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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Donato Bilancia (ranked 3653 p4p, 4376 weight class) and Blinko Felly (ranked 200 p4p, 232 weight class). Blinko Felly told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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160 cm 20 135 2 - 0 - 0 |
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174 cm 21 144 6 - 5 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns Brawler Very quick |
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Good takedowns Brawler Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Donato Bilancia! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Blinko Felly! The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Dean Styles and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Felly lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin. Bilancia with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Felly to score with a decent uppercut. Bilancia on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere. Jab by Felly. Bilancia ducks under a wild hook from Felly. Felly throws a poor cross that misses
and Bilancia counters with a nice double leg into side control. Felly won't be happy with that. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Bilancia wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Felly, who protects the arm well. Felly gets back to half guard. Bilancia is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Felly actively working from the bottom here. Bilancia is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Felly doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Bilancia. Felly is looking to improve his position.
That's one minute gone in the round. Bilancia trying to control from half guard but Felly is working away. Felly looking for submissions off his back. Bilancia is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Bilancia is trying to work for a kimura but Felly is defending well.
Bilancia is looking for a kimura here.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult. Bilancia looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Felly moves into full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Felly is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Felly keeping moving, preventing Bilancia from controlling successfully. Bilancia not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up. Felly is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Bilancia is aware though and is defending well. Bilancia got a little sloppy there for a moment and Felly has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Bilancia has managed to get both his arms back between Felly's legs - danger averted. Bilancia passes easily into side control. Nice work. Bilancia tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Bilancia has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought! The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Bilancia in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Felly is tapping! That's the end of the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Donato Bilancia!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
42% |
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