PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ronnie McDowell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bas Severn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

McDowell
vs
Severn

200 cm
20
289 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

225 cm
18
300 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

HARDCORE Fighting Brand
Mustang Fight Food

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ronnie McDowell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bas Severn!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Hirohito Nitta and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McDowell lands a two punch combo.

McDowell shoots in and bounces Severn off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
McDowell working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
McDowell pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Severn is keeping the position for now.
McDowell thows a big elbow that misses.
McDowell throws a strike but Severn rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

McDowell is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
McDowell wants to control but Severn passes easily into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Severn stalling.
Severn prevents McDowell from improving his position.
McDowell is looking to get back to full guard here but Severn has managed to pass to side control instead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
McDowell is trying desperately to improve position.
McDowell is working hard here to advance position.
Severn sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Severn avoids the attempt from McDowell to control.
Severn controlling the pace for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McDowell is looking to get to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Severn content just to control the position here.
McDowell working to try and regain half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Severn sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
McDowell really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Severn controlling from mount.
Severn looking to control but McDowell is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Despite being in the dominant position, Bas Severn just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

McDowell scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

McDowell is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
McDowell is breathing heavily.
McDowell thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Severn's head.
McDowell missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Severn is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
McDowell not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
McDowell is tying to control. Severn wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
McDowell not landing any meaningful shots this time.

McDowell is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Severn still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Severn has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!
Severn just content to control the position.
McDowell is not content to let Severn control the position.
McDowell is looking to reverse the position.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
McDowell can't do much from the bottom here.
Severn takes a little break here. McDowell wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Severn working away.
McDowell sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Severn is thwarting McDowell's attempts to control the position.
Severn is controlling the pace.
McDowell could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
McDowell missing with punches from the bottom.

Severn decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.

McDowell bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Severn sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
McDowell throwing shots but Severn is blocking nicely.

McDowell is trying to work for a kimura but Severn is defending well.
Severn keeps control of the position for the meantime.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Severn trying to hold on to McDowell's head to control him but McDowell postures up.
McDowell thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
McDowell seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Severn does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
McDowell thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Severn's head.
McDowell wants to lay and pray for a moment but Severn keeps working.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
McDowell scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
McDowell connects with a nice looking jab.
Bas Severn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McDowell throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

McDowell changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Severn looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
McDowell works to advance to full mount. Severn defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ronnie McDowell dominated that round.
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.

McDowell works over Severn's head and body with a nice combination.
Severn showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from McDowell.
McDowell throws a right hand that Severn ducks under and follows up with a left that Severn also avoids with ease.

McDowell closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
McDowell thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
McDowell uses his free foot to push down on Severn's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Severn.
McDowell fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
McDowell unloads with some shots from mount but Severn bucks and avoids them well.
McDowell postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Severn looks a forlorn figure.

It looks like Bas Severn has been cut.
Ronnie McDowell overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
McDowell lands a big shot there that rocks Severn but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Severn is squirming around, avoiding McDowell's attempts to control the action.
Severn is breathing heavily.
Poor strikes thrown by McDowell there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

That's one minute gone in the round.

McDowell looking to secure an arm triangle but Severn defends it well.

McDowell is working for a guillotine from mount but Severn frees his head quite easily.
Severn holds on, trying desperately to control.
Severn wants to hold on but McDowell pushes him away.
Severn in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Severn is squirming around, avoiding McDowell's attempts to control the action.
McDowell controlling the pace for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Severn tries to hold on but McDowell pushes him away.
McDowell throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Severn because McDowell loaded up on that one.
Severn is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

McDowell has control of Severn's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Severn regains control of the situation pretty easily.
McDowell trying to control but Severn is having none of it.

McDowell jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Severn manages to avoid the submission attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McDowell misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.

McDowell working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
The ground and pound from McDowell seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Severn defending against the ground and pound.
Severn is looking for a sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
McDowell working the ground and pound but Severn is defending the strikes.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
McDowell misses with a few strikes there.
McDowell rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Severn moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

McDowell gets the takedown into side control.
McDowell connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Severn some visible discomfort.
McDowell has knee on belly momentarily but Severn bucks him off and regains half guard.
McDowell sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Severn defending well though.
McDowell thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
McDowell throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
McDowell looks to land a strike but Severn avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Severn is pulling down on McDowell's head to control his posture.
McDowell pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Severn is keeping the position for now.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
McDowell throws a big right hand that misses.
McDowell scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
McDowell slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
McDowell looking to pass the guard.
McDowell stopping the sweep attempt from Severn.
McDowell wants to pass the guard but Severn is keeping the position.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Severn keeping moving, preventing McDowell from controlling successfully.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

McDowell has taken the fight to the clinch.
McDowell trying to land knees to the body.
Knees to the body from McDowell.
McDowell looking to slow down the pace here.
McDowell looking for a takedown.
Severn avoids the elbow strike from McDowell, against the cage.
McDowell throws an elbow but it's blocked.
McDowell avoids the elbow strike from Severn, against the cage.
McDowell is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Severn pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Severn with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knees to the body from Severn.
Severn connects with a knee to the head.
Severn lands a knee to the body.
McDowell wants to stall.
Severn tries to land a knee to the head but McDowell blocks with his arms.

