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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Pablo Escobar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Renzo Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Escobar comes to the cage accompanied by KoRn En Vivo Mtv. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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156 lbs
31 - 21 - 0 |
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156 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
31 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pablo Escobar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
34 - 24 - 0, fighting out of London, Renzo Alves !
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Robert Douchet and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alves takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Escobar misses with a straight right.
Alves misses with a hook. Escobar ducked under it nicely.
Escobar pushes Alves up against the cage in a clinch.
Alves wants a takedown but no success here.
Escobar lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Alves or not.
Escobar misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Escobar tries a body shot but Alves blocks it.
Alves lands an elbow inside that Escobar shrugs off.
Escobar misses with a hook to the ribs.
Escobar tries to work over Alves 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Alves trying to control the position but instead, Escobar has worked for underhooks and has pushed Alves into the cage.
We've been informed that Alves 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.
Alves swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alves will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Escobar up against the cage.
Escobar blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Escobar stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Escobar.
Alves goes for a takedown in the clinch but Escobar prevents it.
Alves is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Escobar is defending well.
Pablo Escobar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Renzo Alves .
Escobar struggles to land a body shot inside as Alves controls his hands.
Escobar is working Alves over against the cage.
Alves breaks from the clinch.
Escobar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Alves ! But no joy.
Escobar connects with a nice looking jab.
Escobar wants to clinch.
Alves throws a counter combo.
Escobar shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Alves is trying to defend but Escobar finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escobar keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Escobar passes the guard and advances to mount!
Escobar looking to control but Alves is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Alves tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Escobar lands with some strikes.
Escobar looking to control but Alves is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Escobar lands with some strikes.
Alves regains half guard.
Alves is looking to improve his position.
Escobar trying to control the action but Alves is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar throwing shots but Alves is blocking nicely.
Escobar 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.
Escobar wants to control but Alves is keeping him busy.
Ground and pound from Escobar.
Escobar wants to pass the guard but Alves is defending well.
Escobar wants to take a breather but Alves is having none of it.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Escobar lands a nice short elbow.
Alves wants to control but Escobar is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Alves moves into full guard.
Alves wants to sweep here but Escobar controlling him for the moment.
Alves is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Alves keeping moving, preventing Escobar from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Escobar trying to control but Alves is working from the bottom.
Alves looking for a sweep. Not yet Alves , not yet.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Alves is on top in guard.
Escobar avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Escobar looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Escobar is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Alves defends well.
Escobar is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Alves is aware though and is defending well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Alves 's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Escobar has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Alves can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pablo Escobar dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Escobar feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Alves s jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Escobar scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Escobar cracks Alves with a right hand to the side of the head.
Escobar connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Alves 's hands.
Escobar misses the jab.
Alves feints the counter takedown.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Escobar, as that shot connected.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alves steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Escobar.
Escobar shoots for a double leg takedown but Alves sprawls well. He's pushed Escobar's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Alves looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Escobar bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Renzo Alves is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Alves swats away the attempt to clinch by Escobar.
Good standup being displayed there by Escobar as he connects with a hook.
Escobar misses with a takedown attempt
and Escobar takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Pablo Escobar is winning the standup battle so far.
Escobar tries to clinch but Alves is having none of it.
As Escobar backs off Alves throws a huge counter combo but Escobar manages to avoid it all.
Escobar lands a really nice looking cross but Alves seems unphased.
Escobar fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Escobar connects with a looping right hand.
Escobar darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alves wants to control but Escobar is keeping busy.
Escobar is trying to control the action in half guard but Alves is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Escobar is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Alves can do to turn this around?
Alves wants to get back to full guard.
Escobar wants to take a breather but Alves is having none of it.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Escobar connects with a nice short shot to Alves 's temple.
Alves is looking for a sweep. Escobar is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Escobar looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Alves wants to improve his position but Escobar is controlling well.
Escobar sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Alves is not content to let Escobar control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar throwing shots but Alves is blocking nicely.
Alves tries to get to full guard but Escobar has control of the leg.
Alves trying to control from the bottom.
Alves has hold of Escobar's hands but Escobar slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Alves moves into full guard.
Alves working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Escobar.
Escobar might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Escobar makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Escobar with a nice head shot there.
Escobar passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Escobar lands an elbow.
Alves is rocked!
Alves stops Escobar from passing to mount.
Alves is still in real trouble! Can Escobar finish him?
Alves gets back to half guard.
Alves seems to have recovered his senses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Escobar trying to pass the guard but Alves defending well.
Escobar passes to full mount!
Escobar is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Alves can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Alves really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Escobar working Alves over with strikes here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alves tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Escobar tries to control but Alves wriggling away.
Escobar wants to finish this one by submission but Alves is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Escobar.
Alves is trying desperately to improve position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pablo Escobar dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Escobar is looking to clinch but Alves is avoiding it.
Escobar fails with an attempt to clinch.
Escobar thows a left - swing and a miss!
Alves looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Escobar gets a clinch.
Escobar misses with a hook from the clinch.
Alves wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Escobar misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Escobar tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Alves manages to break the clinch.
Escobar dives in and grabs Alves 's left leg, looking for a takedown. Alves pushes down on Escobar's head and hops out.
Alves lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Escobar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice straight punches there by Escobar. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Escobar.
Escobar looks to land a left hand but Alves moved out of range nicely.
Alves is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves tries to clinch up.
The fighters circle momentarily. Alves darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Alves pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Escobar swings for the body but Alves moves out of range.
Alves drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Escobar defends it well.
Escobar dives in for a single leg takedown but Alves sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Alves swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Pablo Escobar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Alves throws a sloppy head kick and Escobar moves out of range easily.
Escobar misses the shot to the body.
A combination from Escobar does no damage.
Alves throws a big counter head kick but Escobar avoids it with no problem.
Escobar tries to clinch there but Alves circles away.
Alves misses with the combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escobar clinches with his opponent.
Alves looking for a takedown.
Escobar tries a body shot but Alves blocks it.
Escobar lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Alves swings wildly with an uppercut but Escobar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Escobar tries to work over Alves 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Escobar keeps control of Alves as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Alves working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Alves prevents a body shot from Escobar.
Alves blocks a body shot from Escobar.
Escobar has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Alves is trying to keep an underhook but Escobar manages to get the takedown into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Escobar passes the guard and advances to mount!
Alves is trying desperately to improve position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Escobar raining down hammerfists from mount.
Escobar lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Escobar is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Alves can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Pablo Escobar is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Alves is looking to improve his position but Escobar isn't that keen on the idea.
Escobar looking to control but Alves is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves is desperately trying to improve his position but Escobar has a good base and remains in mount.
Alves gets back to half guard.
Escobar perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Escobar prevents Alves from improving his position.
Escobar is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Alves working to try and regain half guard.
Renzo Alves has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pablo Escobar overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Escobar tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Alves manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Alves works his way to full guard. Good work.
Alves striking off his back but it's not causing Escobar any problems.
And that's the end of the fight!
Pablo Escobar showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Escobar has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... 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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