Neil Magny vs Dan Severn |UFC Vegas 96 | Full Fight highlights

Intro [Applause] look at that recognize he was about to lose position neon belly big strike overs submission as he bails on the side how do you get out of Harm's Way here I mean you got to shove that knee John long road back to title contention and a heavyweight championship opportunity for this man but he has put in all the right work and a lot of people give him a great chance to get the job done tonight you know when you've been there and you get back here it's not new there are a lot of things that are familiar but how do you change the results how do you assure that in this T time during this chance you ultimately walk away with the championship he's been here before John the team's been here before they are confident that this time they get it done and that self-belief is rooted in the preparation right he's got speed he's got power all the tools to rest the belt away we'll see if we have a new UFC heavyweight champion night [Music] time changes [Applause] Fighter Backgrounds all right so here's out Neil Magny made his UFC debut all the way back in February of 2013 and UFC 157 and nobody forecasted that he would go on to win more fights at welterweight than any man in UFC history a lot of big names on his resume as well Kelvin gasum Hector Lombard has wins over former Champions like Johnny Hendricks and Carlos condet Robbie Lawler but that's the past and Neil Magny still believes that he can rise to contention no number next to his name tonight but he continues to work on his striking under Christian Allen cardio is next level and Neil Magny believes he's about to show the world a major statement here on the Proving Ground tonight [Applause] [Music] our tale of the tape for This heavyweight championship fight here once more is Bruce Buffer ladies and gentlemen this is the main event of [Applause] the time five rounds for the Undisputed Round-by-Round Breakdown UFC heavyweight championship of the world introducing first fighting out of the blue Corner presenting the Challenger Dan the Beast s and now the of the champion fighting out of the Red Corner ladies and gentlemen presenting the reigning defending USC heavyweight champion of the world the haian sensation Neil M Hera referee for this one well hard to believe Dan SN is still going strong despite making his UFC debut by fighting three times at UFC 4 back in 1994 but physically he appeared to be in his prime and in the shape of his life and again he says he has made so many strides when it comes to his all-around MMA game that the Dan s we see tonight he believes will be the best version today nice job there by Neil Magny to get inside he has the length has a great frame for this welterweight Division and he is certainly off to a good start tonight oh effective use of the jab by sever all right early round action here the BJJ fighter and the restler engaging here in the clinch and I know youd like seeing all the nuances as one fighter tries to get the upper hand absolutely I love it John especially when you have two fighters that want nothing more got to watch his neck oh tense moment here that arm triangle's tight all right so now going to position over submission as he bails on the sub how do you get out of Harm's Way here I mean you got to shove that knee John that was a slick transition Midway through Round One S has got full Mount now all right half guard for him here and a lot of offensive options I would think at his disposal oh he's got a ton of options he has submission options but I believe the safest option for him here is going to be to use his ground and pound build a base posture up throw big strikes get back position B poer again throw big strikes and just really wear him down with a really secure position in half mag's in half guard big ground and pound and very effective with the ground and pound hand fight hand fight oh we'll see if he postures up and can get some of his ground strikes going here oh nice there oh how good is that as he gets out that is great submission defense keeping everything short and not allowing his opponent to get the submission Victory oh how about the speed on that reversal there I mean I know you can get out of some bad spots but not with that type of speed you cannot allow him to get leverage on the bottom what a sweep takes his back now 30 seconds to go on the round working off of his back here looks like he may try to hip Escape inside the closed guard now I mean he went right into his full guard what does he do to try to advance himself to give it more of an advantage on the M grounding and pounding away now with these Hammer fists suffocating work here by S all right budy take a seat deep breath for me okay listen I need you to be first let's go out there and let's put some good striking combinations together all right a lot of highle striking action in that last round Daniel take us through it if you will tit fortat who has the best chin it seemed as though they were looking for that answer both guys took risk what a fantastic r you ready to fight ready second round underway jab there from mat and there he goes lands another combination his cardio is so good that is that it allows him to put forth this type of output in when his opponent is done at two he is Highlight Moments stringing together four five six more different strikes you don't do that without having fantastic cardio all