PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vicente Escalante (ranked 48 p4p, 580 weight class) and Jones Anderson (ranked 7 p4p, 71 weight class). 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.

Escalante
vs
Anderson

183 cm
35
192
38 - 6 - 0

188 cm
26
203
8 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 38 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vicente Escalante!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jones Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Paulsen Ambrosius and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Escalante tries to land a front kick but Anderson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Anderson misses with a jab to the body
and Escalante makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Anderson really felt that one!
Anderson misses with a few strikes there.
Escalante throws a nice outside leg kick.
Anderson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Anderson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Escalante takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Escalante wants to slow Anderson down by chopping away at his legs.
A lazy body kick from Anderson
and Escalante counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Escalante lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Anderson at a distance.
Escalante on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Escalante fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
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!
Escalante scores with a kick to the body.
Anderson motions for Escalante to come forward. Anderson throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Escalante is looking to counter with a body kick.
Escalante tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Anderson was well out of range. Poor timing from Escalante.
Escalante avoids the body shot from Anderson.
Escalante is looking to counter with a body kick.
Escalante throws a body kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Anderson misses with a leg kick
and Escalante connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Anderson shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Escalante eats them both and turns towards Anderson to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Escalante moves out of range as Anderson strikes.
Anderson scores with a jab. Escalante acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Escalante with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Escalante misses with a low kick.
Anderson lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Anderson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

It looks like Jones Anderson has been cut.
Anderson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Escalante misses with a hook. Anderson ducked under it nicely.
Escalante blocks the body kick.
Escalante is looking to counter punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Escalante uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Anderson has time to react.
Anderson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Anderson throws a leg kick but Escalante sees it coming and checks it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson checks a leg kick.

Anderson takes the fight into the clinch.
Escalante lands with a left to the head.
Our sources have told us that Escalante has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Anderson avoids the elbow strike from Escalante, against the cage.
Anderson misses with a punch to the body.
Escalante lands a right hand that snaps the head of Anderson backwards.
Escalante blocks a body shot from Anderson.
Anderson working Escalante over with knees to the body.
Escalante working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Anderson scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short left from Escalante.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Escalante.
Anderson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Escalante throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Escalante working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Anderson.
Escalante lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Anderson backwards.
Anderson lands a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson tries to land a knee to the head but Escalante blocks with his arms.
Escalante tries a body shot but Anderson blocks it.
Escalante prevents a body shot from Anderson.
Anderson has a couple of punches blocked by Escalante.
Escalante misses with an elbow strike.
Escalante softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Anderson cracks Escalante with a nice body shot.
Anderson prevents a body shot from Escalante.
Escalante swings wildly with an uppercut but Anderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Escalante avoiding damage as Anderson throws knees to the body.
Escalante throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Anderson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A hook to the body from Escalante.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Escalante just misses with a elbow thrown towards Anderson's brow.
Good body shot from Escalante.
Anderson looks winded!
Escalante scores with a shot to the side of Anderson's head.
Anderson lands a shot to the body.
Escalante struggles to land a body shot inside as Anderson controls his hands.
Come on Escalante - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Escalante avoids the elbow strike from Anderson, against the cage.
Escalante can't find room to land a body shot as Anderson controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Escalante.
Escalante tries to work over Anderson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Anderson blocking some punches.
Escalante takes an elbow to the temple.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Anderson misses with the head strike.
Escalante lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Anderson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Escalante backwards.
Escalante lands a right hand.
Escalante lands an elbow inside that Anderson shrugs off.
Anderson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Escalante misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Escalante.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Escalante can't find room to land a body shot as Anderson controls the action.
Anderson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Anderson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Anderson looking to throw knees to the head but Escalante is blocking nicely.
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 Jones Anderson's cut.
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.

Escalante missing with a left hand there. Anderson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Anderson only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Anderson misses with a right hand
and Escalante counters with a nice body shot.
A bone on bone clash there as Anderson blocks the leg kick.
Escalante scores with a jab to the head.
Escalante misses with a straight right.
Anderson misses with a straight right.
Escalante's corner calls for a 1-2. Escalante obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Anderson steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Escalante. That one must have hurt.
Good leg kick by Escalante.
A nice leg kick lands there from Escalante.
Escalante defending well as Anderson loads up on a big left hand.
Vicente Escalante is winning the standup battle so far.
Anderson takes a swing at Escalante's ribcage but misses.
Escalante is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Anderson can do to turn this around?
Some bone on bone action there as Anderson checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Anderson avoids the head kick by Escalante.
Anderson with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Anderson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Escalante throws a head kick that half lands.

Anderson is rocked!
Anderson tries to score with a low kick but Escalante moves his leg out of the way.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Escalante.
Anderson moves away from the strike by Escalante.
Donk. Escalante catches Anderson right on the button with a cross.
Anderson is still on wobbly legs! Can Escalante finish him?
Escalante throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Escalante lands a really nice looking cross but Anderson seems unphased.

That has opened up Jones Anderson's cut even more.
Escalante just misses with a punch to the body.
Escalante fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Anderson checks it well.
Anderson seems to have recovered his senses.
Nice body punch from Escalante.
Escalante avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Anderson looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Escalante.
Anderson misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Escalante counters with a stiff right hand.

Escalante feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Anderson sprawling to the canvas! Anderson rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Escalante finish him?!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Anderson scores with a jab to the body.
Anderson gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Escalante gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vicente Escalante!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Vicente Escalante made sure he mentioned Brooklyn Apothecary, along with how happy he was to win his fight.