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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chris Severn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Machine Gun (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Machine Gun told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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Good wrestling
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Chris Severn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Machine Gun!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Severn tries to keep at a distance but Gun has taken the fight into the clinch.
Severn's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gun misses the jab.
Gun takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Severn scores with a jab to the head.
Severn lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Severn throws a nice inside leg kick.
Severn throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Gun throws a hook but Severn avoids it easily.
Gun scores with the left hand. Severn knows he should have avoided that one.
Gun is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Severn.
Severn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gun moves away.
Gun tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Severn lands a nice looking kick to the body. Gun takes a step back to recover.
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!
Severn misses with a low kick.
A slow jab from Gun misses its intended target.
A thudding body kick lands there by Severn!
Severn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Severn scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Gun tries to clinch up but Severn circles away and keeps his distance.
Gun leaves Severn with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Gun misses with a straight right.
Severn throws out a leg kick but Gun moves out of range and Severn only half commits.
Gun throws a right hand that Severn ducks under and follows up with a left that Severn also avoids with ease.
Severn lands a leg kick that knocks Gun off balance momentarily.
Gun waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Severn.
Severn throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Gun tries to close the distance and clinch up but Severn swats him away and circles back towards the center.
As Gun backs away, Severn returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Severn throws a nice looking combination but Gun bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Severn throws a low kick but Gun moves out of range easily.
Severn thumps Gun with a low kick.
Gun tries to clinch but Severn moves out of range.
Gun misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gun with a jab.
Gun just misses with a punch to the body.
Severn avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Machine Gun is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A jab from Gun finds it's way through Severn's defenses.
Gun walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Gun tries to clinch up.
Gun has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Severn. Gun does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gun fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Severn, pushing him back against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Severn.
Severn misses with a body punch.
Gun blocks a body shot from Severn.
Gun's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gun tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Gun swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Severn avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Severn takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Gun checks a low kick from Severn.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gun takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Severn throws a leg kick
and Gun counters with a nice uppercut.
Severn gets tackled into the cage by Gun. Gun maintains the clinch.
Severn just leaning against Gun, taking a breather.
Gun tries to throw a body punch but Severn avoids it by throwing Gun back against the cage.
Severn blocking some punches.
Severn successfully pulls guard.
Severn is looking for a triangle but Gun pushes his legs off easily.
Severn has a closed guard, preventing Gun from standing up.
Gun preventing the sweep.
Gun wants to stand but Severn has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Severn is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Gun defends well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gun trying to stand up but can't free himself from Severn's guard.
Gun got a little sloppy there for a moment and Severn has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Gun has managed to get both his arms back between Severn's legs - danger averted.
Gun is looking to stand up but Severn won't let him.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Severn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Severn fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gun.
Severn connects with a solid leg kick.
A right-left combo lands from Gun.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gun tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chris Severn dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Gun fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Severn manages to avoid it.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Gun crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Severn - the referee stops the clock and Gun gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Severn. Gun manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Gun throws a nice looking combination but Severn bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gun uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Severn.
A nice side step and Gun releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Severn throws a shot from downtown. Gun moves away and avoids it.
Gun checks the leg kick.
Gun is looking to clinch.
Chris Severn is winning the standup battle so far.
Severn throws a nice outside leg kick.
Gun's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Gun dips to his left and cracks Severn with an uppercut!
Chris Severn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Severn moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Severn takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Severn slips under a jab.
Severn on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Gun has taken the fight to the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Severn throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Guns head.
Severn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Severn misses with a punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Severn.
Gun misses with a hook from the clinch.
Severn leaning against his opponent.
Severn misses with a body punch.
Severn trying to stall but Gun improves his position.
A head punch on the inside from Severn fails to land.
Severn taking a breather.
Gun swings wildly with an uppercut but Severn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gun fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Severn throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Guns head.
A head punch on the inside from Gun fails to land.
Severn lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gun backwards.
Good body shot from Severn.
Severn lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Gun fails to land.
Severn scores with a shot to the side of Gun's head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
I was talking to Severn's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Gun misses with a punch on the inside.
Gun misses with a punch on the inside.
