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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Malone Stevenson (ranked 5013 p4p, 4360 weight class) and Pedro Escobar (ranked 480 p4p, 447 weight class). Malone Stevenson could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Pedro Escobar's chin.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Malone Stevenson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pedro Escobar!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Micheangelo Fripello and Colin Fray.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Escobar tries to clinch but Stevenson moves out of range.
Escobar closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Escobar prevents Stevenson from breaking the clinch.
Escobar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Escobar looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Escobar tries to clinch but Stevenson moves out of range.
Stevenson swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Stevenson lands with a nice combination. Escobar backs away looking to recover.
Stevenson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Stevenson swings for the body but Escobar moves out of range.
Escobar pushes Stevenson up against the cage in a clinch.
Escobar struggles to land a body shot inside as Stevenson controls his hands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Escobar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Escobar shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Stevenson as he jumps to the side.
Stevenson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Escobar has Stevenson up against the cage in a clinch.
Escobar is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Stevenson is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Stevenson up against the cage.
Escobar fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Escobar lands a nice knee to the body.
Escobar breaks from the clinch.
Escobar fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Stevenson, pushing him back against the cage.
Stevenson tries to break the clinch but Escobar is controlling the position.
Escobar tries to pull guard but Stevenson won't allow it.
Malone Stevenson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pedro Escobar.
Escobar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Escobar tries to clinch up but Stevenson circles away and keeps his distance.
Escobar has closed the distance and engaged Stevenson in a clinch.
Stevenson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Escobar prevents Stevenson from breaking the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escobar lands an elbow inside that Stevenson shrugs off.
It looks like Malone Stevenson has been cut.
Escobar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Escobar pushes Stevenson up against the cage in a clinch.
Escobar landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Escobar decides to pull guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Escobar can do anything to dispel that myth.
Escobar is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Stevenson is controlling him.
Escobar looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
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.
Escobar lands with a punch from half guard.
Escobar working Stevenson over with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson is pressing down on Escobar's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Stevenson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Escobar is one step ahead there.
Escobar working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Escobar stopping the sweep attempt from Stevenson.
Escobar makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Escobar content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Stevenson working a defensive guard here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Escobar wanted to stand there but Stevenson had control of the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Stevenson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Escobar stops Stevenson from standing up.
Escobar tries to free his leg and advance position but Stevenson is retaining full guard.
Stevenson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Escobar tries to clinch but Stevenson moves out of range.
Escobar looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Stevenson is fending him off so far but Escobar persists. Nope, Stevenson circles away and we're back to standing.
It looked like Stevenson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Escobar tries to clinch but Stevenson is having none of it.
Escobar is looking to clinch but Stevenson is avoiding it.
Escobar wants to clinch up but Stevenson keeps it at a distance.
Stevenson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Pedro Escobar dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Malone Stevenson's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Stevenson scores with a kick to the body.
Escobar shoots in looking for a takedown but Stevenson manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Escobar's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Stevenson tries to keep at a distance but Escobar has taken the fight into the clinch.
Escobar jumps guard but Stevenson turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Stevenson dodges an elbow strike from Escobar.
Pedro Escobar seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Escobar connects with a nasty looking knee right to Stevenson's face.
Escobar stops a takedown attempt from Stevenson.
Escobar tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Stevenson smiles and moves away.
Malone Stevenson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pedro Escobar.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Escobar tries a head kick but it misses.
Pedro Escobar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Stevenson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Escobar has taken the fight to the clinch.
Stevenson is trying to break free.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Escobar.
Escobar's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Escobar's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Escobar duly obliges.
Escobar shoots in but Stevenson avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Stevenson circles away from the clinch attempt
and Stevenson counters with a straight right hand.
Escobar tries to clinch there but Stevenson circles away.
Stevenson closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Escobar quickly recovers to half guard.
Escobar scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Stevenson manages to mount him!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stevenson working away from the top, dropping strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escobar takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Stevenson dominating with strikes here.
Escobar tries to reverse the position but Stevenson maintains control.
Stevenson sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Stevenson scoring with strikes but Escobar is staying in there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Stevenson lands with some strikes.
Stevenson looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Stevenson with the ground and pound from mount.
Malone Stevenson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Stevenson postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Escobar looks a forlorn figure.
Escobar is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Escobar takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Stevenson lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Stevenson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson prevents Escobar from getting the reversal.
Stevenson lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Stevenson looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Stevenson has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Escobar's face.
Escobar really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Stevenson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Escobar is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Escobar takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
A nice elbow there by Stevenson.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stevenson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Stevenson lands a big shot there that rocks Escobar but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Stevenson controlling his opponent.
Stevenson cracks Escobar with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Malone Stevenson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Malone Stevenson's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Stevenson lands a slapping body shot.
Malone Stevenson is winning the standup battle so far.
Escobar has taken the fight to the clinch.
Stevenson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Stevenson is looking to break free of the clinch but Escobar has double underhooks.
Escobar lands a nice knee to the body.
Escobar is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Escobar breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stevenson takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Escobar drives through with a takedown into Stevenson's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Escobar pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Stevenson is keeping the position for now.
Stevenson wants to stand and escape but Escobar is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar trying to control the position from guard on top but Stevenson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Stevenson working a defensive guard here.
Stevenson wants to sweep but no luck.
Stevenson working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Escobar has passed into half guard!
Escobar is pressing down on Stevenson's thigh, looking to free his foot. Stevenson is holding on for now.
That's two 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.
Stevenson tries to roll over but Escobar keeps him under control.
Stevenson wants to control but Escobar is keeping busy.
Stevenson missing with punches from the bottom.
Escobar seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Escobar is trying to work for a kimura but Stevenson is defending well.
Escobar with the ground and pound but Stevenson uses the opportunity to regain guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Escobar is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Escobar breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Stevenson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Escobar stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Escobar looks for a takedown but Stevenson sprawls well.
It looked like Stevenson was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Escobar.
Stevenson bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Escobar is looking to get back to his feet here but Stevenson is keeping cool and he's managed to take Escobar's back.
Stevenson connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Escobar to escape the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stevenson lands punches and elbows.
Stevenson has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Escobar's body.
Escobar is trying to stand back up.
Stevenson has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Escobar.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Escobar is taking damage to the body and head.
Escobar won't enjoy being in this position. Stevenson looking for the choke. Oh... he's slipped the arm under the neck - Escobar is tapping - it's over boys! Stevenson picks up the submission victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Malone Stevenson!
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