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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vicente Escalante (ranked 35 p4p, 351 weight class) and Jones Anderson (ranked 4 p4p, 45 weight class). Vicente Escalante has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Escalante
vs
Anderson

183 cm
36
192
42 - 6 - 0

188 cm
27
203
10 - 4 - 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 42 - 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 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jones Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Wagner Zegers and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Anderson clinches.
Escalante lands a right hand.
Anderson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Escalante lands a right hand.

It looks like Jones Anderson has been cut.
Escalante missing with knees to the body.
Anderson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Escalante in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Escalante avoids a wild elbow strike from Anderson.
Escalante goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Anderson scores with a knee to the head.
Escalante lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Anderson.
A short right from Anderson.
Escalante misses with a punch on the inside.
Our sources have told us that Escalante has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Escalante leaning against his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Escalante blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nice elbow from Anderson.
Escalante on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Escalante lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Anderson blocks the elbow strike.
Escalante misses with the head strike.
A short right from Anderson.
Escalante misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Anderson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Anderson.
Anderson lands a hook that snaps the head of Escalante backwards.
Nice elbow from Anderson.
Anderson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A short uppercut from Escalante.
Anderson lands with a right to the head.
Escalante blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Anderson misses with an elbow strike.
Anderson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Escalante.
Escalante lands with a left to the head.
Anderson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Anderson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Anderson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Escalante misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Escalante throws a punch but it's blocked by Anderson.
Anderson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Escalante's defenses.
Anderson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Anderson dodges an elbow strike from Escalante.
Anderson throws an elbow that misses.
Escalante blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Anderson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Escalante throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Escalante misses with a hook to the ribs.
Anderson lands a nice elbow.
Anderson has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Escalante seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Anderson can turn it around.
Escalante works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Escalante tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Escalante lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Escalante swings wildly with an uppercut but Anderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Anderson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Anderson misses with a body punch.
Anderson blocks an elbow strike.
Anderson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Escalante in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Escalante pushes Anderson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Anderson.
Anderson lands an elbow just above Escalante 's eye.
Escalante lands with a short shot to the head.
Anderson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Escalante trying to stall but Anderson improves his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Escalante in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Escalante is breathing heavily.
Anderson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nice elbow from Escalante.
Anderson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Escalante misses with some punches.
Escalante on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Escalante creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Escalante working aggressively here.
Escalante misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Anderson.
Escalante tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Anderson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Escalante lands an elbow inside that Anderson shrugs off.
Escalante misses with an elbow strike.
Anderson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Escalante blocks an elbow strike from Anderson.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Escalante.
Escalante trying to stall but Anderson improves his position.
Anderson scores with a hook to the body.
Anderson blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson prevents a body shot from Escalante.
Escalante blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Escalante lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Anderson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Escalante blocks an elbow strike.
Escalante swings wildly with an uppercut but Anderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Anderson avoids the elbow strike from Escalante, against the cage.
Anderson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Escalante just misses with a elbow thrown towards Anderson's brow.
Anderson lands an elbow inside that Escalante shrugs off.
Escalante tries a knee to the head but Anderson blocks it.
Anderson blocks an elbow strike from Escalante.
Escalante pushes off an throws an elbow but Anderson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Anderson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Anderson lands a body shot in the clinch.
Escalante scores with a shot to the side of Anderson's head.
Anderson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Anderson.
Nice body punch from Escalante.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jones Anderson 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.

Anderson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Escalante. That did some damage!
Anderson staying out of range there.
Anderson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Anderson misses with a body shot.
A swing and a miss from Escalante.
Anderson swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Escalante.
The crowd cheers as Anderson lands an impressive looking overhand right. Escalante doesn't seem phased though.

Anderson instigates a clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Anderson.
Anderson trying to land knees to the body.
Anderson lands an elbow inside that Escalante shrugs off.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Anderson.
Anderson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Escalante avoids it.
Jones Anderson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Escalante looking to throw knees to the head but Anderson is blocking nicely.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Anderson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Escalante's brow.
Escalante swings wildly with an uppercut but Anderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Escalante tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Escalante.
Escalante takes an elbow to the forehead.
Anderson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Escalante is working Anderson over against the cage.
Escalante is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Escalante swings wildly with an uppercut but Anderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Escalante's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Escalante gets through Anderson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Anderson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Anderson blocks an elbow strike.
Escalante fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Anderson looking to throw knees to the head but Escalante is blocking nicely.
Anderson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Escalante throws an elbow but misses.
Escalante blocks an elbow strike.
Anderson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Anderson avoids the elbow strike from Escalante, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escalante scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Anderson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
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 blocks a body shot from Anderson.
Escalante throws an elbow that misses.
Escalante with a knee to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Escalante throws an elbow but misses.
Escalante doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Anderson avoids the elbow strike from Escalante, against the cage.
Escalante swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Escalante lands a left hand that snaps the head of Anderson backwards.
Escalante lands a right hand.
Anderson lands a damaging elbow.
Anderson dodges an elbow strike from Escalante.
Escalante throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Escalante lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Anderson throws an elbow but it misses.
Escalante blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Escalante throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Anderson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson prevents a body shot from Escalante.
Anderson struggles to land a body shot inside as Escalante controls his hands.
Escalante lands a body shot in the clinch.
Anderson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Anderson lands an elbow that stopped Escalante in his tracks for a moment.
Anderson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Escalante.
Anderson can't find room to land a body shot as Escalante controls the action.
Escalante scores with a shoulder strike.
Anderson takes an elbow to the temple.
Anderson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Escalante misses with a hook from the clinch.
Escalante throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Escalante lands a shoulder strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Escalante.
Anderson misses with an elbow over the top.
Anderson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Escalante blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Escalante doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Anderson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Escalante.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Escalante lands an elbow inside.

