PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pablo Escobar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danny Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brown has chosen Kurupt - I Didn't Change as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Escobar
vs
Brown

187 cm
28
187 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

188 cm
28
188 lbs
19 - 11 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Milwaukee's Best Nutrition

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 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pablo Escobar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Danny Brown!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, David Schapiro and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Escobar misses with a leg kick.
Escobar takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Brown thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Escobar if he has to take too many more of those.
Brown throws the left hand but Escobar avoids the punch easily.
Escobar takes one on the button.
Brown throws a right and a left that both miss.
Brown looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Brown pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Brown is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

It looks like Danny Brown has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A combination from Escobar does no damage.
Brown staying out of range there.
Brown with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Escobar avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Brown just misses with a punch to the body.
Brown works the jab nicely.
The crowd cheers as Escobar lands an impressive looking overhand right. Brown doesn't seem phased though.
A shot to the liver by Escobar. Beautiful body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar checks a leg kick.
Escobar has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Brown finds it's way round the side to connect with Escobar's head.
Pablo Escobar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brown connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Escobar throws a leg kick
and Brown connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Escobar jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A low kick from Escobar misses
and Brown cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Escobar takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brown tried to score with a low kick but Escobar checks it.
Escobar takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Escobar throws a leg kick but Brown checks it.
Brown throws a head kick but Escobar moves out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Brown.
A solid leg kick lands there for Brown.
A left lands for Escobar.
Brown has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.

Brown pushes Escobar up against the cage in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown lands with a right to the head.
Brown struggles to land a body shot inside as Escobar controls his hands.
Escobar struggles to land a body shot inside as Brown controls his hands.
Escobar swings wildly with an uppercut but Brown uses good head movement to avoid it.
Escobar misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Escobar misses with a hook from the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Brown fails to land.
Brown tries to throw a body punch but Escobar avoids it by throwing Brown back against the cage.
Escobar blocks an uppercut.
Brown blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Escobar goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Brown stalling against the cage.
Escobar struggles to land a body shot inside as Brown controls his hands.
Escobar working aggressively here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown has a couple of punches blocked by Escobar.
Escobar throws a punch but it's blocked by Brown.
Escobar blocks an uppercut.
Escobar misses with a punch on the inside.
Escobar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brown is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Brown.
Brown tries to throw a body punch but Escobar avoids it by throwing Brown back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Escobar.
Escobar swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Still in the clinch, Brown scores with a nice short uppercut.
Escobar stalls.
Escobar is working Brown over against the cage.
Escobar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Escobar fails to land.
Escobar lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brown.
Escobar swings wildly with an uppercut but Brown uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Brown.
Escobar misses with a hook to the ribs.
Escobar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Escobar.
A right hand to the body from Escobar.
Escobar lands with a right to the head.
Escobar gets through Brown's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Brown digs a right hand into Escobar's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Escobar's gas tank.
Brown takes a shot to the head.
Brown working hard to break the clinch.
Brown blocking some punches.
Brown working some nice short punches in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Danny Brown will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Danny Brown's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Escobar connects with a solid leg kick.
Brown throws a big shot that misses.
Escobar uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Brown.
Danny Brown seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Brown lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Escobar takes a swing at Brown's ribcage but misses.
Brown feints and then cracks Escobar's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Escobar down.
A low kick from Brown misses
and Escobar counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Escobar with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Escobar tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Escobar throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Escobar throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Brown counters with a lovely shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Escobar throws the kick towards the body but Brown avoids it.
Escobar circles away from the clinch attempt.
Brown avoids a kick to the body.
Brown throws a push kick but Escobar slaps the foot to one side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Brown doesn't seem bothered though.
Escobar misses with a leg kick.
Escobar scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Brown throws a front kick aimed at Escobar's knee but Escobar avoids it well.
Brown throws a body kick despite being completely out of range

and Escobar counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Escobar.
Brown blocking some punches.
Escobar tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Escobar on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Escobar throws a punch but it's blocked by Brown.
Brown misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Brown tries to break the clinch but Escobar is controlling the position.
Escobar has a couple of punches blocked by Brown.
I was talking to Escobar's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Brown is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Escobar blocking some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown swings wildly with an uppercut but Escobar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Escobar tries to work over Brown's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Brown stalling against the cage.
Brown makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Escobar displaying some good clinch control by pressing Brown up against the cage.
Brown blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brown misses with the head strike.
Brown blocking some punches.
Escobar lands a right hand.
Brown throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A nice left hand lands by Brown.
Brown lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Escobar.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar misses with a hook from the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Brown creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Pablo Escobar has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Brown pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Brown can't find room to land a body shot as Escobar controls the action.
Escobar misses with a punch to the body.
Brown blocks an uppercut.

