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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Braulio Escobar (ranked 1438 p4p, 224 weight class) and Ernie Bezoink (ranked 2691 p4p, 376 weight class). Bezoink comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Fuel kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Ernie Bezoink has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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
12 - 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
23 - 27 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ernie Bezoink!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Steven Brown and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed right hand from Bezoink misses the target.
Escobar looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Bezoink lands a jab to the nose.
No joy there for Escobar, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Escobar fails to land with a series of punches.
Bezoink's corner calls for a 1-2. Bezoink obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Bezoink ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Escobar looks to throw the jab but Bezoink is out of range.
A shot to the liver by Bezoink. Beautiful body shot.
Escobar on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Good exchange - Escobar coming out on top.
Escobar tries to clinch up.
Bezoink lands with a kick to the temple. Escobar shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Escobar ducks under a wild hook from Bezoink.
Bezoink uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Escobar.
Bezoink scores with a jab to the jaw.
Escobar keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Bezoink scores with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bezoink ducks under a wild hook from Escobar.
Escobar scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
It looks like Ernie Bezoink has been cut.
Braulio Escobar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bezoink shoots for a takedown but Escobar saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Escobar looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sloppy strikes from Escobar. Those never looked like landing.
Escobar will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bezoink connects with a crisp jab.
Bezoink takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Escobar misses with an uppercut. Bezoink saw that one coming.
Escobar misses with an uppercut. Bezoink saw that one coming.
Bezoink misses with a double jab.
Bezoink with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A jab from Bezoink does it's job there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bezoink throws a head kick that Escobar semi-blocks.
Bezoink goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Escobar throws a right and a left that both miss.
Escobar throws a shot from downtown. Bezoink moves away and avoids it.
A jab from Escobar misses.
Escobar missing with a left hand there. Bezoink was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bezoink appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Braulio Escobar is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Escobar tries to clinch but Bezoink is having none of it.
Escobar closes the distance and pushes Bezoink back into the cage.
Bezoink takes a shot to the head.
Escobar manages to break the clinch.
Escobar misses with a hook
and Bezoink counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Escobar looks to land a combination. Bezoink sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Donk. Bezoink catches Escobar right on the button with a cross.
Escobar misses with a looping left.
Bezoink looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Escobar is fending him off so far but Bezoink persists. Nope, Escobar circles away and we're back to standing.
Braulio Escobar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ernie Bezoink.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bezoink lands with a right hand.
Escobar throws a right and a left that Bezoink avoids nicely.
Escobar connects with a looping right hand.
Bezoink shoots for a takedown but Escobar saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Escobar tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Bezoink manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bezoink throws a head kick that misses.
Escobar avoids the head kick by Bezoink.
Bezoink throws an overhand right that lands on Escobar's shoulder, as Escobar tries to avoid the shot.
Escobar dodges the punch combination from Bezoink.
Escobar takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Escobar takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A big left from Escobar misses.
Bezoink looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Escobar lands with a nice body punch.
Escobar misses the body punch
and Bezoink counters with a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bezoink lands with an overhand left.
Escobar misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bezoink thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bezoink misses with a two punch combination.
Escobar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bezoink misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Escobar rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bezoink moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bezoink walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Escobar wants to clinch up but Bezoink keeps it at a distance.
Bezoink ducks under a wild hook from Escobar.
Escobar 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.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bezoink shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Escobar as he avoids it easily.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Bezoink, as that shot connected.
Bezoink lands a jab-cross combination.
Escobar throws a hook to the side of Bezoink's head but Bezoink sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Ernie Bezoink will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ernie Bezoink's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Bezoink tries to score with a low kick but Escobar moves his leg out of the way.
Bezoink takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Escobar just misses with a punch to the body.
Escobar throws an overhand right that lands on Bezoink's shoulder, as Bezoink tries to avoid the shot.
Escobar fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Bezoink throws a head kick that half lands.
Escobar scores with a hook to the body. Bezoink takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Bezoink uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Escobar.
Escobar misses with a body shot.
Bezoink will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Escobar circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bezoink cracks Escobar with a right hand to the side of the head.
Bezoink tries to move into range but Escobar moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Bezoink swinging wildly here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar lunges at Bezoink with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Bezoink's hand.
Bezoink throws a lazy right hand but Escobar sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
It looked like Escobar wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Escobar misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bezoink uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Escobar.
Bezoink defending well as Escobar loads up on a big left hand.
Bezoink shoots in but Escobar avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Bezoink swinging wildly here.
Escobar wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Escobar tries to close the distance and clinch but Bezoink swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bezoink throws a jab but it's blocked by Escobar.
Escobar moves into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bezoink stalling against the cage.
Escobar misses with a punch to the body.
Escobar can't find room to land a body shot as Bezoink controls the action.