That has opened up Jones Anderson's cut even more.
Anderson blocks an uppercut.
Anderson tries a body shot but Escalante blocks it.
A nice left hand lands by Escalante.
Anderson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Escalante.
Escalante lands a right hand.
Escalante has a couple of punches blocked by Anderson.
Escalante lands with a left to the head.
Anderson missing with knees to the body.
Escalante swings wildly with an uppercut but Anderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Escalante gets through Anderson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Escalante lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Anderson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Anderson prevents a body shot from Escalante.
Escalante takes an elbow to the forehead.
Anderson missing with knees to the body.
Escalante lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
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 Jones Anderson's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

A swing and a miss from Escalante.
Anderson scoring well with a low kick there.
Anderson throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Anderson scores with a hook.
Anderson throws the kick towards the body but Escalante avoids it.
A big right from Anderson misses.
Anderson lands a body shot.
Escalante tries to clinch up but Anderson circles away and keeps his distance.
Escalante on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Anderson misses with a leg kick.
Escalante connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Anderson momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Escalante checks a leg kick.
Anderson moves away from the strike by Escalante.
Anderson blocks a head kick by Escalante.
Escalante looks to land a left hand but Anderson moved out of range nicely.
Nice shot lands for Anderson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Escalante keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Escalante throws an overhand right that lands on Anderson's shoulder, as Anderson tries to avoid the shot.
Escalante is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Anderson.
Escalante's jab looks to have found its range, popping Anderson under the eye.
Anderson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Escalante moves away.
Escalante tries a head kick but it misses.

Anderson closes the distance and clinches.
Anderson blocks an elbow strike.
Anderson blocks the elbow strike.
Anderson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Escalante avoids it.
Escalante tries a knee to the head but Anderson blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Escalante fails to land.
Escalante gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Anderson lands a nice elbow.
Escalante pushes off an throws an elbow but Anderson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Anderson lands an elbow that stopped Escalante in his tracks for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escalante swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Anderson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Escalante can't find room to land a body shot as Anderson controls the action.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
With the fighters up against the cage, Anderson throws an elbow but misses.
Anderson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Escalante avoids it.
Anderson digs a right hand underneath Escalante's ribcage. Escalante let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Anderson blocking some punches.
Escalante creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Anderson lands a body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Anderson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Escalante's defenses.
Anderson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Escalante blocks it with crossed arms.
Anderson pushes off an throws an elbow but Escalante leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Anderson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Escalante takes an elbow to the forehead.
Anderson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Escalante misses with a hook to the ribs.
Escalante swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Escalante throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Escalante managing to block the knees to the body from Anderson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson misses with an elbow strike.
Escalante dodges an elbow strike from Anderson.
Anderson throws a punch but it's blocked by Escalante.
Escalante swings wildly with an uppercut but Anderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Escalante misses with a punch on the inside.
Anderson throws an elbow that misses.
Escalante fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Escalante lands with a light punch inside.
Anderson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Anderson lands a nice elbow.
Anderson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Escalante avoids it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Escalante.
With the fighters up against the cage, Escalante throws an elbow but misses.
Escalante swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Anderson tries a knee to the head but Escalante blocks it.
Nice elbow from Anderson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Anderson throws an elbow but misses.
Anderson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Anderson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Escalante lands an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Anderson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Escalante.
Anderson lands a nice knee to the body.
Escalante lands a hook that snaps the head of Anderson backwards.
Escalante throws a head punch that misses.
Anderson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Escalante.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Escalante.
Anderson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Anderson blocks an elbow strike.
Escalante misses with a hook to the ribs.
Escalante lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Anderson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Escalante working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Anderson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Escalante backwards.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jones Anderson really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jones Anderson's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Anderson looks for the body kick but Escalante saw that one coming.
Escalante stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Anderson.
Escalante ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A counter left hand to the body from Escalante misses its target.
Escalante 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.
Anderson clobbers Escalante with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Escalante uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Anderson.
Anderson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Escalante looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Escalante uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Anderson.
Escalante throws a hook to the side of Anderson's head but Anderson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Anderson connects with the punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Anderson rushes Escalante and presses him up against the cage.
Escalante on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Anderson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Escalante struggles to land a body shot inside as Anderson controls his hands.
Anderson crunches a lovely knee into Escalante's ribcage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Anderson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Escalante lands a left hand.
Anderson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Anderson struggles to land a body shot inside as Escalante controls his hands.
Anderson tries to land knees in the clinch but Escalante avoids the damage to the body.
Anderson lands a damaging elbow.
Anderson landing knees to the head.
Escalante lands a shot to the body.
Anderson is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Anderson dodges an elbow strike from Escalante.
Escalante tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Anderson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Anderson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Escalante lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Anderson pushes off an throws an elbow but Escalante leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Escalante blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Escalante misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Anderson misses with a knee strike.
Escalante lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Escalante misses with an elbow over the top.
Escalante misses with some punches.
Escalante lands with a light punch inside.
Escalante pushes Anderson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Anderson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Escalante pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Anderson blocks the elbow strike.
Escalante working aggressively here.
A short right from Escalante.
Escalante misses with a punch to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Escalante.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Anderson.
Anderson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A head punch on the inside from Escalante fails to land.
Escalante lands an elbow inside that Anderson shrugs off.
Escalante using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Anderson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Anderson.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Escalante just misses with a elbow thrown towards Anderson's brow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson letting Escalante take a breather here.
Escalante avoids a wild elbow strike from Anderson.
Anderson gets through Escalante's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Escalante lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Anderson lands a good knee to the midsection. Escalante won't want to take too many of those.
Anderson scores a nice knee to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Anderson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Escalante's brow.
Anderson lands a nice elbow.
Escalante takes a knee right on the jaw!
Anderson works on Escalante's body with a couple of short punches.
Anderson lands an elbow just above Escalante 's eye.
Anderson tries a knee to the head but Escalante blocks it.
Anderson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Anderson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Anderson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Anderson with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Escalante lands a nice uppercut.
Anderson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Anderson lands an elbow inside that Escalante shrugs off.
Escalante takes an elbow to the temple.
Anderson lands with a right to the head.
Escalante managing to block the knees to the body from Anderson.
Anderson misses with a hook to the ribs.
A body shot lands from Escalante.
Escalante has a couple of punches blocked by Anderson.
Escalante tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Escalante gets through Anderson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short body shot lands from Anderson as the two fighters clinch.
Anderson blocks an elbow strike from Escalante.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Escalante avoids the elbow strike from Anderson, against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Anderson.
Nice body punch from Anderson - that landed with a thud.
Anderson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jones Anderson dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Jones Anderson'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!

