PBP Commentary

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

Escobar
vs
Laguna

172 cm
27
144 lbs
17 - 6 - 0

175 cm
32
145 lbs
23 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Wolfpack Blood Labs Q158-Q155

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 17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Pablo Escobar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marty Laguna!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Radbod Blank and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Escobar swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Laguna counter with a right hand.
Escobar misses with a looping left.
Escobar lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Escobar looks to land a left hand but Laguna moved out of range nicely.
Escobar jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Laguna lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Escobar rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Laguna moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Escobar lands with a hook. Laguna tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Laguna thows a left - swing and a miss!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Escobar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Escobar misses with a looping right.
Laguna avoids a punch combination nicely.
Escobar misses with a hook
and Laguna counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Escobar fails in his attempt to clinch.
Escobar fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Some wild striking there from Laguna.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laguna looks to land a right hand but Escobar moved out of range.
Laguna ducks under a wild hook from Escobar.
Escobar tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Laguna manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Laguna looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Laguna misses with the combination.
Laguna fails to land with a series of punches.
Escobar lands with a nice combination. Laguna backs away looking to recover.
Escobar takes a swing at Laguna's ribcage but misses.
Escobar tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Laguna paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Escobar waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Laguna.
Escobar lands with a good body shot.
Escobar swings widly with a right hand
and Laguna counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Escobar thinking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laguna keeps the fight on the outside.
Escobar lands a really nice looking cross but Laguna seems unphased.
No joy there for Escobar, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Laguna cracks a nice hook into Escobar's ribs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Laguna goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Laguna has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Laguna there as he acknowledges the shot.
Escobar throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Escobar throws a series of punches but Laguna moves out of range.
Escobar throws a hook to the side of Laguna's head but Laguna sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Good shot there by Escobar.

Laguna is rocked!
Escobar tries to clinch up but Laguna circles away and keeps his distance.
Laguna dodges the punch combination from Escobar.
Escobar tries to close the distance and clinch up but Laguna swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laguna lands a nice shot to the body.
Laguna swats away the attempt to clinch by Escobar.
Escobar looks to land a right hand but Laguna moved out of range.
Escobar tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Laguna manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Escobar tries to clinch up but Laguna circles away and keeps his distance.
Laguna keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Escobar showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Laguna.
Laguna throws a nice looking combination but Escobar bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pablo Escobar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Escobar cracks Laguna with an open hand slap.
Laguna lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Escobar misses with a combination
and Laguna counters with a three punch combo that has Escobar backing up. Escobar nods at Laguna to acknowledge the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laguna misses with a hook. Escobar ducked under it nicely.
Laguna moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Escobar avoids the body shot from Laguna.
Jab, jab by Laguna - just one landing.
Escobar moves in looking to clinch but Laguna pushes him off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Escobar lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Laguna circles away quickly and effectively.
Laguna punishes Escobar's body with a nice straight punch.
Laguna on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Escobar lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Laguna circles away quickly and effectively.
Escobar tries to clinch but Laguna moves out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Escobar lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Escobar throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Laguna.
A jab from Escobar misses.
Laguna scores with a one two! Escobar had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pablo Escobar dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Escobar swinging wildly here.
Escobar misses with a series of wild punches.
Escobar looks to land a combination but Laguna avoids it well.
Escobar throws a chopping leg kick but Laguna manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Escobar lands a really nice looking cross but Laguna seems unphased.
Escobar is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Escobar connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Laguna's hands.
Laguna showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Escobar.
Laguna throws a lazy right hand but Escobar sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pablo Escobar is winning the standup battle so far.
Escobar walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A combination from Laguna does no damage.
A combination from Escobar does no damage.
Laguna tries to move into range but Escobar moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Laguna back to the cage. Escobar follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Laguna is still on wobbly legs! Can Escobar finish him?
Escobar throws an overhand right that lands on Laguna's shoulder, as Laguna tries to avoid the shot.
Laguna ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Escobar moves away.
Laguna misses with a jab, cross combination.
Escobar wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Laguna takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Pablo Escobar is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Laguna slips a jab and a cross from Escobar.
Escobar misses with a series of wild punches.
A swing and a miss from Escobar.
Escobar pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Laguna rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Escobar moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Laguna seems to have recovered his senses.
Laguna looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Laguna closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Laguna is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Escobar does no damage.
Escobar tries to clinch but Laguna moves away
and Laguna counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Laguna doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A slow jab from Laguna misses its intended target.
Escobar pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Laguna swats away the attempt to clinch by Escobar.
Escobar works the jab nicely.
Escobar throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Laguna lands a lovely overhand right.
Laguna circles away from the clinch attempt.
A head kick misses from Escobar.
Laguna lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Escobar walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Escobar looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Escobar takes a swing at Laguna's ribcage but misses.
A punch lands to the side of Laguna 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Escobar misses with a hook to the body
and Laguna counters with a one-two to the body.

Escobar is rocked!
Laguna cracks Escobar with a hook to the temple - Escobar is on wobbly legs here! Laguna swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Escobar falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Laguna wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Marty Laguna!
Marty Laguna managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, CEC Nutrition Q160 *Christmas Sale*, into his post fight interview.