PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robert Bingisser (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alejandro Escobedo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bingisser comes to the cage accompanied by Can't Be Touched. The crowd seem to be enjoying Escobedo's choice of entrance music: el zacatecano. Alejandro Escobedo is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Bingisser
vs
Escobedo

183 cm
18
200 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

186 cm
19
200 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Robert Bingisser!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alejandro Escobedo!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bingisser looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Escobedo looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Bingisser is fending him off so far but Escobedo persists. Nope, Bingisser circles away and we're back to standing.
Escobedo throws a head kick that misses.
Bingisser throws a one two combo.
Bingisser doesn't manage to clinch there - Escobedo circles away.
Bingisser lands with a kick to the temple. Escobedo shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Escobedo misses with a hook.
Bingisser throws a leg kick but Escobedo sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Bingisser is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Bingisser drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Bingisser pushes down on Escobedo's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Escobedo trying to control but Bingisser postures up.
Bingisser prevents Escobedo from improving his position.
Escobedo taking some punishment here, with Bingisser in his half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bingisser lands strikes from half guard.
Bingisser trying to mount his opponent but Escobedo defends it.
Bingisser throwing shots but Escobedo is blocking nicely.
Bingisser is keen to just control but Escobedo is a slippery customer.
Bingisser sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Escobedo defending well though.
Bingisser wants to lay and pray for a moment but Escobedo keeps working.
Escobedo keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Escobedo has one foot on Bingisser's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Bingisser shoots for a double leg takedown but Escobedo sprawls well. He's pushed Bingisser's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Escobedo changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Bingisser tries to avoid it but Escobedo manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Bingisser to the ground. Bingisser escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Escobedo gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bingisser landing knees to the body.
Escobedo looks gassed!

Escobedo manages to break the clinch.
Escobedo is looking to clinch.
Bingisser misses with a takedown attempt - Escobedo sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Bingisser with a poor takedown

and Escobedo counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Bingisser!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Robert Bingisser. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Escobedo controlling the position easily from mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bingisser trying desperately to get to his feet.
Bingisser swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Bingisser is trying to stand.
Escobedo looking to finish Bingisser with some ground and pound. This is bad for Bingisser!
Escobedo wants to control the pace but Bingisser is squirming around nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bingisser is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Bingisser is squirming around, avoiding Escobedo's attempts to control the action.
Escobedo thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

Bingisser somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!
Bingisser lands with a nice combination. Escobedo backs away looking to recover.
Escobedo moves out of range of the body kick from Bingisser.

Escobedo fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Bingisser sprawls well initially but Escobedo persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Escobedo prevents Bingisser from improving his position.
Bingisser has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Escobedo is working away from the top position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bingisser is trying to get back to full guard.
Bingisser flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Escobedo seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Bingisser does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Bingisser is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Escobedo lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bingisser wants to improve his position but Escobedo is controlling well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Robert Bingisser will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Escobedo shoots in and drives through. Bingisser sprawls well.
Escobedo tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Escobedo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bingisser tries a head kick but it misses.
Escobedo fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Escobedo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bingisser scores with a three punch combo!
Bingisser misses with a few strikes there.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Bingisser. Escobedo shrugs it off though.
Bingisser looks to clinch
and Escobedo counters with a three punch combo that has Bingisser backing up. Bingisser nods at Escobedo to acknowledge the strikes.
Escobedo drops his hands momentarily and Bingisser takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Bingisser throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Bingisser finds it's way through Escobedo's defenses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bingisser wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Bingisser scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Bingisser looks to land a combination but Escobedo avoids it well.
Escobedo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bingisser doesn't manage to clinch there - Escobedo circles away.
Left hook, right uppercut from Bingisser.
Escobedo throws a wild body kick that Bingisser sees coming a mile off.
Bingisser tries to bum rush Escobedo with a series of wild strikes but Escobedo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bingisser looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Bingisser shoots in and bounces Escobedo off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Bingisser loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bingisser has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Escobedo is proving hard to escape from.
Escobedo pulls Bingisser in close to his closed guard and prevents Bingisser from doing any damage or advancing position.

Escobedo working for a triangle but Bingisser defends it easily.
Bingisser in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bingisser won't allow Escobedo to get back to his feet.

Bingisser stands up and waves to Escobedo to follow him.
Bingisser throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Escobedo's head.
Escobedo looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Bingisser is fending him off so far but Escobedo persists. Nope, Bingisser circles away and we're back to standing.
Robert Bingisser has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alejandro Escobedo.
Escobedo wants to clinch but Bingisser slips to the side
and Bingisser counters with a nice body shot.
Bingisser doesn't manage to clinch there - Escobedo circles away.
Bingisser works Escobedo's body with a nice hook.
Robert Bingisser is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Escobedo looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Bingisser throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bingisser pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bingisser avoids the body shot from Escobedo.
Bingisser throws a sloppy head kick and Escobedo moves out of range easily.
Bingisser clinches but Escobedo breaks the clinch

and Escobedo counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Escobedo.
Bingisser looking to hit a scissor sweep but Escobedo is one step ahead there.
Bingisser keeping moving, preventing Escobedo from controlling successfully.
Bingisser working a defensive guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Robert Bingisser dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Bingisser darts in trying to clinch
and Escobedo counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Bingisser is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Bingisser misses with a double jab.
Escobedo on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Escobedo shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Bingisser pinned against the cage. Bingisser gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Escobedo with a poor takedown
and Bingisser counters with a slapping leg kick.
Escobedo looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Robert Bingisser has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alejandro Escobedo.
Bingisser tries to clinch there but Escobedo circles away.
Bingisser throws a combination that misses

and Escobedo counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Escobedo is looking to take a break and control but Bingisser is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Bingisser tries to get to full guard but Escobedo has control of the leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Escobedo looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Escobedo working the head and body with strikes.
Bingisser regains full guard. Nicely done.
Bingisser throws a nice elbow from the bottom.
Escobedo throwing strikes from guard but Bingisser blocks nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Bingisser is on top in guard.
Escobedo is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Escobedo wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Bingisser slips nicely into half guard.
Escobedo wants to control but Bingisser is keeping busy.

Bingisser seems to be working for a kimura but Escobedo defends the submission attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobedo is looking to improve his position.
Robert Bingisser is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Escobedo is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Bingisser works his way into side control.
Escobedo is looking to reverse the position.
Bingisser working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Bingisser has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Alejandro Escobedo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Bingisser fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Escobedo, pushing him back against the cage.

Escobedo pulls guard successfully.
Alejandro Escobedo has got the better of the ground game so far.
Bingisser's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Bingisser postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bingisser would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Bingisser trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Robert Bingisser.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bingisser, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Robert Bingisser!