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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vicente Escalante (ranked 424 p4p, 828 weight class) and Feaqeuin Bizihwaeile (ranked 65 p4p, 118 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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183 cm 31 192 23 - 5 - 0 |
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198 cm 32 198 25 - 17 - 0 |
Good wrestling World class MT Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler World class boxer Good gas tank |
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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 23 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vicente Escalante! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 25 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Feaqeuin Bizihwaeile! The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Escalante throws a quick inside leg kick. Bizihwaeile blocks a low kick nicely. A head kick misses from Escalante. Bizihwaeile has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout. Escalante looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Bizihwaeile clinches up against the cage. Bizihwaeile goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Escalante struggles to land a body shot inside as Bizihwaeile controls his hands.
Bizihwaeile blocks the elbow strike.
Escalante scores with a shoulder strike. Escalante lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bizihwaeile backwards. Escalante lands an elbow just above Bizihwaeile 's eye. Escalante blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bizihwaeile avoids the elbow strike from Escalante, against the cage.
Bizihwaeile tries to throw a body punch but Escalante avoids it by throwing Bizihwaeile back against the cage. Bizihwaeile tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Escalante's elbow. The referee is keeping an eye on Escalante - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Bizihwaeile stalling.
Escalante misses with a punch to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage. Bizihwaeile lands a body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round. Bizihwaeile tries to work over Escalante's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Bizihwaeile stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body. Escalante throws a punch but it's blocked by Bizihwaeile. Bizihwaeile scores with a hook to the body. A head punch on the inside from Escalante fails to land. Bizihwaeile misses with a punch to the body.
Escalante digs a right hand underneath Bizihwaeile's ribcage. Bizihwaeile let out a lung full of air as it connected. Bizihwaeile misses with a punch to the body.
Nice body punch from Escalante - that landed with a thud.
Bizihwaeile digs a right hand into Escalante's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Escalante's gas tank. Bizihwaeile doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Escalante pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. Bizihwaeile presses Escalante against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot. Bizihwaeile looking to slow down the pace here. A shot in the inside from Escalante. Escalante misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Escalante scores with a shoulder strike. Bizihwaeile tries to work over Escalante's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Bizihwaeile is stalling here.
Our sources have told us that Escalante has been working on his elbows in the gym.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Bizihwaeile lands a shot to the body. Bizihwaeile cracks Escalante with a nice body shot. An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bizihwaeile. Bizihwaeile tries to work over Escalante's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Bizihwaeile tries a body shot but Escalante blocks it.
Bizihwaeile misses with a punch to the body.
Bizihwaeile lands a left hand that snaps the head of Escalante backwards. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Bizihwaeile doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bizihwaeile tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Escalante's elbow. Escalante misses with an elbow strike.
Escalante gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. Escalante scores with a shot to the side of Bizihwaeile's head. With the fighters up against the cage, Escalante throws an elbow but misses. Bizihwaeile swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bizihwaeile takes an elbow to the temple. Bizihwaeile misses with a punch to the body.
A short left from Bizihwaeile. Bizihwaeile misses with a punch to the body.
Escalante gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Bizihwaeile looking to stall.
Escalante prevents a body shot from Bizihwaeile. Escalante misses with a punch to the body.
Escalante lands with a short head shot on the inside. Bizihwaeile can't find room to land a body shot as Escalante controls the action.
Escalante comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
It looks like Feaqeuin Bizihwaeile has been cut. Escalante lands a shoulder strike. The referee calls for Bizihwaeile to work.
A nice left hand lands by Escalante.
Bizihwaeile lands an uppercut. The referee calls for Bizihwaeile to work.
Bizihwaeile digs a right hand underneath Escalante's ribcage. Escalante let out a lung full of air as it connected. Escalante presses Bizihwaeile against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot. Bizihwaeile is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Escalante is keeping busy. Bizihwaeile stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Bizihwaeile tries to work over Escalante's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Escalante misses with a punch on the inside.
