PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dan Severn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sonny Karlsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Karlsson has chosen black eyed bruiser as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Severn
vs
Karlsson

189 cm
25
280 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

205 cm
18
278 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dan Severn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sonny Karlsson!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Stewart Dunkirk and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karlsson with a hook.
Karlsson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Karlsson connects with a right hand. Severn shakes it off.
A leg kick checked by Severn.
Severn misses with a body shot.
Donk. Karlsson catches Severn right on the button with a cross.
Severn misses with an uppercut.

Severn closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Severn controls the position.
Karlsson is trying to control Severn's posture but Severn avoids it.
Severn lands a nice forearm strike.
Severn lands a decent elbow from side control.
Karlsson struggling a bit here.
Severn is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Severn scoring with punches and elbows.
Severn lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

It looks like Sonny Karlsson has been cut.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Karlsson is trying to get back to half guard.
Severn passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Karlsson!
Severn 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.
Severn breaks from Karlsson's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That has opened up Sonny Karlsson's cut even more.
Severn cracks Karlsson with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dan Severn!