PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Raif Severence (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jude Maxwell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maxwell has chosen T.I. - Hurt as his entrance music. Jude Maxwell is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Severence
vs
Maxwell

170 cm
19
185 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

180 cm
20
190 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Knockout power

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 - 5 - 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 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jude Maxwell!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Severence tries to close the distance and clinch up but Maxwell swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Severence closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Severence lands in his opponent's guard.
Severence wants to control from the top but Maxwell keeps moving.
Severence is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Maxwell is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Maxwell looking for a sweep. Not yet Maxwell, not yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Maxwell keeping full guard, as Severence tries to pass.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Severence trying to control but Maxwell is working from the bottom.
Severence trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Maxwell swats away the attempt to clinch by Severence.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maxwell stalks Severence and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Severence's face. Severence staggers backwards, shaken.
Severence does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Severence lands with a nice body kick.
Maxwell looks gassed!

Severence gets the takedown into side control.

Maxwell wants to improve his position, back to half guard but Severence has ideas of his own. He's got hold of Maxwell's far side arm and it looks like he's got an Americana. Ohh! Ohhhh! OOOOOOOOOH! A human being's arm is not meant to bend like that! Maxwell is tapping like a morse code operator on the Titanic! SOS SOS! He's out of here! Great win for Severence!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Raif Severence!