PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Travis Bickle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thom Epicosuarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bickle comes into the arena with Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen blaring out of the sound system. Thom Epicosuarez told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Bickle
vs
Epicosuarez

185 cm
33
193 lbs
13 - 8 - 1

188 cm
23
191 lbs
4 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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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 13 - 8 - 1, fighting out of London, Travis Bickle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Thom Epicosuarez!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Johanna Lukiainen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bickle clobbers Epicosuarez with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Bickle throws a jab when Epicosuarez was well out of range.
Bickle sizes up Epicosuarez with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Travis Bickle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Epicosuarez moves in looking to clinch but Bickle pushes him off.
Epicosuarez keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Epicosuarez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bickle tries to land a front kick but Epicosuarez steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Epicosuarez counters with a body kick.
Bickle lands with a thumping leg kick.
Bickle connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Bickle throws a series of punches but Epicosuarez moves out of range.
Epicosuarez wants to counter with a clinch but Bickle pushes him away.

Epicosuarez has managed to clinch.
Bickle misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bickle using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Epicosuarez is stalling here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Epicosuarez throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Epicosuarez takes a shot to the head.
Bickle working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bickle misses with a knee strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bickle tries a knee to the head but Epicosuarez blocks it.
Bickle swings wildly with an uppercut but Epicosuarez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bickle unloads a knee to the mid-section. Epicosuarez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bickle pushes Epicosuarez back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bickle throws a punch but it's blocked by Epicosuarez.
Bickle lands with a short shot to the head.
Nice body punch from Bickle - that landed with a thud.
Epicosuarez looks winded!
Bickle lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bickle lands with a short shot to the head.
Epicosuarez avoiding damage as Bickle throws knees to the body.
Epicosuarez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bickle misses with the head strike.

Epicosuarez breaks the clinch.
Epicosuarez shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bickle goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Epicosuarez was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bickle tries to clinch there but Epicosuarez circles away.
Bickle throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Bickle shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Epicosuarez looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Epicosuarez throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Bickle is looking to counter the offense by Epicosuarez and move into the clinch.
Bickle's jab looks to have found its range, popping Epicosuarez under the eye.
Bickle connects with a good right hand that stumbles Epicosuarez. Epicosuarez circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Epicosuarez stalks Bickle and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Bickle's face. Bickle staggers backwards, shaken.
Bickle attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Epicosuarez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Epicosuarez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bickle.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bickle.
Bickle swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bickle misses with a hook.
Bickle tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Epicosuarez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bickle moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Bickle misses with a head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bickle throws a sloppy head kick and Epicosuarez moves out of range easily.
Epicosuarez wants to counter with a clinch but Bickle pushes him away.
Bickle misses with a leg kick

and Epicosuarez counters by moving into the clinch.
Bickle digs a right hand into Epicosuarez's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Epicosuarez's gas tank.
Epicosuarez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A right hand to the body from Bickle.
Epicosuarez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bickle backwards.
Epicosuarez has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Bickle is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Bickle unloads a knee to the mid-section.

Bickle's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Epicosuarez tries to keep at a distance but Bickle has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bickle scores with a shoulder strike.
Bickle lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Bickle's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bickle connects with a body shot that sends Epicosuarez's belly button to the back.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Bickle has managed to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bickle taking a breather.
Bickle pushes Epicosuarez back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bickle creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Epicosuarez struggles to land a body shot inside as Bickle controls his hands.
Bickle lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Epicosuarez or not.
Epicosuarez dodges an elbow strike from Bickle.
Epicosuarez misses with a body punch.
Bickle tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bickle is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Epicosuarez is defending well for now.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bickle as Epicosuarez tries to tie him up.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bickle lands a shot to the body.
Epicosuarez is trying to pull guard but Bickle has him pressed against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Bickle as the two fighters clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Travis Bickle dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Bickle lands with a kick to the temple. Epicosuarez shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
A jab from Bickle does it's job there.
Epicosuarez takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

Epicosuarez is rocked!
Bickle changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Epicosuarez is still on wobbly legs! Can Bickle finish him?
Epicosuarez is sent reeling backwards by a solid uppercut. He barely regains his balance and Bickle moves in for the kill throwing a continuous barrage of punches that force the ref to step in.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Travis Bickle!
Travis Bickle was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.