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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ramon Escobar Chavez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tobias Marshall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Escobar Chavez's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Buena Vista Social Club - Hasta Siempre. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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179 cm
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150 lbs
3 - 1 - 1 |
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170 cm
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139 lbs
13 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
3 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ramon Escobar Chavez! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tobias Marshall! The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Marshall scores with a body shot.
Escobar Chavez drives through and clinches with Marshall against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Escobar Chavez scores with a nice short uppercut. Marshall blocks a punch to the side of the head.
I was talking to Escobar Chavez's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight. Escobar Chavez working aggressively here.
Escobar Chavez scores with a hook to the body. Escobar Chavez blocks an uppercut.
Escobar Chavez tries a body shot but Marshall blocks it.
Escobar Chavez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Escobar Chavez throws a head punch that misses. Escobar Chavez scores with a nice hook to the head. Marshall prevents a body shot from Escobar Chavez. A head punch on the inside from Marshall fails to land. Escobar Chavez lands with a light punch inside. Marshall swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Escobar Chavez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Marshall blocks a body shot from Escobar Chavez. Escobar Chavez blocks a body shot from Marshall. Escobar Chavez misses with some punches.
Escobar Chavez misses with a hook from the clinch. 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 Chavez has a couple of punches blocked by Marshall.
That's one minute gone in the round. Marshall tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Marshall misses with some punches.
Escobar Chavez struggles to land a body shot inside as Marshall controls his hands.
Escobar Chavez working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Marshall. Escobar Chavez throws a head punch that misses. A head punch on the inside from Marshall fails to land. Marshall goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Marshall blocks an uppercut.
Marshall's coach down at Tōshi was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Marshall's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight. Escobar Chavez pushes Marshall back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head. Escobar Chavez can't find room to land a body shot as Marshall controls the action.
Escobar Chavez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Marshall throws a punch but it's blocked by Escobar Chavez. Escobar Chavez blocks a body shot from Marshall. Marshall working aggressively here.
Escobar Chavez misses with a body punch.
Escobar Chavez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Escobar Chavez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Marshall lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. Good body shot from Escobar Chavez.
Marshall doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Escobar Chavez tries to throw a body punch but Marshall avoids it by throwing Escobar Chavez back against the cage. Marshall tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Escobar Chavez's elbow. Marshall swings wildly with an uppercut but Escobar Chavez uses good head movement to avoid it. Marshall tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Escobar Chavez. Marshall tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Marshall. Escobar Chavez misses with some punches.
Marshall misses with a short punch on the inside. Escobar Chavez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Escobar Chavez misses with a body punch.
Marshall scores with a shot to the side of Escobar Chavez's head. Marshall scores with a hook to the body. Escobar Chavez scores with a shoulder strike. Escobar Chavez takes a shot to the head. Escobar Chavez tries a body shot but Marshall blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Escobar Chavez. Escobar Chavez misses with a punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Escobar Chavez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Marshall backwards. A shot in the inside from Marshall. Escobar Chavez misses with a punch to the body.
Marshall misses with some punches.
Marshall is struggling to control the position. Marshall throws a head punch that misses. Marshall lands with a short head shot on the inside. Marshall throws a punch but it's blocked by Escobar Chavez. Marshall swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Marshall stalling in the clinch but Escobar Chavez improves position. Escobar Chavez tries to throw a body punch but Marshall avoids it by throwing Escobar Chavez back against the cage. Escobar Chavez misses with a punch on the inside.
Escobar Chavez misses with a short punch on the inside. Escobar Chavez tries to throw a body punch but Marshall avoids it by throwing Escobar Chavez back against the cage. Marshall misses with a punch on the inside.
Escobar Chavez scores with a nice hook to the head. Marshall lands with a left to the head. Marshall blocks a body shot from Escobar Chavez. Marshall lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. A right handed body shot lands from Escobar Chavez.
Nice body punch from Escobar Chavez - that landed with a thud.
Escobar Chavez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short left from Marshall. Escobar Chavez blocking some punches.
Marshall prevents a body shot from Escobar Chavez. Escobar Chavez tries to throw a body punch but Marshall avoids it by throwing Escobar Chavez back against the cage. Escobar Chavez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The referee is keeping an eye on Marshall - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky. Marshall swings wildly with an uppercut but Escobar Chavez uses good head movement to avoid it. Escobar Chavez misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Escobar Chavez. Escobar Chavez lands a left hand.