Brown escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Escobar takes a swing at Brown's ribcage but misses.
Escobar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brown was well out of range. Poor timing from Escobar.
Escobar misses with a two punch combination.
Brown scores with a kick to the midsection.
Brown lands with a hook. Escobar tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Brown steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Escobar. That one must have hurt.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Escobar.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Escobar tries to close the distance and clinch but Brown swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Escobar blocks the body kick.
Brown ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Brown moves out of range of the body kick.
Escobar walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Brown checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Brown feints and then cracks Escobar's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Escobar down.
Brown moves away from the strike by Escobar.
Escobar misses with a lunging right hand
and Brown counters with a nice body shot.
Brown moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Escobar doesn't manage to clinch there - Brown circles away.
A nice leg kick lands there from Escobar.
Escobar moves forwards but Brown connects with a nice, crisp jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Brown throws a leg kick but Escobar sees it coming and moves out of range.
Brown dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Brown throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Escobar sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danny Brown showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Danny Brown's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Brown wants to slow Escobar down by chopping away at his legs.
Brown misses with a body kick.
Escobar waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Brown.
A solid leg kick lands there for Brown.
Escobar throws a body punch but Brown moves out of range.
Brown goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Escobar takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Brown feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Escobars jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Brown is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Escobar blocks a head kick by Brown.
Escobar tests Brown's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Escobar lands with a kick to the ribs.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Escobar throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar walks into a stiff left hand from Brown.
Escobar getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Escobar fails to land with a series of punches.
Donk. Escobar catches Brown right on the button with a cross.
Escobar misses with a kick to the body.
Brown misses with a low kick.
Brown misses with a two punch combination.
Brown thows a body shot but no joy.
Escobar turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Escobar is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Brown throws a head kick that misses
and Escobar counters with a slapping leg kick.
Escobar avoids the head kick by Brown.
Brown takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Escobar connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A looping hook to the body misses from Brown. Escobar does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brown. Escobar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Escobar ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Brown moves away.
Escobar connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Escobar explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Escobar comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Escobar throws a quick inside leg kick.
Escobar lands an overhand right.
Danny Brown is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Escobar looks to throw the jab but Brown is out of range.
Escobar throws a big shot that misses.
An inside leg kick from Brown misses.
Escobar walks into a stiff left hand from Brown.
Pablo Escobar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Escobar takes a jab right on the kisser.
Brown throws the kick towards the body but Escobar avoids it.
Escobar takes a swing at Brown's ribcage but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown with a jab.
Escobar scores with a sloppy right hand. Brown should have avoided that one.
Brown throws a nice inside leg kick.
Escobar looks to score with a jab to the body but Brown is just out of range.
A jab lands there for Escobar.
Brown takes a swing at Escobar's ribcage but misses.
Brown scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Brown ducks under a wild hook from Escobar.
Brown throws a leg kick but Escobar sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Escobar looks to score with a jab to the body but Brown is just out of range.
Brown swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Brown swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice shot lands for Brown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brown throws a head kick that misses.
Brown throws a quick inside leg kick.
Brown cracks Escobar with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Escobar tries a head kick but it misses.
Brown lands a body shot.
Escobar scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Brown doesn't seem bothered though.
Escobar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brown.
Escobar throws a right hand that misses
and Brown counters with a good low kick that Escobar was not able to check.
Brown throws a shot to the body.
Brown throws a nice outside leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Brown throws a poor cross that misses
and Escobar makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Escobar throws a jab but it's blocked by Brown.
Brown lands a nice leg kick that just misses Escobar's sensitive parts.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pablo Escobar showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Brown has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 28:29
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 29:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Danny Brown!
Danny Brown decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.