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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Billy West (ranked 1771 p4p, 272 weight class) and Chris Severn (ranked 3473 p4p, 456 weight class). West comes into the arena with Gojira - Shooting Star blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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226 lbs
21 - 14 - 0 |
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195 cm
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215 lbs
34 - 37 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Heavy handed |
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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
21 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Billy West!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
34 - 37 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Chris Severn!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Dean Styles and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Severn throws a head kick that misses.
West comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Severn misses with a leg kick
and West cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Severn throws a head kick that misses
and West counters with a straight right hand.
West looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Severn!
West is putting a hurting on Severn here, landing some big shots from side control.
West landing strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
West connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Severn some visible discomfort.
Severn tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but West wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Severn is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
West working the ground and pound.
Severn struggling a bit here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
West working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Severn is trying to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Check out the look on West's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
West working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
West tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no West has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
West connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Severn some visible discomfort.
Severn wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
West scores with a couple of short elbows.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
West is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Severn has escaped the position, nice work there.
West is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
West wants to lay and pray for a moment but Severn keeps working.
Severn is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Severn tries to get back to half guard but can't.
West working away.
West scoring with punches and elbows.
Severn tries to improve position but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
West cracks Severn with an elbow. That is naaassty.
West wants to take a breather but Severn manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for West.
West controls from within his opponent's guard.
Severn wants to stand up but West is controlling him.
Severn is pulling down on West's head to control his posture.
West trying to control but Severn is working from the bottom.
Severn is trying to control the position but West postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
West is pushing down on Severn's leg trying to pass to half guard. Severn is fighting to maintain full guard but West has managed to sneak the leg through.
Severn has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. West is working away from the top position though.
West scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
West drops an elbow to the side of Severn's head.
Severn gets full guard.
West working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Severn pulls West in close to his closed guard and prevents West from doing any damage or advancing position.
Severn preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Severn had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. West defends it easily.
West postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Billy West dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
West throws a head kick that misses.
West connects with the punch.
West misses with a jab, cross combination.
A little jabbing left from Severn on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Severn swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Severn misses with a body kick.
Severn swings and misses with a shot to the body
and West counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
West dives in for a single leg takedown but Severn sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
West checks a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Severn throws a jab when West was well out of range.
No luck with that takedown attempt from West.
Severn wants to counter the offense by West and move into the clinch position.
West keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Severn is looking to chop away at West's legs.
West throws a body punch but Severn moves out of range.
No luck with that takedown attempt from West.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Billy West. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Severn scores with a leg kick.
Severn falls off balance throwing a combination
and West counters with a nice uppercut.
West dives in for a single leg takedown but Severn sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
West with a poor takedown
and Severn counters with a straight right hand.
Severn misses the shot to the body.
Severn closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
West closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Severn quickly recovers to half guard.
Severn trying to hold on to West's head to control him but West postures up.
Severn taking some punishment here, with West in his half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice strikes from West there.
Severn is controlling West's position as best he can from this difficult position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. West lands a nice short elbow.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. West lands a nice short elbow.
Severn tries to roll over but West keeps him under control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
West thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Severn's head.
West is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Severn!
West trying to control but Severn is having none of it.
West in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Severn is bucking up trying to escape but West cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
West is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Severn can do to turn this around?
West landing shots from mount.
Severn is rocked!
Severn is bucking up trying to escape but West cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Severn is still in real trouble! Can West finish him?
West postures up and throws a big right hand. BOOM! Right on the button! Severn is out cold - huge knockout for West!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Billy West!
After winning the bout, Billy West thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
47% |
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