PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wax Philosophical (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Side Swipe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Side Swipe is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Philosophical
vs
Swipe

195 cm
26
274 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

194 cm
24
240 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite 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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Wax Philosophical!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Side Swipe!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Anthony Taglia and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Swipe feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Philosophical's calf.
Philosophical swats away the attempt to clinch by Swipe.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Swipe enables Philosophical to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Swipe manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Philosophical throws an elbow that misses. Swipe uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Philosophical's guard. Nice move by Swipe!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Swipe is looking to stand up but Philosophical won't let him.
Swipe trying to control but Philosophical is working from the bottom.
Swipe preventing the sweep.
Philosophical is working hard here to advance position.
Swipe wanted to stand there but Philosophical had control of the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Philosophical can't keep his opponent in guard - Swipe advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Swipe misses with a head shot. Philosophical uses the momentum to regain guard.
Philosophical working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Swipe.
Philosophical keeping moving, preventing Swipe from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Philosophical manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Swipe wants to control but Philosophical is having none of it.
Philosophical sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Poor strikes thrown by Philosophical there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Philosophical misses with a head shot.
Swipe wants to hold on but Philosophical pushes him away.
Philosophical lands a nice shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Philosophical dominating with strikes here.
Swipe in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Philosophical lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Swipe wants to control but Philosophical is having none of it.
Philosophical lands a nice shot to the head.
Philosophical throws a sloppy strike and Swipe uses the opportunity to reverse the position! A bit of a scramble here and Swipe has ended up in Philosophical's guard.
Philosophical is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Philosophical 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.
Philosophical passes to side control.
Philosophical with the ground and pound but Swipe regains half guard under the barage of strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swipe keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Philosophical sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Swipe defending well though.
Philosophical sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Swipe defending well though.
Swipe keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Philosophical thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Philosophical thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Swipe's head.
Swipe taking some punishment here, with Philosophical in his half guard.
Swipe blocking the ground and pound attempt from Philosophical.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Philosophical misses with a head shot. Swipe uses the momentum to regain guard.
Philosophical trying to control but Swipe is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wax Philosophical dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Philosophical throws a low kick but Swipe moves out of range easily.
Philosophical walks into a stiff left hand from Swipe.
Swipe fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Swipe connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Philosophical momentarily.
Philosophical throws a leg kick which misses Swipe's front leg but catches the back leg as Swipe tries to avoid it.
Philosophical tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Swipe was well out of range. Poor timing from Philosophical.
Swipe jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Swipe turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Philosophical misses with a hook.
Philosophical misses the shot to the body.
Swipe checks a leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A clash of legs there as Swipe blocks the low kick.
A head kick misses from Swipe.
Philosophical throws out a loose jab but Swipe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Philosophical connects with a leg kick. Swipe looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Philosophical is looking to score with low kicks.
Swipe moves out of range of the leg kick from Philosophical.
Swipe keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Philosophical tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Swipe is able to avoid easily.
Swipe throws a head kick but Philosophical moves out of range.
Philosophical looks to land a body kick but Swipe moved away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Philosophical misses with an uppercut.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Swipe.
Swipe misses with a low kick.
Side Swipe is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Philosophical steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Swipe.
Philosophical shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Philosophical looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Philosophical throws a leg kick but Swipe checks it.
Philosophical needs to keep his hands up - Swipe had a free shot at his head there.
Philosophical takes one on the button.
Swipe scoring well with a low kick there.
Swipe tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Philosophical manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Swipe moves out of range of the leg kick from Philosophical.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Philosophical jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A bone on bone clash there as Swipe blocks the leg kick.
Philosophical shoots in looking for a takedown but Swipe manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Philosophical's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Philosophical walks forward, straight into a front kick from Swipe.
A head kick misses from Swipe.
Swipe cracks Philosophical with a good jab.
Philosophical with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Philosophical gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Swipe.
Philosophical throws a leg kick but Swipe sees it coming and checks it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swipe slips under a jab.
Philosophical with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Swipe to score with a decent uppercut.
An inside leg kick lands from Swipe.
Philosophical punishes Swipe's body with a nice straight punch.
Swipe throws a quick inside leg kick.
Philosophical throws a half hearted mid kick.
Swipe tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice defenses there by Swipe.
A nice leg kick lands there from Swipe.
Swipe throws a leg kick which misses Philosophical's front leg but catches the back leg as Philosophical tries to avoid it.
An inside leg kick from Swipe misses.
Philosophical throws a sloppy head kick and Swipe moves out of range easily.
Philosophical bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Swipe moves in looking to clinch but Philosophical pushes him off.
Philosophical ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Swipe moves away.
Philosophical loads up on a big right hand but Swipe slips the punch.

