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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Diego Escobar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyron Woodley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Woodley comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Eminem - Till I Collapse kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Diego Escobar has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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160 lbs
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155 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power |
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Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Diego Escobar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Tyron Woodley!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Richard Clark and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good standup being displayed there by Escobar as he connects with a hook.
Woodley is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
A head kick misses from Woodley.
A little feinted left hand from Escobar on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Good standup being displayed there by Escobar as he connects with a hook.
Escobar scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Escobar has managed to clinch.
Nice body punch from Escobar.
Escobar manages to pull guard.
Escobar is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Woodley defends well.
Escobar throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Escobar looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Escobar seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Escobar has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Woodley doesn't defend quickly enough and Escobar has managed to lock this one up! Can Woodley escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Escobar on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Diego Escobar!
After the fight, Diego Escobar was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
In defeat, Tyron Woodley stepped up to the mic, saying 'I don't know what is next for me after this lose'.
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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