PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Alvin Philabaum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ty Segall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ty Segall is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Philabaum
vs
Segall

194 cm
25
202 lbs
0 - 0 - 1

183 cm
22
134 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

Dangerous knees
Big heart

Brawler
Tends to cut

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 0 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Alvin Philabaum!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ty Segall!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Jeff Smith and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Philabaum moves in looking to clinch but Segall pushes him off.
Alvin Philabaum seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Philabaum tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Segall manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Philabaum wants to clinch.
Philabaum tries to clinch up.
Philabaum tries to clinch up but Segall circles away and keeps his distance.
Segall tries to clinch up but Philabaum circles away and keeps his distance.
Philabaum tries to clinch but Segall moves out of range.
Philabaum wants to clinch but Segall slips to the side

and Segall counters by clinching up.
Philabaum creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Segall's defenses.

It looks like Ty Segall has been cut.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Philabaum as Segall tries to tie him up.
Segall tries to work over Philabaum's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Segall is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Philabaum tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Philabaum with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Segall is trying to maintain a safe position but Philabaum gets an underhook and turns Segall into the cage.
Segall wants to get back to striking at distance but Philabaum won't allow it.
Segall is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Philabaum misses with a knee to the head.
Philabaum working aggressively here.
Philabaum misses with a knee to the head.
Philabaum tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Segall wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Philabaum using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Segall holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Philabaum misses with a knee strike.
Philabaum lands a good knee to the midsection. Segall won't want to take too many of those.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Philabaum.
Philabaum using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Segall has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Segall wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Segall is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Philabaum with a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Segall wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Segall tries to break free but Philabaum pushes him back against the cage.
Philabaum connects with a knee to the head.
Philabaum misses with a knee to the head.
Philabaum misses with a knee to the head.
Philabaum is breathing heavily.
Philabaum with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A frustrated look appears on Segall's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Philabaum is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Philabaum tries a knee to the head but Segall blocks it.
Segall is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Philabaum with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Segall pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Segall avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Philabaum tries to clinch but Segall moves away

and Segall counters by moving into the clinch.
Philabaum using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Segall has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Segall looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Philabaum with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Philabaum with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Segall has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Philabaum misses with a knee to the head.
Philabaum throws a knee to the head but misses.
Segall is looking to control Philabaum's arms but Philabaum gets an underhook and turns him. Now Segall has his back to the cage.
Philabaum landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Philabaum misses with a knee strike.

Segall manages to break the clinch.
Philabaum tries to close the distance and clinch up but Segall swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Segall tries to clinch up but Philabaum circles away and keeps his distance.
Philabaum wants to clinch up but Segall keeps it at a distance.

Segall gets a clinch.
Philabaum with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Segall wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Segall tries a body shot but Philabaum blocks it.
Philabaum lands an elbow inside.
Philabaum avoiding damage as Segall throws knees to the body.

Segall breaks from the clinch.
Philabaum ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Segall throws a head kick that misses.
Philabaum tries to clinch but Segall moves out of range.
The fighters circling - Segall throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Philabaum tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Segall manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Segall avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Segall throws a series of punches but Philabaum avoids them all with ease.
Segall circles away from the clinch attempt.
Philabaum moves in looking to clinch but Segall pushes him off.
Philabaum dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Segall. That did some damage!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alvin Philabaum dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ty Segall's cut.
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.

Segall tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Philabaum was well out of range. Poor timing from Segall.
Segall swats away the attempt to clinch by Philabaum.
Philabaum is looking to clinch but Segall is avoiding it.
Segall misses with a head kick.
Philabaum tries to close the distance and clinch but Segall swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Philabaum throws a nice outside leg kick.
Segall keeps the fight on the outside.
Segall tries to clinch but Philabaum is having none of it.

Segall gets tackled into the cage by Philabaum. Philabaum maintains the clinch.
Segall takes a knee right on the jaw!
Philabaum landing knees to the body.
Philabaum tries a knee to the head but Segall blocks it.
Philabaum with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Philabaum.

Segall is rocked!
Philabaum's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Philabaum as Segall tries to tie him up.
Segall is still on wobbly legs! Can Philabaum finish him?
Philabaum throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Segall blocks it with crossed arms.
Segall seems to have recovered his senses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Philabaum scores with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Philabaum obliges.
Philabaum throws a knee to the head but misses.
Segall misses with some punches.
Alvin Philabaum has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Segall breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Philabaum fails in his attempt to clinch.
Segall tries to score with a low kick but Philabaum moves his leg out of the way.
Philabaum lands a nice looking kick to the body. Segall takes a step back to recover.

