PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Leevan Severn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mibon Turua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Severn
vs
Turua

173 cm
18
147 lbs
3 - 1 - 1

176 cm
23
155 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Solid chin

Meet the Future

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 1, fighting out of London, Leevan Severn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mibon Turua!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Steven Brown and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Severn throws a low kick but Turua avoids it.
Turua looks to land a combination but Severn avoids it well.
Turua shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Severn defends it nicely.
Turua showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Severn.
Severn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A punch combination from Severn misses.
Severn looks to land a combination but Turua avoids it well.
Turua shoots in for a takedown but Severn shows good takedown defense.

Turua shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Turua throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Severn on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Severn tries to get out of the position.
Turua winds up and cracks Severn with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Turua landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Turua slips a nice elbow through Severn's hands, connecting with Severn's forehead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turua lands strikes from half guard.
Severn avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Turua.
Turua looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Severn wants to get back to his feet.
Turua is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Turua thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Severn's head.
Turua thows a huge punch but Severn dodges it nicely.
Turua throwing shots but Severn is blocking nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Severn taking some punishment here, with Turua in his half guard.
Severn is breathing heavily.
Turua thows a huge punch but Severn dodges it nicely.
Turua scoring with strikes to the body and head.
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 keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Severn tries to kick Turua off but Turua keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turua drops an elbow to the side of Severn's head.
Turua drops an elbow to the side of Severn's head.
Turua is nestled in close to Severn, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Turua seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Nice strikes from Turua there.
Turua working Severn over with strikes.
Turua thows a huge punch but Severn dodges it nicely.
Turua working Severn over with strikes.
Ground and pound from Turua.
Turua seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Turua winds up and cracks Severn with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Turua lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Turua lands a nice short elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turua throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Turua working Severn over with strikes.
Severn is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Turua scores with a couple of nice shots.
Turua is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Turua working the head and body with strikes.
Turua working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Severn is looking to escape.
Turua is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Turua working Severn over with strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Turua working Severn over with strikes.
Turua drops an elbow to the side of Severn's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turua looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Turua takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Turua drops an elbow to the side of Severn's head.
Turua slips a nice elbow through Severn's hands, connecting with Severn's forehead.

Severn is rocked!
Turua slips a nice elbow through Severn's hands, connecting with Severn's forehead.
Oh Severn is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Turua has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Severn is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Turua scores with a couple of nice shots.
Turua is sitting in half guard. He's postured up and lands a nice elbow. Oh, Severn is hurt! He's hurt bad - Turua fires away with more strikes and the referee jumps in to save Severn from any more punishment! Congratulations to Turua! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mibon Turua!