PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raleigh Massey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Sernas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Massey
vs
Sernas

164 cm
24
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
20
215 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Brawler
Heavy handed

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Raleigh Massey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, David Sernas!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Andrew Berry and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Massey gets tackled into the cage by Sernas. Sernas maintains the clinch.

Massey breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Massey has his takedown stuffed

and Sernas counters by moving into the clinch.
Sernas looking to stall.
Sernas tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Massey avoids it.
Sernas has had enough of the clinch but Massey keeps him there for the moment.

Massey manages to break the clinch.
Sernas fails with the takedown

and Massey holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Massey manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Massey could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Massey tries to strike from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Massey manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.

Massey lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Massey content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Sernas is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Massey jumps into side control!
A control attempt from Sernas but he's now mounted!
Sernas tries to hold on but Massey pushes him away.
Sernas throwing hammer fists to the chest of Massey. What's that going to do exactly?
Sernas tries to hold on but Massey pushes him away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sernas is trying desperately to improve position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Massey controlling from the full mount.
Massey landing strikes from the mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Massey takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Sernas is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Massey sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Sernas is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Sernas is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Massey controlling from the full mount.

Massey looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Massey controlling the position easily from mount.
Sernas working to try and regain half guard.
Massey controlling from the full mount.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Massey in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Massey looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raleigh Massey dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Sernas avoids the head kick by Massey.
Massey is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sernas can do to turn this around?

Sernas clinches with his opponent.

Massey breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Sernas forces Massey back against the cage and clinches.

Massey pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sernas throws a leg kick that is checked

and Massey counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Massey takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Massey missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sernas manages to get to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sernas trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Massey seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Sernas is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Massey sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Sernas's guard.

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.
Massey controlling the pace.
Raleigh Massey overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Massey!

It looks like David Sernas has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sernas gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Massey counters with a one-two to the body.
The fighters circle, before Massey throws a beautiful high kick that crashes into Sernas's neck, sending him stumbling to the floor! Massey lands more strikes and forces a referee stoppage! That one ended in an instant!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick & Punches). Raleigh Massey!