Segall moves into the clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Philabaum scores with a knee to the head.
Segall looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Segall looking to stall.
Philabaum looking to throw knees to the head but Segall is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Segall blocking some punches.

Segall's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Philabaum tries to close the distance and clinch but Segall swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Alvin Philabaum is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A head kick misses from Segall.
Philabaum is looking to clinch.
Philabaum tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Segall tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Philabaum manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Philabaum moves into range and clinches up with Segall.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Philabaum tries to land a knee to the head but Segall blocks with his arms.
Philabaum connects with a knee to the head.
Segall is trying to break the clinch but Philabaum has him pressed against the cage.
Segall lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Philabaum throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Segall blocks it with crossed arms.
Segall avoiding damage as Philabaum throws knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Segall is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Philabaum is defending well for now.
Segall is trying to break the clinch but Philabaum is controlling him.
Philabaum using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Segall has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Segall tries to break the clinch but Philabaum is controlling the position.
Segall tries to break free but Philabaum pushes him back against the cage.
Philabaum misses with a knee strike.
Segall is trying to push Philabaum away but Philabaum has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Segall tries to land knees in the clinch but Philabaum avoids the damage to the body.
Philabaum using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Segall has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Philabaum landing knees to the head.
Segall tries to circle away but Philabaum has him pinned against the cage.
Segall gets through Philabaum's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Philabaum prevents Segall from breaking the clinch.
Philabaum using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Segall has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Segall throws an elbow but it misses.
Philabaum throws a knee to the head but misses.
Segall misses with a body punch.
Segall wants to get back to striking at distance but Philabaum won't allow it.
Philabaum using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Segall has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Philabaum blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Philabaum lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Segall wants to break free but Philabaum has control.
A hook to the body from Segall.
Philabaum keeps control of Segall as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Segall tries to break the clinch but Philabaum is controlling the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Philabaum misses with some punches.
Philabaum looking to throw knees to the head but Segall is blocking nicely.
Segall trying to control the position but instead, Philabaum has worked for underhooks and has pushed Segall into the cage.
Philabaum keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Segall's efforts to push away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alvin Philabaum dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ty Segall's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Segall tries to close the distance and clinch but Philabaum swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Philabaum avoids the head kick by Segall.
Philabaum moves to clinch but Segall breaks away

and Segall holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Philabaum with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Philabaum scores with a knee to the head.
Philabaum using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Segall has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Philabaum scores with a knee to the head.

Segall breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Philabaum.
Segall swinging wildly here.

Segall closes the distance and clinches.
Segall with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Segall misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Philabaum with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Philabaum tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Philabaum fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Philabaum misses with a knee strike.
A frustrated look appears on Segall's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Segall with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Segall tries to break free but Philabaum pushes him back against the cage.
Philabaum throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Segall on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Segall wants to break the clinch but can't.
Segall is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Segall is trying to break the clinch but Philabaum is controlling him.
Segall is trying to push Philabaum away but Philabaum has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Segall is trying to push Philabaum away but Philabaum has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Philabaum misses with a knee to the head.
Philabaum scores with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Segall trying to control the position but instead, Philabaum has worked for underhooks and has pushed Segall into the cage.
Philabaum misses with a knee strike.
The referee calls for Segall to work.
Segall can't break the clinch.
Segall wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Segall taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Philabaum has Segall pressed against the cage, preventing Segall from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Segall tries to stall but Philabaum uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Philabaum misses with a knee strike.
Segall is trying to stall.
Philabaum with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Segall blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Philabaum tries a knee to the head but Segall blocks it.
Philabaum lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Segall doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Segall has had enough of the clinch but Philabaum keeps him there for the moment.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Segall will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Philabaum up against the cage.
Philabaum looking to throw knees to the head but Segall is blocking nicely.
Segall tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Philabaum tries a knee to the head but Segall blocks it.
Segall wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Segall breaks the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Segall swats away the attempt to clinch by Philabaum.
Philabaum avoids the head kick by Segall.
Philabaum tries to clinch up but Segall circles away and keeps his distance.

Segall has closed the distance and engaged Philabaum in a clinch.
Segall is trying to break the clinch but Philabaum has him pressed against the cage.
Philabaum landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Philabaum keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Segall's efforts to push away.
Philabaum tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Segall pushes off an throws an elbow but Philabaum leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Philabaum scores with a knee to the head.
Philabaum misses with a short punch on the inside.
Segall avoiding damage as Philabaum throws knees to the body.
Ty Segall has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Segall can't find room to land a body shot as Philabaum controls the action.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ty Segall.
Well Philabaum 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 Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Josh West scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alvin Philabaum!