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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Gerardo Pacheco (ranked 1448 p4p, 145 weight class) and Esteban San Pedro (ranked 795 p4p, 87 weight class). San Pedro has chosen Gunman as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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152 lbs
12 - 5 - 2 |
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147 lbs
6 - 3 - 1 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 5 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Gerardo Pacheco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 1, fighting out of London, Esteban San Pedro!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Daniel Franklin and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pacheco ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pacheco scores with a shot to the body.
San Pedro looks to score with a jab to the body but Pacheco is just out of range.
San Pedro misses with a looping left.
A counter left hand to the body from Pacheco misses its target.
San Pedro throws a solid leg kick but Pacheco takes the impact on his shin and smiles at San Pedro.
Pacheco appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
San Pedro closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Pacheco lands with a nice body punch.
Pacheco closes the distance but San Pedro moves to the side
and San Pedro counters with a low kick, right behind Pacheco 's knee.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pacheco misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from San Pedro.
Pacheco blocks a low kick nicely.
Pacheco uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before San Pedro has time to react.
Pacheco misses the body punch
and San Pedro counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Pacheco thinking.
San Pedro misses with a straight left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pacheco tries to close the distance and clinch up but San Pedro swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pacheco misses with a wild body shot.
Pacheco takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Pacheco ducks down and throws a hook to the body but San Pedro moves away.
Pacheco has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Dark Corner in the buildup to the fight.
San Pedro does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Pacheco ducks down and throws a hook to the body but San Pedro moves away.
Pacheco misses with a straight left.
Pacheco fakes high and swings low for a body shot but San Pedro manages to avoid it.
San Pedro takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
San Pedro scores with a head kick.
Pacheco throws a poor cross that misses
and San Pedro counters with a low kick, right behind Pacheco 's knee.
San Pedro swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Pacheco.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
San Pedro throws the left hand but Pacheco avoids the punch easily.
Pacheco throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A big right from San Pedro misses.
Pacheco throws a looping overhand right but San Pedro ducks down to avoid it.
San Pedro blocks a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pacheco slips a jab from San Pedro.
San Pedro throws a hook but Pacheco avoids it easily.
Pacheco moves out of range as San Pedro throws a body kick.
Pacheco avoids the body shot from San Pedro.
Pacheco is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from San Pedro.
San Pedro lands a head shot.
Pacheco throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pacheco slips under a jab.
San Pedro throws a big shot that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pacheco 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.
Pacheco moves out of range as San Pedro throws a body kick.
Pacheco scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Pacheco misses with a hook.
San Pedro throws a shot to the body.
San Pedro scores with a body shot.
San Pedro thumps Pacheco with a low kick.
Good shot there by Pacheco.
San Pedro wants to slow Pacheco down by chopping away at his legs.
San Pedro avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A good leg kick by San Pedro.
Pacheco takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pacheco uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by San Pedro.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pacheco misses with a body shot.
The fighters circling - Pacheco throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pacheco bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Pacheco went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Pacheco wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
San Pedro throws a series of punches but Pacheco avoids them all with ease.
San Pedro throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
San Pedro avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pacheco misses with a hook.
San Pedro throws a leg kick but Pacheco sees it coming and moves out of range.
Pacheco throws a body shot but no joy.
San Pedro looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Pacheco lands a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Esteban San Pedro 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.
Pacheco throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
San Pedro misses with a looping right.
Esteban San Pedro seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pacheco just misses with a punch to the body.
Pacheco is looking to wear down San Pedro with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Pacheco misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from San Pedro.
San Pedro looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Pacheco moves out of range of the body kick from San Pedro.
Pacheco chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before San Pedro can pounce on him.
San Pedro has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Donk. Pacheco catches San Pedro right on the button with a cross.
Pacheco throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Pacheco throws a hook to the side of San Pedro's head but San Pedro sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
San Pedro was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Pacheco has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pacheco takes one on the button.
Pacheco just misses with a punch to the body.
Pacheco blocks the body kick.
San Pedro connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Pacheco's hands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pacheco clinches up with San Pedro and pushes him back against the cage.
San Pedro lands a left hand.
San Pedro lands an uppercut.
San Pedro tries to work over Pacheco's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
San Pedro throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pachecos head.
Pacheco working aggressively here.
A short left from Pacheco.
A right hand to the body from San Pedro.
A nice left hand lands by Pacheco.
Pacheco gets through San Pedro's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Pacheco managing to block the knees to the body from San Pedro.
San Pedro lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pacheco backwards.
San Pedro missing with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pacheco blocks an uppercut.
San Pedro misses with a hook from the clinch.
San Pedro fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
San Pedro swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pacheco jumps guard but San Pedro turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pacheco scores with a shot to the side of San Pedro's head.
Pacheco lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of San Pedro backwards.
Pacheco lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
San Pedro tries to work over Pacheco's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pacheco can't find room to land a body shot as San Pedro controls the action.
San Pedro misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pacheco tries to work over San Pedro's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pacheco tries to work over San Pedro's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
San Pedro doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
San Pedro misses with some punches.
Pacheco struggles to land a body shot inside as San Pedro controls his hands.
Pacheco pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by San Pedro.
San Pedro tries to work over Pacheco's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
San Pedro softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pacheco.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Pacheco tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
San Pedro tries a body shot but Pacheco blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
San Pedro misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pacheco misses with a punch to the body.
San Pedro struggles to land a body shot inside as Pacheco controls his hands.
Pacheco lands with a short shot to the head.
Pacheco misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pacheco tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A left hand lands to the body for Pacheco.
A short right hand to the side of the head by San Pedro.
San Pedro can't find room to land a body shot as Pacheco controls the action.
San Pedro blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pacheco is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables San Pedro to keep the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gerardo Pacheco. That's going to take a lot out of him.
San Pedro blocks an uppercut.
San Pedro lands a left hand.
San Pedro lands a shot to the body.
San Pedro tries a body shot but Pacheco blocks it.
San Pedro struggles to land a body shot inside as Pacheco controls his hands.
San Pedro scores with a shot to the side of Pacheco's head.
Pacheco takes a shot to the head.
San Pedro lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pacheco goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
San Pedro swings wildly with an uppercut but Pacheco uses good head movement to avoid it.
San Pedro blocking some punches.
Pacheco blocks a body shot from San Pedro.
San Pedro misses with a hook to the ribs.
Esteban San Pedro seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Pacheco swings wildly with an uppercut but San Pedro uses good head movement to avoid it.
San Pedro can't find room to land a body shot as Pacheco controls the action.
San Pedro lands a hook to the side of the head.
San Pedro lands a right hand.
San Pedro works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Still in the clinch, San Pedro scores with a nice short uppercut.
Pacheco is rocked!
Nice body punch from San Pedro - that landed with a thud.
San Pedro works on Pacheco's body with a couple of short punches.
A short left from San Pedro.
Oh Pacheco is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for San Pedro.
Pacheco blocks a body shot from San Pedro.
A nice right hand lands inside from San Pedro.
San Pedro lands a right hand that snaps the head of Pacheco backwards.
San Pedro lands a big right hand that drops Pacheco! The killer instinct kicks in and San Pedro finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by San Pedro!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Esteban San Pedro!
Esteban San Pedro thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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