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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Diego Escobar (ranked 3848 p4p, 2286 weight class) and Louis Princip (ranked 0 p4p, 302 weight class). Princip has chosen Lord of This World by Black Sabbath as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!
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165
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Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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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 49 - 16 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Diego Escobar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Louis Princip!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Aleksandr Martynov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Princip throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A big right from Princip misses.
Escobar looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Princip ducks under a wild hook from Escobar.
Escobar feints and then cracks Princip's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Princip down.
Escobar misses the jab.
Escobar closes the distance and clinches up with Princip, looking for a takedown. Escobar pushes Princip against the cage but Princip circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Princip looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Princip throws a hook but Escobar avoids it easily.
A swing and a miss from Princip.
Princip misses with an uppercut. Escobar saw that one coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Princip walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Princip lands a jab to the nose.
It looks like Diego Escobar has been cut.
Sloppy strikes from Escobar. Those never looked like landing.
A head kick misses from Escobar.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Princip! But no joy.
A looping hook to the body misses from Princip. Escobar does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar lands a jab to the nose.
Escobar throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Princip's waist but Princip gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Escobar off to one side.
Escobar throws a head kick that Princip semi-blocks.
A jab from Escobar misses.
Escobar throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Escobar throws a lazy head kick
and Princip counters with a right hand to the body.
Escobar throws a jab when Princip was well out of range.
Escobar throws a lazy uppercut
and Escobar takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Princip bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Princip lands with a right hand.
Escobar tries a head kick but it misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Escobar misses with a kick to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Princip steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Escobar.
Escobar throws a right and a left that Princip avoids nicely.
Escobar misses with a head kick.
Princip tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Escobar was well out of range. Poor timing from Princip.
Escobar throws a sloppy head kick
and Princip counters with a straight right hand.
Escobar throws a lazy right hand but Princip sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice cross by Princip.
Princip connects with a single shot there.
Escobar is rocked!
Princip misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Escobar.
Escobar was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Escobar dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Escobar looks to throw a body kick
and Princip counters with a left to the body.
Escobar throws a right and a left that Princip avoids nicely.
Escobar with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Princip loads up on a big right hand but Escobar slips the punch.
Escobar tries to clinch but Princip moves out of range.
Princip throws a hook to the side of Escobar's head but Escobar sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Escobar swings widly with a right hand
and Princip counters with a crisp one two that drops Escobar! Princip thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Escobar to his feet! Escobar is in big trouble!
Oh Escobar is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Escobar lands a glancing blow to the side of Princip's head.
Escobar seems to have got his legs back now.
Escobar misses with a looping right.
Escobar connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Princip is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Escobar.
Princip walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Diego Escobar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Escobar moves away from the strike by Princip.
Escobar shoots in but no luck this time.
Princip looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Diego Escobar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Escobar misses with a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Escobar tries to score a power double leg takedown but Princip sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Escobar somewhat.
Princip looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A head kick misses from Escobar.
Princip looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Princip walks into a stiff left hand from Escobar.
Escobar throws a head kick that misses.
Princip is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Escobar with a body shot.
A combination from Escobar does no damage.
Princip swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Escobar wants to clinch.
Princip throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Escobar to counter with a crisp jab.
Princip works Escobar's body with a nice hook.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Louis Princip will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Diego Escobar's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Escobar slips under a jab.
Princip throws a body punch but Escobar moves out of range.
Escobar rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Princip moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Escobar misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Princip works the jab nicely.
Escobar throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Escobar takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Escobar tries to clinch up
and Princip counters with a straight right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Escobar on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Escobar tries to clinch up
and Princip scores with a counter punch that sends Escobar to the canvas! Princip smells blood - he's punishing Escobar with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Escobar has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Louis Princip!
During a confident post fight interview, Louis Princip thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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