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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Optimus Prime (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chico Escuela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Prime kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Metalingus by Alter Bridge. Escuela has chosen Wu-Tang Clan - Protect Ya Neck as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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288 lbs
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255 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
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ADCC Champion
Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Optimus Prime!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 8 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Chico Escuela!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Jonathan Paton and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Escuela misses the shot to the body.
An inside leg kick from Prime misses.
Escuela throws a big shot that misses.
Escuela connects with a solid leg kick.
Prime misses with a straight right.
Escuela shoots and misses
enabling Prime to counter with a crisp jab.
Escuela slips a straight right by Prime.
Escuela misses with a hook. Prime ducked under it nicely.
Prime tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Escuela is able to avoid easily.
Escuela throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Escuela misses with a few strikes there.
Prime defending well as Escuela loads up on a big left hand.
Escuela rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Prime moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Escuela moves out of range as Prime strikes.
Prime misses with a jab to the body
and Escuela counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Escuela misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Prime keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Escuela.
Prime waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Escuela.
Escuela misses with the combination.
Escuela throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Escuela lands with a thumping leg kick.
Prime scores with a decent looking hook.
Escuela thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Prime if he has to take too many more of those.
Escuela lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Prime at a distance.
A swing and a miss from Escuela.
Escuela moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Escuela loads up on a big right hand but Prime slips the punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Escuela pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escuela looks for the body kick but Prime saw that one coming.
Chico Escuela seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Escuela stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Escuela lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Escuela goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Prime.
Prime throws a hook but Escuela blocks it.
Prime moves out of range as Escuela strikes.
A swing and a miss from Escuela.
Escuela on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Escuela lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Prime throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Escuela waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Prime.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prime tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Escuela was well out of range. Poor timing from Prime.
Escuela throws the kick towards the body but Prime avoids it.
Escuela misses with the combination.
Escuela pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Prime moves out of range as Escuela strikes.
Prime connects with a crisp jab.
A jab from Escuela misses.
Prime waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Escuela.
Prime throws an off balance right hand
and Escuela counters with a nice body shot.
Escuela displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Prime.
Prime throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Escuela on the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prime stuns Escuela with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Escuela throws a poor cross that misses
and Prime counters with a left and a right that stings Escuela.
Escuela lands with a right hand.
Prime throws out a loose jab but Escuela uses good head movement to avoid it.
A punch combination from Escuela misses.
Escuela throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Prime sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nice uppercut there from Prime.
Escuela fails to land with a series of punches.
Prime misses with a double jab.
Escuela digs a good hook to Prime's body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Prime throws a hook but Escuela avoids it easily.
Escuela lands a nice hook to Prime's body. Prime takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Escuela throws a poor cross that misses
and Prime counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Chico Escuela will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Escuela misses with a head kick.
Prime misses with a wild body shot.
Escuela avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Escuela lands a glancing blow to the side of Prime's head.
Escuela scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The fighters circle momentarily. Prime darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Prime throws a jab when Escuela was well out of range.
Prime takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A slow jab from Prime misses its intended target.
Prime steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Escuela.
Prime steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Escuela.
Escuela bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Escuela is looking to land body kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Prime misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Escuela.
Escuela thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Prime if he has to take too many more of those.
Prime gets the takedown into side control.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Prime working the ground and pound but Escuela is defending the strikes.
Escuela manages to work his way to half guard, despite Prime's best efforts.
Escuela is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Prime's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Prime's back!
Escuela not allowing Prime to control his hands.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Escuela. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Escuela is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Escuela gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Escuela gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Escuela apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Chico Escuela seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Prime showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Escuela.
Escuela lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Escuela digs a good body shot into Prime's ribs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prime scores with a jab to the head.
Escuela uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Prime.
Escuela misses with a wild body shot.
Prime slips under a jab from Escuela.
Prime slips under a jab from Escuela.
Prime misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Prime takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Prime looks for a takedown but Escuela sprawls well.
Escuela misses with a low kick.
Escuela fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Prime manages to avoid it.
Prime blocks the body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prime misses with a straight right.
Prime throws a right hand that Escuela ducks under and follows up with a left that Escuela also avoids with ease.
Prime fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Optimus Prime. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Escuela uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Prime.
Prime moves out of range as Escuela throws a body kick.
Prime throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A swing and a miss from Escuela.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Escuela.
Escuela feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Prime's calf.
Prime throws a body punch but Escuela moves out of range.
Prime attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Escuela looks for the body kick but Prime saw that one coming.
Escuela closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Escuela uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Prime.
Prime looks to score with a jab to the body but Escuela is just out of range.
Escuela lands a front kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A big left from Prime misses.
Prime on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A big left from Escuela misses.
Prime fails in his attempt to clinch.
Prime uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Escuela.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Prime shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Escuela's guard.
Escuela is trying to keep Prime in close.
Escuela bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Prime's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chico Escuela showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Prime defending well as Escuela loads up on a big left hand.
Prime throws a body punch but Escuela moves out of range.
Prime moves out of range of the body kick.
Nice defenses there by Prime.
Escuela lunges at Prime with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Prime's hand.
Escuela throws a right and a left that both miss.
A slow jab from Escuela misses its intended target.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Escuela, right into the meat.
Escuela lets loose with a powerful body kick. Prime will feel that in the morning.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Escuela, right into the meat.
Escuela avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sloppy strikes from Prime. Those never looked like landing.
Prime thows a body shot but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Escuela scores with a jab.
A big left from Escuela misses.
Prime misses with a double jab.
Prime ducks under a wild hook from Escuela.
Prime slips a straight right by Escuela.
Prime fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Escuela avoids it really well and circles away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Escuela throws a shot from downtown. Prime moves away and avoids it.
Escuela looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Prime is fending him off so far but Escuela persists. Nope, Prime circles away and we're back to standing.
Prime takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Prime gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Escuela scores with a nice head shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prime misses with a body shot.
Prime stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Prime wants it to stay on the feet.
Escuela pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Prime darts in and clinches Escuela up against the cage.
Escuela tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Prime cracks Escuela with a nice body shot.
Escuela with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Prime lands a shoulder strike.
Escuela trying to land knees to the body.
Optimus Prime has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Prime is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Escuela is keeping busy.
Escuela is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Prime is defending well for now.
Prime scores with a hook to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Prime.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prime misses with a punch to the body.
Escuela misses with a hook from the clinch.
Prime lands a left hand that snaps the head of Escuela backwards.
Prime lands a right hand.
Prime digs a right hand underneath Escuela's ribcage. Escuela let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Prime lands a body shot.
Prime lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Escuela or not.
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!
Prime makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Prime lands a body shot in the clinch.
Optimus Prime has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A shot in the inside from Prime.
Prime is working Escuela over against the cage.
Prime lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Escuela misses with a hook to the ribs.
Prime lands a right hand that snaps the head of Escuela backwards.
Prime lands a right hand that snaps the head of Escuela backwards.
A right hook to the body lands for Prime.
Prime scores with a shot to the side of Escuela's head.
Prime lands a shoulder strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prime just leaning against Escuela, taking a breather.
Prime has Escuela pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Prime pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Escuela tumbling to the mat - Prime dives into Escuela's guard.
Prime scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Escuela trying to control the position.
Prime missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Prime looking to sit in guard and control but Escuela gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Prime utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
And that's the end of the fight!
Optimus Prime showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Escuela 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 John Roberts scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chico Escuela!
Post fight, an emotional Chico Escuela said 'I wanted this fight bad since I lost my title the last time out. Its time for me to make another run at the gold! Chico.....try.....one more....agaiiiin!'.
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