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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Charlie Chaplin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arturo Escobar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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144 lbs
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142 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Charlie Chaplin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Arturo Escobar!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Escobar avoids the body shot from Chaplin.
Chaplin lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Escobar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chaplin was well out of range. Poor timing from Escobar.
Escobar avoids the head kick by Chaplin.
Escobar takes a kick to the side of the head.
Chaplin connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Good standup being displayed there by Escobar as he connects with a hook.
Chaplin is looking to slow Escobar down with leg kicks.
A slow jab from Escobar misses its intended target.
Chaplin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Chaplin tries a head kick but it misses.
Chaplin attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Escobar tests Chaplin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A slapping leg kick lands for Chaplin.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chaplin moves into the clinch successfully.
Escobar avoiding damage as Chaplin throws knees to the body.
Escobar takes a knee to the side of the body.
Knees to the body from Chaplin.
Chaplin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Escobar.
Chaplin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Escobar looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Chaplin takes a shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Chaplin.
Chaplin misses with a knee to the head.
Escobar lands a shoulder strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chaplin misses with a knee to the head.
Chaplin 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.
Chaplin tries a knee to the head but Escobar blocks it.
Escobar wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Chaplin tries to score a body lock takedown but Escobar shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Chaplin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Escobar misses with a body punch.
Chaplin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Chaplin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Escobar can't break the clinch.
Chaplin is stalling here.
Chaplin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chaplin tries a knee to the head but Escobar blocks it.
Chaplin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Chaplin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Escobar blocks it with crossed arms.
Chaplin misses with a punch on the inside.
Escobar is trying to break the clinch but Chaplin has him pressed against the cage.
Escobar wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Chaplin scores with a knee to the head.
Chaplin controlling the action here for a moment.
Chaplin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Escobar's face.
Escobar avoiding damage as Chaplin throws knees to the body.
Chaplin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chaplin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Escobar has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Chaplin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Chaplin is trying to maintain a safe position but Escobar gets an underhook and turns Chaplin into the cage.
Chaplin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Escobar has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Chaplin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Escobar blocks an uppercut.
Chaplin misses with an elbow over the top.
Chaplin lands a knee to the body.
Chaplin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head punch on the inside from Chaplin fails to land.
Chaplin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Escobar.
Chaplin trying to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charlie Chaplin dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Escobar throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Chaplin chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Escobar tries to bum rush Chaplin with a series of wild strikes but Chaplin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Chaplin with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Escobar listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Escobar throws a hook but Chaplin avoids it easily.
Escobar throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Chaplin lands a really nice looking cross but Escobar seems unphased.
Chaplin fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Escobar.
Chaplin connects with a leg kick. Escobar looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Escobar misses the jab.
Chaplin throws a head kick but Escobar moves out of range.
Arturo Escobar is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Escobar misses the shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Chaplin's head.
A head kick misses from Chaplin.
Chaplin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Escobar.
Chaplin explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Charlie Chaplin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Escobar checks a leg kick nicely.
Escobar throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Escobar tries to bum rush Chaplin with a series of wild strikes but Chaplin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A swing and a miss from Chaplin.
Chaplin throws a solid leg kick but Escobar takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Chaplin.
A nice leg kick lands there from Chaplin.
Escobar blocks a head kick by Chaplin.
Chaplin does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Escobar's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escobar throws a right hand that Chaplin ducks under and follows up with a left that Chaplin also avoids with ease.
Escobar takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Escobar is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Chaplin misses with a body shot.
Chaplin looks to score with a jab to the body but Escobar is just out of range.
Chaplin moves into the clinch.
Escobar lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Chaplin has a couple of punches blocked by Escobar.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Chaplin keeps control of Escobar as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Chaplin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Escobar has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Charlie Chaplin has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Escobar scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Chaplin misses with a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Chaplin has a couple of punches blocked by Escobar.
Escobar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chaplin jumps guard but Escobar turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Escobar avoiding damage as Chaplin throws knees to the body.
Chaplin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Escobar has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Chaplin looking for a takedown.
Chaplin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Chaplin misses with a knee strike.
Escobar looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Escobar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Chaplin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chaplin misses with a punch on the inside.
Chaplin prevents Escobar from breaking the clinch.
Chaplin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Chaplin lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Escobar throws a right hand that Chaplin ducks under and follows up with a left that Chaplin also avoids with ease.
Chaplin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Chaplin walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Escobar checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Chaplin tries to clinch up but Escobar circles away and keeps his distance.
Escobar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Escobar connects with a jab.
Good leg kick by Chaplin there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Chaplin throws a head kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charlie Chaplin dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Escobar looks to score with a jab to the body but Chaplin is just out of range.
Chaplin is looking to land body kicks.
Escobar scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Escobar scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Chaplin.
Escobar chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Chaplin can pounce on him.
Escobar moves out of range of the strikes.
Chaplin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Escobar misses with a series of wild punches.
Chaplin dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Escobar. That did some damage!
Chaplin tries to close the distance and clinch but Escobar swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chaplin wants to clinch up but Escobar keeps it at a distance.
Chaplin is looking to score with low kicks.
Chaplin throws a right hand that Escobar ducks under and follows up with a left that Escobar also avoids with ease.
Escobar moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Chaplin does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Charlie Chaplin is winning the standup battle so far.
Chaplin fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Escobar looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Escobar has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Escobar misses with a few strikes there.
Chaplin misses the body punch
and Escobar cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Chaplin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Chaplin swings for the body but Escobar moves out of range.
Chaplin wants to land a leg kick but Escobar is out of range.
Nice cross by Escobar.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chaplin tries to clinch but Escobar is having none of it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Chaplin.
Chaplin lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Escobar avoids the head kick by Chaplin.
Chaplin lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Chaplin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
An inside leg kick from Escobar misses.
Escobar misses with a series of wild punches.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Chaplin.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good work by Escobar as he checks the leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Escobar blocks the leg kick.
Escobar throws a jab but it's blocked by Chaplin.
Chaplin thows a body shot but no joy.
Escobar throws the left hand but Chaplin avoids the punch easily.
Chaplin throws a hook but Escobar blocks it.
Chaplin has Escobar up against the cage in a clinch.
Escobar managing to block the knees to the body from Chaplin.
Chaplin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Chaplin struggles to land a body shot inside as Escobar controls his hands.
Chaplin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chaplin taking a breather.
Escobar working hard to break the clinch.
Charlie Chaplin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Chaplin stalling in the clinch but Escobar improves position.
Chaplin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Chaplin tries to land knees in the clinch but Escobar avoids the damage to the body.
Arturo Escobar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Chaplin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Chaplin manages to break the clinch.
Chaplin tries a head kick but it misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chaplin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Chaplin throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Escobar works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
And that's the end of the fight!
Charlie Chaplin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Chaplin has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charlie Chaplin!
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