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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paul Michael Levesque (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tomassio Escobar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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255 lbs
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210 lbs
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Good wrestling
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Paul Michael Levesque!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tomassio Escobar!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Escobar shoots for a double leg takedown but Michael Levesque sprawls well. He's pushed Escobar's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Michael Levesque drives through with a takedown into guard.
Escobar pushes Michael Levesque off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Escobar connects with a leg kick. Michael Levesque looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Michael Levesque stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Michael Levesque wants it to stay on the feet.
Michael Levesque stuffs the takedown attempt from Escobar. Escobar gets slowly back to his feet.
Paul Michael Levesque has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tomassio Escobar.
Michael Levesque misses with an uppercut
and Escobar makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Escobar takes the fight into the clinch.
Escobar misses with a punch to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Michael Levesque has Escobar pressed against the ropes, preventing Escobar from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Escobar is looking to break free of the clinch but Michael Levesque has double underhooks.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Michael Levesque as Escobar tries to tie him up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar breaks the clinch.
Escobar changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Michael Levesque tries to avoid it but Escobar manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Michael Levesque to the ground. Michael Levesque escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Michael Levesque could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Escobar gets caught napping as Michael Levesque dives in and scores a takedown. Escobar manages to retain guard.
Escobar uses the ropes to get back to his feet.
Michael Levesque throws a head kick that misses.
Michael Levesque shoots in and gets a takedown into Escobar's guard.
Michael Levesque 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.
Michael Levesque preventing the sweep.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Michael Levesque is in close to Escobar's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Michael Levesque pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Escobar is keeping the position for now.
Escobar is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Escobar looks winded!
Michael Levesque lands a couple of digs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escobar has momentary wrist control but Michael Levesque slips an elbow through the middle.
Michael Levesque trying to control the position from guard on top but Escobar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Michael Levesque postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Michael Levesque has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Michael Levesque is stalling in the full guard.
Michael Levesque wants to pass the guard but Escobar is keeping the position.
Michael Levesque is working Escobar over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Michael Levesque scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Michael Levesque lands a couple of elbows.
Michael Levesque landing with the ground and pound.
Michael Levesque connects with a couple of short punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar wants to stand but Michael Levesque is controlling the position.
Escobar has his hands on Michael Levesque's head, controlling the position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Michael Levesque looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Michael Levesque scoring with some ground and pound.
Michael Levesque works over Escobar with some ground and pound from guard.
Michael Levesque stands up over Escobar, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Michael Levesque is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Michael Levesque landing some decent shots from guard.
Escobar is rocked!
Michael Levesque thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Escobar is still in real trouble! Can Michael Levesque finish him?
Michael Levesque prevents Escobar from getting back to his feet.
Escobar seems to have recovered his senses.
Escobar keeping moving, preventing Michael Levesque from controlling successfully.
Michael Levesque working some strikes from top position.
Michael Levesque working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Escobar's head.
Michael Levesque tries to free his leg and advance position but Escobar is retaining full guard.
Michael Levesque knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Escobar on the ground.
Michael Levesque cracks Escobar with a solid left hand.
Escobar not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Michael Levesque lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Michael Levesque postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Escobar covers up, he's hurt! Michael Levesque keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Michael Levesque and the ref steps in to end the fight! Michael Levesque can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Paul Michael Levesque!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
43% |
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