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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Christian Slaughter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juan Escobar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Slaughter comes to the cage accompanied by The Crown - World Below. Escobar is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Brujeria by La Coka Nostra. Christian Slaughter has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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167 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Christian Slaughter!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Juan Escobar!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Robert Douchet and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Slaughter throws a body punch but Escobar moves out of range.
Escobar fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Escobar throws a leg kick which misses Slaughter's front leg but catches the back leg as Slaughter tries to avoid it.
Escobar loads up on a big right hand but Slaughter slips the punch.
Escobar avoids the body shot from Slaughter.
Escobar misses with a low kick.
Slaughter thows a left - swing and a miss!
Slaughter misses with a hook.
Slaughter throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
The crowd cheers as Slaughter lands an impressive looking overhand right. Escobar doesn't seem phased though.
Escobar scores with a jab.
Slaughter wants to land a leg kick but Escobar is out of range.
Slaughter scores with a crisp jab that stopped Escobar in his tracks.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Escobar closes the distance and clinches.
Escobar breaks the clinch.
Escobar misses with the combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar clinches with his opponent.
A short right from Escobar.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Escobar.
Slaughter misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Escobar misses with a punch to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Slaughter.
Escobar tries to circle away but Slaughter has him pinned against the cage.
Escobar tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Slaughter's elbow.
Escobar lands with a light punch inside.
Escobar breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Escobar checks the leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Slaughter.
Slaughter misses with a low kick.
Slaughter throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Escobar sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Escobar fails with the takedown.
Escobar tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Escobar throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Slaughter tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Escobar is in Slaughter's guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Slaughter is on top in guard.
Slaughter is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Slaughter wants to control from the top but Escobar keeps moving.
Slaughter not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Escobar is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Escobar looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Slaughter passes into side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Slaughter wants to lay and pray for a moment but Escobar keeps working.
Escobar is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Slaughter is looking to take a break and control but Escobar is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Slaughter lands with a punch from half guard.
Slaughter is looking to take a break and control but Escobar is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Escobar is trying to control but can't.
Escobar punching from the bottom.
Escobar is not content to let Slaughter control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slaughter is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Slaughter trying to control the action but Escobar is working from the bottom.
Escobar is looking to improve his position.
Escobar moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Slaughter with a flurry of punches that miss.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Escobar looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Slaughter passes into half guard.
Slaughter content to control rather than advance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Christian Slaughter will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Escobar walks into a straight right hand from Slaughter.
Escobar defending well as Slaughter loads up on a big left hand.
Slaughter tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Slaughter pivots, looking for a leg kick but Escobar is out of range and Slaughter settles back down.
Juan Escobar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Escobar misses with the combination.
Escobar looks to score with a jab to the body but Slaughter is just out of range.
Escobar gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Slaughter to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Slaughter postures up in Escobar's guard and throws a big left but Escobar blocks it.
Escobar is trying to control the position but Slaughter postures up.
Slaughter lands a couple of decent looking shots.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Slaughter trying to control but Escobar is working from the bottom.
Slaughter distracts Escobar with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Escobar trying to strike off his back.
Escobar looking for a guillotine here but Slaughter defends easily.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Slaughter accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Slaughter working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Escobar looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Slaughter trying to control but Escobar is working from the bottom.
Escobar throws his legs up looking for a submission but Slaughter uses it to pass to side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slaughter working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Escobar regains half guard.
Escobar is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Slaughter pulls his head out easily.
Escobar is staying active underneath Slaughter, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Slaughter is really struggling to control Escobar but he's trying to hold on to the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Slaughter working Escobar over with strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Slaughter controlling the action here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar looking for submissions off his back.
Slaughter wants to lay and pray for a moment but Escobar keeps working.
Slaughter with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Escobar looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Slaughter wants to lay and pray for a moment but Escobar keeps working.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Escobar is looking to control Slaughter's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Escobar avoid being mounted?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Slaughter wants to control but Escobar is keeping him busy.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Christian Slaughter wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Escobar shoots in but Slaughter avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Slaughter cracks a nice hook into Escobar's ribs.
Escobar is breathing heavily.
Slaughter takes a swing at Escobar's ribcage but misses.
Slaughter lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Slaughter works Escobar's body with a nice hook.
Christian Slaughter is winning the standup battle so far.
Escobar has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
It looks like Juan Escobar has been cut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Slaughter lands with a cross.
Escobar throws a lazy uppercut
and Slaughter counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Slaughter lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Christian Slaughter dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Juan Escobar's cut.
That's time! Slaughter's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Slaughter feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Escobars jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Slaughter feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Escobar's calf.
Slaughter with a nice cross.
Escobar takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Escobar is rocked!
Slaughter throws a nice outside leg kick.
Escobar is still on wobbly legs! Can Slaughter finish him?
Nice uppercut lands for Slaughter. That snapped Escobar's head back.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Slaughter turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Slaughter lands a nice hook to Escobar's body. Escobar takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Slaughter cracks Escobar with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Escobar tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Slaughter pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Escobar is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Christian Slaughter!
Christian Slaughter retains his lightweight title!
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energy
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hype
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