PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Diego Escobar (ranked 269 p4p, 39 weight class) and Iolyn Madog (ranked 1299 p4p, 163 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Escobar
vs
Madog

182 cm
22
160 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

170 cm
21
155 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Urban Fighter
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KOMBAT KLOTHING

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Diego Escobar!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Iolyn Madog!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Daniel Franklin and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Escobar dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Madog missing with a left hand there. Escobar was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Escobar looks to score with a jab to the body but Madog is just out of range.
Escobar scores with a sloppy right hand. Madog should have avoided that one.
Escobar attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Madog moves out of range as Escobar throws a body kick.
Diego Escobar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Escobar misses with a hook.
Madog misses with a looping left.
Escobar throws a right hand that misses
and Madog makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Madog moves out of range of the strikes.
Escobar slips a jab and a cross from Madog.
Escobar throwing a counter right hand but Madog manages to avoid it.
Escobar throws out a powerful jab.
Madog blocks the body kick.
Madog stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Escobar.
Escobar scores with a spinning back kick!
Escobar fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Madog moves away from the strike by Escobar.
Escobar has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Top Dawg in the buildup to the fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Escobar there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Escobar, right into the meat.
Madog throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Escobar half committed to a counter leg kick.
Madog throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Nice defenses there by Madog.
Madog stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Escobar.
Madog throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Escobar bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Madog's head.
Escobar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Madog was well out of range. Poor timing from Escobar.
Escobar moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Escobar throws out a powerful jab.
Escobar scores with a nice strike.
Escobar scores with a jab. Madog acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Escobar misses with a kick to the body.
Madog throws a lazy right hand but Escobar sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escobar throws a body shot but no joy.
Escobar lands with a nice body kick.
Madog throws a lazy right hand but Escobar sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Escobar lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Escobar misses with a looping right.
Madog throws a big shot that misses.
Escobar wants to clinch
and Escobar takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Escobar throws a poor cross that misses
and Madog counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Madog lands a head kick!