Escalante lands a damaging elbow. Escalante throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors. A head punch blocked on the inside by Bizihwaeile. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Escalante lands a nice elbow from the clinch. Escalante doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Escalante digs a right hand underneath Bizihwaeile's ribcage. Bizihwaeile let out a lung full of air as it connected. Bizihwaeile manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now. Escalante stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body. Bizihwaeile looks winded! Escalante lands an elbow that stopped Bizihwaeile in his tracks for a moment. Escalante creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bizihwaeile's defenses. A short left from Escalante. Escalante lands a shoulder strike. Bizihwaeile misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Escalante lands a body punch. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Vicente Escalante dominated that round. The cut man is working on Feaqeuin Bizihwaeile's cut. Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Escalante jabs Bizihwaeile to the body, keeping him at a distance. Bizihwaeile avoids the head kick by Escalante.
Bizihwaeile moves in looking to clinch but Escalante pushes him off. Bizihwaeile stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Escalante. Escalante fakes a jab and scores with a low kick. Escalante swats away the attempt to clinch by Bizihwaeile. Escalante wants to slow Bizihwaeile down by chopping away at his legs. Escalante bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Bizihwaeile's head backwards. Escalante dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bizihwaeile. That did some damage! The fight stays on the outside here - Bizihwaeile looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Escalante avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Escalante cracks a nice hook into Bizihwaeile's ribs. Escalante throws a leg kick but Bizihwaeile checks it. Escalante is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bizihwaeile can do to turn this around? Escalante lands with a nice body punch. Bizihwaeile tries to clinch there but Escalante circles away.
Bizihwaeile takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Bizihwaeile fails in his attempt to clinch. An attempted straight right counter from Escalante misses the target.
That's one minute gone in the round. A looping hook to the body misses from Escalante. Bizihwaeile does a little dance to reset his feet. A big left from Escalante misses. A little jabbing left from Bizihwaeile on the counter but it doesn't find it's target. Bizihwaeile has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bizihwaeile throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. Bizihwaeile misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bizihwaeile is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Escalante is keeping busy. Escalante misses with a body punch.
Escalante letting Bizihwaeile take a breather here. Escalante misses with some punches.
Escalante tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Bizihwaeile goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Escalante prevents a body shot from Bizihwaeile. Escalante works on Bizihwaeile's body with a couple of short punches. Escalante lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bizihwaeile backwards. Escalante lands with a short shot to the head. Bizihwaeile misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Bizihwaeile can't find room to land a body shot as Escalante controls the action.
Escalante lands a left hand.
Bizihwaeile stalling against the cage.
Bizihwaeile goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bizihwaeile. Escalante blocks a body shot from Bizihwaeile. Bizihwaeile avoids a wild elbow strike from Escalante. Escalante lands an elbow inside that Bizihwaeile shrugs off. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Escalante stalls. Escalante lands an elbow just above Bizihwaeile 's eye. Bizihwaeile lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Escalante or not. Bizihwaeile is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath. Bizihwaeile blocks a body shot from Escalante. Bizihwaeile blocks a body shot from Escalante. Escalante prevents a body shot from Bizihwaeile. Escalante doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Bizihwaeile blocks an elbow strike. Escalante tries to work over Bizihwaeile's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Escalante tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Bizihwaeile leaning his opponent against the cage. Escalante misses with an elbow strike.
Bizihwaeile avoiding damage.
Bizihwaeile takes an elbow to the temple. Bizihwaeile blocks a body shot from Escalante. Escalante tries to work over Bizihwaeile's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Escalante pushes off an throws an elbow but Bizihwaeile leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage. Escalante blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bizihwaeile working aggressively here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Escalante. Escalante misses with the head strike.