right right into side control upper body strength figures to be put to good use yes absolutely and you got to look for his opponent to turn back into him he should Chase Guillotine but the opponent turns to the opposite side he can take his back throw his hooks in try to choke or flatten them out just go for the Finish oh mag's in half guard by right close guard now got to be careful though he's got a lot of submissions off his back and there you go again half guard oh to the m he's got to start throwing now oh he postures up in a big head strike by Magny all right so yet another ground and pound Strike Lanes right there DC he's getting very active now that he knows he can land these strikes changing the [Applause] position he's having his way with him here takes the back now going for the rear naked choke oh that rear naked choke looks tight pretty athletic off his back to avoid that strike from the top just over two minutes to go all right he's in a half guard position here DC and in a good spot to D out a lot of damage I think a lot of damage can be done from the half guard you sit back back on that leg you press down into your opponent you drop elbows drop punches what is very key is you controlling the underhook on the far side if you give up that underhook your opponent can use the half guard to build up to an elbow sweep or just chase out a s well a really good second round for him thus far after a somewhat lackluster first round he has found the Rhythm and found his striking range scary proposition for the opponent now here in round two that's one of those shots that if you take one of them if you end the night that one landed right on the spot so pretty good recovery by the opponent after getting stunned pretty good got to capitalize on those opportunities I mean you can't waste these opportunities you don't get them as often as You' like so you get a guy hurt you got to find a way to finish the fight pretty good work with the strikes here off of his back by magnet 10 minutes in the books all right buddy sit down catch your breath slow that heart rate down in through that nose good that was awesome man that was some of the best counter fighting I've ever seen all right a lot of tremendous striking action in that last round DC I know you don't have a Tor but take us through the replay I mean I would love to have my telestrator right now that was a great display of highlevel mixed martial arts striking both combatants stood toe to- toe and let it all hang out you ready to fight ready round three of a possible five there's a level Hammer fist here by S great ground and pound by this man let's go get back to your now severs and half guard oh nicely done there as he escapes back to his feet well just as he did in the previous round continuing to land a high number of strikes here and he hasn't really showed any signs of slowing down scary scary proposition for the opponent s gets the take down nice entry on that attempt all right full guard here DC we'll see how soon he tries to pass well he needs to be passing immediately in the full guard is where you are in most danger as a top fighter because they have all of their submissions they have the guo they have the armar they have the curas they have all this man is Post-Fight Analysis landing brutal grounding P oh he did a great job of reversing the position using the opening that his opponent gave him to shove him off and get back up taked down defense holds up all you look at that a cut has been opened around that eye area he's taking shots over and over again to that area and now he's dealing with a cut well anytime you are in a ground fighting situation with this fighter you're potentially playing with fight and there you go again half guard now potentially working on a submission instead oh that b flute joke is tight oh that's got to be it oh somehow he's having a leverage a hip looks like he's going to get out he did a really good job there of creating action getting his body off to one side as he's bridging then back into him to release a little bit of that pressure on the Von Futo might be a submission attempt here CH oh looks like he's transition to an armar yeah he's trying to switch over to get an armar he's going to be on his opponent to try to chase him oh how about that he gives up on the submission look pretty tight to me 45 seconds remaining the Round Shot yes smart adjustment yep second and there you go again half guards lot of top pressure being applied here look at that recognize he's about to lose position neon belly big strike Landing here by three rounds down potentially two more to go we are headed to the championship rounds all right so the round is over you see obviously the fighter has a cut on his cheek sustained in that round but better to be below the eye than above it the cut man is in there trying to close it up all right they attend to the fighter on the stool and I guess if you are going to be cut open cheek ain't a bad place for it yeah it's the best spot right you never want to be cut you never want to be bleeding but if it's on the cheek it's as good of a spot as it can be but you still got to do something different though because even though the blood isn't going in your eye every time you get hit there it's horrible ready to fight ready we have arrived at the fourth round fight scheduled for five five minute rounds all right fourth round is now underway as we get