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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Seljak Badel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pablo Escobar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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Excellent boxer
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Seljak Badel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pablo Escobar!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Tarja Halkonen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Badel gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Badel tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Escobar just stands there and leans against the cage.
Badel misses with a punch on the inside.
Escobar is pressed up against the cage. Badel has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Escobar down to the mat. Escobar avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Escobar fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Badel has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Badel takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Escobar is looking to clinch.
Badel throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Escobar's waist but Escobar gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Badel off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Seljak Badel. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A swing and a miss from Badel.
Pablo Escobar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Escobar swings for the body but Badel moves out of range.
Badel is trying hard to land a takedown here. Escobar sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Escobar swings for the body but Badel moves out of range.
Escobar forces Badel back against the cage and clinches.
A shot in the inside from Escobar.
Badel fails to pull guard.
Escobar lands a left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Escobar dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Escobar as Badel tries to tie him up.
Badel has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Escobar.
Escobar lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Escobar has Badel pushed against the cage.
We've been informed that Escobar has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Escobar throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Badels head.
A right handed body shot lands from Escobar.
Escobar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Escobar jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Escobar lands with a thumping leg kick.
Badel has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Badel there as he acknowledges the shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Badel scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Escobar gets a clinch.
Escobar lands a hook to the side of the head.
Escobar lands an uppercut.
Badel is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Escobar to keep the fight standing.
Escobar breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Escobar scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Badel is rocked!
Escobar lands a jab to Badel's midsection.
Escobar scores with a jab to the body.
Badel is breathing heavily.
Escobar scores with a jab.
Oh Badel is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Escobar lands a big right hand that sends Badel crashing to the mat! Escobar stays standing though and waves Badel back to his feet!
and Escobar counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Badel! He's just covering up as Escobar starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pablo Escobar!
Pablo Escobar seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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