Anderson lands with an uppercut that bounces Escalante off the cage and back into range.
Escalante thuds his right hand into Anderson's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Anderson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Escalante checks a leg kick nicely.
Anderson connects with a body shot.
Anderson scores with a nice body kick.
Anderson with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Anderson is looking to land body kicks.
Escalante needs to keep his hands up - Anderson had a free shot at his head there.
Anderson stuns Escalante with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Escalante misses with a straight right.
Anderson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Escalante throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Anderson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Escalante throws a jab when Anderson was well out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Anderson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Escalante.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Escalante throws a body shot but no joy.
Anderson loads up on a big right hand but Escalante slips the punch.
Anderson throws a body kick that misses.
Escalante throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Escalante steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Anderson.
Anderson walks into a left hand.
Escalante ducks under a wild hook from Anderson.
Escalante sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
A jab from Anderson misses.
Jones Anderson seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Anderson has Escalante up against the cage in a clinch.
Anderson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Escalante.
Escalante trying to land knees to the body.
Anderson blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Anderson.
Anderson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Anderson lands an elbow inside that Escalante shrugs off.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Anderson lands a right hand.
Anderson lands an elbow just above Escalante 's eye.
Escalante blocks the elbow strike.
Escalante swings wildly with an uppercut but Anderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Escalante misses with the head strike.
Vicente Escalante has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Escalante tries to throw a body punch but Anderson avoids it by throwing Escalante back against the cage.
Anderson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Escalante's elbow.
Anderson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Escalante lands an elbow inside.
Anderson throws an elbow but it misses.
Escalante throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Anderson.
Escalante misses with a hook from the clinch.
Anderson scores a nice knee to the body.
Jones Anderson is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escalante has a couple of punches blocked by Anderson.
Escalante working aggressively here.
Anderson blocks an uppercut.
Escalante tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Anderson's elbow.
Escalante tries a body shot but Anderson blocks it.
Escalante throws a head punch that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Escalante throws an elbow but misses.
Escalante throws a knee to the head but misses.
Escalante tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Escalante throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Escalante is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Anderson is keeping busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Escalante stalling the fight.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Anderson as Escalante tries to tie him up.
Escalante wants to stall.
Escalante tries to work over Anderson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Anderson blocks the elbow strike.
Anderson blocks the elbow strike.
Escalante's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Escalante swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Escalante.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jones Anderson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Anderson has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 46:49
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 46:49
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 46:49

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jones Anderson!
Jones Anderson is the new middleweight champion!
Our winner, Jones Anderson, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
The defeated Vicente Escalante had this to say: 'I yam what I yam...that's all I yam.'.