to the championship rounds what is a Fighter's mindset when you get to this 16 minut this is when you understand that nothing is ever going to be hard this is the hardest round in fighting this is going to really test your will and your desire to become Champion Single Leg Takedown is good he passes to half beautiful transition good solid strike on the ground man another one lands he's trying to pound his opponent's head through the canvas now inside the closed guard and he's going to try to find ways to pass Legacy Discussion and move to a submission he's in the m s in half guard now continues to apply pressure here in half guard all [Applause] right magn back in half guard very comfortable here this is a terrible position oh nice elow now drops inside that closed guard DC full guard let's see how patient he is as he attacks a submission or big grounding pound that KN slide side control well he's staying pretty effective here fighting off of his back nice strike landed there by the Bottom by seven he's isolating an arm uh-oh he didn't move quick enough the arms locked in oh wow oh need to work out of this position no out no way he got out this is a guy that never gives up on himself he was able to clear his head defend the onar fight looked done he lives the fight on really good job to land these strikes from top position drops down inside the now closed guard of his opponent let's see how patient he is as he attacks sufficient or big ground imp big elbow there Lance sever ground pound from half guard now let's see if he can do some damage and there you go again half guard oh right into Mount lot of top pressure being applied here as he works out of side control s's back ins side control [Applause] here all right north south position here we'll see if the crowd can be mature about this DC that Darth joke is tight oh and there there's the horn at the end of the round so the fighter was really caught in a submission there just as the horn sounded safe to say he was Saved by the Bell there so back to the stools they go 60 seconds to recover here we're going to fight on ladies and gentlemen another round coming up you ready to fight we have arrived at this Fifth and Final Round quick jab distance management one one another punch lands ooh the head kick lands he does everything so so well and he's so calm he's so calm in the face of such a big spot well his wrestling has been a great equalizer thus far in his UFC career and gets the single leg taked down there and you know that it's a shot it's his shot of choice a single leg taked down and he's securing it and he's doing it and scoring it over and over again Magny going to work here from guard and doing a pretty good job I might add right inside his opponent's guard here DC you don't want to play around here too long no you got to either have two hands in or two hands out or guys start to attack triangle oh that K is tight oh he escapes he got out I mean wow that is great submission defense well sometimes our stat guys are stingy with the submission attempt numbers there have been a lot of them here submission defense has held up every step of the way yeah he's a great grapple and he's really really good defensively because he is so aware of all situations when he's on the ground he has done an amazing job staying out of those submissions effective punch from the clinch there by S all right very late in the fight now DC I know we don't have open scoring but correct me if I'm wrong he needs a submission or he's losing this fight he is not a big puncher so he needs to get round in case submission under two minutes now with which to work well this is exactly the sense of urgency you're looking for try to take the judges out of it he is lighting them up now s's nose is bleeding now yes looks as though he got cut by one of those offerings from his opponent big shot to the Head the fighter separate and follow up with another one one minute to go in the fight magney uppercut to the head that one though blocked by the [Music] defense nice Lea change and now he's in a guillotine that Guillotine is tight you got to be kidding me he's out sever ground and pound from half guard he is making these shots count all right we'll see if he can apply pressure inside his opponent's guard here DC all right so the title fight goes the distance two of the most exciting words in all of mix martial arts and new I think we're going to hear Bruce Buffer utter those very words to and new and he relied on his striking in order to take the belt from the former champion he fought beautifully tonight and we are all proud to call him the new UFC champion all right so there's the end of the round you know few things more exciting in mixed martial arts than a submission and he nearly had one there he almost had it he had it locked in he thought the fight was over but his opponent was able to escape but the next time if he goes back to that position maybe he gets a finish he wants so bad all right the official decision is now in here is Bruce Buffett ladies and gentlemen after five rounds rounds we go to the judges score cards for decision all three judges score this contest 4847 for the winner by unanimous decision [Music] and Undisputed UFC heavyweight champion of the world Dan the Beast s all right so another massive massive win for Dan s he put a lot of pressure on himself to win this fight to get the better of this particular opponent and