Severn scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Severn misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Gun.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gun lands a hook that snaps the head of Severn backwards.
Gun misses with the head strike.
Severn slows down the pace here.
Gun throws a head punch that misses.
Chris Severn has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Gun manages to break the clinch.
Severn just misses with a punch to the body.
A little jabbing left from Gun on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A slow jab from Gun misses its intended target.
Severn throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gun looks to land a left hand but Severn moved out of range nicely.
A slow jab from Gun misses its intended target.
Severn just misses with a punch to the body.
Gun throws a jab when Severn was well out of range.
A left and a right from Gun both land. Nice combination.
Gun tries to clinch up but Severn circles away and keeps his distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Severn avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gun rushes Severn and presses him up against the cage.
Severn is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Severn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Severn misses with a punch to the body.
A body shot lands from Severn.
Gun stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Severn is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Gun misses with some punches.
Severn lands an uppercut.
Severn blocks an uppercut.
Gun working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Severn jumps guard but Gun stands there with Severn around his waist. Severn gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Severn is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Severn pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gun with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Severn to score with a decent uppercut.
Severn pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Severn finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Severn ducks under a wild hook from Gun.
Gun avoids the body shot from Severn.
Gun avoids the head kick by Severn.
Severn looks to land a body kick but Gun moved away.
Gun might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gun tries to clinch there but Severn circles away.
Severn lets loose with a powerful body kick. Gun will feel that in the morning.
Severn tries to land a body kick
and Gun counters with a stiff right hand.
Gun connects with a single shot there.
Gun moves out of range of the body kick.
Gun checks a leg kick.
Severn lands a leg kick that knocks Gun off balance momentarily.
Severn walks into a left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Machine Gun will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Nice defenses there by Severn.
Gun loads up on a big right hand but Severn slips the punch.
Severn fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gun.
Gun misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Severn needs to keep his hands up - Gun had a free shot at his head there.
Severn uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gun.
A head kick misses from Severn.
Gun throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gun takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Gun has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Severn.
Gun swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice takedown defense from Gun. No joy for Severn on that attempt.
Severn scores with a nice right hand.
Severn will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Severn throws a body shot but no joy.
Severn fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Gun has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Severn misses with a low kick as Gun jumps back.
Gun wants to counter with a clinch but Severn pushes him away.
Severn paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Gun misses with a hook. Severn ducked under it nicely.
Gun tries to clinch but Severn is having none of it.
Severn tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A big left from Gun misses.
Severn goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Severn looks to land a body kick but Gun moved away.
Gun tries to clinch but Severn moves out of range.
Gun has taken the fight to the clinch.
Gun blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Gun as Severn tries to tie him up.
The referee is keeping an eye on Severn - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Severn jumps guard and drags Gun to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gun wants to stand but Severn has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Severn is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Gun is aware though and is defending well.
Gun stands up from guard. Let's bang!
A jab lands there for Severn.
Gun throws a jab but it's blocked by Severn.
Severn scores with a leg kick.
Gun throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
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!
Gun is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
You can see that Gun has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Severn misses with a low kick.
Gun closes the distance and pushes Severn back into the cage.
Gun digs a right hand underneath Severn's ribcage. Severn let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Severn misses with a body punch.
A nice left hand lands by Gun.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Severn throws a punch but it's blocked by Gun.
Severn misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gun pushes Severn back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Severn is trying to break the clinch but Gun is controlling him.
Severn doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gun fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Severn throws a punch but it's blocked by Gun.
Severn is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Gun is keeping busy.
Severn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Severn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gun's elbow.
Severn cracks Gun with a nice body shot.
Severn gets through Gun's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Gun swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gun swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gun misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gun throws a punch but it's blocked by Severn.
Severn drags the fight down to the ground.
Gun is fighting to break Severn's control of his arms but Severn is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Severn working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Gun doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Gun manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Gun wants to stand but Severn is controlling his posture from full guard.
Gun avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Severn is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Gun is aware though and is defending well.
Gun wants to stand but Severn is controlling his posture from full guard.
Gun stands and steps away. Severn gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
And that's the end of the fight!
Chris Severn showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Severn has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chris Severn!
Chris Severn thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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pop
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RATING
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