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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Diego Escobar (ranked 34 p4p, 5 weight class) and David Paddington (ranked 60 p4p, 7 weight class). Paddington has chosen Broken - Next time around as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. David Paddington has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Diego Escobar!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, David Paddington!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Daniel Bishop and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paddington misses with a looping left.
Paddington darts in trying to clinch
and Escobar counters with a stiff right hand.
Paddington scores with a nice strike.
Paddington throws a right hand that Escobar ducks under and follows up with a left that Escobar also avoids with ease.
Escobar was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Escobar is looking to slow Paddington down with leg kicks.
Paddington looks to land a right hand but Escobar moved out of range.
Escobar throwing a counter right hand but Paddington manages to avoid it.
Paddington connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Paddington looks to land a left hand but Escobar moved out of range nicely.
An attempted straight right counter from Escobar misses the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paddington throws a looping overhand right but Escobar ducks down to avoid it.
Paddington has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Paddington swings widly with a right hand
and Escobar counters with a stiff right hand.
Escobar throws a leg kick but Paddington sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Good standup being displayed there by Paddington as he connects with a hook.
Escobar has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Paddington digs a good hook to Escobar's body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Paddington cracks Escobar with an open hand slap.
Diego Escobar is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Escobar throws a shot from downtown. Paddington moves away and avoids it.
Paddington misses with an uppercut.
Escobar is looking to counter punch.
Paddington missing with a left hand there. Escobar was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Escobar avoids the head kick by Paddington.
Escobar tried to counter with a leg kick but Paddington avoided it.
Paddington swings widly with a right hand
and Escobar counters with a leg kick.
Nice uppercut there from Paddington.
Paddington fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A little feinted left hand from Escobar on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Escobar throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Escobar throws a shot from downtown. Paddington moves away and avoids it.
Escobar misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Paddington waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Escobar.
Escobar was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escobar gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Paddington to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Escobar controlling Paddington's posture.
Paddington throwing strikes from guard but Escobar blocks nicely.
Escobar will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Paddington postures up in Escobar's guard and throws a big left but Escobar blocks it.
Paddington throws a big right hand that misses.
Paddington throws an elbow that misses. Escobar uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Paddington's guard. Nice move by Escobar!
Paddington is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Paddington throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Paddington is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Escobar is aware though and is defending well.
Escobar stays in close to Paddington's body and controls the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Paddington is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Escobar is aware though and is defending well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Escobar wants to pass the guard but Paddington is keeping the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Paddington had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Escobar defends it easily.
Escobar engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Escobar's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Escobar pushes down on Paddington's leg and manages to get into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but David Paddington will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Paddington scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Paddington drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Paddington working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Escobar managing to control the position.
Paddington is looking to work some ground and pound but Escobar has wrist control.
Paddington wants to control from the top but Escobar keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paddington throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Escobar utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Escobar is trying to control the position but Paddington postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Escobar pulls Paddington in to control the position.
Paddington wants to control from the top but Escobar keeps moving.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Paddington fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Escobar, pushing him back against the cage.
Escobar breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A telegraphed right hand from Escobar misses the target.
Paddington throws out a loose jab but Escobar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Escobar looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Paddington scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Escobar throws a leg kick but Paddington sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Paddington goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Paddington throws a hook but Escobar avoids it easily.
Escobar is looking for a counter combo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paddington lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Paddington displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Escobar throws out the jab.
Paddington closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Paddington lands in his opponent's guard.
David Paddington has got the better of the ground game so far.
Escobar has control of Paddington's left arm, preventing Paddington from doing any damage.
Paddington throws a big elbow that misses.
Paddington has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Escobar lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Paddington is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Escobar stays in close to Paddington's body and controls the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paddington is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Paddington not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Escobar blocking the ground and pound attempt from Paddington.
Escobar tries to get to full guard but Paddington has control of the leg.
Paddington scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Escobar blocking the ground and pound attempt from Paddington.
Paddington not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Escobar is trying to control but can't.
Paddington is looking for a kimura but Escobar is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Paddington to get the leverage.
Paddington seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Escobar does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Paddington not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Paddington is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Escobar still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Escobar has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!
Paddington is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Escobar is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David Paddington showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Escobar scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Paddington misses with a hook
and Escobar connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Paddington throws a hook but Escobar avoids it easily.
Escobar with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Escobar moves out of range of the strikes.
Paddington slips a straight right by Escobar.
Paddington with the counter takedown but Escobar avoids it easily.
Escobar lands a head kick. Paddington smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Paddington ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Escobar moves away.
Paddington gets the takedown into side control.
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 manages to get back to half guard.
Paddington is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Escobar sees it coming and defends easily.
Paddington misses with a head shot. Escobar uses the momentum to regain guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paddington loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Paddington postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Paddington postures up in Escobar's guard and throws a big left but Escobar blocks it.
Escobar is pulling down on Paddington's head. It's preventing any offense from Paddington, at least for the moment.
Paddington postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Paddington throws a big elbow that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Paddington trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Paddington stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Escobar swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Escobar working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Paddington.
Paddington postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Paddington with a flurry of punches that miss.
Escobar is controlling Paddington's posture.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
David Paddington seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Escobar throws a body shot but no joy.
Paddington ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Escobar moves away.
It looked like Escobar was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Escobar goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
It looks like David Paddington has been cut.
