PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Eric Escudero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Torbi Borbi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Escudero
vs
Borbi

155 cm
25
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
25
130 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Eric Escudero!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Torbi Borbi!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Daniel Blasius and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Escudero moves into range and clinches up with Borbi.
Escudero pushes Borbi back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Borbi has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Escudero ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Escudero no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Escudero doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Borbi in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Borbi wants to get up but he can't break Escudero's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Escudero pulls Borbi in close to his closed guard and prevents Borbi from doing any damage or advancing position.
Escudero is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Escudero slips a nice elbow through Borbi's hands, connecting with Borbi's forehead.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Escudero is working for a submission of some sort.
Escudero seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Escudero has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Borbi wants to get back to full guard but Escudero has mounted him!
Borbi is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Escudero has control of Borbi's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Borbi regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Escudero controlling the pace for now.

Escudero jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Borbi manages to avoid the submission attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escudero advances to full mount.
Escudero cracks Borbi with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Borbi is rocked!
Escudero connects with a bit shot that sees Borbi covering up! More strikes from Escudero and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Escudero is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eric Escudero!