PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Magomedrasul Khasbulaev (ranked 2345 p4p, 232 weight class) and Pablo Escobar (ranked 2363 p4p, 235 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Khasbulaev might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Fetty Wap - Trap Queen. Escobar has chosen KoRn En Vivo Mtv as his entrance music. Pablo Escobar is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Khasbulaev
vs
Escobar

173 cm
29
152 lbs
19 - 18 - 0

160 cm
41
156 lbs
39 - 27 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

RAGS of a RONIN

Zenith Nutrition (160q/225$)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Magomedrasul Khasbulaev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 39 - 27 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pablo Escobar!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Elvis Blanc and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khasbulaev shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

Escobar manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Khasbulaev on his heels. He'll look to pass Khasbulaev's guard now, I'm sure.
Escobar tries to free his leg and advance position but Khasbulaev is retaining full guard.
Khasbulaev will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Escobar stops Khasbulaev from standing up.
Escobar working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Escobar trying to control but Khasbulaev is working from the bottom.
Khasbulaev can't keep his opponent in guard - Escobar advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Escobar trying to mount his opponent but Khasbulaev defends it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Escobar lands with a punch from half guard.

Escobar is looking for a kimura here.
Escobar throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar is looking to pass Khasbulaev's guard but actually Khasbulaev recovers to full guard.
Escobar pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Khasbulaev is keeping the position for now.
Escobar controls from within his opponent's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Escobar accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Khasbulaev pulls Escobar in close to prevent any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Escobar throws a strike but Khasbulaev rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Khasbulaev avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Escobar looking to control.
Khasbulaev has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Khasbulaev has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Escobar to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Khasbulaev is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Escobar pulls down on the head and he's put Khasbulaev to sleep! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). 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.