to clinch but Ninefingers moves out of range.
Escobar tries to clinch there but Ninefingers circles away.
Escobar shoots for a takedown but Ninefingers saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Escobar has taken the fight to the clinch.
Ninefingers stalling in the clinch but Escobar improves position.
Ninefingers on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Escobar trying to land knees to the body.
Ninefingers makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Escobar misses with a hook to the ribs.
Escobar blocking some punches.
A body shot lands from Ninefingers.
Escobar tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ninefingers avoids it.
Ninefingers lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Escobar backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ninefingers lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ninefingers trying to stall but Escobar improves his position.
Escobar has had enough of the clinch but Ninefingers keeps him there for the moment.
Ninefingers fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ninefingers misses with a short punch on the inside.
Escobar misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Escobar misses with the head strike.
Ninefingers on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Escobar pulls guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ninefingers trying to control but Escobar is working from the bottom.

Escobar looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Ninefingers passes into half guard.
Escobar tries to get to full guard but Ninefingers has control of the leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Logan Ninefingers dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Francisco Escobar's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Ninefingers swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Escobar tries to clinch but Ninefingers moves away
and Ninefingers connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Escobar tries to clinch up.

Escobar has closed the distance and engaged Ninefingers in a clinch.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Ninefingers working aggressively here.
A short left from Ninefingers.
Stalling in the clinch from Escobar.
Ninefingers lands with a short shot to the head.
Ninefingers blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Escobar working aggressively here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Escobar jumps guard but Ninefingers stands there with Escobar around his waist. Escobar gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Ninefingers has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ninefingers just leaning against Escobar, taking a breather.
Escobar working aggressively here.
Escobar tries for a takedown but Ninefingers manages to get underhooks.
Ninefingers makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ninefingers breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Escobar closes the distance and clinches.
Escobar missing with knees to the body.
Escobar lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ninefingers backwards.
Ninefingers tries to land a knee to the head but Escobar blocks with his arms.
Ninefingers on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Escobar lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ninefingers backwards.
Ninefingers tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Escobar's elbow.
Escobar looking to slow down the pace here.
Escobar has Ninefingers pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Ninefingers manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Francisco Escobar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ninefingers can't find room to land a body shot as Escobar controls the action.
Escobar misses with a punch to the body.
Escobar lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ninefingers or not.
Ninefingers lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short left from Ninefingers.
Escobar is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ninefingers works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Escobar wants to take the fight to the mat but Ninefingers manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Escobar controlling the action here for a moment.
Ninefingers works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A right handed body shot lands from Ninefingers.
Ninefingers can't find room to land a body shot as Escobar controls the action.
Ninefingers gets through Escobar's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Ninefingers pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Escobar fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Escobar moves into the clinch.
A body shot lands from Ninefingers.
A short right from Ninefingers.
Escobar lands with a right to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ninefingers.

Escobar is rocked!
Ninefingers blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Oh Escobar is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ninefingers is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Ninefingers slowing the pace effectively.
Ninefingers receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Escobar seems to have got his legs back now.
Ninefingers managing to block the knees to the body from Escobar.
Escobar is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Logan Ninefingers seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Ninefingers throws a punch but it's blocked by Escobar.
Escobar slows down the pace here.
Knees to the body from Ninefingers.
Escobar missing with knees to the body.
Escobar tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ninefingers's elbow.
Ninefingers lands with a left to the head.

Ninefingers breaks from the clinch.
Ninefingers feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Escobar's calf.
Escobar takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ninefingers swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Escobar tries to clinch but Ninefingers moves away
and Ninefingers counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Escobar tries to clinch but Ninefingers moves out of range.
Ninefingers moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Escobar tries to close the distance and clinch but Ninefingers swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Crunch! Ninefingers slams his shin into Escobar's torso.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ninefingers looks for a left high kick but can't connect. Ninefingers backs up to catch a breather... no he lunges forward with a huge flying knee that smacks Escobar's temple! It sends Escobar violently to the canvas! The crowd goes nuts as Ninefingers celebrates and the doctors try to help Escobar!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Flying Knee). Logan Ninefingers!