PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tom Waits (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Van Damme (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Waits comes to the cage accompanied by What A Waste. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Waits
vs
Damme

183 cm
29
193 lbs
15 - 7 - 0

186 cm
37
199 lbs
30 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Tom Waits!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Van Damme!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Richard Clark and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Waits throws a body shot but no joy.
Damme dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Waits. That did some damage!
Damme tries to work over Waits's front leg with a kick but Waits checks it.
Waits misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Waits misses with a body kick.
Damme thows a body kick. Waits tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Waits lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nice straight punches there by Damme. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Damme.

It looks like Tom Waits has been cut.
Damme throws a wild body kick that Waits sees coming a mile off.
Damme pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Damme stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Waits.
Damme with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Waits to score with a decent uppercut.
Damme tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Damme throws a head kick but Waits moves out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Waits takes a swing at Damme's ribcage but misses.
We've been informed that Damme has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Damme swings widly with a right hand
and Waits counters with an inside leg kick.
Damme moves out of range as Waits throws a body kick.
Damme misses the shot to the body.
Waits misses with a double jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Damme.
Waits lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Waits looks to score with a jab to the body but Damme is just out of range.
Damme keeps Waits at a distance using the push kick.
No joy there for Waits, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Damme lands a jab to Waits's midsection.
Damme jabs at Waits's body.
Waits is breathing heavily.
Damme lands a nice hook to Waits's body. Waits takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Damme lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Waits takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Damme throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Damme tries a head kick but it misses.
Damme moves out of range of the leg kick from Waits.
Waits walks into a stiff left hand from Damme.
Damme lands a slapping body shot.
Nice body kick from Damme.
Waits takes a head kick and keeps coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damme throws a half hearted mid kick.
Damme lands a nice looking body kick.
Waits looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
BOOM! Damme lands a beautiful left hook that drops Waits. Waits tries to recover but Damme is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Waits lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Van Damme!
Van Damme is the new middleweight champion!
An out of breath Van Damme thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.