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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Robert Frost (ranked 2328 p4p, 1937 weight class) and Ramon Escobar Chavez (ranked 144 p4p, 116 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Frost might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to SETH ECT - B.L.A.S.T. Escobar Chavez is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Buena Vista Social Club - Hasta Siempre. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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135
9 - 9 - 0 |
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179 cm
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144
36 - 14 - 7 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
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Good wrestler
Good low kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Robert Frost!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 36 - 14 - 7, fighting out of New York, Ramon Escobar Chavez!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Jonathan Paton and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Frost fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Escobar Chavez, pushing him back against the cage.
Frost tries to throw a body punch but Escobar Chavez avoids it by throwing Frost back against the cage.
Frost can't find room to land a body shot as Escobar Chavez controls the action.
Frost misses with an elbow over the top.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Frost.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Frost.
Frost lands with a short shot to the head.
Escobar Chavez wants to get back to striking at distance but Frost won't allow it.
Frost lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Escobar Chavez backwards.
Escobar Chavez's coach down at was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Escobar Chavez's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Escobar Chavez is looking to break free of the clinch but Frost has double underhooks.
Escobar Chavez dodges an elbow strike from Frost.
Frost prevents Escobar Chavez from breaking the clinch.
Escobar Chavez manages to break the clinch.
Frost misses with an uppercut.
Escobar Chavez is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Frost throws a sloppy head kick and Escobar Chavez moves out of range easily.
Escobar Chavez circles away from the clinch attempt
and Escobar Chavez counters with a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Frost tries a head kick but it misses.
Escobar Chavez throws out a counter right but Frost avoids it with no problem.
Frost throws a head kick that misses.
A shot to the body from Frost misses
and Escobar Chavez counters with a stiff right hand.
Escobar Chavez is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Frost misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Escobar Chavez counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Frost scores with a leg kick.
Frost connects with a leg kick.
Frost swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Frost.
Frost is looking to clinch.
Frost lands a nice looking body shot.
Frost throws out a leg kick but Escobar Chavez moves out of range and Frost only half commits.
Escobar Chavez raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Escobar Chavez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Frost throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It seemed like Escobar Chavez was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Frost throws a leg kick which misses Escobar Chavez's front leg but catches the back leg as Escobar Chavez tries to avoid it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Frost tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frost misses with a wild body shot.
Escobar Chavez throws a fast counter high kick but Frost manages to duck under it in time.
Frost tries to close the distance and clinch up but Escobar Chavez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Escobar Chavez looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Escobar Chavez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Escobar Chavez throws out a counter right but Frost avoids it with no problem.
Frost wants to slow Escobar Chavez down by chopping away at his legs.
Escobar Chavez tries to keep at a distance but Frost has taken the fight into the clinch.
Frost throws a head punch that misses.
Frost tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Escobar Chavez avoids it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Frost.
Escobar Chavez managing to block the knees to the body from Frost.
Frost lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Frost lands a shot to the body.
Frost works on Escobar Chavez's body with a couple of short punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Frost misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Escobar Chavez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Frost clinches up with Escobar Chavez and pushes him back against the cage.
Escobar Chavez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Escobar Chavez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Escobar Chavez looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Frost has managed to clinch.
Frost struggles to land a body shot inside as Escobar Chavez controls his hands.
Escobar Chavez wants to break free but Frost has control.
Escobar Chavez breaks the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Frost wants to clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Robert Frost dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Frost pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Frost digs a good hook to Escobar Chavez's body.
Frost throws an off balance right hand
enabling Escobar Chavez to counter with a crisp jab.
Escobar Chavez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Frost lands with an overhand left.
Escobar Chavez throws a head kick that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Escobar Chavez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Frost.
Frost moves to clinch but Escobar Chavez breaks away
and Escobar Chavez counters with a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar Chavez lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Frost has managed to clinch.
A short left from Frost.
Frost lands a body shot in the clinch.
Frost lands with a right to the head.
Frost fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Frost.
Escobar Chavez tries to break the clinch but Frost is controlling the position.
Frost tries to throw a body punch but Escobar Chavez avoids it by throwing Frost back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Frost.