It looks like Diego Escobar has been cut.
A big left from Escobar misses.
Escobar fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Madog has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Escobar throws a leg kick
and Madog counters with a leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Madog. Escobar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Escobar is looking to slow Madog down with leg kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Madog has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Madog there as he acknowledges the shot.
Escobar on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Madog. Madog obviously looking to wear him down.
Escobar connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Escobar takes a swing at Madog's ribcage but misses.
Madog appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Escobar tries to land a front kick but Madog steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Escobar thumps Madog with a low kick.
Escobar is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Escobar tries to land a leg kick but Madog saw it coming and moves away.
A shot to the liver by Escobar. Beautiful body shot.
Madog takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Madog fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Escobar checks it well.
Escobar looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
A nice leg kick lands there from Madog.
Escobar connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Madog momentarily.
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 throws a low kick but Madog moves out of range easily.
Escobar is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Madog.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Madog throws a jab but it's blocked by Escobar.
Madog plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Escobar tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Madog slips under a jab.
Madog misses with an uppercut. Escobar saw that one coming.
Escobar is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Escobar lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Escobar checks a low kick from Madog.
Madog on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Madog is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Escobar.
Madog uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Escobar.
Escobar avoids the body shot from Madog.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Madog misses with a looping left.
Madog swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Escobar throws the left hand but Madog avoids the punch easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Madog! But no joy.
Jab, jab by Escobar - just one landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Diego Escobar dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Diego Escobar's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Madog misses with a looping right.
Madog throws a hook but Escobar avoids it easily.
It looked like Escobar wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Madog tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Escobar looks to land a right hand but Madog moved out of range.
A bone on bone clash there as Madog blocks the leg kick.
Madog looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Escobar chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Escobar tried to score with a low kick but Madog checks it.
Madog shapes to counter with a head kick.
Escobar throws a body punch but Madog moves out of range.
A jab from Escobar does it's job there.
Madog scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Escobar buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Decent striking displayed by Escobar there.
Escobar ducks under a wild hook from Madog.
Madog throws a body shot but no joy.
Escobar is looking to counter punch.
Madog looks to land a right hand but Escobar moved out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar throws a leg kick
and Madog cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Madog blocks a jab.
Madog takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Escobar misses with a lunging right hand
and Madog counters with a slapping leg kick.
Madog misses with a straight right.
Escobar paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Escobar is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Madog can do to turn this around?
Escobar misses with a kick to the body.
Escobar tried to score with a low kick but Madog checks it.
Madog throws a body punch but Escobar moves out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Escobar checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Madog's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Escobar paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Escobar throws a chopping leg kick but Madog manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Escobar misses with a kick to the body.
Escobar throws a nice head kick!
Nice body punch from Madog.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Escobar turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A left lands for Madog.
A looping hook to the body misses from Escobar. Madog does a little dance to reset his feet.
Madog connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Escobar's hands.
Madog looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Escobar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Madog.
Madog shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
The fighters circling - Escobar throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Escobar connects with a solid leg kick.
A lazy left from Escobar finds it's target.
Escobar throws a hook but Madog blocks it.
Escobar moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Escobar scores with a jab to the head.
Escobar throws a jab when Madog was well out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Madog throws a low kick, looking for Escobar's leg but Escobar calmly moves out of range.
Escobar throws a leg kick
and Madog connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Diego Escobar is winning the standup battle so far.
Escobar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Madog.
Escobar throws a quick inside leg kick.
Escobar wants to land a leg kick but Madog is out of range.
Madog drops his hands momentarily and Escobar takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Escobar lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Madog needs to keep his hands up - Escobar had a free shot at his head there.
Escobar connects with the punch.
Madog misses with an uppercut. Escobar saw that one coming.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Madog might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Escobar has got the better of the exchanges.
Nice uppercut there from Madog.
Madog gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Escobar lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Madog takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Madog lands a leg kick that knocks Escobar off balance momentarily.
Escobar scores with a leg kick.
Escobar is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Escobar chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Madog can pounce on him.
Madog blocks a leg kick.
Escobar wants to land a leg kick but Madog is out of range.
Escobar fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Madog on the side of the head.
Escobar throws a leg kick but Madog checks it.
Madog has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Madog jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Madog throws a lazy right hand but Escobar sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That kick from Escobar tenderised Madog's leg. Madog is trying to keep his angry face on.
Madog lands with an overhand left.
Madog ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Escobar scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Escobar on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Diego Escobar dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Diego Escobar's cut.
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 slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Escobar moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Madog cracks Escobar with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Escobar misses with a hook. Madog ducked under it nicely.
Madog has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Escobar.
Escobar misses with a wild body shot.
Madog misses with a hook. Escobar ducked under it nicely.
Escobar avoids the head kick by Madog.
Escobar misses with a hook.
Escobar misses with a straight left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Madog pivots, looking for a leg kick but Escobar is out of range and Madog settles back down.
Escobar swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Escobar cracks Madog with an open hand slap.
Escobar connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Escobar cracks Madog with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Escobar swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar tries to score with a low kick but Madog moves his leg out of the way.
Escobar tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Madog is able to avoid easily.
Escobar throws an overhand right that lands on Madog's shoulder, as Madog tries to avoid the shot.
Madog is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Escobar.
A clash of legs there as Madog blocks the low kick.
Madog takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Escobar lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Madog's jab looks to have found its range, popping Escobar under the eye.
Escobar connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Good standup being displayed there by Escobar as he connects with a hook.
Madog takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Escobar throws a lazy uppercut
and Madog counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Escobar dips to his left and cracks Madog with an uppercut!
Escobar lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Escobar attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Escobar misses with an uppercut.
Madog goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Madog keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Escobar.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Madog checks a leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Madog checks a leg kick.
Escobar fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Madog on the side of the head.
Escobar scores with a punch to the head.
Escobar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Madog was well out of range. Poor timing from Escobar.
Escobar buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Escobar slips a jab from Madog.
Escobar misses with a right hand
and Madog counters with a nice body shot.
Madog missing with a left hand there. Escobar was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Madog misses with a looping left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Madog misses with a body shot.
Escobar shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Escobar avoids the body shot from Madog.
Escobar tries to land a front kick but Madog steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Escobar misses the shot to the body.
Madog moves out of range of the body kick from Escobar.
