|
|
PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Juanito Escobar (ranked 6110 p4p, 24041 weight class) and Johnny Sins (ranked 615 p4p, 701 weight class). Juanito Escobar has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
 |
|
 |
| 190 cm
21
185
1 - 0 - 0 |
|
180 cm
21
190
0 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
|
Dangerous GnP
Dangerous knees
Determined |
|
| |
|
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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Juanito Escobar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Johnny Sins!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Dillan Fox and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Escobar misses with a two punch combination.
Sins wants to counter with a clinch but Escobar pushes him away.
Sins will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Escobar appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Escobar looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Sins!
Escobar working away.
Escobar tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Escobar has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Escobar working away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Escobar swings around for an armbar but Sins sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Escobar's guard.
Escobar wants to sweep but no luck.
Sins sitting in guard here, content to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Sins is controlling Escobar's trapped leg to prevent Escobar from advancing to side control.
Escobar sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Sins is refusing to be controlled, as Escobar sits in half guard.
Sins tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Escobar has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Escobar looking to secure an arm triangle but Sins defends it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escobar working for a submission but Sins is keeping him at bay.
Escobar is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Sins has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Escobar avoids the attempt from Sins to control.
Escobar goes for an armbar but Sins turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Sins.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar keeping moving, preventing Sins from controlling successfully.
Sins pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Escobar is keeping the position for now.
Sins stays in close to Escobar's body and controls the position.
Sins wants to control from the top but Escobar keeps moving.
Escobar is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Sins looking to sit in guard and control but Escobar gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Sins is trying to keep Escobar in close.
Escobar is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Sins trying to keep a closed guard but Escobar is proving a slippery customer.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Escobar stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sins swivels though and keeps the full guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Juanito Escobar dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Sins wants to clinch up but Escobar keeps it at a distance.
Escobar appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Sins stuffs the takedown.
Sins throws an overhand right that lands on Escobar's shoulder, as Escobar tries to avoid the shot.
Escobar appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Sins missing with a left hand there. Escobar was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Escobar catches Sins with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Escobar needs to keep his hands up - Sins had a free shot at his head there.
Escobar misses with a body punch
and Sins counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Escobar fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sins rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Escobar to counter with a crisp jab.
Sins fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sins throws a jab but it's blocked by Escobar.
Escobar is looking to counter punch.
Escobar lands with a cross.
Sins misses with a looping right.
Escobar appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Escobar.
Johnny Sins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sins throws a nice inside leg kick.
Escobar misses with a straight left.
Sins wants to counter with a clinch but Escobar pushes him away.
Escobar walks into a jab.
Johnny Sins seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nice shot lands for Escobar.
Sins sizes up Escobar with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Sins gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sins is trying to keep Escobar in close.
Sins keeping moving, preventing Escobar from controlling successfully.
Sins seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Escobar trying to control the position from guard on top but Sins is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Escobar drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Escobar jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Sins can't keep his opponent in guard - Escobar advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar is trying to work for a kimura but Sins is defending well.
Escobar keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Escobar is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Escobar is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Sins is just riding it out for now. Escobar eventually gives up the hold.
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.
Escobar is trying to control. Sins wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Escobar is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Escobar takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Escobar is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Sins defends it well.
Escobar is trying to control the action in half guard but Sins is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Juanito Escobar will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!
Sins uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Escobar has time to react.
Escobar misses with a takedown attempt - Sins sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Escobar avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Sins rushes Escobar and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Sins misses with a knee strike.
A short right from Escobar.
Sins tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Escobar breaks from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Escobar looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Escobar misses with a low kick.
Sins tries to counter with a clinch but Escobar shakes him off and moves away.
Donk. Sins catches Escobar right on the button with a cross.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sins connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Escobar momentarily.
Sins lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Sins misses with a hook. Escobar ducked under it nicely.
Escobar looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Sins is fending him off so far but Escobar persists. Nope, Sins circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Juanito Escobar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sins misses with a wild body shot.
A head kick from Sins lands but Escobar takes it in his stride.
Escobar digs a good body shot into Sins's ribs.
Sins throws a leg kick but Escobar checks it.
Sins throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A head kick by Sins misses
and Escobar counters with a takedown into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Escobar is trying to move to mount but Sins reverses beautifully and ends up in Escobar's guard.
Sins controlling from the top position.
Escobar pulls Sins in to control the position.
Escobar keeping moving, preventing Sins from controlling successfully.
Juanito Escobar overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Escobar has Sins pulled in close to control his posture.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sins stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Escobar swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Escobar keeping moving, preventing Sins from controlling successfully.
Escobar pulls Sins in to control the position.
Sins slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Sins advances position into side control!
Johnny Sins has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Escobar tries to bench press Sins off him but Sins keeps the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Escobar takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Escobar is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Sins's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Escobar trying to control from the bottom.
Sins prevents Escobar from improving his position.
Escobar is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Sins's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Sins's back!
Escobar is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Sins is defending well though. Escobar let's go of the attempt for now.
Sins felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Sins trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
And that's the end of the fight!
Johnny Sins comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Escobar has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Peck scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Juanito Escobar!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
34% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
