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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Blaze Bailey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Escarino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bailey comes to the cage accompanied by Eminem - Lose Yourself. Escarino has chosen RATM-- Guerrilla Radio as his entrance music. Dan Escarino has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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173 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Blaze Bailey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dan Escarino!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Joseph Jones and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bailey comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Escarino misses with the combination.
Bailey checks the leg kick nicely there.
Escarino scores with a hook to the body. Bailey takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Bailey steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Escarino.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Bailey.
Bailey throws a nice outside leg kick.
Escarino tries a head kick but it misses.
A combination from Escarino does no damage.
A big left from Escarino misses.
Escarino misses with an uppercut. Bailey saw that one coming.
Escarino misses with the combination.
Escarino throws the left hand but Bailey avoids the punch easily.
Bailey blocks a head kick by Escarino.
Escarino misses with an uppercut. Bailey saw that one coming.
Escarino connects with a looping right hand.
Escarino misses with a two punch combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Escarino tries to land a body kick
and Bailey counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bailey lands a leg kick that knocks Escarino off balance momentarily.
Bailey lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Escarino is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Escarino looks gassed!
Bailey scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Bailey displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Escarino throws out the jab.
Escarino misses with a straight right.
Bailey cracks the inside of Escarino's front leg.
Escarino throws a lazy head kick
and Bailey counters with a big head kick but Escarino shrugs it off.
Bailey connects with a body shot.
Bailey connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Escarino walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bailey lands a head kick. Escarino smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Bailey scores with a head kick. Escarino tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Bailey throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Nice jab there from Bailey.
Nice body kick there by Bailey.
Bailey plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escarino throws a leg kick that is checked
and Bailey counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bailey lands a head kick!
Escarino stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bailey.
Bailey tests Escarino's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bailey feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Escarinos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Bailey slips under a jab.
Escarino throws a lazy head kick
and Bailey counters with a head kick.
Jab, jab by Bailey - just one landing.
Bailey lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Escarino loads up on a big right hand but Bailey slips the punch.
Bailey connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A shot to the body from Escarino misses
and Bailey counters with a good, hard body kick but Escarino shrugs it off.
Dan Escarino seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bailey scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Bailey is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bailey stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Bailey lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Escarino crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Bailey - the referee stops the clock and Escarino gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Bailey. Escarino manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Bailey closes the distance and clinches.
Bailey stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Bailey pushes Escarino back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Escarino managing to block the knees to the body from Bailey.
Knees to the body from Bailey.
Bailey lands a nice knee to the body.
Bailey stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Bailey works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Bailey lands with a short shot to the head.
Bailey scores with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Bailey.
Bailey utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bailey lands a nice uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Bailey.
Bailey unloads a knee to the mid-section. Escarino lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A body shot lands from Bailey.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Escarino looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bailey cracks Escarino with a nice body shot.
Bailey lands a nice knee to the body.
Bailey lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Escarino.
Escarino takes a knee right on the jaw!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bailey misses with a knee strike.
Bailey misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bailey takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bailey is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Escarino is trying to break free.
Bailey lands a nice knee to the body.
Bailey blocks an uppercut.
Bailey keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Escarino's efforts to push away.
Escarino breaks the clinch.
Bailey drives through and clinches with Escarino against the cage.
Bailey lands an elbow inside.
Escarino has had enough of the clinch but Bailey keeps him there for the moment.
Bailey lands an elbow inside that Escarino shrugs off.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bailey.
Bailey lands a shot to the body.
Bailey tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Escarino avoids it.
Bailey trying to land knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bailey can't find room to land a body shot as Escarino controls the action.
Bailey's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short right from Escarino.
Escarino breaks the clinch.
Escarino falls off balance throwing a combination
and Bailey counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Blaze Bailey dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Bailey scores with a head kick. Escarino tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Escarino throws a quick inside leg kick.
A left and a right from Escarino both land. Nice combination.
Escarino has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Bailey.
Escarino throws a nice looking combination but Bailey bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Escarino scores with a head kick. Bailey tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Bailey is rocked!
Escarino stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bailey.
Escarino throws a jab when Bailey was well out of range.
Escarino misses with a hook to the body
and Bailey counters with a straight right hand.
Bailey throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Escarino's head.
Escarino misses the body punch
and Bailey counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Escarino looks to land a left hand but Bailey moved out of range nicely.
Escarino throws a hook but Bailey avoids it easily.
Escarino misses with a leg kick
and Bailey counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bailey lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bailey bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bailey rushes Escarino and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Escarino blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Escarino takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bailey obliges.
Escarino's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bailey avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Escarino throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Bailey counters with a left to the body.
Escarino looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Bailey bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Escarino on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Bailey. Bailey obviously looking to wear him down.
Escarino takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Bailey keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Escarino.
Escarino throws a left and a right that both miss
and Bailey makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bailey, right into the meat.
Escarino's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Escarino gets tackled into the cage by Bailey. Bailey maintains the clinch.
Escarino blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A right hand to the body from Bailey.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bailey lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Bailey.
Bailey digs a right hand into Escarino's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Escarino's gas tank.
Bailey lands a nice shot to the body.
Nice body punch from Bailey - that landed with a thud.
Bailey lands an elbow that stopped Escarino in his tracks for a moment.
Escarino is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Bailey - that landed with a thud.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A short body shot lands from Bailey as the two fighters clinch.
