PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vicente Escalante (ranked 393 p4p, 684 weight class) and Pat Kelly (ranked 55 p4p, 96 weight class). Vicente Escalante could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Pat Kelly's chin.

Escalante
vs
Kelly

183 cm
32
192
26 - 6 - 0

185 cm
30
190
24 - 13 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

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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 26 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vicente Escalante!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Pat Kelly!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Aafke Stam and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kelly misses with a hook
and Escalante counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Escalante misses with a straight right.

Kelly closes the distance and pushes Escalante back into the cage.
Kelly blocks the elbow strike.
Escalante lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Pat Kelly has been cut.
Escalante goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A bit of stalling here from Kelly.
Escalante dodges an elbow strike from Kelly.
A head punch on the inside from Kelly fails to land.
Kelly gets through Escalante's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Escalante breaks from the clinch.
Kelly loads up on a big right hand but Escalante slips the punch.
As Kelly backs away, Escalante returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Escalante slips under a jab.
Kelly ducks under a wild hook from Escalante.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kelly. Escalante does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kelly moves out of range of the body kick.
It seemed like Kelly was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Kelly throws a right hand that Escalante ducks under and follows up with a left that Escalante also avoids with ease.
Kelly has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Kelly jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Escalante with a nice calf kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly connects with a crisp jab.
Escalante just misses with a punch to the body.
Kelly throws out a counter right but Escalante avoids it with no problem.
Escalante moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Kelly misses with a low kick.
A cross from Kelly lands.
Escalante defending well as Kelly loads up on a big left hand.
Kelly on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Escalante. Escalante obviously looking to wear him down.
Kelly getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Kelly lands an overhand right.
Escalante looks to throw the jab but Kelly is out of range.
Kelly misses with a wild body shot.
Kelly fails to land with a series of punches.
Escalante appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Kelly moves out of range as Escalante throws a body kick.
Kelly thumps Escalante with a low kick.
Kelly finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice body punch from Escalante.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A nice inside leg kick there by Escalante. That's going to slow Kelly down.
Kelly misses with an uppercut
and Escalante counters with a straight right hand.
Escalante uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kelly.
Escalante throwing a counter right hand but Kelly manages to avoid it.
Escalante throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kelly sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kelly uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Escalante.
Escalante digs a good body shot into Kelly's ribs.
Kelly connects with a nice looking jab.
Kelly throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Escalante on the side of the head.

Kelly shoots in and gets a takedown into Escalante's guard.

Escalante kicks Kelly off and gets to his feet.
Kelly avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kelly jabs Escalante right on the nose. Escalante blinks but takes it well.
Kelly takes a swing at Escalante's ribcage but misses.
Escalante throws a leg kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly misses with a two punch combination.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Escalante.
A swing and a miss from Kelly.
Escalante drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Escalante motions for Kelly to come forward. Escalante throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A little jabbing left from Kelly on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Escalante waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kelly.
Kelly scores with a crisp jab that stopped Escalante in his tracks.
Vicente Escalante is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kelly wants to slow Escalante down by chopping away at his legs.
Pat Kelly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Escalante scores with a decent looking hook.
Kelly is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Escalante had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Kelly displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Escalante throws out the jab.
Escalante slips a straight right by Kelly.
Escalante lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Escalante slips a straight right by Kelly.
Kelly takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Kelly motions for Escalante to come forward. Kelly throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kelly misses with a looping right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelly moves in looking to clinch but Escalante pushes him off.
Kelly jabs Escalante right on the nose. Escalante blinks but takes it well.
Kelly throws a lazy uppercut
and Escalante connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kelly wants to clinch but Escalante slips to the side
and Escalante counters with a straight right hand.
A leg kick checked by Kelly.
Escalante throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kelly! But no joy.
Good work by Kelly as he checks the leg kick.
Escalante chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Escalante moves out of range as Kelly strikes.
Escalante lands a jab to Kelly's midsection.
Escalante takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Escalante throws a jab when Kelly was well out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Escalante ducks right into an uppercut from Kelly.
Escalante swings and misses with a hook to the body.
It seemed like Kelly was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Escalante connects with a leg kick.
Escalante throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kelly sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Vicente Escalante will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Pat Kelly's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Kelly closes the distance and clinches.
Kelly wants to stall.
Good body shot from Escalante.

Escalante manages to break the clinch.
Kelly rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Escalante moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kelly has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Escalante.
Escalante steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kelly.
Kelly takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Escalante lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kelly looks to throw the jab but Escalante is out of range.
Kelly misses the shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kelly scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Escalante slips a straight right by Kelly.
Kelly uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Escalante.
Escalante throws a hook but Kelly avoids it easily.
Escalante is looking to slow Kelly down with leg kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Escalante throws out a powerful jab.
Escalante bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Escalante slips under a jab from Kelly.
Kelly wants to clinch
and Escalante counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kelly walks into a stiff left hand from Escalante.
Kelly misses with a wild body shot.
Escalante is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Escalante looks to land a right hand but Kelly moved out of range.
Escalante uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kelly.
Escalante punishes Kelly's body with a nice straight punch.
Kelly throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Escalante sees it coming and avoids it easily.
It looked like Escalante wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Kelly throws a leg kick but Escalante sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Escalante looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Kelly takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Kelly defending well as Escalante loads up on a big left hand.
Kelly misses with a right hand
and Escalante counters with a stiff right hand.
Vicente Escalante is winning the standup battle so far.
Kelly misses with a wild body shot.