Bizihwaeile tries to work over Escalante's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Escalante is trying to maintain a safe position but Bizihwaeile gets an underhook and turns Escalante into the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Bizihwaeile stalling in the clinch but Escalante improves position. Bizihwaeile misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Vicente Escalante has scored more points in the clinch so far. Escalante lands a nice elbow. Escalante comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush. Bizihwaeile prevents a body shot from Escalante. Escalante lands a hook to the side of the head. Bizihwaeile tries a body shot but Escalante blocks it.
Bizihwaeile's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button! 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! Bizihwaeile wants to stall.
Escalante tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bizihwaeile's elbow. Escalante lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. Bizihwaeile lands with a light punch inside. Escalante can't find room to land a body shot as Bizihwaeile controls the action.
Bizihwaeile lands an uppercut. Escalante lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. A short body shot lands from Escalante as the two fighters clinch.
Bizihwaeile is pushing Escalante up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Vicente Escalante dominated that second round. The cut man is working on Feaqeuin Bizihwaeile's cut. The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round! Bizihwaeile tries to close the distance and clinch but Escalante swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Escalante tries to land a leg kick but Bizihwaeile saw it coming and moves away.
Bizihwaeile tries to clinch up. Escalante scores with a nice right hand.
Escalante tries to work over Bizihwaeile's front leg with a kick but Bizihwaeile checks it. Bizihwaeile is looking to clinch but Escalante is avoiding it.
Escalante throws a quick counter head kick but Bizihwaeile was just out of range. Escalante thumps Bizihwaeile with a low kick. Bizihwaeile tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Escalante manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat. Bizihwaeile tries to clinch but Escalante is having none of it. Bizihwaeile shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it. Nice cross by Bizihwaeile. Escalante is looking to land body kicks. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Escalante throws a leg kick that misses. Bizihwaeile fails with an attempt to clinch.
Escalante is looking to counter punch. Escalante takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket. Bizihwaeile closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Bizihwaeile tries to work over Escalante's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Bizihwaeile goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round. Escalante lands a nice shot to the body. Bizihwaeile prevents a body shot from Escalante. Escalante misses with a body punch.
Escalante lands a nice elbow. Bizihwaeile trying to stall but Escalante improves his position.
Bizihwaeile misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bizihwaeile tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Bizihwaeile tries a body shot but Escalante blocks it.
Escalante lands an elbow inside. Bizihwaeile is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath. Bizihwaeile takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired. Escalante works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Escalante creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses. Escalante lands a body punch. Bizihwaeile takes an elbow to the temple.
That has opened up Feaqeuin Bizihwaeile's cut even more. Nice elbow from Escalante. Escalante misses with a punch to the body.
Bizihwaeile trying to control the position but instead, Escalante has worked for underhooks and has pushed Bizihwaeile into the cage. Escalante lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Escalante lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. Bizihwaeile takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bizihwaeile is rocked! This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Escalante misses with an elbow over the top. Bizihwaeile is still on wobbly legs! Can Escalante finish him? Escalante doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bizihwaeile seems to have recovered his senses. Bizihwaeile blocks an elbow strike. Escalante holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Bizihwaeile tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Escalante's elbow. Both fighters working to control the clinch. Escalante cracks Bizihwaeile with a nice body shot. Escalante presses Bizihwaeile against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot. Escalante lands with a light punch inside. Escalante lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bizihwaeile. Escalante is working Bizihwaeile over against the cage. Escalante lands a nice elbow.
The cut above Feaqeuin Bizihwaeile's eye is starting to cause him problems now. Escalante throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Bizihwaeile's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button! A nice left hand lands by Escalante.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Escalante. Escalante lands an elbow inside. Escalante lands on the inside with an uppercut. Escalante has Bizihwaeile pressed against the cage. He pushes Bizihwaeile back and as he springs towards him off the cage, Escalante throws a beautiful elbow that sends Bizihwaeile crashing to the floor! Escalante piles on the pressure with more strikes! Bizihwaeile is flailing away but he's not defending himself and the referee steps in to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vicente Escalante! After winning the bout, Vicente Escalante thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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