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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Pavlo Bilous (ranked 2110 p4p, 242 weight class) and Eddie Malingo (ranked 2168 p4p, 250 weight class). Malingo has chosen Disturbed - Sound of silence as his entrance music. Pavlo Bilous is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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151 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pavlo Bilous!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eddie Malingo!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Yves DeLean and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Malingo gets tackled into the cage by Bilous. Bilous maintains the clinch.
Malingo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Malingo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bilous blocks it with crossed arms.
Malingo blocking some punches.
Malingo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bilous leaning his opponent against the cage.
Malingo looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Bilous avoiding damage as Malingo throws knees to the body.
Bilous pushes Malingo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Malingo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bilous tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Malingo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bilous.
Malingo throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bilous wants to take the fight to the mat but Malingo manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Malingo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bilous.
Malingo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bilous misses with some punches.
Malingo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bilous lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Malingo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bilous lands with a right to the head.
Bilous blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Malingo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Malingo blocks a body shot from Bilous.
Bilous misses with the head strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bilous.
Malingo trying to land knees to the body.
Malingo can't find room to land a body shot as Bilous controls the action.
A short body shot lands from Malingo as the two fighters clinch.
Malingo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Malingo lands an uppercut.
Malingo lands a damaging elbow.
Bilous working aggressively here.
A left hand lands to the body for Malingo.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bilous.
Malingo has hold of one of Bilous's legs. Bilous is fighting the takedown attempt but Malingo gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Malingo's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Bilous working for a triangle but Malingo defends it easily.
Malingo lands a couple of decent looking shots.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bilous is trying to control the position but Malingo postures up.
Malingo throws a big right hand that misses.
Malingo trying to control but Bilous is working from the bottom.
Malingo stays in close to Bilous's body and controls the position.
Malingo working some strikes from top position.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Bilous is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Malingo working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bilous is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Malingo scoring with some ground and pound.
Bilous tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Bilous keeping moving, preventing Malingo from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Malingo throwing strikes from guard but Bilous blocks nicely.
Bilous looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Malingo scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Malingo is in close to Bilous's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Bilous is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Malingo accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bilous had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Malingo defends it easily.
Bilous throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Malingo trying to control but Bilous is working from the bottom.
Bilous is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Malingo stands up over Bilous, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Malingo is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Malingo drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Bilous manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Malingo has Bilous in his guard.
Malingo keeping moving, preventing Bilous from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eddie Malingo dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Malingo changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Bilous thuds his shin into the meat of Malingo's side.
Malingo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bilous working aggressively here.
A short right from Bilous.
Malingo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bilouss head.
Malingo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bilous tries for a takedown but Malingo manages to get underhooks.
Bilous scores with a nice hook to the head.
Malingo lands with a left to the head.
Malingo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
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!
Malingo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bilous avoids it.
Malingo pulls Bilous into guard.
Malingo working for a triangle but Bilous defends it easily.
Malingo avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bilous is looking to work some ground and pound but Malingo has wrist control.
Bilous scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Malingo looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Bilous postures up and lands a big shot to Malingo's brow.
Bilous scoring with punches to the head and body.
Malingo is trying to keep Bilous in close.
Bilous lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Malingo has his foot on Bilous's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Bilous works his way back into a safe position though.
Bilous lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Bilous is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Malingo has his foot on Bilous's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Bilous works his way back into a safe position though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malingo is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Bilous connects with a couple of short punches.
Malingo is trying to control the position but Bilous postures up.
Malingo is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Bilous defends well.
Bilous content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Bilous lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Malingo is trying to control the position but Bilous postures up.
Bilous trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Malingo lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Bilous is on top in guard.
Bilous passes Malingo's left leg - he's now in half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bilous is looking for a kimura but Malingo is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Bilous to get the leverage.
Bilous throwing shots but Malingo is blocking nicely.
Eddie Malingo has got the better of the ground game so far.
Nice strikes from Bilous there.
Malingo looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Bilous seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Bilous looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Malingo with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Malingo is trying to get back to full guard.
Bilous winds up and cracks Malingo with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Bilous thows a huge punch but Malingo dodges it nicely.
Malingo trying to hold on to Bilous's head to control him but Bilous postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Malingo looking for submissions off his back.
Malingo looking for submissions off his back.
Bilous working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Bilous is trying to work for a kimura but Malingo is defending well.
Malingo taking some punishment here, with Bilous in his half guard.
Malingo is rocked!
Ground and pound from Bilous.
Malingo is still in real trouble! Can Bilous finish him?
Bilous is thwarting Malingo's attempts to control the position.
Bilous scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Bilous is sitting in half guard. He's postured up and lands a nice elbow. Oh, Malingo is hurt! He's hurt bad - Bilous fires away with more strikes and the referee jumps in to save Malingo from any more punishment! Congratulations to Bilous! Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pavlo Bilous!
Pavlo Bilous managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, RAGS of a RONIN, into his post fight interview.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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