Madog throws a hook to the side of Escobar's head but Escobar sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Madog tries to land a front kick but Escobar steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Escobar is looking to counter with a body kick.
Escobar throws a leg kick
and Madog counters with a nice uppercut.
Escobar throws a body shot but no joy.
Madog misses with a looping left.
Escobar misses with a straight right.
Madog moves away from the strike by Escobar.
Madog misses with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Escobar misses with a hook.
Madog misses with a wild body shot.
Escobar thumps Madog with a low kick.
Escobar jabs Madog right on the nose. Madog blinks but takes it well.
Escobar slips a straight right by Madog.
A slow jab from Madog misses its intended target.
Escobar waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Madog.
Escobar tries to clinch but Madog moves out of range.
Escobar lands a lovely overhand right.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Escobar throws a low kick, looking for Madog's leg but Madog calmly moves out of range.
Madog looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Escobar throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Escobar throws a chopping leg kick but Madog manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Madog thinks about the counter body kick.
Nice shot by Escobar.
Escobar misses with a straight left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Diego Escobar clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Diego Escobar's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Escobar jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Escobar ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Madog moves away.
That kick from Escobar tenderised Madog's leg. Madog is trying to keep his angry face on.
Escobar lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Escobar throws a body shot but no joy.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Madog! But no joy.
Madog bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Escobar just misses with a punch to the body.
Escobar slips a straight right by Madog.
Madog looks to land a left hand but Escobar moved out of range nicely.
Escobar cracks a nice hook into Madog's ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Escobar looks to throw the jab but Madog is out of range.
Nice body kick from Madog.
Escobar's corner calls for a 1-2. Escobar obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Escobar throws a hook but Madog blocks it.
Madog appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Madog moves out of range of the body kick from Escobar.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar takes one to the side of the head.
A solid body kick from Madog.
Escobar just misses with a punch to the body.
Madog is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Escobar with a body shot.
Escobar lands a nice looking kick to the body. Madog takes a step back to recover.
Escobar misses with a straight right.
Escobar moves out of range of the strikes.
Escobar cracks a nice hook into Madog's ribs.
Madog connects with a leg kick. Escobar looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Escobar takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Escobar fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Madog.
Escobar misses with a body kick.
Madog swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Madog bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Escobar's head backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escobar throws a body kick that misses.
Madog lands with a nice body punch.
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!
Madog finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Escobar misses with a low kick.
Madog misses with a body shot
and Escobar counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Madog uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Escobar.
Escobar throws a leg kick but Madog moved away.
Escobar avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Madog ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Escobar moves away.
Madog scores with a head kick. Escobar tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Madog lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Escobar has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Escobar and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Escobar dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Madog. That did some damage!
Escobar throws a body shot but no joy.
Madog feints a counter leg kick.
Madog is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar throws a chopping leg kick but Madog manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Madog tests Escobar's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Madog tests Escobar's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Escobar walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Madog checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Escobar throws a push kick but Madog slaps the foot to one side.
Escobar throws a head kick that half lands.
Both fighters circling a little - Escobar finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Escobar throws a wild body kick that Madog sees coming a mile off.
Madog doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Madog takes a swing at Escobar's ribcage but misses.
Escobar throws out a loose jab but Madog uses good head movement to avoid it.
A big right from Madog misses.
Escobar connects with a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Madog misses with a looping left.
A slow jab from Escobar misses its intended target.
Madog throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Escobar on the side of the head.
Escobar has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Madog.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Escobar keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Escobar lands a leg kick that knocks Madog off balance momentarily.
Escobar scoring well with a low kick there.
Madog takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Nice cross by Escobar.
Madog looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Escobar was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Madog slips under a jab.
Madog throws out a counter right but Escobar avoids it with no problem.
Escobar defending well as Madog loads up on a big left hand.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Escobar, right into the meat.
Escobar looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Diego Escobar had his way with Iolyn Madog in that round.
The cut man is working on Diego Escobar's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Madog misses with a straight left.
A counter left hand to the body from Escobar misses its target.
Escobar throws a leg kick that is checked
and Madog counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A big left from Madog misses.
Escobar throws a good cross that connects.
Escobar misses with a low kick.
Madog takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Madog moves away from the strike by Escobar.
Escobar rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Madog counters with a nice leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Escobar.
Escobar takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Madog swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Madog on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Madog has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Escobar.
Madog misses with an uppercut. Escobar saw that one coming.
Escobar throws a jab but it's blocked by Madog.
Madog let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Madog walks into a jab.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Escobar.
Escobar misses with a low kick.
Madog blocks a jab.
Despite the aggression on Madog's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Escobar lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Madog drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Madog throws a jab when Escobar was well out of range.
Madog staying out of range there.
Madog swats away the attempt to clinch by Escobar.
Madog misses with a kick to the body.
Escobar fails in his attempt to clinch.
Madog swings for the body but Escobar moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Escobar misses
and Madog counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Escobar throws a head kick but Madog moves out of range.
Escobar scores with a head kick. Madog tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Madog throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
As Madog backs away, Escobar returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Madog misses the shot to the body.
Escobar slips a jab from Madog.
Escobar is looking to counter punch.
Escobar scores with a jab to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Madog uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Escobar.
Escobar misses with a looping left.
Escobar misses with a low kick.
Escobar tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Madog is able to avoid easily.
Madog will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Escobar bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Madog's head backwards.
Escobar connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Iolyn Madog has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Madog takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Escobar tries to score with a low kick but Madog moves his leg out of the way.
Madog checks a leg kick.
Escobar throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
A leg kick checked by Madog.
Madog on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Madog lands a right hook to the body.
Escobar throws a leg kick
and Madog counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Escobar misses with an uppercut
and Madog counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Madog takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Escobar misses with a hook
and Madog counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Escobar lands with an overhand left.
Escobar throws a big shot that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Escobar misses with a body kick.
Escobar throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Escobar tries to land a front kick but Madog steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Escobar slips under a jab from Madog.
Madog bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A little jabbing left from Madog on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Escobar scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Madog scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Madog scoring well with a low kick there.
Escobar cracks Madog with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Escobar throws a half hearted mid kick.
Escobar scores with a shot to the body.
That kick from Escobar tenderised Madog's leg. Madog is trying to keep his angry face on.
Escobar catches Madog with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

And that's the end of the fight!
Diego 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 50:45
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 50:45
Judge George Francis scores the fight 50:45

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Diego Escobar!
Diego Escobar retains his lightweight title!
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.