PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Braulio Escobar (ranked 1201 p4p, 179 weight class) and Dunning Kruger (ranked 5627 p4p, 548 weight class). Dunning Kruger has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Braulio Escobar's chin.

Escobar
vs
Kruger

187 cm
31
215 lbs
15 - 3 - 0

190 cm
28
212 lbs
10 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing
Zenith Nutrition (160q/$200)

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 15 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Braulio Escobar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dunning Kruger!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Roosa Järviläinen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kruger looks to land a left hand but Escobar moved out of range nicely.
An attempted straight right counter from Escobar misses the target.
Escobar throws a hook to the side of Kruger's head but Kruger sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Escobar dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Escobar missing with a left hand there. Kruger was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Escobar scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Kruger slips a jab from Escobar.
Escobar's corner calls for a 1-2. Escobar obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Kruger on the wrong end of a nice hook.

It looks like Dunning Kruger has been cut.
Escobar throws a body punch but Kruger moves out of range.
Kruger throws a sloppy head kick and Escobar moves out of range easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kruger on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Escobar cracks Kruger with a right hand to the side of the head.
Escobar ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A punch lands to the side of Kruger 's head but he takes it in his stride.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A swing and a miss from Escobar.
Kruger throws out a loose jab but Escobar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kruger throws a low kick but Escobar avoids it.
Escobar slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Escobar throws a poor cross that misses
and Kruger connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

It looks like Braulio Escobar has been cut.
Escobar rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kruger counters with a right hand to the body.
Escobar throws a right hand that misses
and Kruger counters with a nice low kick that buckles Escobar's knee momentarily.
Kruger throws a half hearted mid kick.
Escobar keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kruger.
Escobar takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A swing and a miss from Kruger.
An attempted straight right counter from Escobar misses the target.
Kruger lands a lovely overhand right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escobar dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Escobar scores with a jab to the body.
Kruger throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Escobar on the side of the head.
Kruger moves out of range of the strikes.
Escobar scores with a crisp jab that stopped Kruger in his tracks.
Braulio Escobar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Escobar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kruger tries a quick counter leg kick but Escobar is wise to it.
Kruger scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
An inside leg kick lands from Kruger.
Kruger looks to land a right hand but Escobar moved out of range.
Escobar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Escobar on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kruger throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
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 Braulio Escobar will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Kruger slips a jab from Escobar.
Kruger uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Escobar.
Kruger moves away from the strike by Escobar.
Escobar throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kruger sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kruger uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Escobar.
Kruger looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Kruger throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kruger takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Escobar lands with an overhand left.
Escobar lands a jab-cross combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Escobar misses with a lunging right hand
letting Kruger counter with a right hand.
Escobar throws a jab when Kruger was well out of range.
Escobar scores with a crisp jab that stopped Kruger in his tracks.
Kruger moves out of range as Escobar strikes.
It seemed like Kruger was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Escobar. Kruger does a little dance to reset his feet.
Braulio Escobar is winning the standup battle so far.
Escobar moves out of range as Kruger strikes.
Escobar misses with a left hand
enabling Kruger to counter with a crisp jab.
Escobar throws out a loose jab but Kruger uses good head movement to avoid it.
Escobar looks to score with a jab to the body but Kruger is just out of range.
Kruger tries a quick counter leg kick but Escobar is wise to it.
Escobar avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Escobar throws a shot from downtown. Kruger moves away and avoids it.
Escobar swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kruger is looking for the big counter here.
Kruger throws a body shot but no joy.
Escobar bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kruger tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Escobar was well out of range. Poor timing from Kruger.
Escobar throws a lazy right hand but Kruger sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Escobar scores with a jab.

That has opened up Dunning Kruger's cut even more.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escobar feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Krugers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Escobar uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kruger.
Escobar misses with a looping right.
Kruger scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Escobar throws the left hand but Kruger avoids the punch easily.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Kruger might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Escobar has got the better of the exchanges.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Escobar misses with a wild combination.
Escobar is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kruger can do to turn this around?
Escobar works over Kruger's head and body with a nice combination.
Escobar misses the shot to the body.
Nice straight punches there by Escobar. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Escobar.
Kruger takes a swing at Escobar's ribcage but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Braulio Escobar dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Escobar throws a hook but Kruger avoids it easily.
A jab from Escobar misses.
Kruger throws a counter combo.
Escobar misses with an uppercut.
Escobar moves out of range as Kruger strikes.
Escobar misses with a hook.
Escobar moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Kruger throws a leg kick but Escobar moved away.
Escobar ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kruger moves away.
Kruger just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Escobar dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kruger is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.
Kruger swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Escobar counters with a nice body shot.
Escobar throws a poor cross that misses
letting Kruger counter with a right hand.
Escobar bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab by Escobar.
Escobar falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kruger connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Escobar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kruger uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Escobar.
Kruger throws a hook to the side of Escobar's head but Escobar sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kruger keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

Braulio Escobar's cut is getting worse.
Escobar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Escobar misses the shot to the body.
A jab from Kruger does it's job there.
Escobar misses with a hook
and Kruger counters with a straight right hand.
Kruger dodges the punch combination from Escobar.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escobar throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kruger.
Escobar throws a lazy uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A slow jab from Kruger misses its intended target.
Kruger walks into a left hand.
Kruger misses with a hook
and Escobar counters with a stiff right hand.
Kruger looks to land a left hand but Escobar moved out of range nicely.
Kruger lets loose with a powerful body kick. Escobar will feel that in the morning.
Dunning Kruger has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kruger misses with a lunging right hand
and Escobar counters with a nice body shot.
Escobar waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kruger.
Kruger waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Escobar.
Escobar just misses with a punch to the body.

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 Braulio Escobar.
Well Escobar has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight for Braulio Escobar!
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight for Braulio Escobar!
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight for Braulio Escobar!

Braulio Escobar wins by unanimous decision!
A victorious Braulio Escobar thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.