PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Trillanes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dragos Ilie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Trillanes's entrance music is It's A Fight - Three 6 Mafia. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Trillanes
vs
Ilie

185 cm
24
213 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

192 cm
24
223 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Antonio Trillanes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dragos Ilie!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Paul Tew and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ilie takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Trillanes tries to score with a low kick but Ilie moves his leg out of the way.

Ilie shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Trillanes wants to improve his position but Ilie is controlling well.
Ilie working the head and body with strikes.
Ilie looks to land a strike but Trillanes avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Ilie with a flurry of punches that miss.
Trillanes avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Ilie wants to pass the guard but Trillanes is keeping the position.

Trillanes is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Ilie is aware though and is defending well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Trillanes has momentary wrist control but Ilie slips an elbow through the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ilie wants to control from the top but Trillanes keeps moving.
Ilie with a nice head shot there.
Trillanes is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Trillanes is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Trillanes working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Ilie.
Ilie postures up and lands a big shot to Trillanes's brow.
Ilie cracks Trillanes with a solid left hand.
Ilie throwing strikes but missing.
Trillanes trying to keep a closed guard but Ilie is proving a slippery customer.
Ilie in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trillanes can't keep his opponent in guard - Ilie advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Ilie looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ilie looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
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!
Ilie lands with a punch from half guard.
Trillanes is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Ilie scores with a couple of nice shots.
Trillanes is not content to let Ilie control the position.
Ilie stalling away here and it's allowed Trillanes to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Trillanes utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trillanes trying to keep a closed guard but Ilie is proving a slippery customer.
Ilie connects with a couple of short punches.
Ilie tries to free his leg and advance position but Trillanes is retaining full guard.
Ilie trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Ilie passes into half guard.
Ilie lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Ilie lands with a punch from half guard.

Trillanes actively working from the bottom here.
Ilie winds up and cracks Trillanes with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Trillanes is trying to get back to full guard.
Ilie is keen to just control but Trillanes is a slippery customer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ilie controlling the action here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ilie scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Ilie wants to lay and pray for a moment but Trillanes keeps working.
Ilie is figuring out what he wants to do next.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Dragos Ilie wasn't active enough on the ground.
Trillanes swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Ilie.

It looks like Dragos Ilie has been cut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Trillanes throws a hook but Ilie avoids it easily.

Ilie shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dragos Ilie dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dragos Ilie's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Trillanes tries to score with a low kick but Ilie moves his leg out of the way.
Nice jab there from Trillanes.
Both fighters circling a little - Trillanes finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Trillanes pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ilie fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ilie looks to land a right hand but Trillanes moved out of range.
Trillanes misses with a low kick.
Trillanes misses with a low kick.
Ilie throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Ilie scores a takedown into full mount!
Ilie working the ground and pound effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ilie is landing with some decent strikes but Trillanes is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Ilie looking to control but Trillanes is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Dragos Ilie has got the better of the ground game so far.
Ilie with a couple of short strikes.
Ilie lands a nice shot to the head.
Ilie prevents Trillanes from getting the reversal.
Ilie wants to control the pace but Trillanes is squirming around nicely.
Ilie has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Trillanes's face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ilie is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Ilie looking to finish Trillanes with some ground and pound. This is bad for Trillanes!
Trillanes really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Ilie in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Ilie with a couple of short strikes.
Ilie cracks Trillanes with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
A nice elbow there by Ilie.

Trillanes is rocked!
Trillanes is looking to improve his position but Ilie isn't that keen on the idea.
Ilie postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Trillanes looks a forlorn figure.
Oh Trillanes is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Trillanes can't escape the position.
Ilie landing punches.
Ilie postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Trillanes badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Ilie around the waist but Ilie pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Ilie is the winner by TKO! Ilie jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dragos Ilie!
Dragos Ilie thanked the fans post fight for their support.