PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ken Severn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mikami Teru (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Severn might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Pride FC Theme. Ken Severn had a look across the ring there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Severn
vs
Teru

184 cm
23
220 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

193 cm
23
213 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ken Severn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mikami Teru!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Severn closes the distance and clinches.
Severn tries to pull guard but Teru won't allow it.
Severn fails to pull guard.

Teru is fighting off a takedown attempt but Severn is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Teru to the mat. Teru regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Severn with a flurry of punches that miss.
Teru not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Severn won't allow Teru to get back to his feet.
Teru wants to sweep here but Severn controlling him for the moment.

Severn drops back looking for a leg! Teru is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Teru manages to kick Severn off! Severn jumps back into Teru's guard.
Teru wants to stand up but Severn is controlling him.
Teru is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Severn with a nice head shot there.
Severn with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Severn drops back looking for a leg! Teru is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Teru manages to kick Severn off! Severn jumps back into Teru's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Severn with a flurry of punches that miss.

Severn drops back looking for a leg! Teru is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Teru manages to kick Severn off! Severn jumps back into Teru's guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Teru can do anything to dispel that myth.
Teru keeping moving, preventing Severn from controlling successfully.
Teru pulls Severn in to control the position.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

Severn drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Severn jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Severn trying to control the position from guard on top but Teru is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Teru misses with a two punch combination.

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.
Teru works Severn's body with a nice hook.
Severn ducks under a wild hook from Teru.
Severn connects with a nice looking jab.
Severn throws a jab when Teru was well out of range.
Teru uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Severn has time to react.
Severn dodges the punch combination from Teru.
Severn swings away with a body shot that misses
and Teru counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Teru scores with a jab to the jaw.
Severn dives in and grabs Teru's left leg, looking for a takedown. Teru pushes down on Severn's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ken Severn. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Teru throws a right and a left that both miss.
Severn fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Teru manages to avoid it.
Teru uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Severn has time to react.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Severn rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Teru moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Teru throws a shot from downtown. Severn moves away and avoids it.
Severn throws a hook to the side of Teru's head but Teru sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Severn throws a hook but Teru blocks it.
Severn's corner calls for a 1-2. Severn obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Severn shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Teru as he avoids it easily.
Teru lands the left hand.
Severn misses with a jab, cross combination.

Severn closes the distance and clinches.
Severn goes for a takedown attempt but Teru pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Severn defending well as Teru loads up on a big left hand.
Mikami Teru is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Teru connects with a single shot there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Severn looks for a takedown but Teru sprawls well.
Severn slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Severn throws a jab but it's blocked by Teru.
Teru stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Teru wants it to stay on the feet.
Teru is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Severn.
Severn with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Teru to score with a decent uppercut.
Severn avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Severn looks to land a left hand but Teru moved out of range nicely.
A right-left combo lands from Teru.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Teru looks to score with a jab to the body but Severn is just out of range.
Teru looks to land a right hand but Severn moved out of range.
Teru throws a series of punches but Severn moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mikami Teru dominated that round.
That's time! Severn's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Severn tries to clinch there but Teru circles away.
No joy there for Teru, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
No joy there for Severn, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Teru misses the shot to the body.
Teru slips a straight right by Severn.
Teru takes one on the button.
Teru tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Severn was well out of range. Poor timing from Teru.

Severn clinches.
Severn jumps guard but Teru stands there with Severn around his waist. Severn gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Severn tries to score a body lock takedown but Teru shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Severn gets control of Teru's arms and successfully pulls guard. Severn will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Teru has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Severn is proving hard to escape from.
Severn wants to sweep here but Teru controlling him for the moment.
Teru pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Severn is keeping the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Teru is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Severn lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Teru!

Severn looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Teru is squirming around, avoiding Severn's attempts to control the action.
Teru tries to lock up and control but Severn gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Severn punishing his opponent with strikes.

It looks like Mikami Teru has been cut.
Severn working Teru over with strikes here.
Severn throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Severn postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Teru looks a forlorn figure.
Teru really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Severn. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Teru manages to regain half guard. Good work.

Severn is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Severn is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Teru defends it well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Teru desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Teru is looking to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Severn is working for a kimura but Teru is defending it quite comfortably.
Severn tries to pass to full mount but Teru defends it.

Severn is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Teru sees it coming and defends easily.

Severn wants to work for an arm triangle but Teru is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Severn takes a swing at Teru's ribcage but misses.
Severn tries to clinch but Teru moves out of range.
A punch combination from Teru misses.
Severn ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

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.
Teru takes a swing at Severn's ribcage but misses.
Teru lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Severn uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Teru.
The fight stays on the outside here - Severn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Severn closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Severn lands in his opponent's guard.
Teru trying to control the position.
Severn working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Severn 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.
Severn postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Teru is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Severn is controlling him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ken Severn dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mikami Teru's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Severn throws a right hand that Teru ducks under and follows up with a left that Teru also avoids with ease.
Severn throws a hook to the side of Teru's head but Teru sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Severn throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Teru's waist but Teru gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Severn off to one side.
Teru has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Teru misses with a wild combination.
A punch combination from Severn misses.
Severn throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ken Severn is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Severn works Teru's body with a nice hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Severn fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Teru manages to avoid it.
Severn is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Teru cracks Severn with a right hand to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Severn fails with a takedown attempt.
Teru takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Severn darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Teru displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Severn throws out the jab.
Severn tries to clinch but Teru moves out of range.
Severn throws out a loose jab but Teru uses good head movement to avoid it.
Severn tries to close the distance and clinch but Teru swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Teru throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Severn.
Severn shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Teru sprawls well. Teru wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Severn gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ken Severn. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The fight stays on the outside here - Severn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Teru misses the jab.
Teru misses with a shot to the body
and Severn counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Teru has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Teru there as he acknowledges the shot.
Teru swinging wilding here.
Good standup being displayed there by Severn as he connects with a hook.
Severn throws an overhand right that lands on Teru's shoulder, as Teru tries to avoid the shot.
Teru defending well as Severn loads up on a big left hand.
Teru falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Severn counter with a right hand.
Teru slips under a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Teru moves away from the strike by Severn.
Severn shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Teru as he avoids it easily.
Teru is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Severn.
Severn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Teru keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A slow jab from Severn misses its intended target.
Teru looks to land a left hand but Severn moved out of range nicely.
Severn tries to close the distance and clinch but Teru swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Severn waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Teru.
Severn wants to clinch up but Teru keeps it at a distance.
Severn throws a hook to the side of Teru's head but Teru sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Teru keeps the fight on the outside.
Teru throws out a loose jab but Severn uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Severn darts in and clinches Teru up against the ropes.
Severn has Teru pressed against the ropes, preventing Teru from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Severn tries to pull guard but Teru won't allow it.
Severn can't get the takedown.
Severn fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Severn can't get the takedown.
Teru is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.

Teru is fighting off a takedown attempt but Severn is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Teru to the mat. Teru regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Severn wants to pass the guard but Teru is keeping the position.
Severn stands up over Teru, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Teru working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Severn.

Severn drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Teru dives on top into guard.
Teru looking to pass the guard.

Severn is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Teru is aware though and is defending well.

Teru decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Severn, up you get!

And that's the end of the fight!
Ken Severn showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Severn has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight for Ken Severn!
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Ken Severn!
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight for Ken Severn!

Ken Severn wins by unanimous decision!