Marcin Held beats Phillipe Nover with a unanimous decision – Bellator 59 Recap
The lightweight bout at the Bellator 59 was held on November 26, 2011. The event, produced by Bellator Fighting Championship, Polish mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Marcin Held take on American MMA fighter Phillipe Nover. Held,
the nineteen-year-old fighter had a wobbly start against his twenty-seven year old opponent.
Nover came strong as the fight started and threw a sold punch at Held. The Polish fighter was shaken immensely as he took a few seconds to come back to his senses and focus on his fight. Nover pounded him with his punches but Held
kept his stance inside the ring with a fighting spirit.
Both fighters kept their vertical base in the fight. They used their punches for their advantage. The fighters were giving each other some serious blows with their punches. Their energy in the ring kept the spectators enthralled,
as they knew the fight would go on to be an exciting one. Nover used his feet to give Held a huge kick which took him by surprise.
Held counter attacked as he grappled Nover and pushed him to the cage and pinned him against it. Nover tried to escape but Held kept the pressure and used his knees as a weapon. Nover succeeds in taking down Held and gets a position
on top of him. Nover tried to use his submission hold but fails and the first round comes to an end.
With the second round in progress, Nover barley missed an uppercut. Held was cautious about Nover’s move and succeeded in giving a punch of his own to Nover. The American MMA fighter used his ground moves after he took down Held
on the mat.
Once the fighters were on their feet, they again used the ground techniques. Both fighters kept their offensive strategy going in the second round. They used their ground techniques accompanied by their wrestling and grappling
tactics to take an advantage over each other. The second round ended with none of the fighters taking any decisive lead.
The third round was when Held used his offensive strategy over Nover. Held was consistently applying his holds on to Nover and Nover was getting free each time the holds were applied. Held used his punches and knee attack combination
once more and was successful but not to a great extent. His attack was enough to keep some pressure on Nover.
Held then managed to use his elbow shot which hit Nover’s head, giving Held the opportunity to take some control in the fight. Held was again on top of Nover as both fighters went down on the mat. The bell rang and the judges announced
Held as the winner of the bout.
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