PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Xavier David (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jean Claude Van Damme (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). David kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Bring The Pain. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

David
vs
Claude Van Damme

190 cm
29
180 lbs
19 - 12 - 1

175 cm
27
178 lbs
19 - 8 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 12 - 1, fighting out of New York, Xavier David!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Jean Claude Van Damme!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Ian Loll and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Damme lands a two punch combo.
Van Damme takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice shot lands for Van Damme.
Van Damme lands a nice hook to David's body. David takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
David misses with a combination
and David takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Van Damme!
David swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Van Damme misses with a body shot.

David moves into range and clinches up with Van Damme.
David misses with the head strike.
Van Damme digs a right hand underneath David's ribcage. David let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Good body shot from Van Damme.
A short right from Van Damme on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Van Damme.
Van Damme misses with a punch to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, David creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short left from David.
Van Damme lands with a short shot to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Van Damme.
Van Damme throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
David is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
David misses with some punches.
Van Damme misses with a shot to the kidneys.
David doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A nice right hand lands inside from David.
David misses with some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Van Damme creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Van Damme takes an elbow to the temple.
David tries a body shot but Van Damme blocks it.
David throws a head punch that misses.
David missing with knees to the body.
Van Damme can't find room to land a body shot as David controls the action.
David creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
David lands an elbow inside that Van Damme shrugs off.
Van Damme stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Van Damme can't find room to land a body shot as David controls the action.
Van Damme lands with a light punch inside.
David is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Van Damme is defending well for now.
David working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Van Damme goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Van Damme presses David against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
David gets through Van Damme's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Van Damme misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Damme lands a body shot in the clinch.
Van Damme is leaning against David and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Van Damme misses with a punch to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Van Damme.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Van Damme.
Van Damme lands with a right to the head.
A short right from Van Damme.
Van Damme makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Van Damme gets through David's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Van Damme misses with a punch to the body.
Van Damme lands a hook that snaps the head of David backwards.
Van Damme controlling the action here for a moment.
David throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Van Dammes head.
David has a couple of punches blocked by Van Damme.
Van Damme lands a left hand.
Van Damme misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Good body shot from Van Damme.
Van Damme lands a shot to the body.
Van Damme throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
David blocks a body shot from Van Damme.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Damme misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Van Damme lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Van Damme.
Van Damme tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Van Damme lands a right hand.
Van Damme misses with a punch to the body.
Van Damme scores with a hook to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Van Damme.
Van Damme scores with a shot to the side of David's head.
Van Damme stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van Damme stalling in the clinch but David improves position.
Van Damme blocks a body shot from David.
Van Damme goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Van Damme lands with a left to the head.
Van Damme misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Van Damme blocks an uppercut.
Van Damme digs a right hand underneath David's ribcage. David let out a lung full of air as it connected.
David throws an elbow but it misses.
David blocks a body shot from Van Damme.
David swings wildly with an uppercut but Van Damme uses good head movement to avoid it.
Van Damme goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Damme tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Van Damme struggles to land a body shot inside as David controls his hands.
David misses with a shot to the kidneys.
David scores with a hook to the body.
Van Damme pushes David back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Van Damme is struggling to control the position.
Van Damme lands an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Van Damme.
Van Damme lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
David tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Van Damme's elbow.
Van Damme looking to slow down the pace here.
Van Damme works on David's body with a couple of short punches.
David misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A short right from Van Damme.
Van Damme lands a body shot in the clinch.
Van Damme lands a right hand that snaps the head of David backwards.
Van Damme scores with a nice hook to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Van Damme.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jean Claude Van Damme 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.

