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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Teddy Sayre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pablo Escobar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sayre comes to the cage accompanied by A Country Boy Can Survive. Escobar has chosen Dr. Kitch as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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154 lbs
16 - 10 - 0 |
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175 cm
26
159 lbs
15 - 9 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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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
16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Teddy Sayre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pablo Escobar!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sayre throws a nice looking combination but Escobar bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Escobar throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Escobar drives through with a takedown into guard.
Sayre utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Escobar has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Escobar missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Escobar working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Escobar trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Escobar is fighting to break Sayre's control of his arms but Sayre is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Sayre preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Escobar throwing strikes but missing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar trying to control but Sayre is working from the bottom.
Sayre trying to control the position.
Teddy Sayre has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Escobar throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Escobar misses with a wild combination.
Sayre catches Escobar with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Escobar moves into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sayre is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Escobar is defending well for now.
Escobar throws an elbow that misses.
Sayre blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sayre escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sayre tries to close the distance and clinch up but Escobar swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sayre misses with a combination
and Escobar counters with a nice kick to the body.
Sayre gets tackled into the cage by Escobar. Escobar maintains the clinch.
Sayre tries to stall but Escobar uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Escobar breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Escobar throws a sloppy head kick and Sayre moves out of range easily.
Sayre throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sayre moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by Escobar!
Sayre is looking to clinch.
Escobar misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Escobar walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Escobar on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Sayre tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sayre clinches up against the cage.
Escobar misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A body shot lands from Sayre.
Sayre misses with the head strike.
Escobar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sayre blocking some punches.
Escobar taking a breather.
Sayre pushes Escobar back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Escobar takes a knee right on the jaw!
Escobar has Sayre pressed against the cage, preventing Sayre from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sayre is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Escobar is struggling to control the position.
The crowd are getting on Escobar's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Sayre works on Escobar's body with a couple of short punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sayre trying to stall but Escobar improves his position.
Sayre has Escobar pressed against the cage.
Escobar has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Sayre avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
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.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
A decent looking cross lands there for Sayre.
Escobar goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Escobar throws a sloppy head kick and Sayre moves out of range easily.
Escobar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Escobar pushes Sayre up against the cage in a clinch.
Escobar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sayre missing with knees to the body.
Sayre throws a head punch that misses.
Sayre pushes off an throws an elbow but Escobar leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Escobar struggles to land a body shot inside as Sayre controls his hands.
Escobar tries to work over Sayre's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Escobar prevents a body shot from Sayre.
Sayre misses with an elbow strike.
Sayre takes a knee to the side of the body.
Escobar stalls.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Sayre after a bit of a struggle.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Teddy Sayre has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Escobar blocks a body shot from Sayre.
Escobar is trying to maintain a safe position but Sayre gets an underhook and turns Escobar into the cage.
Escobar using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sayre has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Escobar will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Sayre up against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Sayre as Escobar tries to tie him up.
Sayre's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sayre misses with a hook from the clinch.
Escobar tries to land a knee to the head but Sayre blocks with his arms.
Sayre looking to throw knees to the head but Escobar is blocking nicely.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Escobar tries to work over Sayre's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Escobar tries to pull guard but Sayre forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Escobar misses with an elbow strike.
Sayre stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Sayre is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Escobar is defending well for now.
Escobar creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sayre's defenses.
Sayre slows down the pace here.
Escobar has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Sayre avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Teddy Sayre has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pablo Escobar.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Escobar breaks from the clinch.
Escobar swats away the attempt to clinch by Sayre.
Escobar misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Sayre counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sayre throws a series of punches but Escobar avoids them all with ease.
Sayre throws a series of punches but Escobar moves out of range.
Sayre throws a right and a left that both miss.
Escobar has managed to clinch.
Sayre prevents a body shot from Escobar.
Sayre swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Escobar jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Sayre walks away with a smile on his face. Escobar gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Sayre misses with a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sayre has Escobar up against the cage in a clinch.
Escobar is leaning against Sayre and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Sayre lands a right hand that snaps the head of Escobar backwards.
A right hook to the body lands for Escobar.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Sayre as Escobar tries to tie him up.
Escobar with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sayre misses with a hook to the ribs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Escobar is trying to maintain a safe position but Sayre gets an underhook and turns Escobar into the cage.
Sayre throws a head punch that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sayre lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Sayre lands a body punch.
Escobar takes a knee right on the jaw!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Teddy Sayre will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Sayre throws a head kick that misses.
Escobar darts in and clinches Sayre up against the cage.
Sayre blocks a body shot from Escobar.
Sayre trying to stall but Escobar improves his position.
Sayre can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Sayre managing to block the knees to the body from Escobar.
Escobar goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Escobar successfully pulls guard.
Sayre trying to control the position from guard on top but Escobar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sayre trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sayre preventing the sweep.
Escobar wants to hit a switch here but Sayre passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Escobar there!
Escobar tries to hold on but Sayre postures up.
Sayre wants to control but Escobar has made it back to half guard. Nice work.
Sayre keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escobar wants to control but Sayre is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Escobar keeping hold of Sayre's head, controlling as best he can.
Escobar tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Sayre has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Sayre tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar working to try and regain half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sayre can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Escobar is looking to escape.
Sayre prevents Escobar from getting the reversal.
Sayre looking to control but Escobar is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Escobar is looking to improve his position but Sayre isn't that keen on the idea.
Sayre controlling from mount.
Sayre looking to control but Escobar is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Escobar tries to hold on but Sayre postures up.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Pablo Escobar.
I think Escobar has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pablo Escobar!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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