Escobar Chavez misses with the head strike.
Marshall taking a breather. Marshall blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Marshall blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Ramon Escobar Chavez will probably get the nod. The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Marshall throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Marshall throws a series of strikes that have Escobar Chavez backpedaling.
Marshall throws an overhand right that lands on Escobar Chavez's shoulder, as Escobar Chavez tries to avoid the shot. Escobar Chavez tries to counter by clinching up but Marshall breaks away and moves out of range. Escobar Chavez scores with a jab to the body. This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Escobar Chavez. Marshall dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Marshall lands a right hook to the body.
Marshall tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Escobar Chavez was well out of range. Poor timing from Marshall. Escobar Chavez clinches with his opponent.
Marshall wants to stall.
Marshall fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Escobar Chavez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Marshall misses with a punch on the inside.
Marshall scores with a nice hook to the head. Marshall has a couple of punches blocked by Escobar Chavez.
Escobar Chavez working aggressively here.
Escobar Chavez misses with the head strike.
That's one minute gone in the round. Escobar Chavez tries a body shot but Marshall blocks it.
Marshall prevents a body shot from Escobar Chavez. A short right hand to the side of the head by Escobar Chavez. A head punch blocked on the inside by Marshall. Marshall blocking some punches.
Escobar Chavez lands with a short shot to the head. Marshall prevents a body shot from Escobar Chavez. Escobar Chavez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Marshall fails to land. Escobar Chavez blocks an uppercut.
Ramon Escobar Chavez has scored more points in the clinch so far. A right handed body shot lands from Marshall.
Marshall lands an uppercut. Still in the clinch, Escobar Chavez scores with a nice short uppercut. Escobar Chavez misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Escobar Chavez. Marshall scores with a nice hook to the head. Escobar Chavez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Marshall blocks an uppercut.
Escobar Chavez has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
That's two minutes gone in the round. An uppercut to the body lands inside from Escobar Chavez. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Marshall lands a left hand.
Marshall lands a hook to the side of the head. Marshall misses with a punch on the inside.
Escobar Chavez lands a shoulder strike. Escobar Chavez throws a punch but it's blocked by Marshall. Nice body punch from Escobar Chavez. Escobar Chavez digs a right hand into Marshall's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Marshall's gas tank. Escobar Chavez blocking some punches.
Marshall throws a head punch that misses. Marshall working aggressively here.
Marshall throws a head punch that misses. Escobar Chavez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Marshall's elbow. Marshall looking to slow down the pace here. A quick uppercut on the inside from Escobar Chavez. Escobar Chavez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Marshall's elbow. Escobar Chavez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Marshall blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Escobar Chavez throws a head punch that misses. Escobar Chavez lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. Escobar Chavez lands with a short head shot on the inside. Escobar Chavez lands a nice shot to the body. Escobar Chavez gets through Marshall's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head. Marshall looking to slow down the pace here. An uppercut to the body lands inside from Escobar Chavez. A short right hand to the side of the head by Escobar Chavez. Escobar Chavez scores with a shot to the side of Marshall's head. Escobar Chavez misses with the head strike.
Marshall lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. A short right hand to the side of the head by Marshall. Marshall struggles to land a body shot inside as Escobar Chavez controls his hands.
Escobar Chavez lands a shoulder strike. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Marshall tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Marshall blocking some punches.
Marshall prevents a body shot from Escobar Chavez. Escobar Chavez stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Escobar Chavez working aggressively here.
Escobar Chavez scores with a shoulder strike. Marshall blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Escobar Chavez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Escobar Chavez misses with some punches.
Escobar Chavez lands on the inside with an uppercut. With the fighters clinched against the cage, Marshall creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. Marshall blocking some punches.
Escobar Chavez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Escobar Chavez tries to throw a body punch but Marshall avoids it by throwing Escobar Chavez back against the cage. Escobar Chavez prevents a body shot from Marshall. Still in the clinch, Marshall scores with a nice short uppercut. Escobar Chavez lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Marshall backwards. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Escobar Chavez. The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Escobar Chavez lands with a left to the head. Escobar Chavez misses with a hook from the clinch. Escobar Chavez presses Marshall against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot. Escobar Chavez makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ramon Escobar Chavez dominated that second round. The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Escobar Chavez drives through and clinches with Marshall against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Escobar Chavez fails to land. Marshall lands with a right to the head. Escobar Chavez is working Marshall over against the cage. Marshall blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Marshall wants to stall.
