PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Pavlo Bilous (ranked 2738 p4p, 0 weight class) and Liam Jansen (ranked 23079 p4p, 539 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Bilous
vs
Jansen

171 cm
34
167 lbs
15 - 10 - 0

175 cm
21
159 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Granite chin

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 15 - 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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Liam Jansen!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Albert Achterberg and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Bilous, as that shot connected.
Bilous moves in looking to clinch but Jansen pushes him off.
Bilous scores with the left hand. Jansen knows he should have avoided that one.
Jansen throws a shot from downtown. Bilous moves away and avoids it.
Bilous tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bilous tries to clinch but Jansen is having none of it.
Bilous moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromJansen.

Bilous bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Bilous sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Jansen is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Jansen tries to get back to half guard but can't.
You can see the frustration on Jansen's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Jansen tries to bench press Bilous off him but Bilous keeps the position.
Bilous lands a few punches from side control.

Bilous working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bilous trying to control the position but Jansen is working away.
Jansen takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Jansen takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Jansen dodges the ground and pound from Bilous.

Bilous thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Bilous thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
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.
Bilous working the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bilous throwing strikes but missing, from side control.

Bilous thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Bilous lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Jansen down.
You can see the frustration on Jansen's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Bilous cracks Jansen with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bilous working away.
Jansen takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Jansen is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes there by Bilous.
Jansen tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Bilous working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Bilous cracks Jansen with a big right hand but Jansen just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Bilous lands a few punches from side control.
Jansen on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Bilous working the ground and pound from side control.
The strikes coming from Bilous are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Bilous trying to control the position but Jansen is working away.
Bilous working the ground and pound but Jansen is defending the strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jansen takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bilous postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Bilous in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Bilous lands an elbow.
Bilous is putting a hurting on Jansen here, landing some big shots from side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bilous lands a decent elbow from side control.

Jansen is rocked!
Bilous working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.

Bilous wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Jansen, who protects the arm well.

Bilous is trying to get an arm triangle but Jansen is defending well.
Bilous is chipping away with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pavlo Bilous dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Bilous lands a jab to Jansen's midsection.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bilous looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bilous throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Bilous fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Jansen.

Bilous closes the distance and clinches.
Bilous lands a body shot.

Jansen has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Bilous uses from the top position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jansen preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bilous passes into half guard.
Bilous is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jansen can do to turn this around?
Bilous throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Bilous trying to control from half guard but Jansen is working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jansen is looking to control Bilous's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Jansen avoid being mounted?
Bilous is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Jansen keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Bilous working the head and body with strikes.
Bilous sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Jansen defending well though.
Bilous lands with a punch from half guard.
Jansen taking some punishment here, with Bilous in his half guard.
Bilous is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Jansen 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bilous looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Bilous trying to control from half guard but Jansen is working away.
Bilous landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Jansen is not content to let Bilous control the position.
Jansen keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Bilous lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Bilous connects with a nice short shot to Jansen's temple.
Bilous frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
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!
Bilous is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bilous lands a heavy elbow.
Bilous looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Jansen is still in real trouble! Can Bilous finish him?
Bilous lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Jansen is breathing heavily.
Oooh a big shot lands for Bilous! Jansen is out! The ref dives in to save him from more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Pavlo Bilous!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Pavlo Bilous waved his t-shirt featuring RAGS of a RONIN's logo in front of the cameras.