PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pablo Escobar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jarrod Batchelor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Batchelor has chosen Mike Candys & Jack Holiday - Push The Feeling On as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Escobar
vs
Batchelor

190 cm
24
200 lbs
9 - 8 - 0

175 cm
24
185 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pablo Escobar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jarrod Batchelor!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Aafke Stam and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Batchelor pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Batchelor lands a nice shot to the body.
A head kick by Escobar misses
and Batchelor counters with a head kick.
Batchelor scores with a decent looking hook.
Batchelor checks a leg kick nicely.
Escobar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Batchelor is looking to chop away at Escobar's legs.
Batchelor misses the jab.
Batchelor cracks Escobar with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Batchelor digs a good hook to Escobar's body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Batchelor connects with a leg kick. Escobar looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Batchelor lands a glancing blow to the side of Escobar's head.
Batchelor misses with a wild body shot.
Batchelor is looking to slow Escobar down with leg kicks.
Batchelor fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Escobar looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Batchelor misses with a head kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Batchelor.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Batchelor is able to avoid easily.
Batchelor throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Escobar misses with an uppercut. Batchelor saw that one coming.
Batchelor with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Batchelor cracks Escobar with an open hand slap.
Batchelor fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Escobar on the side of the head.
Escobar throws a front kick that sends Batchelor stumbling back into the cage.
Escobar avoids the head kick by Batchelor.
A combination from Batchelor does no damage.
Escobar steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Batchelor.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Batchelor avoids a kick to the body.
Batchelor looks to score with a jab to the body but Escobar is just out of range.
Escobar ducks right into an uppercut from Batchelor.
Escobar fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Batchelor checks it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Batchelor fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Batchelor lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Escobar circles away quickly and effectively.
Escobar tries to land a leg kick but Batchelor saw it coming and moves away.
Batchelor checks the leg kick.
Escobar takes one to the chin there.
Batchelor lands a slapping body shot.
Batchelor misses the body punch
and Escobar counters with an inside leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Batchelor.
Escobar moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Escobar misses with a body shot.
Escobar fails to land with a series of punches.
Batchelor misses with an uppercut
and Escobar counters with a good low kick that Batchelor was not able to check.
Batchelor misses with a head kick.
A leg kick checked by Batchelor.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Batchelor misses with a looping left.
Batchelor lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Escobar takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Escobar misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Batchelor feints and then cracks Escobar's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Escobar down.
Batchelor digs a good body shot into Escobar's ribs.
Pablo Escobar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Escobar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Batchelor punishes Escobar's body with a nice straight punch.
Escobar pivots, looking for a leg kick but Batchelor is out of range and Escobar settles back down.
A slapping leg kick lands for Batchelor.
Escobar is breathing heavily.
Escobar on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Batchelor fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Escobar looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Batchelor digs a good hook to Escobar's body.
Escobar on the wrong end of a kick to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Batchelor lands a nice looking kick to the body. Escobar takes a step back to recover.
Batchelor scores with a kick to the midsection.
Batchelor scores with a jab to the jaw.
Batchelor lands a head kick!

It looks like Pablo Escobar has been cut.
Batchelor cracks Escobar with a right hand to the side of the head.
Nice cross by Batchelor.
Escobar fails with an attempt to clinch.
Escobar with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Batchelor to score with a decent uppercut.
Batchelor cracks Escobar with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Batchelor connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Batchelor with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A head kick by Escobar misses
and Batchelor counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jarrod Batchelor dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pablo Escobar's cut.
That's time! Escobar's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Batchelor lets his hands go wild with a nice combination. Left! Right! Uppercut! Spinning backfist! Escobar goes down and covers up as Batchelor starts wailing on him! The ref watches the action closely before stepping in and putting a stop to the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jarrod Batchelor!
An out of breath Jarrod Batchelor thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.