Marshall tries a body shot but Escobar Chavez blocks it.
Escobar Chavez blocking some punches.
Marshall digs a right hand into Escobar Chavez's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Escobar Chavez's gas tank. Nice body punch from Marshall. Escobar Chavez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Marshall can do to turn this around? Escobar Chavez pushes Marshall back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head. Marshall lands with a right to the head. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Marshall tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Escobar Chavez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Escobar Chavez lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. Escobar Chavez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Marshall takes a shot to the head. Escobar Chavez takes a shot to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round. Escobar Chavez lands with a short shot to the head. Escobar Chavez gets through Marshall's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head. Escobar Chavez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Marshall's elbow. Escobar Chavez tries to throw a body punch but Marshall avoids it by throwing Escobar Chavez back against the cage. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Escobar Chavez. Escobar Chavez misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Escobar Chavez. Escobar Chavez scores with a shot to the side of Marshall's head. Marshall misses with a hook from the clinch. Marshall fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Escobar Chavez can't find room to land a body shot as Marshall controls the action.
Marshall throws a punch but it's blocked by Escobar Chavez. A quick uppercut on the inside from Marshall. Marshall struggles to land a body shot inside as Escobar Chavez controls his hands.
Escobar Chavez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Escobar Chavez tries to throw a body punch but Marshall avoids it by throwing Escobar Chavez back against the cage. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Escobar Chavez. Marshall is struggling to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Escobar Chavez tries a body shot but Marshall blocks it.
Escobar Chavez lands a left hand that snaps the head of Marshall backwards. Escobar Chavez digs a right hand into Marshall's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Marshall's gas tank. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Escobar Chavez has a couple of punches blocked by Marshall.
A short right from Escobar Chavez. Escobar Chavez swings wildly with an uppercut but Marshall uses good head movement to avoid it. Marshall misses with a hook from the clinch. Marshall is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Escobar Chavez is keeping busy. Marshall throws a head punch that misses. Marshall lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Escobar Chavez or not. A head punch on the inside from Marshall fails to land. The referee is keeping an eye on Marshall - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Marshall lands a nice uppercut. Marshall prevents a body shot from Escobar Chavez.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Escobar Chavez scores with an uppercut up the middle. Marshall misses with a punch to the body.
Escobar Chavez lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. Escobar Chavez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Escobar Chavez digs a right hand into Marshall's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Marshall's gas tank. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Marshall. Marshall misses with a short punch on the inside. Escobar Chavez working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. A short left from Escobar Chavez. A head punch blocked on the inside by Marshall. Escobar Chavez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Marshall can't find room to land a body shot as Escobar Chavez controls the action.
Escobar Chavez is working Marshall over against the cage. Escobar Chavez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Marshall misses with some punches.
Marshall blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Marshall tries a body shot but Escobar Chavez blocks it.
Escobar Chavez has a couple of punches blocked by Marshall.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Marshall can't find room to land a body shot as Escobar Chavez controls the action.
Marshall takes a shot to the head. Escobar Chavez gets through Marshall's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head. 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 Chavez misses with a body punch.
Escobar Chavez pushes Marshall back against the cage and unloads with a body punch. Marshall tries to throw a body punch but Escobar Chavez avoids it by throwing Marshall back against the cage. Marshall lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. Marshall misses with the head strike.
Escobar Chavez lands a nice uppercut. Escobar Chavez misses with some punches.
Marshall blocks a body shot from Escobar Chavez. Marshall is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace. Marshall blocks an uppercut.
Marshall struggles to land a body shot inside as Escobar Chavez controls his hands.
Escobar Chavez lands a shot to the body. Escobar Chavez scores with a shoulder strike. Tobias Marshall has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! Marshall has a couple of punches blocked by Escobar Chavez.
Marshall lands a body punch in the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight! Ramon Escobar Chavez showed his dominance in that final round. Well I reckon that's a shut out for Escobar Chavez, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27 Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27 Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ramon Escobar Chavez! A relieved looking Ramon Escobar Chavez thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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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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