PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rafael BayawaK (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Severn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). BayawaK comes to the cage accompanied by Dayang-dayang. Rafael BayawaK has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

BayawaK
vs
Severn

182 cm
26
255 lbs
6 - 10 - 0

188 cm
25
250 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

Good wrestler
Brawler
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rafael BayawaK!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dan Severn!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Severn throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
BayawaK ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
BayawaK throws a shot from downtown. Severn moves away and avoids it.
BayawaK tries to clinch there but Severn circles away.
Severn looks for a takedown but BayawaK sprawls well.
Severn swinging wildly here.
Severn throws a hook but BayawaK blocks it.

Severn drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
BayawaK working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Severn.
BayawaK avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
BayawaK utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Severn throwing strikes from guard but BayawaK blocks nicely.
Severn postures up in BayawaK's guard and throws a big left but BayawaK blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Severn accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Severn trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Severn working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Severn loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Severn is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Severn stands up over BayawaK, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Severn throwing strikes but missing.
Severn missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Severn in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Severn pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. BayawaK is keeping the position for now.
Severn postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Severn looks gassed!
Severn throwing strikes from guard but BayawaK blocks nicely.
Severn loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
BayawaK 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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Severn slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Severn throws a strike aimed at the side of BayawaK's head but BayawaK avoids it well.
An elbow from Severn crashes against the mat.
BayawaK can't do much from the bottom here.
Severn scoring with punches from side control.
Severn fails to land a wild elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Severn working the ground and pound but BayawaK is defending the strikes.
Severn misses with the ground and pound.
Sloppy strikes there by Severn.
Severn misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Severn in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Severn has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
BayawaK parries the strikes from Severn easily there. Severn is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable BayawaK to escape.
Check out the look on Severn's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Severn working the ground and pound but BayawaK is defending the strikes.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Severn working the head with strikes.
Sloppy strikes there by Severn.
Severn sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but BayawaK is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Severn throws an elbow but BayawaK slips to the side and avoids it well.
The ground and pound from Severn seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Severn throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and BayawaK works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
BayawaK blocking the ground and pound attempt from Severn.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
BayawaK is looking to improve his position.
Severn missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Severn missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
BayawaK avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Severn.
Severn thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Severn thows a huge punch but BayawaK dodges it nicely.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Severn thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed BayawaK's head.
Severn not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
BayawaK keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Severn passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for BayawaK!
Severn unloads with some shots from mount but BayawaK bucks and avoids them well.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
BayawaK avoids a series of strikes thrown by Severn.
Severn landing shots from mount.
BayawaK holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Severn tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Poor strikes thrown by Severn there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Severn thowing shots but they're missing.
Severn thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Severn punching from mount but BayawaK doing a good job of avoiding damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Severn sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
BayawaK on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if BayawaK tries to get out of the position.
Severn throws some wild stikes that BayawaK manages to avoid easily.
Rafael BayawaK has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Severn throws some wild stikes that BayawaK manages to avoid easily.
Dan Severn is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Severn controlling from mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dan Severn comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Severn has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight for Dan Severn!
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Dan Severn!
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Dan Severn!

Dan Severn wins by unanimous decision!