Swipe rushes Philosophical and presses him up against the cage.
Swipe trying to stall but Philosophical improves his position.
Philosophical throws a head punch that misses.
Swipe throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Philosophicals head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Philosophical lands a left hand that snaps the head of Swipe backwards.
Philosophical throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Philosophical is looking to break free of the clinch but Swipe has double underhooks.
Philosophical drops down looking for an ankle pick but Swipe pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wax Philosophical. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Philosophical swats away the attempt to clinch by Swipe.
Philosophical pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Philosophical swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Philosophical throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Swipe takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Swipe throws a low kick but it's checked well by Philosophical.
Philosophical is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Philosophical avoids the head kick by Swipe.
Swipe drops his hands momentarily and Philosophical takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Swipe looks for the body kick but Philosophical saw that one coming.
Swipe throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Philosophical throws a half hearted mid kick.
Philosophical misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Swipe.
Philosophical throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Philosophical will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Philosophical tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Swipe was well out of range. Poor timing from Philosophical.
Swipe checks a low kick from Philosophical.
Philosophical darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Swipe throws a low kick but Philosophical moves out of range easily.
Swipe looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Philosophical lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Swipe has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Swipe and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Philosophical keeps Swipe at a distance using the push kick.
Philosophical throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Philosophical scores with a hook to the body. Swipe takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A jab lands there for Philosophical.
Philosophical misses with a leg kick.
Philosophical misses with a low kick.
An inside leg kick from Philosophical misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Swipe avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Swipe takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Philosophical misses with a leg kick.
Swipe misses with an uppercut. Philosophical saw that one coming.

Philosophical shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Swipe napping and manages to drive through into side control!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wax Philosophical dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Philosophical misses with a low kick.
Philosophical thuds his right hand into Swipe's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Wax Philosophical is winning the standup battle so far.
Philosophical walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Swipe checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Swipe looks to score with a jab to the body but Philosophical is just out of range.
Swipe explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Swipe looks to land a combination but Philosophical avoids it well.
Swipe throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Philosophical.
Philosophical throws a push kick but Swipe slaps the foot to one side.
Swipe throws a body kick that misses.
Philosophical swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Philosophical tests Swipe's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Philosophical is trying hard to land a takedown here. Swipe sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Swipe slips a straight right by Philosophical.
Swipe fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Swipe.
Philosophical goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Philosophical fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Swipe looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Philosophical swats away the attempt to clinch by Swipe.
Philosophical dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Philosophical lands a nice leg kick that just misses Swipe's sensitive parts.
Swipe finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Swipe looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Swipe.
Swipe cracks Philosophical with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A left lands for Philosophical.
Philosophical takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Swipe misses with a low kick.
Philosophical throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Philosophical closes the distance and clinches up with Swipe, looking for a takedown. Philosophical pushes Swipe against the cage but Swipe circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
An inside leg kick lands from Swipe.

Swipe fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Philosophical, pushing him back against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Philosophical breaks from the clinch.
Swipe lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Philosophical takes a jab right on the kisser.
Swipe feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Philosophical's calf.
Philosophical does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swipe avoids the head kick by Philosophical.
Swipe scores with a kick to the midsection.
Philosophical throws a jab when Swipe was well out of range.
Philosophical walks into a left hand.
Swipe lands a nice shot that snaps Philosophical's head back.
That kick from Swipe tenderised Philosophical's leg. Philosophical is trying to keep his angry face on.
Nice uppercut there from Swipe.
Swipe cracks the inside of Philosophical's front leg.
Swipe fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Philosophical.
Philosophical misses with a low kick.
Swipe throws a nice head kick!
Philosophical swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Philosophical stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Swipe.
Swipe jabs Philosophical right on the nose. Philosophical blinks but takes it well.
Swipe throws a head kick that misses.
Swipe throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Swipe lands with a shot to the body.
An inside leg kick from Philosophical misses.
Swipe ducks right into an uppercut from Philosophical.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Swipe. That's going to slow Philosophical down.
Swipe throws out a leg kick but Philosophical moves out of range and Swipe only half commits.
Philosophical throws a lazy right hand but Swipe sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Philosophical tries to keep at a distance but Swipe has taken the fight into the clinch.
Philosophical is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Swipe blocks a body shot from Philosophical.

Philosophical turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Philosophical tries to move to mount but Swipe blocks the move with his legs.
Swipe is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Swipe prevents Philosophical from improving position.
Philosophical throws an elbow but Swipe slips to the side and avoids it well.
Wax Philosophical is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Philosophical throws an elbow but Swipe slips to the side and avoids it well.
Swipe wants to control but Philosophical postures up.
Swipe taking punishment in the form of punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A lull in the action here as Philosophical stalls from top position.
Swipe is in a bad spot here and he knows it... just holding on for now.
Philosophical cracks Swipe with a big elbow.
Side Swipe has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Philosophical is looking to take a break and control but Swipe is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Side Swipe.
Well Philosophical has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 29:28
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 29:28
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wax Philosophical!
Wax Philosophical decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.