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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sloat Gresham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rocco Escobar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Escobar has chosen Boom - POD as his entrance music. Sloat Gresham has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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153 lbs
8 - 6 - 0 |
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169 cm
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148 lbs
5 - 2 - 1 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Dangerous knees
Very strong |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sloat Gresham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rocco Escobar!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Paulo Santos and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gresham moves in looking to clinch but Escobar pushes him off.
A combination from Gresham does no damage.
Escobar shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Gresham is trying to control but can't.
Escobar is trying to control. Gresham wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Gresham trying to control from the bottom.
Gresham is looking for a sweep. Escobar is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The fighters are battling for position here. Gresham manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Escobar got a little sloppy there for a moment and Gresham has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Escobar has managed to get both his arms back between Gresham's legs - danger averted.
Gresham pulls Escobar in close to prevent any damage.
Escobar trying to control but Gresham is working from the bottom.
Gresham looking for a sweep. Not yet Gresham, not yet.
Gresham is working hard here to advance position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar wants to control from the top but Gresham keeps moving.
Escobar pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Gresham is keeping the position for now.
Escobar trying to control but Gresham is working from the bottom.
Gresham looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Gresham keeping moving, preventing Escobar from controlling successfully.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Gresham throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Escobar.
A slow jab from Escobar misses its intended target.
Escobar scores with a jab to the jaw.
Escobar is looking to clinch.
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.
Escobar swats away the attempt to clinch by Gresham.
Escobar showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gresham.
Sloat Gresham seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Escobar looks to clinch
and Gresham moves into the clinch.
Escobar is trying to trip Gresham. He has hold of a leg but Gresham is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Escobar persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Escobar stopping the sweep attempt from Gresham.
Escobar trying to control the position from guard on top but Gresham is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gresham is looking for a triangle here but Escobar uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Escobar wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gresham keeps working.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gresham is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Escobar wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gresham keeps working.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Escobar tries to clinch there but Gresham circles away.
Escobar slips a jab and a cross from Gresham.
Some wild striking there from Gresham.
Escobar tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Gresham paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gresham stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Gresham wants it to stay on the feet.
Gresham tries for a takedown but Escobar sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Escobar moves in looking to clinch but Gresham pushes him off.
Gresham forces Escobar back against the ropes and clinches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gresham.
Escobar trying to control the position but instead, Gresham has worked for underhooks and has pushed Escobar into the ropes.
Gresham misses with a short punch on the inside.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Gresham lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Gresham misses with the head strike.
Gresham has a couple of punches blocked by Escobar.
Escobar throws an elbow that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gresham.
A head punch on the inside from Gresham fails to land.
A short uppercut from Gresham.
Escobar looking to stall.
Gresham fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Escobar tries to stall but Gresham uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Gresham escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gresham tries to bum rush Escobar with a series of wild strikes but Escobar uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rocco Escobar dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Escobar wants to clinch but Gresham slips to the side
and Gresham counters with a series of strikes. Escobar will be more careful next time no doubt.
Gresham tries to close the distance and clinch but Escobar swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A combination from Gresham does no damage.
Gresham blocks a jab.
Escobar gets the takedown into side control.
Escobar throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Gresham manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Gresham is looking to control Escobar's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Gresham avoid being mounted?
Gresham desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Gresham has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Escobar is working away from the top position though.
Gresham wants to get back to full guard.
Gresham works his way to full guard. Good work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gresham is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Gresham wants to pass the guard but Escobar is defending well.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Escobar is trying to maintain the position but Gresham is very close to passing his half guard.
Escobar is looking to get back to full guard here but Gresham has managed to pass to side control instead.
Gresham avoids the attempt from Escobar to control.
Escobar is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Gresham is staying active.
Gresham fails to take his opponent's back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Escobar keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Gresham stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
Gresham misses with a jab, cross combination.
Escobar ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Escobar darts in trying to clinch
and Gresham counters with a single leg into guard. Escobar didn't expect that.
Gresham tries to free his leg and advance position but Escobar is retaining full guard.
Escobar trying to keep a closed guard but Gresham is proving a slippery customer.
Gresham trying to control the position from guard on top but Escobar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gresham tries to free his leg and advance position but Escobar is retaining full guard.
Escobar is looking for a triangle but Gresham pushes his legs off easily.
Gresham stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Escobar swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Gresham trying to control but Escobar is working from the bottom.
Escobar is pulling down on Gresham's head. It's preventing any offense from Gresham, at least for the moment.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Gresham misses with a double jab.
Sloat Gresham is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Escobar is trying hard to land a takedown here. Gresham sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Gresham misses with a series of wild punches.
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.
Escobar slips a jab and a cross from Gresham.
Escobar slips a jab and a cross from Gresham.
Gresham throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Escobar.
A combination from Gresham does no damage.
Gresham misses with a few strikes there.
Gresham steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Escobar.
Escobar connects with a crisp jab.
Gresham uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Escobar.
Gresham fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gresham throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Escobar.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sloat Gresham dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Escobar scores with a takedown into Gresham's guard.
Escobar controlling from the top position.
Escobar wants to control from the top but Gresham keeps moving.
Gresham manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Gresham swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Escobar showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gresham.
Nice sprawl there from Gresham as Escobar shoots in.
Gresham misses with a jab, cross combination.
Escobar throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gresham tries to bum rush Escobar with a series of wild strikes but Escobar uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gresham misses with a jab, cross combination.
Escobar scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Escobar in particular looking to stall.
Escobar seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Gresham does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Gresham wants to get back to full guard.
Gresham keeping control of the position.
Gresham works his way to full guard. Good work.
Escobar trying to control the position from guard on top but Gresham is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gresham manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Gresham raining down shots from the mount!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gresham is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Escobar is surviving well by controlling Gresham's body position as best he can.
Gresham takes his opponent's back. Perhaps a chance to lock up a rear naked choke here.
Gresham is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Escobar trying to control the position but Gresham manages to sink in the hooks.
Gresham has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Escobar has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Escobar covering up well and avoiding damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar trying to control the action but Gresham just sinks the hooks in.
Gresham tries to get the hooks in deep but Escobar pushed the leg off.
Escobar rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Escobar wants to improve his position but Gresham is controlling well.
Gresham trying to control the action but Escobar is working from the bottom.
Gresham is thwarting Escobar's attempts to control the position.
Escobar is looking to improve his position.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Escobar tries to clinch
and Gresham counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Gresham wants to pass the guard but Escobar is keeping the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gresham throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Escobar works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Gresham passes into half guard.
Gresham seems to be looking for submissions.
Gresham wants to pass to mount but Escobar is defending the position.
Gresham passes to side control.
Escobar struggling a bit here.
Gresham throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Escobar is trying to control Gresham's posture but Gresham avoids it.
Escobar tries to improve position but can't.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sloat Gresham showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gresham has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 29:28
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sloat Gresham!
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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