PBP Commentary

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

Badoyan
vs
Severn

209 cm
28
264 lbs
22 - 8 - 0

193 cm
31
280 lbs
22 - 9 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Hellbent
Dissolution Fight Wear

Kemists ↑ 5x160Q
Hellbent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tigran Badoyan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bas Severn!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Steven Brown and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Severn swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Badoyan attempts a counter takedown but Severn avoids it well and moves away.
Badoyan ducks right into an uppercut from Severn.

It looks like Tigran Badoyan has been cut.
Severn tried to score with a low kick but Badoyan checks it.
Badoyan definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Severn misses with a low kick as Badoyan jumps back.
Badoyan lands with a kick to the temple. Severn shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Badoyan scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Badoyan tries to bum rush Severn with a series of wild strikes but Severn uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Badoyan cracks Severn with an open hand slap.
Badoyan swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Severn.
Badoyan moves away from the strike by Severn.
Severn connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Badoyan avoids the body shot from Severn.
Severn connects with a solid leg kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Badoyan blocks the body kick.
Badoyan moves out of range of the body kick.
Severn misses with an attempted mid kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Badoyan - that will leave a mark!
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Severn misses with a straight left.
Severn doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Severn checks a low kick from Badoyan.

Badoyan shoots in and gets a takedown into Severn's guard.
Badoyan wants to control from the top but Severn keeps moving.
Badoyan looking to sit in guard and control but Severn gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Severn slips nicely into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Badoyan taking some punishment here, with Severn in his half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Badoyan trying to control but Severn postures up.
Severn throwing shots but Badoyan is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Severn thows a huge punch but Badoyan dodges it nicely.
Severn thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Badoyan's head.
Severn looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Severn thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Badoyan's head.
Badoyan wants to improve his position but Severn is controlling well.
Severn throwing shots but Badoyan is blocking nicely.
Badoyan keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Severn missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Badoyan has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Severn is working away from the top position though.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Badoyan is staying active underneath Severn, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Badoyan shoots in for a double leg but Severn sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Badoyan fails with the takedown.
Severn steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Badoyan.
Severn works Badoyan's body with a nice hook.
Badoyan takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Badoyan scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Severn looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Badoyan lands a front kick.
Severn throws a sloppy head kick and Badoyan moves out of range easily.
Badoyan ducks under a wild hook from Severn.
Severn avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Badoyan loads up on a big right hand but Severn slips the punch.
Severn looks to land a combination but Badoyan avoids it well.
Severn misses with a wild body shot.
Severn ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Badoyan checks a low kick from Severn.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Badoyan.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Severn looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Badoyan slips under a jab.
Badoyan 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.
Badoyan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Severn's sensitive parts.
Severn throws a wild body kick that Badoyan sees coming a mile off.
Badoyan throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Severn throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Severn tried to score with a low kick but Badoyan checks it.
Severn throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Badoyan counters with a body kick.
Severn keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A shot to the liver by Severn. Beautiful body shot.
Badoyan throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Severn makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Severn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Badoyan was well out of range. Poor timing from Severn.
Sloppy strikes from Severn. Those never looked like landing.
Severn misses with a head kick.
Badoyan cracks the inside of Severn's front leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Bas Severn will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Tigran Badoyan's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Severn throws an overhand right that lands on Badoyan's shoulder, as Badoyan tries to avoid the shot.
Severn looks for the body kick but Badoyan saw that one coming.
Badoyan is looking to counter punch.
Badoyan scores with a punch to the head.
Badoyan looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Severn lands a jab to Badoyan's midsection.
Badoyan throws a push kick but Severn slaps the foot to one side.
Severn tries a head kick but it misses.
Badoyan misses with the body kick
and Severn counters with a slapping leg kick.
Severn avoids the body shot from Badoyan.
Severn with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Badoyan to score with a decent uppercut.
Badoyan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Severn throws a big shot that misses.
Severn showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Badoyan.
A head kick by Severn misses

and Badoyan counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Badoyan is looking for a kimura here.
Severn moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Severn is trying to keep Badoyan in close.
Badoyan throwing strikes from guard but Severn blocks nicely.
Badoyan landing with the ground and pound.

That's two 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.
Severn keeping full guard, as Badoyan tries to pass.
Badoyan postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Severn keeping moving, preventing Badoyan from controlling successfully.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Severn is on top in guard.

Severn content to sit in guard, stalling... Great. Oh but he could get punished here because Badoyan has locked up a guillotine! Badoyan's face is contorted as he sqeezes tight on the submission attempt - will he finish? Severn is holding on here and Badoyan must be using up a lot of energy. Severn has gone limp! He's out! He's out cold! Badoyan gets to his feet, tossing aside his stricken foe. Arms raised, he milks the applause from the crowd. Great submission!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Tigran Badoyan!
Tigran Badoyan took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Dissolution Fight Wear for their support in the buildup to the fight.