PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Michael Escobar (ranked 3445 p4p, 367 weight class) and Greg House (ranked 4807 p4p, 470 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Escobar
vs
House

180 cm
25
170 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

185 cm
25
185 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

ZZ POPS

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Michael Escobar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Greg House!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, David Hoff and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Escobar clinches up with House and pushes him back against the cage.
House digs a right hand into Escobar's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Escobar's gas tank.
House misses with a short punch on the inside.
House blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Escobar fails to land.
Escobar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from House - that landed with a thud.
Escobar throws a punch but it's blocked by House.
Escobar lands an uppercut.

House pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Michael Escobar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

House moves into the clinch successfully.
House lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Escobar swings wildly with an uppercut but House uses good head movement to avoid it.
Escobar lands a right hand that snaps the head of House backwards.
Escobar pushes House back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

House breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
House lands with an uppercut that bounces Escobar off the cage and back into range.

It looks like Michael Escobar has been cut.
Nice uppercut there from House.
House swings for the body but Escobar moves out of range.

House has closed the distance and engaged Escobar in a clinch.
House tries to work over Escobar's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Escobar misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar lands an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Escobar.
House swings wildly with an uppercut but Escobar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Escobar swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Escobar prevents a body shot from House.
House lands a left hand.
Escobar scores with a shot to the side of House's head.
A short right from House on the inside.
A short right from House.
Escobar blocking some punches.
Escobar misses with some punches.
House throws a punch but it's blocked by Escobar.
Escobar blocks a body shot from House.
A quick uppercut on the inside from House.
House lands with a short shot to the head.
House tries to work over Escobar's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
House misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Escobar.
House can't find room to land a body shot as Escobar controls the action.
House throws a punch but it's blocked by Escobar.
House lands a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
House can't find room to land a body shot as Escobar controls the action.
Escobar prevents a body shot from House.
Escobar lands with a left to the head.
Escobar prevents a body shot from House.
Escobar lands with a left to the head.
Escobar throws a head punch that misses.
House tries to work over Escobar's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Escobar swings wildly with an uppercut but House uses good head movement to avoid it.
House struggles to land a body shot inside as Escobar controls his hands.
Escobar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
House has a couple of punches blocked by Escobar.
House misses with a punch to the body.
House working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Escobar softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
House throws a punch but it's blocked by Escobar.
House throws a punch but it's blocked by Escobar.
Escobar misses with a hook from the clinch.
Escobar blocks a body shot from House.
Escobar misses with the head strike.
House tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
House is working Escobar over against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Escobar.
Escobar has a couple of punches blocked by House.
House lands a shoulder strike.
House misses with a hook to the ribs.
Escobar lands a shoulder strike.
Escobar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
House tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
House digs a right hand into Escobar's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Escobar's gas tank.

House escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
House throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Escobar.
Escobar tries to close the distance and clinch up but House swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Escobar clinches with his opponent.
A nice right hand lands inside from Escobar.
House blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Escobar has a couple of punches blocked by House.
House goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Escobar.
Escobar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
House tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Escobar's elbow.
House lands a nice shot to the body.
House lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Escobar misses with a short punch on the inside.
Escobar has a couple of punches blocked by House.
House tries to work over Escobar's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
House struggles to land a body shot inside as Escobar controls his hands.
Escobar prevents a body shot from House.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Escobar.
Escobar lands with a short head shot on the inside.
House swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Escobar lands on the inside with an uppercut.
House presses Escobar against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
House tries to work over Escobar's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
House struggles to land a body shot inside as Escobar controls his hands.
House tries to throw a body punch but Escobar avoids it by throwing House back against the cage.
Escobar misses with a hook from the clinch.
Escobar lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
House lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
House doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
House is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Escobar swings away with an uppercut that misses.
House misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Escobar.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Greg House will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Michael Escobar's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

House misses with a straight left.
Escobar fails in his attempt to clinch.
Escobar ducks under a wild hook from House.
House swats away the attempt to clinch by Escobar.

Oooooh!!! House has knocked Escobar down with a huge combo! House steps away and waves a wobbly Escobar back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Escobar tries to clinch up.
Escobar tries to clinch but House moves out of range.
House scores with a jab.

Escobar is rocked!
Escobar gets tagged by a hook that puts him to sleep! House points and yells something to his unconcious foe before strutting off. Escobar wakes up just in time to hear House thank his coaches in the post fight interview.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Greg House!