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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Nate Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pablo Escobar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Escobar is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Dr. Kitch. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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164 lbs
6 - 3 - 0 |
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175 cm
23
163 lbs
7 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very strong |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin |
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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
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nate Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pablo Escobar!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Chris Downing and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Escobar swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Anderson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Anderson stalks Escobar and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Escobar's face. Escobar staggers backwards, shaken.
Escobar tries to clinch but Anderson moves out of range.
Anderson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Escobar trying to control the position but instead, Anderson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Escobar into the cage.
Escobar just leaning against Anderson, taking a breather.
Escobar manages to break the clinch.
Anderson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Escobar moves into the clinch.
Escobar looking for a takedown.
Anderson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Escobar prevents Anderson from breaking the clinch.
Anderson is trying to break free.
Anderson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nate Anderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Anderson lands a body shot.
Anderson really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Anderson scores with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Anderson tries to clinch up.
Anderson throws a series of strikes that have Escobar backpedaling.
Anderson throws a series of punches but Escobar moves out of range.
Anderson tries to clinch up
and Escobar counters with a shoot takedown. Anderson fights it but they end up in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Anderson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Anderson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Escobar is one step ahead there.
Escobar trying to control but Anderson is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Anderson wants to control but Escobar passes easily into half guard.
Anderson is pressing down on Escobar's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Anderson wriggles free and stands up.
Anderson tries to clinch
letting Escobar counter with a right hand.
Escobar misses with an attempted mid kick.
Escobar on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Escobar rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Anderson counters with a left and a right that stings Escobar.
Anderson wants to clinch
and Escobar counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Anderson's guard now.
Escobar trying to control but Anderson is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson pulls Escobar in close to prevent any damage.
Anderson kicks Escobar off and gets to his feet.
Escobar throws an off balance right hand
and Anderson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Anderson wants to clinch but Escobar slips to the side
and Escobar counters by clinching up.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Escobar has Anderson pushed against the cage.
Anderson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Escobar stalling in the clinch.
Anderson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Escobar looking for a takedown.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Pablo Escobar.
Escobar lands a lovely overhand right.
Escobar circles away from the clinch attempt.
Anderson throws a nice looking combination but Escobar bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Escobar moves in looking to clinch but Anderson pushes him off.
Anderson connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Escobar's hands.
Nate Anderson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Anderson fails in his attempt to clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Escobar throws a poor cross that misses
and Anderson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Escobar has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Anderson finds it's way round the side to connect with Escobar's head.
Anderson moves in looking to clinch but Escobar pushes him off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Pablo Escobar will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Escobar ducks right into an uppercut from Anderson.
Anderson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Escobar at a distance.
Anderson tests Escobar's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Anderson throws a right hand that Escobar ducks under and follows up with a left that Escobar also avoids with ease.
Anderson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Escobar paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Anderson gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Escobar to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Anderson wants to stand but Escobar is controlling the position.
Anderson controlling the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson controls Escobar momentarily but Escobar frees himself.
Escobar must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Anderson controlling Escobar's posture.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Nate Anderson wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Anderson lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Anderson misses with a series of wild punches.
Nate Anderson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Decent striking displayed by Anderson there.
Escobar wants to clinch but Anderson slips to the side
letting Anderson counter with a right hand.
Anderson closes the distance but Escobar moves to the side
so Escobar counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson is controlling Escobar's posture.
Anderson has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Escobar off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Escobar with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Anderson to score with a decent uppercut.
Escobar misses with a wild body shot.
Escobar avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Escobar rushes Anderson and presses him up against the cage.
Anderson misses with a punch on the inside.
Anderson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Anderson has a couple of punches blocked by Escobar.
Escobar blocking some punches.
Escobar stalling against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Anderson is trying to break free.
Escobar stalling.
Anderson misses with a punch on the inside.
Anderson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Anderson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Anderson swings wildly with an uppercut but Escobar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Anderson breaks from the clinch.
Escobar shoots and misses
and Anderson counters with a stiff right hand.
Anderson closes the distance looking to clinch
and Escobar counters by clinching up.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Escobar.
Escobar stalls.
Anderson tries a body shot but Escobar blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Anderson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Anderson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Escobar breaks the clinch.
Anderson with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Anderson jabs Escobar right on the nose. Escobar blinks but takes it well.
Escobar has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Anderson throws a right hand that Escobar ducks under and follows up with a left that Escobar also avoids with ease.
Anderson tries to clinch
and Escobar counters with a one-two to the body.
Anderson works Escobar's body with a nice hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Escobar tries to clinch up.
Anderson is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Escobar goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Anderson closes the distance looking to clinch
and Escobar counters with a head kick. That will keep Anderson thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pablo Escobar showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Escobar is looking to clinch.
Anderson connects with a single shot there.
Anderson wants to clinch
and Escobar counters by moving into the clinch.
Anderson misses with some punches.
Nice body punch from Anderson - that landed with a thud.
Anderson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Anderson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Escobar stalling in the clinch.
A short right from Anderson on the inside.
Escobar displaying some good clinch control by pressing Anderson up against the cage.
Anderson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Anderson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Anderson is looking to break free of the clinch but Escobar has double underhooks.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Anderson.
Escobar keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Anderson's efforts to push away.
Anderson throws a head punch that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar is pushing Anderson up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Anderson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Escobar taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Escobar takes a shot to the head.
Escobar goes for a takedown attempt but Anderson pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Anderson with a jab.
Danga de danga de dang - Anderson scores with a four punch combination!
Horrible takedown by Escobar or perhaps it was just good defense by Anderson which made him look bad.
Escobar misses with a shot to the body
and Anderson counters with a one-two to the body.
Anderson defending well as Escobar loads up on a big left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escobar shoots in but no luck this time.
Nate Anderson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pablo Escobar.
The fighters circle momentarily. Anderson darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Escobar circles away from the clinch attempt.
Anderson misses with a wild combination.
Escobar takes one on the button.
Escobar connects with a body shot that sends Anderson's belly button to the back.
Anderson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Anderson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Escobar.
Escobar tries to close the distance and clinch up but Anderson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Anderson avoids the body shot from Escobar.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Anderson closes the distance looking to clinch
so Escobar counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Anderson wriggles free and stands up.
Nice uppercut lands for Anderson. That snapped Escobar's head back.
Anderson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Escobar walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Anderson checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Anderson misses with a series of wild punches.
Escobar tries to land a leg kick but Anderson saw it coming and moves away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Escobar misses with a wild body shot.
Anderson is looking to clinch.
Anderson moves in looking to clinch but Escobar pushes him off.
Nate Anderson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Anderson jabs Escobar to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Escobar lands a nice hook to Anderson's body. Anderson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Pablo Escobar is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Anderson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Escobar swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Anderson lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Escobar backs up against the cage.
Anderson darts in trying to clinch
and Escobar counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Pablo Escobar.
I've got Escobar winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pablo Escobar!
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energy
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hype
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