A frustrated look appears on Escobar Chavez's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Escobar Chavez is trying to push Frost away but Frost has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Frost.
Frost scores with a shoulder strike.
Escobar Chavez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Frost throws a head kick but Escobar Chavez moves out of range.
Frost keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
It looks like Ramon Escobar Chavez has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Escobar Chavez 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.
Frost fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Escobar Chavez, pushing him back against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Frost.
Frost is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Escobar Chavez can do to turn this around?
Frost lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Escobar Chavez breaks from the clinch.
Frost tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Escobar Chavez looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Escobar Chavez blocks a low kick nicely.
Escobar Chavez throws out a counter right but Frost avoids it with no problem.
Frost lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Frost looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar Chavez swats away the attempt to clinch by Frost.
Escobar Chavez is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Frost with a body shot.
Escobar Chavez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Frost.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Escobar Chavez! But no joy.
Escobar Chavez connects with the punch.
Frost throws a leg kick
and Escobar Chavez counters with a right hand to the body.
Frost dips to his left and cracks Escobar Chavez with an uppercut!
A looping hook to the body misses from Frost. Escobar Chavez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Escobar Chavez flicks out a counter leg kick but Frost steps away.
Frost shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
It seemed like Escobar Chavez was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Frost throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Escobar Chavez.
Robert Frost is winning the standup battle so far.
Frost swings for the body but Escobar Chavez moves out of range.
Frost tries to land a front kick but Escobar Chavez steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Frost knocks Escobar Chavez to the floor with a head kick! Can he finish him!?
Escobar Chavez is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Frost trying to control the action but Escobar Chavez is working from the bottom.
Escobar Chavez is still in real trouble! Can Frost finish him?
Escobar Chavez tries to escape but Frost is in control.
Frost trying to control the position but Escobar Chavez is working away.
Escobar Chavez is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Escobar Chavez seems to have recovered his senses.
Frost tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Robert Frost dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ramon Escobar Chavez's cut.
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. This is the final round!
Frost tries to clinch but Escobar Chavez moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Frost looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Escobar Chavez throws a hook but Frost blocks it.
Frost steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Escobar Chavez.
Frost misses with a hook. Escobar Chavez ducked under it nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Escobar Chavez! But no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Frost throws a body punch but Escobar Chavez moves out of range.
It seemed like Escobar Chavez was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Frost tries to clinch up
enabling Escobar Chavez to counter with a crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar Chavez takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Frost misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Escobar Chavez is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Escobar Chavez cracks Frost with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Frost throws a head kick but Escobar Chavez moves out of range.
Frost is looking to clinch.
Frost throws a head kick that misses.
It seemed like Escobar Chavez was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Frost.
A nice side step and Escobar Chavez releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Frost is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Escobar Chavez.
Escobar Chavez throws out a counter right but Frost avoids it with no problem.
Escobar Chavez keeps the fight on the outside.
A little jabbing left from Escobar Chavez on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Frost tries to clinch up.
Escobar Chavez looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Frost moves to clinch but Escobar Chavez breaks away
and Escobar Chavez counters with a nice uppercut.
Frost misses with a body kick.
Frost misses with an uppercut.
Escobar Chavez looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar Chavez connects with a looping right hand.
Escobar Chavez connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Frost pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Escobar Chavez swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Escobar Chavez throws a hook to the side of Frost's head but Frost sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Frost avoids the head kick by Escobar Chavez.
Frost wants to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Frost tries to clinch there but Escobar Chavez circles away.
Escobar Chavez looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Escobar Chavez ducks under a wild hook from Frost.
A little jabbing left from Escobar Chavez on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Frost misses with an uppercut.
Escobar Chavez looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Escobar Chavez fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Frost on the side of the head.
Good leg kick by Frost.
Frost ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Frost tries to clinch but Escobar Chavez moves out of range.
Escobar Chavez looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Ramon Escobar Chavez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Robert Frost is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Frost throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Escobar Chavez on the side of the head.
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 Frost.
Well Frost 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 John Roberts scores the fight 30:28
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:28
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Robert Frost!
A relieved looking Robert Frost thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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