Severn connects with a massive knee from the clinch and McDowell goes down! Severn jumps into full mount looking to finish!

McDowell is rocked!
Severn looking to control and managing it successfully.
Oh McDowell is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
McDowell is trying desperately to improve position.
McDowell seems to have got his legs back now.
Severn controlling the pace for now.
McDowell tries to hold on but Severn pushes him away.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
McDowell is working to get back to half guard.
Severn controlling his opponent.
McDowell is wriggling around trying to escape.
McDowell has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
McDowell tries to lock up and control but Severn gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
McDowell tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
McDowell throwing hammer fists to the chest of Severn. What's that going to do exactly?
McDowell really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
McDowell tries to lock up and control but Severn gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
McDowell is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
McDowell regains half guard.
McDowell moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

McDowell looking for a guillotine here but Severn defends easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Ronnie McDowell will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Bas Severn's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Severn misses with a double jab.

McDowell has Severn up against the cage in a clinch.
McDowell misses with an elbow strike.
McDowell wants to break free but Severn has control.
McDowell trying to stall but Severn improves his position.
Severn lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
McDowell using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Severn has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
McDowell throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Severn blocks it with crossed arms.
McDowell lands an elbow just above Severn 's eye.
Severn throws an elbow but it misses.
McDowell lands a nice uppercut.
McDowell throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Severn avoids the elbow strike from McDowell, against the cage.
McDowell lands an elbow inside that Severn shrugs off.

That has opened up Bas Severn's cut even more.
McDowell on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Severn takes an elbow to the temple.

McDowell breaks the clinch.
Severn takes a shot to the body in his stride.
McDowell connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

McDowell drives through with a takedown into guard.
McDowell wants to control from the top but Severn keeps moving.
McDowell pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Severn is keeping the position for now.
McDowell throwing strikes from guard but Severn blocks nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McDowell scoring with punches to the head and body.
Severn keeping moving, preventing McDowell from controlling successfully.
McDowell tries to free his leg and advance position but Severn is retaining full guard.
McDowell throws a strike but Severn rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Severn won't allow McDowell to sweep him here.

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.
McDowell looking for a sweep. Not yet McDowell, not yet.

McDowell working for a triangle but Severn defends it easily.

McDowell looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Severn passes into side control.
McDowell is trying to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Severn just content to control the position.
McDowell prevents Severn from improving position.
Severn moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
McDowell is looking for a sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Severn fails with an attempt to clinch.
Severn is looking to clinch.
McDowell misses with a jab, cross combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Severn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Severn doesn't manage to clinch there - McDowell circles away.
McDowell takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
McDowell misses with the combination.
Severn on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Severn tries to clinch up

and McDowell counters with a shoot takedown. Severn fights it but they end up in guard.

McDowell has gone for a leg lock! Severn slips out almost immediately though and dives into McDowell's guard.
Severn sitting in guard here, content to control.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
McDowell throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

McDowell is looking for a triangle but Severn pushes his legs off easily.

McDowell working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Severn doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Severn manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
McDowell throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
McDowell manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Severn manages to get himself to full guard.
McDowell slips nicely into half guard.
McDowell trying to mount his opponent but Severn defends it.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
McDowell is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Severn avoiding damage under a succession of punches from McDowell.
McDowell is pressing down on Severn's thigh, looking to free his foot. Severn is holding on for now.
McDowell sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Severn defending well though.

McDowell is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Severn is controlling McDowell's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Let's hope that Severn has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Severn is trying to control but can't.
McDowell is pressing down on Severn's thigh, looking to free his foot. Severn is holding on for now.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Severn checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
McDowell swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Severn has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Severn tries to clinch up but McDowell circles away and keeps his distance.
Severn fails with an attempt to clinch.
Severn tries to clinch there but McDowell circles away.
McDowell misses with a series of wild punches.
McDowell moves out of range of the body kick.
Severn tries to clinch but McDowell is having none of it.
Severn tries to clinch but McDowell moves out of range.
McDowell scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Good leg kick by McDowell there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

McDowell drives through and clinches with Severn against the cage.
Severn throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but McDowell blocks it with crossed arms.
McDowell throws an elbow that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Severn throws an elbow but misses.
Severn trying to land knees to the body.
Severn throws an elbow that misses.
McDowell stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
McDowell misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Severn.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
McDowell looking to slow down the pace here.
Severn lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
McDowell tries for a takedown but Severn manages to get underhooks.
McDowell drops down looking for an ankle pick but Severn pulls his leg out and moves away.

Severn closes the distance and clinches.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as McDowell takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
McDowell blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McDowell misses with an elbow over the top.
McDowell misses with an elbow strike.
McDowell throws an elbow but it's blocked.
McDowell throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Severn misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McDowell.
McDowell is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
McDowell crunches a lovely knee into Severn's ribcage.
Nice elbow from McDowell.
McDowell tries to land knees in the clinch but Severn avoids the damage to the body.
McDowell throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Severn misses with an elbow strike.
Severn blocks an elbow strike from McDowell.
Severn connects with a knee to the head.
Severn has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles McDowell - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Severn, and another! McDowell is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 8:52 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Bas Severn!