PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pablo Escobarre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marco Eronen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Escobarre comes to the cage accompanied by Xzibit- Alcoholic . Pablo Escobarre has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Escobarre
vs
Eronen

185 cm
26
187 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

190 cm
23
199 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Zenith Nutrition (160q/225$)

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 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pablo Escobarre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Marco Eronen!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Chris Edwards and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Eronen throws a body shot but no joy.
Escobarre looks to score with a jab to the body but Eronen is just out of range.
Eronen looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Eronen attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A slow jab from Escobarre misses its intended target.
Escobarre takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Eronen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Eronen fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Escobarre looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

Escobarre shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Escobarre postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Escobarre missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Escobarre is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Eronen looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Eronen managing to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobarre sitting in guard here, content to control.
Eronen wants to sweep here but Escobarre controlling him for the moment.
Escobarre working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Eronen's head.
Escobarre missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Escobarre showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Escobarre stopping the sweep attempt from Eronen.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Eronen has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Escobarre is landing a low percentage of strikes.

Escobarre clinches up with Eronen and pushes him back against the cage.
Escobarre scores with a nice hook to the head.
Escobarre 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.
Escobarre being controlled against the cage.
Eronen is looking to take this one to the mat.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Escobarre.
Escobarre misses with a short punch on the inside.
Escobarre throws a punch but it's blocked by Eronen.
Eronen is looking to take this one to the mat.
Eronen is trying to stall.
Escobarre misses with the head strike.
Escobarre lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobarre gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Eronen.
Pablo Escobarre has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marco Eronen.
Escobarre pushes Eronen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Eronen tries to circle away but Escobarre has him pinned against the cage.
Escobarre tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Escobarre gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Eronen.
With the fighters up against the cage, Eronen throws an elbow but misses.
Eronen creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Escobarre.
Escobarre misses with the head strike.
Eronen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Eronen looking to slow down the pace here.
Escobarre misses with a hook from the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Escobarre.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eronen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Escobarre swings wildly with an uppercut but Eronen uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Escobarre.
Escobarre lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Eronen backwards.
Escobarre lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Escobarre prevents the takedown attempt.
Escobarre misses with the head strike.
Escobarre lands with a left to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice left hand lands by Escobarre.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Eronen.
Escobarre lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Escobarre.
Escobarre swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Eronen is trying to maintain a safe position but Escobarre gets an underhook and turns Eronen into the cage.
A shot in the inside from Escobarre.
Escobarre swings wildly with an uppercut but Eronen uses good head movement to avoid it.

Eronen breaks the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pablo Escobarre dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Eronen takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Escobarre is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Eronen can do to turn this around?
Eronen looks to throw the jab but Escobarre is out of range.
Escobarre digs a good body shot into Eronen's ribs.
Escobarre looks to throw the jab but Eronen is out of range.
A nice combination there by Escobarre.
Eronen misses with a head kick.
Eronen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Eronen! But no joy.
Eronen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Eronen misses with a looping left.
Eronen throws a big shot that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Eronen takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Pablo Escobarre is winning the standup battle so far.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Eronen.
Escobarre tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Eronen manages to circle out of the way.
Escobarre getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Eronen throws a head kick that half lands.

It looks like Pablo Escobarre has been cut.
Escobarre lands with a straight right. Eronen didn't see that one coming.

Eronen is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Eronen bobbing and weaving nicely... He's ducked under a jab and ducks again but ooooooh! Escobarre comes at him with an uppercut from hell! Eronen falls to the canvas, unconscious! This one is all over! Oh man, looking at the replay that was right on the button! Eronen was out before he hit the floor!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:06 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Pablo Escobarre!
During a confident post fight interview, Pablo Escobarre thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.