PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Messy Messi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Severn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dan Severn has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Messi
vs
Severn

185 cm
19
275 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

188 cm
28
270 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
KO power

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BeastMode

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Messy Messi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dan Severn!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Eliza Hachem and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Severn fails to land the takedown.

Messi closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Severn looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Messi connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Dan Severn has been cut.
Severn changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Messi fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Messi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Messi tries to clinch up but Severn circles away and keeps his distance.
Messi looks to clinch

and Severn counters with a single leg into guard. Messi didn't expect that.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Messi is trying to control the position but Severn postures up.
Severn wants to control from the top but Messi keeps moving.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Messi looking to control.

Messy Messi has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Severn dives in and grabs Messi's left leg, looking for a takedown. Messi pushes down on Severn's head and hops out.
Messy Messi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dan Severn.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Messi tries to clinch up but Severn circles away and keeps his distance.
Severn closes this distance looking for a takedown but Messi circles away.

Messi pushes Severn up against the cage in a clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Messi.
A nice right hand lands inside from Messi.
Severn tries for a takedown but Messi manages to get underhooks.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Messi just misses with a elbow thrown towards Severn's brow.
Messi lands an elbow that stopped Severn in his tracks for a moment.
Severn blocks the elbow strike.
Severn is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Messi is defending well.
Severn tries for a takedown. No joy.
Messi misses with an elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Messi just misses with a elbow thrown towards Severn's brow.
Messi taking a breather.
Severn has Messi pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Messi manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Severn wants to get back to striking at distance but Messi won't allow it.
Messi pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Messi throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Messi is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Messi throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Messi displaying some good clinch control by pressing Severn up against the cage.
Messi misses with a knee strike.
Messi misses with an elbow over the top.
Severn blocks an elbow strike.
Messi lands a damaging elbow.
Severn blocks an elbow strike from Messi.
Messi landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Severn looks winded!
Messi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Severn changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Messi fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Messi closes the distance and pushes Severn back into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Messi pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Severn is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Messi gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Severn blocking some punches.
Messi pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Messi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Severn is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Messi pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Messi lands a left hand.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Messi obliges.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Messi.
Messi pushes Severn back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Messi.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Messi throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Messi lands an elbow just above Severn 's eye.
Messi trying to land knees to the body.
Severn blocks the elbow strike.
Messi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Messi pushes off an throws an elbow but Severn leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Messi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Messi is trying to maintain a safe position but Severn gets an underhook and turns Messi into the cage.
Severn avoids a wild elbow strike from Messi.
Messi stalls.
Messi missing with knees to the body.
Messi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Severn blocks it with crossed arms.
Severn has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Messi avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Severn wants a takedown.
Severn wants a takedown but no success here.
Messi gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Severn.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Severn tries for a takedown. No joy.
Messi creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Messy Messi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dan Severn's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Severn shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Messi sprawls well. Messi wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Severn gets slowly back to his feet.
Messi doesn't manage to clinch there - Severn circles away.
Messi tries to clinch there but Severn circles away.
Messi closes the distance but Severn moves to the side

and Severn counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Messi's guard now.
Messi is trying to control the position but Severn postures up.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Severn trying to control the position from guard on top but Messi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Severn works over Messi with some ground and pound from guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Messi looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Messi not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Severn drops back looking for a leg! Messi is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Messi manages to kick Severn off! Severn jumps back into Messi's guard.
Messi on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Messi tries to get out of the position.
Messi is trying to control the position but Severn postures up.
Messi wants to sweep here but Severn controlling him for the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Severn scoring with some ground and pound.

Severn drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Severn seems to have locked his on tight now - Messi screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Severn, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Dan Severn!
Dan Severn decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.