PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Shane Ross (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Escarino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ross's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire. Escarino has chosen RATM-- Guerrilla Radio as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!

Ross
vs
Escarino

180 cm
22
182 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

181 cm
22
173 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Shane Ross!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dan Escarino!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Joseph Jones and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Escarino connects with a good right hand that stumbles Ross. Ross circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

Ross is rocked!

It looks like Shane Ross has been cut.
Ross shoots in looking for a takedown. Escarino tries to sprawl out of it but Ross keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Escarino manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Oh Ross is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ross tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ross uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Escarino.

Ross scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Escarino regains full guard. Nicely done.
Ross trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Escarino is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Ross is controlling him.
Ross seems to have got his legs back now.
Escarino can't keep his opponent in guard - Ross advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ross thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Escarino's head.
Ross 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.
Ross missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Ross thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ross defending well as Escarino loads up on a big left hand.
Escarino waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Ross.
Escarino throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ross sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ross shoots for a takedown but Escarino saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Ross scores with a nice body kick.
Escarino misses with a low kick as Ross jumps back.
Escarino is looking to chop away at Ross's legs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Ross showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Escarino.
Ross scores with a nice head shot.
Escarino thows a body shot but no joy.
Dan Escarino seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Escarino throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Escarino throws a right and a left that Ross avoids nicely.

Ross shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Escarino is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
BOOM! Ross connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Ross throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Escarino because Ross loaded up on that one.
Ross thowing shots but they're missing.
Escarino avoids a series of strikes thrown by Ross.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escarino is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Ross misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Ross throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Ross unloads with some shots from mount but Escarino bucks and avoids them well.
Escarino holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Ross tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Ross misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Poor strikes thrown by Ross there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Escarino blocking the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Escarino really wants to buck Ross off and get back to his feet.
Escarino looks gassed!
Ross looking to ground and pound but Escarino is blocking nicely.
Ross pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Escarino really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ross. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Ross lands a big elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ross won't let Escarino get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Escarino in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Ross looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Poor strikes thrown by Ross there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shane Ross dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Shane Ross's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Escarino throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ross.
Escarino throws a lazy right hand but Ross sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A choreographed right hand from Escarino misses the target.
Ross moves out of range of the strikes.
Escarino throws a hook but Ross avoids it easily.
Escarino wants to land a leg kick but Ross is out of range.
Ross ducks under a wild hook from Escarino.
Jab from Escarino.
Escarino chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ross can pounce on him.
Ross moves out of range of the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Donk. Escarino catches Ross right on the button with a cross.

Ross closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Escarino is breathing heavily.
Escarino wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ross has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Escarino is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Escarino prevents a takedown attempt there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ross tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Shane Ross. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Escarino is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Ross has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Escarino is trying to keep an underhook but Ross manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Ross missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Escarino is trying to stand.
Ross working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Escarino scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Ross manages to mount him!
A nice elbow there by Ross.
Ross lands a big elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ross scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Ross landing strikes from the mount.
Escarino holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Ross tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Ross scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Escarino?
Ross with a couple of short strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ross lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Ross avoids the attempt from Escarino to control.
Shane Ross overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ross putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escarino in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Escarino is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Escarino wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Ross.
Ross lands a nice shot to the head.
A nice elbow there by Ross.
Ross misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Escarino avoids a series of strikes thrown by Ross.
Ross fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Escarino can do anything to dispel that myth.
Ross throwing strikes here but Escarino is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Ross lands a big elbow.
Ross lands a big shot there that rocks Escarino but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Ross pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
BOOM! Ross connects with a massive shot to the dome!
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ross looking to finish with strikes here!
Ross is landing with some decent strikes but Escarino is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shane Ross dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Shane Ross's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Escarino throws a right hand that Ross ducks under and follows up with a left that Ross also avoids with ease.

Ross takes the fight into the clinch.
Escarino is trying to break the clinch but Ross has him pressed against the cage.
Escarino tries to break the clinch but Ross is controlling the position.
Escarino wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ross has him pressed against the cage.

Ross has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Escarino regains guard immediately.
Ross distracts Escarino with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Ross passes into half guard.
Ross lands with a punch from half guard.
Escarino on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Escarino takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ross throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Ross is looking for a kimura but Escarino is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Ross to get the leverage.

Ross is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Escarino is trying to stand up here but Ross is controlling him well.
Ross working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Escarino's thigh. Escarino counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Escarino preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Ross is in close to Escarino's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Escarino wants to stand up but Ross is controlling him.
Ross throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Ross postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Escarino is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Ross, into his guard.
Ross manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Escarino manages to get himself to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escarino is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ross accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Dan Escarino has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ross throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ross stands up over Escarino, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Ross with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ross loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Escarino can't keep his opponent in guard - Ross advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Ross not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Ross drops an elbow to the side of Escarino's head.
Nice strikes from Ross there.
Ross thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Escarino's head.

Escarino looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Shane Ross showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Ross, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:27
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shane Ross!