CHICAGO – Efrain Escudero fails to see the major controversy to the ending of his fight with Jason High at Tuesday’s PFL 2 event. The lightweight bout between Escudero (30-13) and High (21-7), which took place at Chicago Theater in Chicago and aired on NBCSN following prelims on Facebook, ended when Escudero applied a guillotine choke that caused the referee to intervene and call off the fight 35 seconds into Round 3 – despite High not clearly tapping out. High was immediately enraged by the stoppage, but reps from Illinois’ athletic commission stand behind referee Josh Stewart’s decision to end the fight when he did, and said there is no ground for an appeal. Escudero said his opponent tapped, and feels High went overboard with his response to the outcome. “I think he overreacted a little bit,” Escudero told MMAjunkie after the fight. “This is the sport.
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Efrain Escudero says Jason High tapped out, ‘overreacted’ to controversial PFL 2 fight – MMA Junkie