PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcu Bilo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Lashley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Bilo
vs
Lashley

187 cm
20
240 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

195 cm
22
250 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Marcu Bilo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bobby Lashley!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, William Peck and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bilo lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Bilo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Bilo closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Bilo misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Bilo tries to move into full mount but can't pass Lashley's legs.
Sloppy strikes there by Bilo.
Lashley can't do much from the bottom here.
Bilo gets to mount! Lashley was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Lashley can do anything to dispel that myth.
Lashley takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Lashley can't escape the position.
Bilo trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Bilo tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
You get the feeling that Lashley really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Lashley tries to hold on but Bilo postures up.
Lashley in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Lashley defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Bilo.
Lashley keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Lashley wants to hold on but Bilo pushes him away.
Bilo wants to control the pace but Lashley is squirming around nicely.

Lashley bucks Bilo off and manages to get back to his feet!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Lashley shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Bilo counters with a good, hard body kick but Lashley shrugs it off.
Bilo could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Bilo circles away from the clinch attempt

and Bilo holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Lashley looks gassed!
Lashley tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Bilo just stands there and leans against the cage.

Lashley manages to break the clinch.

Lashley closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Bilo to the mat! Bilo manages to get full guard.
Bilo is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Bilo looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Bilo is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Bilo is taking a breather. Lashley says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Bilo prevents Lashley from improving his position.
Bilo is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lashley wants to get back to his feet.

Lashley manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Lashley gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Bilo counters by moving into the clinch.
Marcu Bilo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bobby Lashley.
Lashley drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Bilo gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Lashley has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Bilo is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Lashley misses with a knee to the head.

Lashley has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Bilo uses from the top position.
Bilo advances position into side control!
The strikes coming from Bilo are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

Lashley throws Bilo to one side and escapes!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bilo moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

Lashley drives through with a takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lashley missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bilo looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Lashley throwing strikes from guard but Bilo blocks nicely.
Bilo seems keen to control Lashley's posture.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Bilo is on top in guard.
Bilo pushes down on Lashley's leg and manages to get into half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bilo controlling the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcu Bilo dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Bilo shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

Bilo stands up and waves to Lashley to follow him.
Bilo clobbers Lashley with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Bilo explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bilo, right into the meat.

Bilo closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Lashley to the mat! Lashley manages to get full guard.
Bilo prevents Lashley from getting back to his feet.
Bilo trying to control but Lashley is working from the bottom.
Lashley bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Bilo's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Bilo can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Lashley controls the pace.
Lashley trying to control the position from guard on top but Bilo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lashley postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Bilo working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Lashley.
Bilo looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Lashley wants to control from the top but Bilo keeps moving.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bilo is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Lashley loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Lashley landing some decent shots from guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Lashley misses with a takedown

and Bilo counters with a nice double leg into side control. Lashley won't be happy with that.
Lashley throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lashley is trying to control Bilo's posture but Bilo avoids it.
Bilo trying to control the action but Lashley is working from the bottom.

Bilo is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Lashley has escaped the position, nice work there.
Bilo wants to control but Lashley is keeping him busy.
Lashley gets back to half guard.
Lashley is pressing down on Bilo's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bilo stands up and waves to Lashley to follow him.

Bilo gets the takedown into side control.
Bilo has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Lashley!
Bilo controlling his opponent.
Lashley tries to reverse the position but Bilo maintains control.
Lashley takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Bilo landing strikes from the mount and Lashley is in trouble!
Lashley trying desperately to get to his feet.
Bilo lands a big shot there that rocks Lashley but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Lashley keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Bilo trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bilo landing strikes from the mount and Lashley is in trouble!
Lashley is just holding on here. Bilo manages to take his back.
Lashley has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Bilo is working the ground and pound. Can Lashley escape?
Lashley trying to control the hands but Bilo won't let him.
Lashley trying to get back to his feet but Bilo is in full control for now.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Lashley defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.

Bilo looking to break Lashley's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Lashley remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Bilo will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcu Bilo dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Bilo shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Bilo was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Bilo scoring with strikes but Lashley is staying in there.
Lashley is wriggling around trying to escape.
Bilo 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.
Bilo can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Lashley is looking to escape.
Lashley is wriggling around trying to escape.
Bilo connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Marcu Bilo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Lashley tries to lock up and control but Bilo gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Bilo tries to control but Lashley wriggling away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bilo jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Lashley is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Lashley and Bilo has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.

Bilo tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Bilo has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Bilo trying to control the position but Lashley is working away.

Bilo tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Lashley is trying to work for a sweep but Bilo has mounted him!

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.
Bilo content just to control the position here.
Bilo breaks from Lashley's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Lashley is trying to escape the mount.
Bilo can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Lashley is looking to escape.
Lashley is wriggling around trying to escape.
Bilo tries to control but Lashley wriggling away.
Poor strikes thrown by Bilo there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bilo landing strikes from the mount.
Lashley tries to hold on but Bilo pushes him away.
Lashley can't escape the position.
Lashley is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Bilo with good strikes from the mount here!
Bilo controlling the pace for now.
Bilo wants to control the pace but Lashley is squirming around nicely.
Lashley is trying desperately to improve position.
Lashley is squirming around, avoiding Bilo's attempts to control the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Lashley is trying desperately to improve position.
Bilo trying to control but Lashley is having none of it.
Lashley is desperately trying to improve his position but Bilo has a good base and remains in mount.
Bilo takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Lashley takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Lashley wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Bobby Lashley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bilo landing shots from mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marcu Bilo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bilo 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marcu Bilo!