Van Damme is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Van Damme dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Van Damme bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of David's head.
David takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nice takedown defense from Van Damme. No joy for David on that attempt.
Van Damme lands a head shot.
Van Damme misses with a body shot.
Van Damme lands a slapping body shot.
Van Damme keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Van Damme lands with a shot to the body.
Van Damme staying out of range there.
David takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
David throws a head kick that misses
and Van Damme counters with a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Van Damme ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Van Damme scores with a shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Van Damme misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Damme digs a good body shot into David's ribs.
Van Damme bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps David's head backwards.
Good standup being displayed there by Van Damme as he connects with a hook.
Jean Claude Van Damme is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Van Damme cracks David with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
David misses with a jab, cross combination.
Van Damme ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
David swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Van Damme connects with an inside leg kick.
David on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Van Damme throws a nice outside leg kick.
Van Damme has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Van Damme looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Van Damme throws a big shot that misses.
David jabs Van Damme to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Van Damme connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed David momentarily.
Jean Claude Van Damme seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Van Damme tries a head kick but it misses.
Xavier David seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Damme lands a jab to David's midsection.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice defenses there by Van Damme.
David misses with a straight left.
Van Damme scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Van Damme punishes David's body with a nice straight punch.
Van Damme cracks David with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A combination from David does no damage.
Van Damme moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Van Damme swings for the body but David moves out of range.
David misses with a body shot.
Van Damme takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Van Damme lands with an uppercut that bounces David off the cage and back into range.
Van Damme stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Van Damme thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on David if he has to take too many more of those.
Sloppy strikes from David. Those never looked like landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
David uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Van Damme has time to react.
A slapping leg kick lands for Van Damme.
A shot to the liver by Van Damme. Beautiful body shot.
David takes a shot to the body in his stride.
David jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Van Damme avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
David takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
David showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Van Damme.
Van Damme scores with a hook to the body. David takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
David misses with a looping right.
David slips a straight right by Van Damme.
A left lands for Van Damme.
Van Damme moves out of range of the leg kick from David.
Van Damme uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from David.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

David moves into range and clinches up with Van Damme.
Van Damme tries a body shot but David blocks it.
David lands an elbow inside that Van Damme shrugs off.
David misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
David lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Van Damme is working David over against the cage.
David goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Van Damme works on David's body with a couple of short punches.
Van Damme lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of David backwards.
Van Damme lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of David backwards.
Van Damme digs a right hand underneath David's ribcage. David let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Van Damme working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Van Damme tried to land a shot to the body but connects with David's elbow.
David prevents a body shot from Van Damme.
Van Damme struggles to land a body shot inside as David controls his hands.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Van Damme makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Van Damme lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Van Damme lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Van Damme tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Van Damme working some nice short punches in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jean Claude Van Damme showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

David is looking to clinch but Van Damme is avoiding it.
Van Damme scores with a shot to the body.
Van Damme throws a jab but it's blocked by David.
Van Damme lands with a thumping leg kick.
David throws a leg kick but Van Damme checks it.
Van Damme swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Van Damme looks to score with a jab to the body but David is just out of range.
David misses with a straight left.
Van Damme throws a body kick that misses.
David chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Van Damme can pounce on him.
David is looking to clinch but Van Damme is avoiding it.
Van Damme takes a swing at David's ribcage but misses.
David lands with an overhand left.
David walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Van Damme lands a right hook to the body.
Van Damme feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Davids jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

That's one minute gone in the round.
David takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Van Damme looks for the body kick but David saw that one coming.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts David, as that shot connected.
Van Damme with a jab.
David takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A left lands for Van Damme.
Van Damme pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Van Damme throws a series of punches but David avoids them all with ease.
A solid leg kick lands there for Van Damme.
Van Damme uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Van Damme connects with a body shot.
Van Damme throws a right hand that David ducks under and follows up with a left that David also avoids with ease.
David throws a body punch but Van Damme moves out of range.
Van Damme darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Damme scores with the left hand. David knows he should have avoided that one.
David digs a good body shot into Van Damme's ribs.
David misses with a looping right.
David drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Van Damme throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by David.
David fails to land with a series of punches.
David misses with a body shot.
Van Damme steps to the side to avoid the strikes from David.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Van Damme avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
David looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Van Damme connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed David momentarily.
Van Damme blocks a low kick nicely.
Van Damme lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Van Damme throws a nice outside leg kick.
David throws a hook but Van Damme avoids it easily.
David takes one to the chin there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
David dodges the punch combination from Van Damme.
Van Damme swings and misses with a hook to the body.
David misses with a straight right.
Van Damme moves out of range of the strikes.
David has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from David there as he acknowledges the shot.
David connects with the punch.
David swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
David looks for a takedown but Van Damme sprawls well.
Van Damme listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Van Damme throws a right and a left that David avoids nicely.
Van Damme uses good head movement to avoid the hook from David.
David misses with a looping right.
Xavier David has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Damme throws a right and a left that David avoids nicely.
Van Damme fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
David misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Van Damme.
David has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from David there as he acknowledges the shot.
David lands a lovely overhand right.
Van Damme moves out of range of the strikes.
Van Damme lands a jab to David's midsection.
Jean Claude Van Damme is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
David on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Van Damme punishes David's body with a nice straight punch.
David misses with a body shot.
David ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A decent looking cross lands there for Van Damme.
Van Damme lands with a good body shot.
David throws a leg kick but Van Damme moved away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jean Claude Van Damme comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Van Damme has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jean Claude Van Damme!