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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Braulio Escobar (ranked 1887 p4p, 285 weight class) and Howland Reed (ranked 1526 p4p, 237 weight class). Reed has chosen Dance Gavin Dance - Young Robot as his entrance music. On his way into the cage it seems that Braulio Escobar has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Braulio Escobar seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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11 - 3 - 0 |
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215 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Braulio Escobar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Howland Reed!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Steven Brown and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Escobar loads up on a big right hand but Reed slips the punch.
Reed looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Reed thuds a left hand into Escobar's body.
Reed lands a jab to the nose.
Escobar closes the distance and clinches.
Reed pushes Escobar back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Escobar struggles to land a body shot inside as Reed controls his hands.
Escobar breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Reed scores with a nice head shot.
Reed waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Escobar.
Reed takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Reed uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Escobar.
Reed let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Reed swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Escobar counters with a stiff right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Escobar looks to land a right hand but Reed moved out of range.
Reed lands a body shot.
Escobar works Reed's body with a nice hook.
Reed misses with a few strikes there.
Reed lunges at Escobar with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Escobar's hand.
Reed lunges at Escobar with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Escobar's hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reed jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A jab from Reed misses.
Reed throws a right and a left that both miss.
Reed takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Escobar keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Reed.
Reed slips a jab from Escobar.
Reed lands a slapping body shot.
Reed moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
It looks like Braulio Escobar has been cut.
We've been informed that Reed has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Good shot there by Escobar.
Escobar misses with an uppercut
and Reed counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Reed misses with a body punch
and Escobar counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Escobar looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Reed darts in and clinches Escobar up against the cage.
Escobar is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Reed effectively controlling the action here.
Escobar presses Reed against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Escobar blocking some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escobar lands a hook to the side of the head.
Escobar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Reed misses with a body punch
and Escobar counters with a stiff right hand.
Danga de danga de dang - Reed scores with a four punch combination!
Escobar takes a swing at Reed's ribcage but misses.
Reed shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Escobar manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Escobar has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Reed is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Escobar wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Reed has him pressed against the cage.
Reed blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Escobar manages to break the clinch.
Escobar throws out a loose jab but Reed uses good head movement to avoid it.
Reed shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Escobar manages to escape and get back to his feet!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reed moves out of range of the strikes.
A combination from Reed does no damage.
Escobar defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Reed.
Escobar throws a lazy right hand but Reed sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Reed avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Reed clinches with his opponent.
Escobar tries to work over Reed's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A shot in the inside from Escobar.
Escobar lands a shoulder strike.
Escobar is trying to break free.
Escobar stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Escobar.
Reed blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Reed's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
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 lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Escobar misses with a hook from the clinch.
Escobar breaks from the clinch.
Reed has taken the fight to the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reed goes for a takedown attempt but Escobar pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Reed lands with a nice combination. Escobar backs away looking to recover.
Reed throws a body shot but no joy.
Reed ducks under a wild hook from Escobar.
Escobar slips under a jab.
Escobar with a jab.
Escobar connects with a single shot there.
Reed takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Escobar throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Reed sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Braulio Escobar is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A left lands for Reed.
Reed circles away from the clinch attempt
and Reed counters with a lovely straight right hand!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Reed throws a shot from downtown. Escobar moves away and avoids it.
Reed misses with a wild combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Braulio Escobar will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Braulio 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 keeps the fight on the outside.
Escobar moves in looking to clinch but Reed pushes him off.
Howland Reed seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Reed darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Reed 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 Reed is just out of range.
Escobar takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Decent striking displayed by Reed there.
Escobar just misses with a punch to the body.
Reed tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Escobar manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Reed misses with a hook. Escobar ducked under it nicely.
A slow jab from Escobar misses its intended target.
Reed ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Escobar looks to land a combination but Reed avoids it well.
Reed lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Reed.
Escobar fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
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!
Reed jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Reed misses with a straight right.
Reed ducks under a wild hook from Escobar.
A little jabbing left from Reed on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar scores with a jab to the body.
Reed scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Escobar dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Escobar slaps away a takedown attempt from Reed, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Reed misses with a wild combination.
Reed lands a jab-cross combination.
Donk. Escobar catches Reed right on the button with a cross.
Escobar thows a left - swing and a miss!
Reed slips a straight right by Escobar.
Reed misses with a looping right.
A nice combination there by Escobar.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reed slips a jab and a cross from Escobar.