That's two 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!
A big left from Escalante misses.
Kelly swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Escalante goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Kelly throws a lazy uppercut
and Escalante cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kelly ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Escalante moves away.
A big left from Escalante misses.
Kelly throws out a loose jab but Escalante uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kelly scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Kelly tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Escalante was well out of range. Poor timing from Kelly.
Escalante is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Kelly tries to clinch but Escalante moves out of range.
Kelly slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Kelly ducks under a wild hook from Escalante.
Kelly misses with a low kick.
Kelly tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Escalante was well out of range. Poor timing from Kelly.
Escalante connects with a crisp jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kelly looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escalante buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A head kick misses from Kelly.
Escalante fires out a quick counter leg kick but Kelly just manages to avoid it.
Kelly swings widly with a right hand
and Escalante counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A telegraphed right hand from Escalante misses the target.
Kelly misses with a looping left.
Escalante displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kelly throws out the jab.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Escalante moves away from the strike by Kelly.
Kelly drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Escalante punishes Kelly's body with a nice straight punch.
Kelly takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Escalante's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
Kelly's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A punch combination from Escalante misses.
Kelly throws a jab but it's blocked by Escalante.
Escalante avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
It looked like Escalante was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelly defending well as Escalante loads up on a big left hand.
Kelly lands the left hand.
Escalante checks a leg kick.
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!
Escalante attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Kelly takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Escalante avoids a punch combination nicely.
A quick step to the side and Escalante tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Escalante connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Kelly momentarily.
Escalante is looking to slow Kelly down with leg kicks.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kelly looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Escalante feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Kelly misses with a hook
and Escalante counters with a stiff right hand.
Kelly throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Escalante cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A solid body kick from Escalante.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Vicente Escalante dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Pat Kelly's cut.
That's time! Escalante's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Kelly tries to clinch but Escalante moves out of range.
Escalante looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Escalante circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kelly just misses with a punch to the body.
A slow jab from Kelly misses its intended target.
Escalante throws a leg kick which misses Kelly's front leg but catches the back leg as Kelly tries to avoid it.
Escalante is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kelly can do to turn this around?
Escalante lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kelly keeps Escalante at a distance using the push kick.
Kelly connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Kelly ducks under a wild hook from Escalante.
Escalante digs a good hook to Kelly's body.
Kelly misses with a combination
and Escalante counters with a straight right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kelly checks a low kick from Escalante.
Escalante moves out of range of the strikes.
Escalante moves away from the strike by Kelly.
Escalante throws a leg kick that is checked
and Kelly counters with a good low kick that Escalante was not able to check.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Escalante's head backwards.
Kelly shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Escalante as he avoids it easily.
Escalante takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Kelly looks to land a right hand but Escalante moved out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Escalante.
Kelly with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Escalante to score with a decent uppercut.
Kelly looks to land a left hand but Escalante moved out of range nicely.
Kelly is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Escalante.
Escalante is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Kelly slips under a jab from Escalante.
Escalante delivers a nice body kick.
Escalante staying out of range there.

Kelly takes the fight into the clinch.

Escalante's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Escalante throws a jab but it's blocked by Kelly.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kelly moves out of range of the body kick from Escalante.
A nice side step and Kelly releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Kelly with a hook.
Escalante fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kelly.
Kelly looks to throw the jab but Escalante is out of range.
Escalante swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Kelly throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Escalante counters with a nice kick to the body.
Escalante works the jab nicely.
Escalante lands a leg kick that knocks Kelly off balance momentarily.
Kelly throws a nice looking combination but Escalante bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Escalante misses with an uppercut. Kelly saw that one coming.
Nice defenses there by Escalante.
Kelly throws a hook to the side of Escalante's head but Escalante sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kelly throws a hook but Escalante blocks it.
Escalante lands the left hand.
Kelly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escalante thumps Kelly with a low kick.
Escalante uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kelly.
Escalante tried to counter with a leg kick but Kelly avoided it.
Kelly misses with a hook
and Escalante counters with a stiff right hand.
Escalante takes a swing at Kelly's ribcage but misses.
Escalante fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kelly manages to avoid it.
A little jabbing left from Kelly on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Kelly checks a leg kick nicely.
Kelly uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Escalante.
Vicente Escalante is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Escalante defending well as Kelly loads up on a big left hand.
Kelly has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Kelly misses with a right hand
letting Escalante counter with a right hand.

Kelly is rocked!
Kelly throws a predictable looking body shot
and Escalante counters with a nice body shot.
Escalante ducks under a wild hook from Kelly.
Kelly throws an overhand right that lands on Escalante's shoulder, as Escalante tries to avoid the shot.
Kelly throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A little feinted left hand from Escalante on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Kelly looks to land a left hand but Escalante moved out of range nicely.
Kelly gets cracked there but stands up to it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Escalante pivots, looking for a leg kick but Kelly is out of range and Escalante settles back down.
Kelly loads up on a big right hand but Escalante slips the punch.
Kelly is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Escalante fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kelly has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Escalante feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Kellys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Kelly is still on wobbly legs! Can Escalante finish him?
Kelly shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Escalante pinned against the cage. Escalante gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Escalante jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Kelly seems to have recovered his senses.
Kelly is looking to clinch but Escalante is avoiding it.
Escalante moves out of range as Kelly strikes.
Kelly lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Escalante fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Escalante moves out of range of the strikes.
Escalante connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Pat Kelly has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A kick lands to the mid section there for Escalante.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vicente Escalante showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Escalante, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vicente Escalante!
Vicente Escalante very nearly forgot to thank Brooklyn Apothecary amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.