PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Juan Carlos Escobar (ranked 4410 p4p, 422 weight class) and George Dettman (ranked 24616 p4p, 540 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Carlos Escobar
vs
Dettman

183 cm
26
159 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

191 cm
26
157 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Juan Carlos Escobar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, George Dettman!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, George Francis and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Escobar.
Dettman misses the jab.
Escobar showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dettman.
Escobar uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dettman.
Dettman works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Dettman looks to land a combination but Escobar avoids it well.
Escobar will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Escobar misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dettman rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Escobar moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
No joy there for Escobar, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Escobar throws a right and a left that Dettman avoids nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Escobar lands a jab to the nose.
Dettman is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Escobar rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dettman moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Escobar throws a jab when Dettman was well out of range.
Dettman will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Escobar looks to land a combination but Dettman avoids it well.
Escobar throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Escobar swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A punch combination from Escobar misses.
A combination from Dettman does no damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar throws out a powerful jab.
Dettman misses with a few strikes there.
Escobar slips a jab and a cross from Dettman.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Dettman rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Escobar moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dettman's corner calls for a 1-2. Dettman obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Dettman misses with a two punch combination.
Dettman throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Escobar catches Dettman with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Dettman looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dettman looks winded!
Escobar fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Dettman to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Dettman looks to clinch but Escobar throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Dettman taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Juan Carlos Escobar!