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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pablo Escobarre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Coath (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Escobarre comes to the cage accompanied by Xzibit- Alcoholic . Coath comes into a darkened arena with his song building. For Heavy Metal we will die! kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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185 cm
30
187 lbs
21 - 4 - 0 |
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175 cm
32
189 lbs
22 - 7 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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
21 - 4 - 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
22 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chris Coath! The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Richard Clark and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Escobarre lands a right hook to the body.
Escobarre cracks a nice hook into Coath's ribs. Coath scores with a spinning back kick! Coath scores with a jab. Escobarre acknowledges it with a nod of the head. Coath keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Escobarre is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Coath.
It looks like Pablo Escobarre has been cut. Coath clinches up against the cage. Escobarre misses with a short punch on the inside. Escobarre tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Coath's elbow. Escobarre presses Coath against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot. Escobarre misses with a hook from the clinch. Coath misses with a body punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Coath lands a right hand. Coath tries to work over Escobarre's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Coath throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. An uppercut to the body lands inside from Escobarre. Escobarre misses with the head strike.
Escobarre doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Escobarre tries to throw a body punch but Coath avoids it by throwing Escobarre back against the cage. Coath lands a shoulder strike. Coath works on Escobarre's body with a couple of short punches.
That's one minute gone in the round. Coath can't find room to land a body shot as Escobarre controls the action.
Coath swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Escobarre misses with a punch on the inside.
Escobarre misses with some punches.
Coath gets through Escobarre's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head. Coath lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. Coath lands with a left to the head. Escobarre swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Escobarre throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Coaths head. Escobarre blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Escobarre swings wildly with an uppercut but Coath uses good head movement to avoid it. Escobarre lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. Escobarre misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Coath fails to land. Coath struggles to land a body shot inside as Escobarre controls his hands.
Coath misses with some punches.
Escobarre struggles to land a body shot inside as Coath controls his hands.
Escobarre tries a body shot but Coath blocks it.
Escobarre has Coath pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Coath manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Escobarre tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. A head punch blocked on the inside by Coath. Escobarre tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! A head punch on the inside from Escobarre fails to land. Coath lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Escobarre or not. Coath lands with a left to the head. Coath misses with the head strike.
Escobarre tries a body shot but Coath blocks it.
Coath blocking some punches.
Escobarre prevents a body shot from Coath. Escobarre scores with an uppercut up the middle. Escobarre misses with a hook from the clinch. Escobarre is working for takedown but Coath is calmly controlling the position for now. Escobarre tries a body shot but Coath blocks it.
Coath blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Escobarre lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Coath is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though. Coath gets full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Coath wants to sweep but no luck. Coath seems keen to control Escobarre's posture. Escobarre avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily. Escobarre landing some decent shots from guard. Coath is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. Escobarre blocking the ground and pound attempt from Coath. Coath is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Nice strikes from Coath there. Coath looks to score some points with some ground and pound. The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Coath stalling away here and it's allowed Escobarre to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard. Escobarre is trying to keep Coath in close.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Coath's corner. There ya go! There ya go! Coath postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head. Escobarre trying to keep a closed guard but Coath is proving a slippery customer.
Coath must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu. Escobarre bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Coath's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Chris Coath will probably get the nod. The cut man is working on Pablo Escobarre's cut. The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Coath slips under a jab from Escobarre. Coath throws out a counter right but Escobarre avoids it with no problem. Coath misses with a left hand and Escobarre connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Coath avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Coath fails with an attempt to clinch.
Escobarre moves out of range as Coath throws a body kick.
Coath throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Escobarre. Escobarre gets tackled into the cage by Coath. Coath maintains the clinch. Coath tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. A head punch blocked on the inside by Escobarre. Escobarre blocking some punches.
Escobarre fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Coath fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. A short right from Coath. Escobarre has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Coath is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet. Coath working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. Escobarre lands a shot to the body. An uppercut to the body lands inside from Coath. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Coath blocks an uppercut.
Coath lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. Chris Coath seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
That's one minute gone in the round. Coath gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Escobarre.
Escobarre blocks a body shot from Coath. A head punch on the inside from Escobarre fails to land. Coath lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Escobarre or not. Escobarre misses with some punches.
Coath has been the more effective fighter overall so far. Coath lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Escobarre or not. Escobarre blocks a body shot from Coath. Escobarre's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button! Escobarre lands a nice uppercut. Coath lands a right hand that snaps the head of Escobarre backwards. A short right from Coath. Coath tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Coath's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button! Escobarre pushes Coath back against the cage and unloads with a body punch. Escobarre blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short left from Coath. Coath lands with a short shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round. 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! Escobarre misses with a short punch on the inside. Escobarre can't find room to land a body shot as Coath controls the action.
Escobarre blocks a body shot from Coath. Escobarre misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A nice right hand lands inside from Coath. Escobarre blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Coath scores with an uppercut up the middle. Coath lands a left hand that snaps the head of Escobarre backwards.
Escobarre is rocked! Escobarre has a couple of punches blocked by Coath.
Oh Escobarre is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! A short left from Coath. Coath unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Escobarre! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Coath is unloading with more strikes now! Escobarre drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chris Coath! Chris Coath tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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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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