Bailey works on Escarino's body with a couple of short punches.
Bailey connects with a nasty looking knee right to Escarino's face.
Bailey throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Bailey throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Escarino blocks it with crossed arms.
Bailey tries to land knees in the clinch but Escarino avoids the damage to the body.
Escarino tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bailey pushes Escarino back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Bailey with a knee to the head.
Escarino working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Escarino is trying to push Bailey away but Bailey has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Escarino wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bailey lands a body punch in the clinch.
Escarino is trying to force a seperation but Bailey has the dominant position.
Bailey presses Escarino against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Bailey lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bailey lands an uppercut.
Bailey blocking some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bailey unloads a knee to the mid-section.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bailey throws an elbow but misses.
Bailey takes a shot to the head.
Escarino avoiding damage as Bailey throws knees to the body.
A short right from Escarino on the inside.
Escarino is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Bailey can't find room to land a body shot as Escarino controls the action.
Bailey misses with a hook to the ribs.
Escarino takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bailey keeps control of Escarino as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Escarino breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Escarino, right into the meat.
Bailey takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Escarino misses with a combination
and Bailey moves into the clinch.
Escarino takes a knee to the side of the body.
Escarino is looking to break free of the clinch but Bailey has double underhooks.
Bailey misses with a knee to the head.
Escarino avoiding damage as Bailey throws knees to the body.
Bailey misses with an elbow over the top.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Escarino breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Escarino misses with a double jab
and Bailey connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Escarino jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Bailey dodges the punch combination from Escarino.
Bailey throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Blaze Bailey is winning the standup battle so far.
Bailey throws a nice outside leg kick.
Escarino throws out a loose jab but Bailey uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bailey moves out of range as Escarino strikes.
Escarino pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bailey lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
The fighters circling - Escarino throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bailey lands with a slapping head kick.
Escarino throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bailey sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Blaze Bailey dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Bailey moves in looking to clinch but Escarino pushes him off.
Escarino throws a head kick that misses
and Bailey counters with a big head kick but Escarino shrugs it off.
Bailey uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Escarino.
Escarino on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Bailey. Bailey obviously looking to wear him down.
Bailey throws a combination. Escarino tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
A slow jab from Escarino misses its intended target.
Escarino tries a head kick but it misses.
Bailey throws a nice inside leg kick.
Escarino takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A nice leg kick lands there from Bailey.
Bailey getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Escarino misses the shot to the body.
Escarino throws a sloppy head kick
and Bailey counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bailey throws a head kick that half lands.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bailey thuds a left hand into Escarino's body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bailey scores with a kick to the midsection.
Escarino has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bailey.
Escarino takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Nice body punch from Bailey.
Escarino throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Bailey counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Escarino on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Bailey thumps Escarino with a low kick.
Bailey scores with a punch to the head.
Bailey slips under a jab.
Escarino stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bailey.
Bailey dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Escarino. That did some damage!
Escarino on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Bailey lands a nice hook to Escarino's body. Escarino takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Escarino throws a lazy head kick
and Bailey counters with a leg kick.
Bailey moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Dan Escarino has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escarino takes a shot to the body in his stride.
An inside leg kick lands from Bailey.
Bailey fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Escarino.
Bailey feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Escarino's calf.
Bailey lands a head kick!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bailey cracks the inside of Escarino's front leg.
Bailey turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bailey throws a quick inside leg kick.
Escarino throws a head kick that misses
and Bailey counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bailey lands a nice hook to Escarino's body. Escarino takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bailey throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Escarino's head.
Escarino on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Bailey. Bailey obviously looking to wear him down.
Escarino throws a predictable looking body shot
and Bailey makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Escarino throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bailey scores with a crisp jab that stopped Escarino in his tracks.
Bailey throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Escarino takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Bailey dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Escarino thows a leg kick but Bailey checks it
and Bailey counters with a nice low kick that buckles Escarino's knee momentarily.
Donk. Bailey catches Escarino right on the button with a cross.
Escarino swings away with a body shot that misses
and Bailey makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Escarino takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Escarino has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Bailey scores with the left hand. Escarino knows he should have avoided that one.
Bailey scores with a jab. Escarino acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
An inside leg kick lands from Bailey.
A big right from Escarino misses.
Escarino has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Escarino there as he acknowledges the shot.
Escarino throws a hook but Bailey avoids it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bailey scoring well with a low kick there.
Bailey turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd cheers as Bailey lands an impressive looking overhand right. Escarino doesn't seem phased though.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bailey. That's going to slow Escarino down.
Escarino gets tackled into the cage by Bailey. Bailey maintains the clinch.
Escarino blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bailey lands a body punch.
Bailey has Escarino pressed against the cage, preventing Escarino from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bailey lands a hook that snaps the head of Escarino backwards.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bailey obliges.
Bailey scores with a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bailey lands a damaging elbow.
Bailey unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Knees to the body from Bailey.
Bailey lands a body shot.
A frustrated look appears on Escarino's face as he tries to break the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Escarino takes an elbow to the forehead.
Escarino's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Escarino is looking to break free of the clinch but Bailey has double underhooks.
A right handed body shot lands from Bailey.
Escarino swings wildly with an uppercut but Bailey uses good head movement to avoid it.
A hook to the body from Bailey.
And that's the end of the fight!
Blaze Bailey showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bailey 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:26
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:26
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Blaze Bailey!
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