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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pablo Escobar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hal Jordan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Jordan's choice of entrance music: Dawn of the Dead by Does it Offend you, yeah?. Pablo Escobar could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Hal Jordan's chin.
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187 cm
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196 lbs
18 - 7 - 0 |
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183 cm
37
194 lbs
37 - 13 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pablo Escobar! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
37 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hal Jordan! The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Jordan misses with a body shot.
Escobar was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger. Jordan throws the kick towards the body but Escobar avoids it. Escobar throws a shot from downtown. Jordan moves away and avoids it. Escobar tried to score with a low kick but Jordan checks it. Jordan throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Escobar's head. Nice jab there from Jordan. Jordan connects with a looping right hand.
A jab from Jordan misses. Jordan just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromEscobar. Hal Jordan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Escobar throws a push kick but Jordan slaps the foot to one side. Jordan misses with an uppercut. Escobar saw that one coming. Jordan misses the shot to the body. Escobar is looking to counter punch. Escobar on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere. Escobar misses with a low kick. Jordan connects with a solid leg kick. Escobar ducks under a wild hook from Jordan. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. A looping hook to the body misses from Jordan. Escobar does a little dance to reset his feet. Escobar walks into a jab. Jordan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's one minute gone in the round. Jordan has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Escobar. Escobar throws a leg kick but Jordan sees it coming and moves out of range. Escobar throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jordan sees it coming and avoids it easily. Escobar lands with a kick to the ribs.
Nice body kick from Jordan. Jordan misses with a low kick.
Escobar scores with a body shot.
Escobar fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done. Escobar tries a head kick but it misses.
Jordan has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout. Escobar scores with a leg kick.
Escobar fakes a jab and scores with a low kick. Escobar throws a looping overhand right but Jordan ducks down to avoid it. Escobar slips a jab from Jordan. Jordan closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Jordan is looking to clinch. A nice inside leg kick there by Jordan. That's going to slow Escobar down. Escobar with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Jordan to score with a decent uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Escobar throws a shot from downtown. Jordan moves away and avoids it. Jordan scores with a jab to the head.
Escobar lands with an overhand left.
It looks like Hal Jordan has been cut. Jordan tries to clinch up. Jordan checks a leg kick. Escobar throws a front kick aimed at Jordan's knee but Jordan avoids it well. Jordan wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection. Escobar feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Jordan's calf. Jordan checks the leg kick nicely there.
Escobar uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jordan. Jordan works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance. A swing and a miss from Escobar. Escobar scores with a hook. Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Jordan, as that shot connected.
Jordan loads up on a big right hand but Escobar slips the punch. Jordan throws a looping overhand right but Escobar ducks down to avoid it. Escobar avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Escobar throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jordan sees it coming and avoids it easily. Escobar swats away the attempt to clinch by Jordan. Escobar lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected. Jordan avoids the body shot from Escobar.
Jordan fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Escobar. Jordan misses with a straight right. Jordan connects with an inside leg kick. Escobar lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh. Escobar takes a shot right to the bread basket. Escobar darts in and out, connecting with a jab. Decent striking displayed by Jordan there. Jordan throws a hook but Escobar blocks it. Jordan lands with a thumping leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action! Escobar waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jordan.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Escobar throws a body kick that digs right into the meat. Jordan pushes Escobar up against the cage in a clinch. Jordan breaks from the clinch.
Jordan throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land. Jordan tries to clinch up but Escobar circles away and keeps his distance. Decent striking displayed by Jordan there. Escobar with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Escobar takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Jordan, right into the meat.
Jordan is looking to clinch. Jordan looks to land a right hand but Escobar moved out of range. Jordan lands a nice hook to Escobar's body. Escobar takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes. Jordan walks into a stiff left hand from Escobar.
Jordan is rocked! Escobar seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym. The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Jordan throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd. Jordan is still on wobbly legs! Can Escobar finish him? Escobar cracks Jordan with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Jordan falls to his knees and Escobar doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pablo Escobar! A very excited looking Pablo Escobar made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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