PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cyrus Escobar (ranked 3714 p4p, 3253 weight class) and Zaire Ingram (ranked 446 p4p, 399 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Escobar
vs
Ingram

195 cm
25
215
1 - 0 - 0

194 cm
25
205
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

BANZAI NUTRITION

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BANZAI NUTRITION

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Cyrus Escobar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zaire Ingram!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Alexandre Firmino and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ingram tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Escobar was well out of range. Poor timing from Ingram.
Escobar doesn't manage to clinch there - Ingram circles away.
Ingram throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Escobar listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

It looks like Zaire Ingram has been cut.
Escobar with a nice cross.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Ingram lands a shot to the body.
Escobar misses with some punches.
Escobar misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ingram working aggressively here.

Escobar manages to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Escobar pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Escobar is looking to clinch.
Escobar is looking to clinch.
Cyrus Escobar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Escobar jabs Ingram to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Escobar tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ingram swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Escobar clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Escobar.
Ingram misses with a short punch on the inside.
Escobar can't find room to land a body shot as Ingram controls the action.
Ingram can't break the clinch.
Escobar lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ingram can't find room to land a body shot as Escobar controls the action.
Ingram misses with a body punch.
Ingram softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Escobar throws an elbow but misses.
Escobar misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ingram misses with a body punch.
Escobar lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ingram backwards.
Escobar lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ingram blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Escobar looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Escobar swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ingram is working Escobar over against the cage.
Ingram is looking to break free of the clinch but Escobar has double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ingram wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Escobar misses with a hook from the clinch.
Escobar lands with a short punch from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Escobar lands an uppercut.
Ingram has a couple of punches blocked by Escobar.
Escobar misses with a short punch on the inside.
Escobar keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ingram's efforts to push away.
Ingram wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Escobar has him pressed against the cage.
Ingram misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ingram lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Escobar throws a punch but it's blocked by Ingram.
Escobar throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Escobar lands with a left to the head.
Escobar gets through Ingram's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Escobar is trying to pull guard but Ingram turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ingram lands with a right to the head.
Escobar tries a body shot but Ingram blocks it.
Escobar has Ingram pressed against the cage, preventing Ingram from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Escobar misses with a punch on the inside.
Ingram blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Escobar lands with a short shot to the head.
Escobar misses with a punch on the inside.
Escobar misses with a short punch on the inside.
Escobar lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Escobar throws a punch but it's blocked by Ingram.
Ingram tries to break free but Escobar pushes him back against the cage.
We've been informed that Ingram has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Ingram swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ingram misses with the head strike.
Ingram is trying to break the clinch but Escobar has him pressed against the cage.
Ingram digs a right hand into Escobar's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Escobar's gas tank.
Ingram struggles to land a body shot inside as Escobar controls his hands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Escobar lands with a left to the head.
Ingram tries to circle away but Escobar has him pinned against the cage.
Ingram wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Escobar lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ingram backwards.
Ingram working hard to break the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Escobar fails to land.
Ingram blocks an uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Escobar.
Ingram looks winded!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Escobar misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Escobar.
Escobar throws a head punch that misses.
Escobar lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ingram backwards.
Nice body punch from Escobar.
Ingram has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Escobar looking to throw knees to the head but Ingram is blocking nicely.

Escobar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Escobar looks to clinch
and Ingram counters with a straight right hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Cyrus Escobar dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Zaire Ingram's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Escobar has Ingram up against the cage in a clinch.
Escobar throws a head punch that misses.
Ingram swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Escobar trying to land knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Escobar creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Escobar tries a body shot but Ingram blocks it.
Escobar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Escobar lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ingram tries to circle away but Escobar has him pinned against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Escobar.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ingram blocks a body shot from Escobar.
Escobar swings wildly with an uppercut but Ingram uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ingram.
A head punch on the inside from Escobar fails to land.
Ingram lands a body shot in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ingram is working Escobar over against the cage.
Ingram blocking some punches.
Escobar misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Escobar.
Escobar has a couple of punches blocked by Ingram.
Ingram working hard to break the clinch.
Ingram tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ingram has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ingram.
Escobar misses with the head strike.
Ingram wants to break free but Escobar has control.
Escobar misses with the head strike.
Escobar misses with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Escobar.
Escobar can't find room to land a body shot as Ingram controls the action.
Ingram has had enough of the clinch but Escobar keeps him there for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Escobar fails to land.
Ingram is trying to break free.
Ingram tries a body shot but Escobar blocks it.
Escobar misses with a punch on the inside.
Escobar throws a head punch that misses.
Escobar lands with a short shot to the head.
Nice body punch from Escobar.
Ingram is breathing heavily.
Escobar working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ingram swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short body shot lands from Escobar as the two fighters clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A left hand lands to the body for Escobar.
Escobar misses with a punch on the inside.
Ingram blocking some punches.
Escobar lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short left from Escobar.
Escobar throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ingrams head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ingram's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Escobar swings wildly with an uppercut but Ingram uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ingram.
Escobar misses with a hook from the clinch.
Escobar misses with some punches.
Escobar misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Escobar.
Escobar goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Escobar lands with a light punch inside.

Ingram is rocked!
Escobar swings wildly with an uppercut but Ingram uses good head movement to avoid it.
Escobar stalling.
A head punch on the inside from Escobar fails to land.
Ingram lands a left hand.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Escobar creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Escobar lands an uppercut.
Escobar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Escobar lands a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Escobar lands a nice uppercut.
Ingram is still on wobbly legs! Can Escobar finish him?
Escobar lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Ingram to his knees! Escobar keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cyrus Escobar!
Cyrus Escobar thanked the fans post fight for their support.