PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jamal Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pablo Escobar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Escobar's choice of entrance music: Big Pun - Brave in The Heart. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jackson
vs
Escobar

189 cm
25
212 lbs
6 - 1 - 1

192 cm
25
250 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jamal Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Pablo Escobar!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Patrick Alders and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A cross from Escobar lands.
Jackson needs to keep his hands up - Escobar had a free shot at his head there.
Jackson misses with a takedown attempt - Escobar sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Escobar dips to his left and cracks Jackson with an uppercut!
Escobar throws a low kick but it's checked well by Jackson.
Jackson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Escobar jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jackson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

Escobar fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jackson, pushing him back against the cage.
Jackson misses with a punch to the body.

Jackson breaks the clinch.
Pablo Escobar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jackson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Escobar.
Good work by Jackson as he checks the leg kick.
Jackson misses with a double jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jackson lands a slapping body shot.
Jackson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Escobar manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson takes a swing at Escobar's ribcage but misses.
Escobar thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Jackson if he has to take too many more of those.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Jackson.
You can see the frustration on Escobar's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Sloppy strikes there by Jackson.
Jackson has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Sloppy strikes there by Jackson.
Jackson sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Escobar is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Jackson postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Jackson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Escobar struggling a bit here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Escobar is avoiding damage well.
Escobar sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Jackson winds up and cracks Escobar with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Jackson missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Jackson with the ground and pound but Escobar uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Jackson wants to control from the top but Escobar keeps moving.
Escobar utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Jackson's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Jackson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
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 is pulling down on Jackson's head. It's preventing any offense from Jackson, at least for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson wants to pass the guard but Escobar is keeping the position.
Jackson is in close to Escobar's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Jackson being controlled here momentarily.
Escobar utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Jackson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Jackson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jackson postures up in Escobar's guard and throws a big left but Escobar blocks it.
Escobar preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Our spies down at at Breakdown Club inform us that Escobar has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Jackson throws a strike but Escobar rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Escobar controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Jackson blocks a jab.
Escobar connects with a good right hand that stumbles Jackson. Jackson circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Jackson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Escobar tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jackson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Escobar displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jackson throws out the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jamal Jackson dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Escobar loads up on a big right hand but Jackson slips the punch.
Jackson takes a swing at Escobar's ribcage but misses.
Jackson misses the shot to the body.
Escobar swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Nice jab there from Escobar.
Jackson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Escobar counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Escobar lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Escobar cracks Jackson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Jackson throws a big shot that misses.
Escobar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Escobar misses with a straight right.
A jab from Escobar misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice body kick there by Escobar.
Escobar uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jackson.
Escobar tries to clinch up but Jackson circles away and keeps his distance.
Jackson shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Escobar sprawls well. Escobar wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Jackson gets slowly back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Jackson.
Jackson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Escobar avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Escobar has Jackson up against the cage in a clinch.
Escobar tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Jackson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Escobar uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jackson.
Escobar wants to clinch.
Escobar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson lands a lovely overhand right.
Jackson just misses with a punch to the body.
Escobar tries a quick counter leg kick but Jackson is wise to it.
Jackson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Jackson moves forwards but Escobar connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Escobar tries to clinch but Jackson moves away
and Jackson counters with a nice body shot.
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 jab when Jackson was well out of range.
Escobar is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jackson walks into a jab.
Pablo Escobar is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jackson swats away the attempt to clinch by Escobar.
Escobar throws a hook but Jackson blocks it.
Jackson is looking to wear down Escobar with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Escobar keeps Jackson at a distance using the push kick.
Jackson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Escobar displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jackson throws out the jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson throws a right hand that Escobar ducks under and follows up with a left that Escobar also avoids with ease.
Jackson catches Escobar with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Escobar chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Escobar ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Escobar lands with a cross.
Escobar throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Escobar misses with a low kick as Jackson jumps back.
Jackson tries for a takedown but Escobar sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Escobar swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Jackson 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 scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Jackson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Escobar.
Jackson just misses with a punch to the body.
Escobar connects with a high kick.
Escobar misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Escobar displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jackson throws out the jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Escobar misses with a body kick.
Jackson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Jackson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Escobar moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Escobar scores with a nice strike.

Jackson is rocked!
Jackson takes a swing at Escobar's ribcage but misses.
Jackson misses with a shot to the body
and Escobar connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Oh Jackson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jackson misses with a wild body shot.
Escobar lands with a cross.
Escobar has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Escobar there as he acknowledges the shot.
Escobar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Horrible takedown attempt by Jackson or perhaps it was just good defense by Escobar, which made it look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jamal Jackson. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Escobar cracks Jackson with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Jackson looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Escobar finish him?
Escobar drops Jackson with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Jackson! Escobar dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pablo Escobar!
An intense looking Pablo Escobar took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'I am glad to bring in a Win for my Team in the ITFL. I was not sure if i can pull it off, but i did. Hehe. On to the next round. Stay classy!'.