PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Raif Severence (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bill Bologne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Severence
vs
Bologne

170 cm
19
185 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

189 cm
22
195 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Plays chess

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Raif Severence!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bill Bologne!
The judges for this bout are , and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Severence shoots in but Bologne avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Severence chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bologne can pounce on him.
Severence shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Bologne pinned against the cage. Bologne gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Severence closes the distance and clinches up with Bologne, looking for a takedown. Severence pushes Bologne against the cage but Bologne circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Raif Severence. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Severence drives through with a takedown into guard.

Bologne has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Severence can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Severence trying to control but Bologne is working from the bottom.
Severence stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bologne swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Bologne is looking for a triangle but Severence pushes his legs off easily.
Bologne looking for a sweep. Not yet Bologne, not yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bologne striking off his back but it's not causing Severence any problems.

Severence avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Bologne working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Severence.
Severence stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bologne swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Severence wants to control from the top but Bologne keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Bologne is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Bologne looks gassed!
Severence has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Bologne is proving hard to escape from.

Bologne has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Severence can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Severence wants to pass the guard but Bologne is keeping the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Severence loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Bologne swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Severence throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Severence wants to clinch up but Bologne keeps it at a distance.

Severence closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Severence throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Severence throwing shots but Bologne is blocking nicely.
Severence looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Severence is looking to advance position but Bologne won't allow it.
Bologne regains full guard. Nicely done.
Severence trying to control but Bologne is working from the bottom.
Severence slips nicely into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bologne tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Severence seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Bologne does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Bologne tries to get to full guard but Severence has control of the leg.
Bologne makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Bologne.
Bologne not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Severence might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Bologne has his foot on Severence's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Severence works his way back into a safe position though.
Bologne keeping moving, preventing Severence from controlling successfully.

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.
Bologne lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Severence!
Severence can't escape the position.
Bologne pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

Bologne with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Severence working to try and regain half guard.
A nice elbow there by Bologne.

Bologne wants to finish this one by submission but Severence is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Bologne.
Bologne working the ground and pound effectively.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bill Bologne dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Severence lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Severence tries to clinch there but Bologne circles away.

Severence shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Severence was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Bologne keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Severence looking to control but Bologne is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Severence blocks Bologne's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Severence wants to take his opponent's back but Bologne doesn't allow it.
Severence trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Severence prevents Bologne from getting the reversal.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bologne is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Severence lands a big elbow.
Severence can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Bologne is looking to escape.

Severence with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Severence takes Bologne's back. Could be looking for a rear naked choke here - either way, Bologne is in trouble.
Bologne turns into Severence and is now in his guard.
Bologne passes easily into side control. Nice work.
You can see the frustration on Severence's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bologne stands up and beckons Severence to his feet.
Severence shoots for a double leg takedown but Bologne sprawls well. He's pushed Severence's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Bologne swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Severence counters with a nice double leg into guard.

Severence drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Bologne manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Severence has Bologne in his guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bologne preventing the sweep.
Bologne scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Severence trying to control the position.
Severence manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Bologne keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bologne is wriggling around here but as he tries to escape, Severence has taken his back.
Severence struggling to keep hold of the position.
Bologne tries to break free.

Severence is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Bologne has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Can Bologne hold on?! Severence is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.

Severence looking for the choke but no joy.
Severence somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Severence trying to control momentarily.
Severence doesn't have the hooks in and Bologne manages to turn into his guard.
Bologne lands a couple of digs.
Severence trying to keep a closed guard but Bologne is proving a slippery customer.
Bologne working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Bologne trying to control but Severence is working from the bottom.
Severence manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Bologne looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Bologne manages to get to his feet, escaping the difficult position.
Severence throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raif Severence dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

A head kick lands from Bologne that sends Severence to the canvas. Severence tries to scramble back to his feet but Bologne brings him back down into side control.
Severence is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

Severence is rocked!
Bologne controlling from side mount.
Oh Severence is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bologne advances to full mount.
Severence working to try and regain half guard.
Severence seems to have got his legs back now.
Bologne scores with a couple of good head shots there.

Bologne goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Severence is on top in guard.

Bologne looking for a guillotine here but Severence defends easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Severence pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bologne is keeping the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bologne utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Severence trying to control but Bologne is working from the bottom.
Severence sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Bologne's guard.
Bologne is looking to control Severence's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Bologne avoid being mounted?
Severence passes to side control.
Bologne manages to get back to half guard.
Bologne regains full guard. Nicely done.
Bologne wants to sweep here but Severence controlling him for the moment.
Bologne manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Severence manages to get himself to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bologne is pushing down on Severence's leg trying to pass to half guard. Severence is fighting to maintain full guard but Bologne has managed to sneak the leg through.
Bologne drops an elbow to the side of Severence's head.

Severence looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Bologne seems to be looking for submissions.
Severence works his way to full guard. Good work.
Severence bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Bologne's guard.
Severence stopping the sweep attempt from Bologne.

Severence avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Severence tries to free his leg and advance position but Bologne is retaining full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bologne working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Severence doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Severence manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Bologne wants to sweep but no luck.
Severence content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Severence trying to control but Bologne is working from the bottom.
Bologne looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Bologne keeping full guard, as Severence tries to pass.
Severence pushes down on Bologne's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Bologne wants to get back to full guard.
Severence is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Bologne!
Bologne working to try and regain half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bologne wants to hold on but Severence pushes him away.
Bologne might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Severence kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Bologne really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Bologne tries to hold on but Severence pushes him away.
Severence wants to stand but Severence is holding on to him, trying to stop him posturing up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Severence takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Bologne is looking to get to half guard.
Severence lands a nice shot to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bill Bologne comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Bologne has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Suge Night scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bill Bologne!