Lapilus Triumphs Over Taleb in PFL Debut: Full Fight Recap

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00:00also you had a bantamweight fight with taylor lapillas versus ali taleb lapillas a 33 year old

00:05frenchman newly signed with the pfl former ufc fighter who was on a two-fight win streak before

00:10he left that promotion not often you see guys on win streaks before they're out of the ufc

00:13he was so coming in on a high here in his first pfl fight had a four-reach advantage against ali

00:19taleb the 27 year old from sweden the 2024 pfl may not bantamweight champion he was on a three-fight

00:24win streak coming into this one i dropped out of the pfl world tournament to fight on the europe

00:28card we expected some good things at him we thought he was going to get a third round ko victory here

00:32against lapillas maybe catch the frenchman napping on him he did not lapillas gets the unanimous decision

00:39win 30 27 on all three judges scorecards taleb was coming forward early but that reach difference

00:45was really big for the frenchman he started using the stiff jab throwing a few getting before getting

00:49on the bike and avoiding any shots from taleb you know taleb tried to get the league takedown the

00:53first round get stuffed could have went either way i gave it to the frenchman 10-9

00:57taleb was still coming forward the next couple rounds but he just couldn't ever get his hands

01:02on his opponent the way he wanted to couldn't throw the big shots couldn't get you know the

01:06the takedowns that he wanted to maybe neutralize the reach advantage 10-9 for lapillas in the second

01:12round for me 10-9 for lapillas in the third round i think that's pretty much how the judges went as well

01:17as he gets the victory there uh i think the judges gave the first round of course to taleb

01:22i gave it all three to the frenchman he gets the victory unanimous decision 22 and 4 now in his

01:28mma career while taleb falls to 12 and 2 we'll see him try to rebound in his next fight for the pfl

01:33at featherweight you had a battle between gantano perillo and salvatore liga both from belgium

01:40surprisingly liga the 31 year old from belgium making his pfl debut had a bunch of canceled fights

01:44over the course of 2021 to last year when he finally got his fifth win perillo el tigre 33 year

01:50old from belgium had a brief spin in the ufc oh and two and that making his pfl debut as well

01:55i thought perillo would get the tko in the second victory he gets a first round submission win by

01:59ninja toke three minutes and 22 seconds into it liga was coming forward early but perillo was

02:04throwing some big knees some good shots uh you know liga was trying to get the takedown it ends up

02:09kind of in a scramble as perillo throws a choke on him tries to get the guillotine as the position

02:15changes eventually later on he locks it in to the ninja choke as he pulls guard gets it later in the

02:22fight later in the round he gets the victory there and then a lot of trash talk a lot of heat even

02:27after the fight you know usually you see two guys that don't like each other they fight each other

02:31and then maybe there's some respect afterwards nope was not over for perillo who jumped up get

02:36leave his face and flipping him off talking more smack after he choked him out so we'll see if

02:41these guys match up again down the road because obviously blood blood is still there perillo now

02:4517 7 and 1 in his career fourth career submission for him 15 of his 17 wins are by finish whether it

02:52be submission or tko liga now 5 and 1 that is the first loss for him in his career also he had a

02:58light heavyweight battle between boris atagana and bruno santos atagana 26 year old belgium making his pfl

03:04debut santos a predator the 33 year old from brazil i lost three of his last five fights

03:09on tagana you know walked up and stood in santos face before this one got going as they're doing

03:14the introduction so he was not afraid of his opponent we thought he'd get the ko tko

03:18victory here and he does he gets the first round stoppage of santos just 56 seconds into the round

03:25on tagana went for the takedown right after start ended up with a neck tried to pull guard but couldn't

03:29lock it in and ends up with side control and then once santos tried to run you know tried to roll

03:34over tried to get him off the you know the side control he ends up taking the back just throwing

03:38bombs from behind until the ref steps in on tagana now 6 and 0 in mma five of those by first round

03:44ko tko all by stoppage santos falls to three and four he also had another win there uh by pedro who

03:51beat abayev by united decision 30 27 on one card 29 28 on two others so a abayev had the first round

03:58in his favorite pedro the second third round for me at least when i watch it he gets the victory

04:03there united decision

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