Bezoink ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Bezoink no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Bezoink is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Escobar stands up and waves to Bezoink to follow him.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Escobar gets in close and instigates a clinch.
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!
A nice right hand lands inside from Escobar.
Escobar breaks from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bezoink listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Bezoink uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Escobar.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Bezoink! But no joy.
Bezoink cracks Escobar with a good jab.
Escobar punishes Bezoink's body with a nice straight punch.
Bezoink throws the left hand but Escobar avoids the punch easily.
Bezoink throws a sloppy head kick and Escobar moves out of range easily.
Escobar loads up on a big right hand but Bezoink slips the punch.
Bezoink shapes to counter with a head kick.
Escobar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bezoink.
Escobar steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bezoink.
Bezoink ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Escobar moves away.
Bezoink lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Bezoink.
Bezoink uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Escobar.
Bezoink steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Escobar.
Escobar punishes Bezoink's body with a nice straight punch.
Bezoink throws a hook to the side of Escobar's head but Escobar sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Escobar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Escobar walks into a left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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 ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bezoink moves away.
Escobar uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bezoink.
Bezoink takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Bezoink looks to land a right hand but Escobar moved out of range.
Bezoink uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Escobar.
Bezoink throws out a counter right but Escobar avoids it with no problem.
Bezoink jabs at Escobar's body.
A telegraphed right hand from Bezoink misses the target.
Bezoink keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bezoink let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Ernie Bezoink seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bezoink throws a body punch but Escobar moves out of range.
Bezoink rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Escobar moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bezoink takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Escobar lands a nice shot to the body.
Bezoink tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Escobar was well out of range. Poor timing from Bezoink.
Bezoink throws an overhand right that lands on Escobar's shoulder, as Escobar tries to avoid the shot.
Bezoink staying out of range there.
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 Ernie Bezoink's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Escobar scores with a decent looking hook.
Bezoink takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bezoink. Escobar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Escobar throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bezoink pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bezoink lands a nice shot that snaps Escobar's head back.
Escobar misses with a two punch combination.
Escobar wants to clinch up but Bezoink keeps it at a distance.
Bezoink wants to counter with a clinch but Escobar pushes him away.
Escobar misses with a wild body shot.
It seemed like Bezoink was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Escobar fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Escobar misses with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Escobar misses with a wild combination.
Escobar cracks Bezoink with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar just misses with a punch to the body.
Bezoink is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
As Bezoink tries to get set, Escobar tries to push him back and clinch up but Bezoink manages to avoid the attempt.
Escobar takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Escobar throws a looping overhand right but Bezoink ducks down to avoid it.
Escobar blocks a jab.
Bezoink looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Escobar misses with the combination.
It seemed like Bezoink was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Bezoink misses with a two punch combination.
Bezoink uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Escobar.
Escobar misses with a wild body shot.
Escobar throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bezoink swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Bezoink tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Escobar defends well and Bezoink ends up having to push Escobar into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escobar clinches with his opponent.
A short uppercut from Escobar.
Escobar misses with some punches.
Escobar's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bezoink works the jab nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bezoink scores with a jab.
Escobar's jab looks to have found its range, popping Bezoink under the eye.
Escobar throws a lazy right hand but Bezoink sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Escobar looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Bezoink takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Escobar misses with a few strikes there.
Escobar throws an overhand right that lands on Bezoink's shoulder, as Bezoink tries to avoid the shot.
Bezoink uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Escobar.
Escobar goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Escobar will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bezoink tries to counter with a clinch but Escobar shakes him off and moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar tries to close the distance and clinch but Bezoink swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Escobar avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Escobar looks to score with a jab to the body but Bezoink is just out of range.
Bezoink misses with a looping right.
Bezoink misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Escobar.
Nice uppercut lands for Bezoink. That snapped Escobar's head back.
Escobar swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Bezoink counters with a nice uppercut.
Escobar misses with a hook. Bezoink ducked under it nicely.
Bezoink let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Escobar looks to clinch
and Bezoink counters with a stiff right hand.
A jab from Escobar misses.
Bezoink wants to counter with a clinch but Escobar pushes him away.
Escobar throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bezoink connects with the punch.
Escobar just misses with a punch to the body.
Bezoink lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Escobar circles away quickly and effectively.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by Bezoink.
Escobar misses the shot to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Escobar misses the target.
Escobar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bezoink manages to avoid it.
Bezoink connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Escobar's hands.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A looping hook to the body misses from Escobar. Bezoink does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bezoink lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Bezoink keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bezoink lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Escobar takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Bezoink lands a head shot.
Escobar lands a nice looking body shot.
Bezoink 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.
Escobar uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bezoink.
Bezoink throws a head kick but Escobar moves out of range.
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.
I think Escobar has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Braulio Escobar!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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