Paddington stuns Escobar with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Paddington waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Escobar.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar connects with a leg kick. Paddington looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Escobar misses with a looping right.
Escobar buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Escobar. Paddington does a little dance to reset his feet.
Paddington fails with an attempt to clinch.
Paddington checks the leg kick.
Escobar uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Paddington.
Paddington misses with a looping left.
Paddington misses with a body shot
and Escobar counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Paddington falls off balance throwing a combination
and Escobar counters with a nice leg kick.
Escobar chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Escobar on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Paddington checks a leg kick.
Paddington throws a hook to the side of Escobar's head but Escobar sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Paddington paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Paddington closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Escobar did well to prevent Paddington getting side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Escobar keeping hold of Paddington's head, controlling as best he can.
Paddington missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Paddington is thwarting Escobar's attempts to control the position.
Paddington is trying to control the action in half guard but Escobar is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Diego Escobar did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on David Paddington's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Paddington connects with a body shot that sends Escobar's belly button to the back.
Diego Escobar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Paddington just misses with a punch to the body.
It looked like Escobar was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Paddington.
Paddington fails to land with a series of punches.
Paddington uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Escobar.
Escobar scores with a crisp jab that stopped Paddington in his tracks.
Paddington swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice takedown defense from Escobar. No joy for Paddington on that attempt.
Escobar swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Escobar pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Paddington misses with a wild body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Escobar tries to bum rush Paddington with a series of wild strikes but Paddington uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Paddington swings widly with a right hand
and Escobar counters with a straight right hand.
Paddington changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar ducks under a wild hook from Paddington.
Escobar throws a jab when Paddington was well out of range.
Paddington scores with a jab. Escobar acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Paddington throws the left hand but Escobar avoids the punch easily.
Paddington tries to clinch but Escobar moves out of range.
Escobar lands a jab.
A combination from Paddington does no damage.
Paddington changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Escobar bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Paddington throws a hook but Escobar avoids it easily.
Escobar lands with a thumping leg kick.
Paddington misses with a hook. Escobar ducked under it nicely.
Escobar looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paddington throws a body shot but no joy.
Paddington misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Escobar.
Paddington slips a jab from Escobar.
Paddington with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Escobar to score with a decent uppercut.
A big right from Paddington misses.
Escobar throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Paddington throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Paddington throws a series of punches but Escobar avoids them all with ease.
A nice combination there by Escobar.
Paddington displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Paddington swings for the body but Escobar moves out of range.
Paddington's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Paddington looks to land a right hand but Escobar moved out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar misses with a jab, cross combination.
Escobar motions for Paddington to come forward. Escobar throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Paddington closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Escobar throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Escobar slips under a jab.
Escobar scores with a one two! Paddington had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
A big right from Paddington misses.
Paddington thows a left - swing and a miss!
Paddington looks to land a left hand but Escobar moved out of range nicely.
Escobar feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Escobar 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.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paddington just misses with a punch to the body.
Escobar looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Paddington throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Escobar appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Paddington slips under a jab from Escobar.
Paddington changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Paddington blocks a head kick by Escobar.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Paddington throws a sloppy body shot
and Escobar counters with a nice uppercut.
Paddington smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A punch combination from Paddington misses.
Paddington on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Jab by Paddington.
Escobar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Paddington.
It seemed like Paddington was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Paddington uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Escobar.
Jab, jab by Paddington - just one landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Diego Escobar will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on David Paddington's cut.
That's time! Escobar's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Paddington shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Escobar napping and manages to drive through into side control!
The ground and pound from Paddington seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
The strikes coming from Paddington are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Escobar is looking to regain half guard here but Paddington keeps moving and retains side control.
Paddington goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Escobar has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Paddington but great work by Escobar.
Paddington has one of Escobar's arms on lockdown, trying to prevent him from doing any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paddington tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Escobar easily slips into full mount!
Paddington tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paddington tries to hold on but Escobar pushes him away.
Escobar controlling the position easily from mount.
Paddington working to try and regain half guard.
Paddington tries to lock up and control but Escobar gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Paddington is looking to get to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Paddington throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Paddington wants to hold on but Escobar pushes him away.
Escobar controlling his opponent.
Paddington can't escape the position.
Escobar tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Paddington is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paddington is wriggling around trying to escape.
Paddington wants to hold on but Escobar pushes him away.
Paddington is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Escobar is staying active.
Escobar prevents Paddington from getting the reversal.
Paddington gets back to half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Paddington misses with some strikes from the bottom.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Escobar throws the left hand but Paddington avoids the punch easily.
Paddington is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Escobar with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Escobar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Escobar fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Paddington just misses with a punch to the body.
Paddington uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Escobar.
Paddington tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Paddington swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Escobar appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Paddington throws an off balance right hand
and Escobar counters with a stiff right hand.
Paddington lands an overhand right.
Escobar on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Paddington is looking to clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Paddington throws a left and a right that both miss
and Escobar counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Paddington takes the fight into the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Diego Escobar showed his dominance in that final round.
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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 48:48
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 48:47
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Diego Escobar!
Diego Escobar retains his featherweight title!
A less than humble Diego Escobar misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
The defeated David Paddington had this to say: 'Good fight, but not good outcome. I thought im indestructible after winning that openweight tournament. I Still matter and nobody should count me out yet!'.
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