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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Pablo Escobar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Morgan Wade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wade comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Bleeding kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Morgan Wade has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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178 cm
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165 lbs
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175 cm
25
163 lbs
9 - 7 - 1 |
World class boxer
Cardio machine
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World class MT
Good gas tank
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Pablo Escobar! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
9 - 7 - 1, fighting out of New York, Morgan Wade! The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Escobar cracks Wade with a good jab. Escobar lands a right hook to the body.
Wade throws a body kick but he wasn't in range. Escobar throws a shot to the body.
Escobar shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down. Pablo Escobar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Escobar throws a lazy uppercut
and Wade makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range. Wade moves out of range of the body kick from Escobar.
Escobar blocks the body kick.
Escobar throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Wade stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly. Wade fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done. Escobar with a body punch. A glancing blow. Wade connects with a good right hand that stumbles Escobar. Escobar circles away out of range and recomposes himself. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Wade misses with a wild body shot. Wade throws a body shot but no joy. Escobar looks to score with a jab to the body but Wade is just out of range. Escobar just misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round. Escobar lands a head shot. Escobar connects with a looping right hand.
Wade on the wrong end of a nice jab. Escobar lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh. Escobar throws a left and a right that both miss
and Wade counters with a straight right hand. Escobar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Escobar lands with a slapping head kick. Wade connects with a leg kick. Escobar looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it. Escobar is looking to slow Wade down with leg kicks. Escobar checks a low kick from Wade. Escobar lands with a shot to the body. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Wade walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush. A slapping body kick lands there for Escobar. Escobar dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Wade. That did some damage!
That's two minutes gone in the round. Wade wants to slow Escobar down by chopping away at his legs. Escobar smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button. A jab lands there for Wade. Wade digs a good hook to Escobar's body.
Escobar avoids the body shot from Wade.
Escobar throws out a token jab with nothing on it. The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Wade checks a leg kick. Wade lets loose with a powerful body kick. Escobar will feel that in the morning. Escobar throws an off balance right hand
and Wade counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. Wade blocks the body kick.
Escobar bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick. The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Wade slips under a jab. Wade looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple. Escobar scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pablo Escobar dominated that round. That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Escobar misses with a body punch
and Wade counters with a low kick, right behind Escobar 's knee. Escobar looks to land a body kick but Wade moved away. Nice jab there from Escobar. Escobar checks a leg kick. Escobar throws the kick towards the body but Wade avoids it. Escobar misses with a few strikes there.
Escobar throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. Wade throws a nice inside leg kick. Wade swings widly with a right hand
and Escobar makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range. Escobar throws a body kick that misses. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Wade swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wade blocks a head kick by Escobar.
Wade uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook. Wade is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Escobar rather than just go for the knockout. Escobar connects with a jab. Escobar throws a leg kick but Wade sees it coming and moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round. Wade motions for Escobar to come forward. Wade throws a leg kick but it misses it's target. Escobar looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple. Wade throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. Nice defenses there by Wade. Wade throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Escobar throws a shot from downtown. Wade moves away and avoids it. Wade misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Wade defending well as Escobar loads up on a big left hand. And an attempted straight right on the counter from Wade! But no joy. Escobar checks a low kick from Wade. Escobar fires out a quick counter leg kick but Wade just manages to avoid it. A swing and a miss from Wade. Escobar is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Wade can do to turn this around? Wade gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there. Wade motions for Escobar to come forward. Wade throws a leg kick but it misses it's target. Wade has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off. Wade checks the leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Escobar takes one to the side of the head.
Wade checks the leg kick. A big right from Wade misses. Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Escobar.
Wade lands with a thumping leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Wade lands a nice shot that snaps Escobar's head back.
Escobar moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot. Jab by Wade. Wade takes a swing at Escobar's ribcage but misses. Wade throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. Escobar ducks down and throws a hook to the body. Wade throws an overhand right that lands on Escobar's shoulder, as Escobar tries to avoid the shot. Wade avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Wade misses with a body kick. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Morgan Wade will probably get the nod - 10:9. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Wade misses with an attempted mid kick.
Escobar throwing a counter right hand but Wade manages to avoid it. Wade takes one to the chin there. Wade throws the kick towards the body but Escobar avoids it. Wade avoids the body shot from Escobar.
Escobar throws a low kick but Wade avoids it. Escobar throws an off balance right hand
and Wade counters with a lovely shot to the body. Wade misses with an uppercut. Escobar saw that one coming. Escobar throws a body kick but he was well out of range there. Wade throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Escobar lands a nice looking body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Escobar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wade misses with a looping right. Good shot there by Wade. Wade uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Escobar.
That's one minute gone in the round. Escobar throws a hook to the side of Wade's head but Wade sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Escobar takes a swing at Wade's ribcage but misses. Wade wants to land a leg kick but Escobar is out of range. Escobar throwing a counter right hand but Wade manages to avoid it. Wade takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Escobar looks to land a body kick but Wade moved away. Escobar smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button. Wade cracks the inside of Escobar's front leg. Escobar takes a swing at Wade's ribcage but misses. Escobar throws a looping overhand right but Wade ducks down to avoid it. Wade doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter. Wade on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere. Wade connects with a body shot. A big right from Wade misses. Escobar fires out a quick counter leg kick but Wade just manages to avoid it. Wade takes a kick to the side of the head. Wade misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Escobar counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Escobar lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise. Escobar misses with an uppercut. Wade saw that one coming. Escobar lands a nice shot to the body.
Jab from Escobar. Escobar throws a head kick that misses and Wade counters with a nice leg kick. Escobar looks for the body kick but Wade saw that one coming. Escobar looks to land a body kick but Wade moved away. Wade swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made. Wade takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Wade throws a head kick but Escobar moves out of range.
Wade scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Escobar doesn't seem bothered though. Escobar pushes Wade away with a front kick. Wade misses with a left hand and Escobar counters with an inside leg kick. Escobar scores with a kick to the midsection.
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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 29:28 Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 29:28 Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pablo Escobar! Pablo Escobar was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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hype
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