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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Pavlo Bilous (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Saunders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pavlo Bilous has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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167 lbs
8 - 7 - 0 |
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175 cm
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168 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Great low kicks
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
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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
8 - 7 - 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
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ben Saunders!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Frank Dennis and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saunders takes a kick to the side of the head.
A punch combination from Saunders misses.
Bilous cracks the inside of Saunders's front leg.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Bilous.
Saunders misses with a right hand
and Bilous counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Bilous is looking to pass into half guard but Saunders pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Saunders is in guard.
Saunders tries to stand but Bilous is controlling from the bottom.
Bilous looking for a sweep. Not yet Bilous, not yet.
Bilous trying to keep a closed guard but Saunders is proving a slippery customer.
Bilous is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Saunders is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saunders stays in close to Bilous's body and controls the position.
Bilous looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Bilous looking to hit a scissor sweep but Saunders is one step ahead there.
Bilous is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Bilous throwing shots but Saunders is blocking nicely.
Saunders has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Saunders is not content to let Bilous control the position.
Bilous is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Saunders keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Saunders tries to get to full guard but Bilous has control of the leg.
Bilous sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Saunders defending well though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saunders is refusing to be controlled, as Bilous sits in half guard.
Bilous thows a huge punch but Saunders dodges it nicely.
Bilous is trying to control the action in half guard but Saunders is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Saunders really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bilous. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Bilous working over Saunders with some ground and pound. Saunders looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Saunders is in trouble now - Bilous has advanced to mount!
Saunders is squirming around, avoiding Bilous's attempts to control the action.
Bilous throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Bilous lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Saunders hang on?
Bilous throwing strikes here but Saunders is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Bilous thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Saunders that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Bilous postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Saunders looks a forlorn figure.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bilous landing strikes from the mount.
Bilous landing strikes from the mount and Saunders is in trouble!
Bilous lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Bilous lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Saunders tries to lock up and control but Bilous gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Bilous looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Bilous lands a nice shot to the head.
Bilous has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Saunders holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Bilous tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Bilous lands a nice shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pavlo Bilous dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Saunders swats away the attempt to clinch by Bilous.
Saunders throws a right hand that misses
and Bilous counters with a nice double leg into side control. Saunders won't be happy with that.
Bilous tries to score with some ground and pound. Saunders controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Bilous tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Saunders is looking for a sweep.
Bilous lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Saunders down.
Bilous wants to lay and pray for a moment but Saunders keeps working.
Bilous creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bilous throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Bilous working the ground and pound.
Saunders is not content to let Bilous control the position.
Bilous cracks Saunders with a big elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bilous looks up at the clock and then as Saunders takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Bilous smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Bilous tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Saunders is looking to reverse the position.
Bilous tries to move to mount but Saunders blocks the move with his legs.
Saunders pushes Bilous away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Bilous gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Bilous in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Bilous working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saunders wants to get back to his feet but Bilous drags him back down.
Saunders tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Bilous wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Bilous lands a few punches from side control.
Saunders tries to bench press Bilous off him but Bilous keeps the position.
Bilous working the ground and pound from side control.
Bilous lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Saunders down.
Saunders tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Saunders takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Bilous is trying to ground and pound but Saunders uses the momentary lack of control by Bilous to regain half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saunders is looking for a sweep. Bilous is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Bilous throwing shots but Saunders is blocking nicely.
Bilous throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Bilous missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Bilous is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Bilous trying to control the action but Saunders is working from the bottom.
Bilous throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Bilous working Saunders over with strikes.
Bilous trying to control the action but Saunders is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saunders is trying to control but can't.
Saunders is looking for a sweep. Bilous is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Bilous landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Bilous trying to control from half guard but Saunders is working away.
Saunders has hold of Bilous's hands but Bilous slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Bilous throwing shots but Saunders is blocking nicely.
Saunders keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Bilous wants to lay and pray for a moment but Saunders keeps working.
Bilous sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Saunders defending well though.
Saunders holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pavlo Bilous dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Bilous tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bilous throws out a loose jab but Saunders uses good head movement to avoid it.
Saunders steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Bilous.
Saunders misses with an uppercut
and Bilous counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Bilous.
Bilous is looking to work some ground and pound but Saunders has wrist control.
Bilous throws an elbow that misses. Saunders uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Bilous's guard. Nice move by Saunders!
Saunders slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Pavlo Bilous overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bilous trying to control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saunders has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Bilous is proving hard to escape from.
Bilous is trying to hold Saunders in close to prevent damage but Saunders has managed to pass into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Saunders tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Saunders sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Bilous is looking to improve his position.
Bilous won't allow Saunders to pass to mount.
Ben Saunders has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Saunders throwing shots but Bilous is blocking nicely.
Bilous tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Saunders has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Bilous really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Bilous regains half guard.
Bilous gets back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bilous has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Saunders is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Bilous.
Bilous is letting Saunders control him for a moment.
Bilous is looking to regain half guard here but Saunders keeps moving and retains side control.
Bilous struggling a bit here.
Bilous is looking to reverse the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Bilous regains half guard.
Bilous trying to get back to full guard but Saunders takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Bilous tries to reverse the position but Saunders maintains control.
Bilous is working hard here to advance position.
Saunders looking to control but Bilous is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Bilous working to try and regain half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ben Saunders comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Bilous has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pavlo Bilous!
Our winner, Pavlo Bilous, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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RATING
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