Escobar scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Reed doesn't seem bothered though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reed throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Escobar counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Reed misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Escobar.
Escobar bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Escobar on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Escobar takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Reed shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Escobar with a jab.
Reed's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Escobar connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Reed scrambles back to his feet.
Escobar with a nice cross.
Reed is rocked!
Escobar throws an overhand right that lands on Reed's shoulder, as Reed tries to avoid the shot.
Reed displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Escobar throws out the jab.
Reed slips a jab and a cross from Escobar.
Escobar swings for the body but Reed moves out of range.
Howland Reed seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Escobar drives through and clinches with Reed against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Reed fails to land.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar takes a shot to the head.
Reed taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Reed holding his opponent close, against the cage.
The crowd are getting on Reed's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Escobar is trying to break the clinch but Reed has him pressed against the cage.
Reed lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Escobar or not.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The referee calls for Reed to work.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Escobar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Reed lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Escobar backwards.
Escobar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Escobar works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A swing and a miss from Escobar.
Reed swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Reed fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reed lands with a cross.
Reed clinches up against the cage.
Escobar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Escobar lands a left hand that snaps the head of Reed backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Reed keeps control of Escobar as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Reed is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Escobar.
Reed prevents Escobar from breaking the clinch.
Reed leaning against his opponent.
Escobar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sloppy strikes from Reed. Those never looked like landing.
Escobar scores with a hook to the body. Reed takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Escobar misses with a two punch combination.
As Escobar backs off Reed throws a huge counter combo but Escobar manages to avoid it all.
Reed connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Escobar momentarily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Reed works the jab nicely.
Escobar thows a left - swing and a miss!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Braulio Escobar will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Braulio Escobar's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Reed swings widly with a right hand
and Escobar counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Reed throws a hook to the side of Escobar's head but Escobar sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Escobar looks to land a left hand but Reed moved out of range nicely.
Reed throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Escobar swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Reed takes a swing at Escobar's ribcage but misses.
Reed fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Escobar throws out a loose jab but Reed uses good head movement to avoid it.
Escobar digs a good hook to Reed's body.
Reed scores with a shot to the body.
Reed displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Escobar throws out the jab.
Reed swings for the body but Escobar moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reed lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Reed closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Nice defenses there by Escobar.
Escobar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Reed.
Escobar moves out of range as Reed strikes.
Escobar closes the distance and lands a one-two.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reed swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Reed lands with a straight right. Escobar didn't see that one coming.
Escobar uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Reed has time to react.
Reed uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Escobar.
A jab from Escobar misses.
Reed lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Escobar gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Reed.
Escobar slips under a jab from Reed.
Escobar ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Reed moves away.
Escobar misses with a hook. Reed ducked under it nicely.
Escobar takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Escobar moves out of range of the strikes.
Reed takes one to the chin there.
Reed takes a body punch but keeps moving.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reed lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Escobar lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escobar is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Reed feints the counter takedown.
Reed moves away from the strike by Escobar.
Reed looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Escobar throws a hook but Reed avoids it easily.
Escobar wants to clinch.
A big left from Escobar misses.
Escobar moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Escobar blocks a jab.
Escobar lands a nice hook to Reed's body. Reed takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Reed ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Escobar moves away.
Reed throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Escobar swings for the body but Reed moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reed takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Reed misses with a wild body shot.
Reed swings for the body but Escobar moves out of range.
Escobar misses with a straight left.
Escobar misses with a hook.
Reed throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Reed uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Escobar.
Escobar misses with a hook.
Escobar lands with a shot to the body.
Escobar uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Reed.
Reed misses with a jab, cross combination.
Reed throws a series of punches but Escobar moves out of range.
Escobar moves out of range as Reed strikes.
Reed takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Escobar misses the jab.
Howland Reed has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Reed swinging wildly here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Escobar throws a right hand that Reed ducks under and follows up with a left that Reed also avoids with ease.
Escobar tries to clinch there but Reed circles away.
Reed throws a body shot but no joy.
Escobar appears to be looking for a big counter.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Escobar lands a nice shot to the body.
Escobar throws a nice looking combination but Reed bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Escobar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Reed.
A little jabbing left from Reed on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Reed throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Escobar stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Reed manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Escobar on his heels. He'll look to pass Escobar's guard now, I'm sure.
Reed scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Reed trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Reed trying to control the position from guard on top but Escobar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Braulio Escobar.
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 Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Braulio Escobar!
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