PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Pablo Escobar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Brunner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Escobar
vs
Brunner

172 cm
27
144 lbs
15 - 5 - 0

170 cm
27
130 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Pablo Escobar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mike Brunner!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Nard Betker and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Escobar lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Brunner circles away quickly and effectively.
Brunner throws a good cross that connects.
Brunner doesn't manage to clinch there - Escobar circles away.
Brunner swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Brunner rushes Escobar and presses him up against the cage.
Brunner avoids the elbow strike from Escobar, against the cage.
Escobar looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Brunner tries to circle away but Escobar has him pinned against the cage.

Escobar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Brunner staying out of range there.
Escobar misses with a body shot.
Brunner tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Escobar fails to land with a series of punches.
Escobar swinging wildly here.
Brunner misses with a low kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Brunner tries to clinch but Escobar moves out of range.
Escobar misses with a shot to the body

so Brunner counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Brunner pushes down on Escobar's leg and manages to get into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Escobar pushes Brunner off and gets back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar dodges the punch combination from Brunner.

Brunner is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Escobar's half guard.

Brunner is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Escobar is not content to let Brunner control the position.
Brunner throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Escobar to regain full guard.
Escobar wants to stand and escape but Brunner is having none of it.
Brunner with a flurry of punches that miss.
Brunner throws a big right hand that misses.
Escobar keeping moving, preventing Brunner from controlling successfully.
Escobar wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Brunner manages to pass to side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escobar regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Brunner.
Brunner missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Escobar wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Brunner manages to pass to side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brunner throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Brunner is working for an americana but Escobar has been sneaky and has managed to get back to half guard, whilst Brunner was thinking about the submission.
Brunner wants to pass the guard but Escobar is keeping the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Escobar wants to stand up but Brunner is controlling him.
Brunner trying to control the position from guard on top but Escobar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Escobar wants to stand but Brunner is controlling the position.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Brunner trying to control the position from guard on top but Escobar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Mike Brunner was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Escobar pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Brunner back to the cage. Escobar follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

It looks like Mike Brunner has been cut.
Brunner ducks under a wild hook from Escobar.
Escobar throws a combination that misses

and Brunner counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Brunner seems to be looking for submissions.

Escobar manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Escobar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Brunner manages to avoid it.

Brunner dives in and scores a takedown into Escobar's guard.
Brunner stops Escobar from standing up.
Brunner stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Escobar swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Brunner gets to his feet. Escobar looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Pablo Escobar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brunner uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Escobar.
Brunner avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Brunner tries to clinch there but Escobar circles away.
Brunner tries a low kick but Escobar avoids it.

Escobar gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Brunner goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Brunner dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mike Brunner's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Brunner looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Escobar rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Brunner moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Brunner is looking to clinch but Escobar is avoiding it.
Escobar throws a nice looking combination but Brunner bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pablo Escobar is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Brunner throws a low kick but Escobar moves out of range easily.
Horrible takedown by Brunner or perhaps it was just good defense by Escobar which made him look bad.

Brunner rushes Escobar and presses him up against the cage.
Brunner is trying to break free.

Brunner has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Escobar is trying to keep an underhook but Brunner manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Brunner throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Brunner is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Escobar has managed to free his arm - good work.

Brunner is working for a submission of some sort.
Escobar looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brunner is keen to just control but Escobar is a slippery customer.

Escobar pushes Brunner off and gets back to his feet.
Escobar misses with a looping left.
Brunner keeps the fight on the outside.
Brunner tries to clinch up but Escobar circles away and keeps his distance.
Escobar scores with a body shot.
Brunner looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Pablo Escobar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Brunner.
Escobar needs to keep his hands up - Brunner had a free shot at his head there.

Escobar clinches up against the cage.
Escobar pushes off an throws an elbow but Brunner leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

Escobar is fighting off a takedown attempt but Brunner is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Escobar to the mat. Escobar regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brunner stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Escobar swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Escobar is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Brunner is controlling him.

Brunner gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Brunner looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Brunner is looking to score with low kicks.
Brunner tries to close the distance and clinch but Escobar swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Brunner takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Pablo Escobar is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Horrible takedown by Brunner or perhaps it was just good defense by Escobar which made him look bad.
Brunner is breathing heavily.
Escobar misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Brunner shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Escobar eats them both and turns towards Brunner to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Escobar avoids the head kick by Brunner.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by Escobar.
Brunner keeps the fight on the outside.

Escobar has taken the fight to the clinch.

Escobar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Escobar bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Brunner fails in his attempt to clinch.

Brunner gets a clinch.
Escobar lands a knee to the body.
Escobar misses with the head strike.
Brunner stalling in the clinch but Escobar improves position.
Brunner on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Escobar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Escobar drives through and clinches with Brunner against the cage.
Brunner goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Brunner trying to land knees to the body.
Escobar is trying to push Brunner away but Brunner has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A frustrated look appears on Brunner's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Escobar breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Escobar misses with a jab, cross combination.
A decent looking cross lands there for Escobar.
Escobar lands a jab to the head.
Brunner swings for the body but Escobar moves out of range.
Brunner is looking to clinch but Escobar is avoiding it.
Escobar throws a shot from downtown. Brunner moves away and avoids it.
Brunner throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Escobar on the side of the head.
Horrible takedown by Brunner or perhaps it was just good defense by Escobar which made him look bad.
A combination from Brunner does no damage.

Escobar lands a left and a right that send Brunner crashing to the mat, dazed. Escobar thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Brunner is rocked!
Brunner on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Brunner is still on wobbly legs! Can Escobar finish him?
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Crack! Escobar connects with the perfect overhand right and Brunner falls face first to the canvas. Timbeeeeeeeer! Beautiful knockout for Escobar!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Pablo Escobar!
Pablo Escobar gave a mention to Wolfpack Blood Labs Q158-Q155 in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).