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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Johnny Heimlich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pueblo Escobart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Heimlich comes to the ring accompanied by The Lifesaver. Escobart comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Night Chicago Died kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Johnny Heimlich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pueblo Escobart!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Aleksandr Martynov and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Escobart throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Heimlich is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Pueblo Escobart seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Escobart on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Heimlich throws a leg kick but Escobart moved away.
Escobart connects with a body shot that sends Heimlich's belly button to the back.
Escobart's coach down at Cozad MMA St Petersburg was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Escobart's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Escobart throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Heimlich tries to clinch up.
Heimlich lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Escobart connects with a body shot.
Escobart uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Heimlich.
Heimlich throws a chopping leg kick but Escobart manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Escobart goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Escobart cracks a nice hook into Heimlich's ribs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Escobart keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Heimlich.
Heimlich tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Heimlich slips under a jab.
And Heimlich counters with a quick kick to the body but Escobart blocks it.
Escobart lands a body shot.
Escobart dodges the punch combination from Heimlich.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobart lands with a good body shot.
Escobart swings for the body but Heimlich moves out of range.
Heimlich buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Escobart scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
It looks like Johnny Heimlich has been cut.
Escobart misses with a looping left.
Escobart dips to his left and cracks Heimlich with an uppercut!
Escobart cracks Heimlich with an open hand slap.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Heimlich.
Heimlich scores with a head kick.
It looks like Pueblo Escobart has been cut.
Heimlich slips a jab from Escobart.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Escobart works Heimlich's body with a nice hook.
Heimlich ducks under a wild hook from Escobart.
Heimlich tries to move into range but Escobart moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Escobart rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Heimlich moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Heimlich is looking for a counter combo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Escobart scores with a nice hook to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Heimlich.
Escobart lands a left hand.
Heimlich breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Heimlich throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A nice combination there by Escobart.
Decent striking displayed by Escobart there.
Heimlich is looking to clinch but Escobart is avoiding it.
Escobart keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Heimlich.
Escobart just misses with a punch to the body.
Escobart wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nice uppercut lands for Escobart. That snapped Heimlich's head back.
Escobart changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Heimlich misses with an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heimlich takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Escobart connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Escobart takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Heimlich moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Heimlich cracks the inside of Escobart's front leg.
Escobart thows a left - swing and a miss!
Escobart jabs at Heimlich's body.
Escobart throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Heimlich sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Heimlich misses with a hook. Escobart ducked under it nicely.
Heimlich throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Escobart throws a hook but Heimlich blocks it.
Escobart fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Heimlich looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Heimlich misses with an uppercut.
Heimlich throws a hook to the side of Escobart's head but Escobart sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Heimlich uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Escobart.
Escobart works over Heimlich's head and body with a nice combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Escobart misses with a hook. Heimlich ducked under it nicely.
Escobart dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Heimlich dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Escobart. That did some damage!
Escobart lands a jab-cross combination.
Escobart tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Heimlich was well out of range. Poor timing from Escobart.
It looked like Heimlich wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Escobart lands the left hand.
Escobart dips to his left and cracks Heimlich with an uppercut!
Escobart is working the combinations to good effect here.
Heimlich lands a head kick!
Escobart jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Heimlich misses with a head kick.
Heimlich lands the left hand.
Heimlich keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
It looked like Heimlich wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Heimlich scores with a head kick. Escobart tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Heimlich takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Heimlich jabs Escobart to the body, keeping him at a distance.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Escobart catches Heimlich with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Heimlich takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Escobart lands a slapping body shot.
Escobart lands with a good body shot.
Heimlich drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Escobart throws a shot to the body.
Heimlich takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Heimlich takes one to the chin there.
Escobart scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Heimlich fakes the leg kick and cracks Escobart in the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice defenses there by Escobart.
Escobart throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Heimlich counters with a nice uppercut.
Escobart dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Escobart lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Heimlich scores with a leg kick.
Heimlich looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Escobart. Heimlich does a little dance to reset his feet.
Heimlich fires out a quick counter leg kick but Escobart just manages to avoid it.
Escobart throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Heimlich stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Escobart throws the left hand but Heimlich avoids the punch easily.
Heimlich takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Heimlich moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Escobart dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Escobart misses the body punch
and Heimlich counters with an outside leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Escobart.
Some wild striking there from Escobart.
Escobart throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Escobart feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Heimlichs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Escobart swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Escobart scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Heimlich cracks Escobart with an open hand slap.
That has opened up Pueblo Escobart's cut even more.
Heimlich cracks the inside of Escobart's front leg.
Escobart thuds a left hand into Heimlich's body.
Nice uppercut there from Escobart.
Heimlich throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Escobart looks winded!
A looping hook to the body misses from Escobart. Heimlich does a little dance to reset his feet.
Heimlich gets a clinch.
Heimlich breaks the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Heimlich jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Heimlich lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Escobart crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Heimlich - the referee stops the clock and Escobart gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Heimlich. Escobart manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Escobart is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Heimlich rather than just go for the knockout.
Heimlich lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Heimlich scores with a kick to the body.
Escobart slips under a jab.
Heimlich shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Escobart takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Heimlich lands a head kick!
Heimlich throws a wild body kick that Escobart sees coming a mile off.
Escobart throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Heimlich counters with a thumping low kick.
Escobart throws a sloppy body shot
and Heimlich counters with an inside leg kick.
Escobart tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Heimlich was well out of range. Poor timing from Escobart.
Heimlich looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Escobart has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Heimlich.
