PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Alvin Philabaum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Wayne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alvin Philabaum has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Philabaum
vs
Wayne

194 cm
26
202 lbs
1 - 0 - 1

192 cm
23
207 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Dangerous knees
Big heart

Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

No Contest Clothing

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 1 - 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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, John Wayne!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Paulsen Ambrosius and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Wayne tries to keep at a distance but Philabaum has taken the fight into the clinch.
Philabaum misses with a knee strike.
Wayne is trying to break free.
Philabaum with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Philabaum tries to land a knee to the head but Wayne blocks with his arms.
Wayne wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Philabaum with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wayne lands a left hand.
Philabaum connects with a nasty looking knee right to Wayne's face.

It looks like John Wayne has been cut.
Philabaum lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Philabaum misses with a knee strike.
Philabaum lands a nice elbow.
Philabaum with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Philabaum misses with a knee to the head.
Philabaum keeps control of Wayne as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Philabaum throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wayne has had enough of the clinch but Philabaum keeps him there for the moment.
Wayne scores with a shot to the side of Philabaum's head.
Philabaum tries to land a knee to the head but Wayne blocks with his arms.
Philabaum is breathing heavily.
Wayne looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Philabaum tries to land a knee to the head but Wayne blocks with his arms.
Philabaum looking to throw knees to the head but Wayne is blocking nicely.
Wayne tries to break the clinch but Philabaum is controlling the position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A frustrated look appears on Wayne's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Philabaum looking to throw knees to the head but Wayne is blocking nicely.
Wayne is trying to break the clinch but Philabaum has him pressed against the ropes.
Philabaum keeps control of Wayne as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Wayne is trying to force a seperation but Philabaum has the dominant position.
Philabaum can't find room to land a body shot as Wayne controls the action.
Philabaum tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Wayne.
Wayne is trying to break the clinch but Philabaum has him pressed against the ropes.
Philabaum throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wayne blocks it with crossed arms.
Philabaum with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wayne is trying to break free.
Wayne is trying to break free.
Philabaum tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Philabaum keeps control of Wayne as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Philabaum throws a punch but it's blocked by Wayne.
Wayne is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Philabaum prevents Wayne from breaking the clinch.
Philabaum misses with a knee strike.
Wayne has had enough of the clinch but Philabaum keeps him there for the moment.
Philabaum prevents Wayne from breaking the clinch.
Wayne is trying to break free.
Wayne tries to break the clinch but Philabaum is controlling the position.
Wayne is trying to push Philabaum away but Philabaum has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Philabaum tries to land a knee to the head but Wayne blocks with his arms.
Philabaum fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A frustrated look appears on Wayne's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Wayne is trying to break the clinch but Philabaum has him pressed against the ropes.
Wayne's coach down at MuscleWorks Amsterdam™ was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Wayne's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Wayne working hard to break the clinch.
Wayne is looking to break free of the clinch but Philabaum has double underhooks.
Philabaum misses with a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Philabaum using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wayne has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wayne is trying to break free.
Wayne blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Philabaum blocks an elbow strike from Wayne.
Philabaum throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wayne blocks it with crossed arms.
Philabaum with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Wayne has had enough of the clinch but Philabaum keeps him there for the moment.
Wayne is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Wayne tries to break the clinch but Philabaum is controlling the position.
Wayne wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Philabaum has him pressed against the ropes.
Philabaum with a knee to the head.
Wayne tries to break the clinch but Philabaum is controlling the position.
Wayne lands with a left to the head.
Wayne wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Philabaum keeps control of Wayne as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Philabaum throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wayne blocks it with crossed arms.
Wayne is trying to break the clinch but Philabaum has him pressed against the ropes.
Wayne is trying to push Philabaum away but Philabaum has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Wayne can't break the clinch.
Philabaum keeps control of Wayne as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Wayne wants to get back to striking at distance but Philabaum won't allow it.
Wayne on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wayne wants to break the clinch but can't.
A frustrated look appears on Wayne's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Philabaum blocks an uppercut.
Wayne working hard to break the clinch.
Philabaum avoids a wild elbow strike from Wayne.
Philabaum keeps control of Wayne as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Philabaum tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Philabaum with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wayne can't break the clinch.
Philabaum throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wayne lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wayne has had enough of the clinch but Philabaum keeps him there for the moment.
Wayne wants to break free but Philabaum has control.
Philabaum keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Wayne's efforts to push away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Philabaum keeps control of Wayne as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Wayne is trying to force a seperation but Philabaum has the dominant position.
Philabaum misses with a knee to the head.
Wayne wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Philabaum throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wayne working hard to break the clinch.
Philabaum throws a knee to the head but misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wayne looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Philabaum with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wayne is trying to force a seperation but Philabaum has the dominant position.
Wayne wants to break free but Philabaum has control.
Philabaum blocks an elbow strike.
Wayne tries to break free but Philabaum pushes him back against the ropes.
A short right from Wayne on the inside.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wayne wants to break the clinch but can't.
Wayne can't break the clinch.
Wayne blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Philabaum prevents Wayne from breaking the clinch.
Philabaum has Wayne pressed against the ropes, preventing Wayne from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Wayne is trying to force a seperation but Philabaum has the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Wayne dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Wayne'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.

Wayne scores with a jab to the head.
Wayne connects with a picture perfect right hand that knocks Philabaum out cold! This one is over in a flash!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). John Wayne!
A very excited looking John Wayne made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.