PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marko Bilanovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Eugene (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eugene comes into a darkened arena with his song building. beer is good kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Bilanovic
vs
Eugene

191 cm
22
253 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

195 cm
22
265 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marko Bilanovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, David Eugene!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Wagner Zegers and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Bilanovic.

Bilanovic has managed to clinch.
Bilanovic lands a nice knee to the body.

Eugene pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Eugene tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bilanovic paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bilanovic wants to clinch up but Eugene keeps it at a distance.
Eugene tries to clinch but Bilanovic moves away

and Bilanovic counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Eugene!
Bilanovic wants to get back to his feet but Eugene is holding on tight.
You get the feeling that Eugene really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Bilanovic could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

Bilanovic stands up from mount. Strange move.

Bilanovic darts in and clinches Eugene up against the cage.
Eugene tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Eugene looks gassed!

Bilanovic breaks the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Bilanovic has closed the distance and engaged Eugene in a clinch.

Eugene pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Eugene throws a lazy head kick

and Bilanovic counters with a shoot takedown. Eugene fights it but they end up in guard.

Bilanovic gets to his feet - Eugene follows without any prompting.
Bilanovic looks to clinch
and Eugene counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Bilanovic is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Bilanovic wants to clinch up but Eugene keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Eugene tries to keep at a distance but Bilanovic has taken the fight into the clinch.

Bilanovic breaks from the clinch.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Bilanovic - that will leave a mark!
Bilanovic lands a high kick!
Eugene circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bilanovic is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Eugene gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Bilanovic to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bilanovic tries to stand but Eugene is controlling from the bottom.

Eugene is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Bilanovic has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Bilanovic is looking to stand up but Eugene won't let him.

Bilanovic stands and steps away. Eugene gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bilanovic fails to land with a series of punches.
Bilanovic closes the distance looking to clinch

and Eugene counters by clinching up.

Bilanovic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bilanovic lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Bilanovic is looking to clinch but Eugene is avoiding it.
Bilanovic shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Eugene as he jumps to the side.
Bilanovic tries to clinch up but Eugene circles away and keeps his distance.
Bilanovic fails in his attempt to clinch.
Eugene misses with a body kick.
A head kick misses from Eugene.
Bilanovic shoots in and drives through. Eugene sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marko Bilanovic. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bilanovic digs a good body shot into Eugene's ribs.

Bilanovic gets a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bilanovic is working for takedown but Eugene is calmly controlling the position for now.

Bilanovic breaks from the clinch.

Bilanovic darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Eugene throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Bilanovic stops Eugene from getting back to his feet.

Bilanovic stands up from half guard.
Bilanovic throws a head kick that Eugene semi-blocks.
Bilanovic tries to clinch up but Eugene circles away and keeps his distance.
A head kick misses from Bilanovic.
Bilanovic is looking to clinch.
Eugene avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bilanovic fails in his attempt to clinch.
Eugene shoots in looking for a takedown. Bilanovic tries to sprawl out of it but Eugene keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Bilanovic manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bilanovic will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Bilanovic shoots in and bounces Eugene off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

Eugene is looking for a triangle but Bilanovic pushes his legs off easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Eugene is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Bilanovic is aware though and is defending well.
Eugene wants to sweep here but Bilanovic controlling him for the moment.
Eugene throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Bilanovic gets to his feet. Eugene looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Bilanovic tries to close the distance and clinch up but Eugene swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marko Bilanovic dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Bilanovic shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Eugene manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

Bilanovic stands up and waves to Eugene to follow him.
Bilanovic misses with a kick to the body
and Eugene counters with a nice kick to the body.
Marko Bilanovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Eugene shoots in for a takedown but Bilanovic shows good takedown defense.
Bilanovic tries to clinch up.
Bilanovic tries to close the distance and clinch but Eugene swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bilanovic tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Eugene swivels and escapes.

Bilanovic closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Eugene pulls guard.
Bilanovic knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Eugene on the ground.

Eugene is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bilanovic wanted to stand there but Eugene had control of the position.

Eugene looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Bilanovic is defending well. Eugene quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Bilanovic has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Eugene celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). David Eugene!