The crowd cheers as Escobart lands an impressive looking overhand right. Heimlich doesn't seem phased though.
Escobart lands a jab to the nose.
Escobart has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Heimlich.
Escobart throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Heimlich looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Escobart swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Heimlich counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Escobart thinking.
Escobart throws a predictable looking body shot
and Heimlich counters with a leg kick.
Escobart takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Escobart is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Heimlich had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Heimlich ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Heimlich rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Escobart moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Escobart throws an overhand right that lands on Heimlich's shoulder, as Heimlich tries to avoid the shot.
Escobart's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Heimlich dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Escobart. That did some damage!
Escobart misses with an uppercut.
Escobart throws a sloppy body shot
and Heimlich counters with a good low kick that Escobart was not able to check.
Escobart ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Heimlich moves away.
Heimlich throws the left hand but Escobart avoids the punch easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Heimlich feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Escobarts jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Heimlich scores with a crisp jab that stopped Escobart in his tracks.
Heimlich throws a nice outside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pueblo Escobart dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Escobart throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Heimlich sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Escobart ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Escobart steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Heimlich. That one must have hurt.
Heimlich moves into the clinch.
Escobart misses with a hook to the ribs.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Heimlich lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Escobart.
Heimlich breaks from the clinch.
Heimlich misses with a body kick.
Escobart throws a body shot but no joy.
Escobart looks to land a left hand but Heimlich moved out of range nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Heimlich scores with a nice strike.
Escobart is breathing heavily.
A thudding body kick lands there by Heimlich!
Heimlich connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Escobart momentarily.
The cut above Pueblo Escobart's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Escobart blocks a head kick by Heimlich.
Heimlich lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Heimlich misses with a hook
and Escobart counters with a left to the body.
Heimlich clinches.
Heimlich lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Heimlich lands a left hand.
Heimlich breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Heimlich. Escobart shrugs it off though.
Heimlich throws a quick inside leg kick.
Escobart ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Heimlich moves away.
Heimlich getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Heimlich is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Escobart.
It seemed like Escobart was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Escobart waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Heimlich.
Heimlich scores with a kick to the body.
Escobart tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Pueblo Escobart 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.
Escobart uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Heimlich.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heimlich cracks Escobart with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Heimlich moves out of range of the strikes.
Escobart throws a hook to the side of Heimlich's head but Heimlich sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Heimlich throws a head kick but Escobart moves out of range.
Heimlich swings for the body but Escobart moves out of range.
Escobart scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Escobart checks a leg kick.
Escobart lands with a right hand.
Escobart keeps the fight on the outside.
Escobart throws out a counter right but Heimlich avoids it with no problem.
A swing and a miss from Escobart.
Heimlich misses with the combination.
Heimlich lands a head kick. Escobart smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobart throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Heimlich sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Escobart lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Heimlich delivers a nice body kick.
Heimlich scores with a kick to the midsection.
Escobart slips under a jab.
Escobart will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Heimlich ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Heimlich takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Heimlich connects with a jab.
Heimlich misses with a double jab.
Good leg kick by Heimlich there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Escobart scores with a jab to the jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Heimlich.
Heimlich throws a body shot but no joy.
Escobart throws a counter combo.
Escobart fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Heimlich manages to avoid it.
Escobart waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Heimlich.
Heimlich lands with a nice body kick.
Heimlich throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Escobart swings for the body but Heimlich moves out of range.
Escobart swings for the body but Heimlich moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Heimlich misses the target.
Escobart loads up on a big right hand but Heimlich slips the punch.
Heimlich feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Escobart looks to score with a jab to the body but Heimlich is just out of range.
Escobart jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Escobart changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Heimlich defending well as Escobart loads up on a big left hand.
Heimlich throwing a counter right hand but Escobart manages to avoid it.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Escobart on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Escobart on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Heimlich fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Escobart manages to avoid it.
Escobart misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Heimlich.
Heimlich throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Escobart tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Heimlich was well out of range. Poor timing from Escobart.
Escobart moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Heimlich tests Escobart's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Heimlich avoids the body shot from Escobart.
Heimlich buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Heimlich chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Heimlich takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Heimlich takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Escobart tests Heimlich's chin there with a solid looking shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Heimlich loads up on a big right hand but Escobart slips the punch.
Escobart steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Heimlich. That one must have hurt.
Heimlich keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Escobart.
Escobart avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Heimlich displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Escobart throws out the jab.
Heimlich lands an overhand right.
Pueblo Escobart's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Heimlich. Escobart shrugs it off though.
A telegraphed right hand from Heimlich misses the target.
Escobart jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A solid body kick from Heimlich.
Heimlich misses with a wild body shot.
Escobart throws a body punch but Heimlich moves out of range.
As Escobart looks to move away, Heimlich throws a big counter combo bu Escobart just gets out of the way.
Escobart throws a body shot but no joy.
Johnny Heimlich has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pueblo Escobart is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Escobart takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A chopping leg kick lands by Heimlich.
Heimlich cracks the inside of Escobart's front leg.
Escobart misses with the combination.
Good exchange - Heimlich coming out on top.
You can see that Escobart has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Escobart moves out of range as Heimlich throws a body kick.
Escobart let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Escobart misses with a right hand
and Heimlich makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Heimlich uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Escobart.
Heimlich throws a nice looking combination but Escobart bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Escobart thuds his right hand into Heimlich's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Escobart slips a jab from Heimlich.
Heimlich connects with a right hand. Escobart shakes it off.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Pueblo Escobart's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 8:07 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Johnny Heimlich!
A victorious Johnny Heimlich thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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