PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wax Philosophical (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Austin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Steve Austin has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Philosophical
vs
Austin

195 cm
36
274 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

188 cm
28
252 lbs
8 - 12 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
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 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Wax Philosophical!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Steve Austin!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Paul Aken and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Philosophical stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Philosophical wants it to stay on the feet.
Austin looks to score with a jab to the body but Philosophical is just out of range.
Philosophical scores with a leg kick.
Philosophical connects with an inside leg kick.
Philosophical throws a nice inside leg kick.
Philosophical lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Austin throws the left hand but Philosophical avoids the punch easily.
Austin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Philosophical.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Philosophical, right into the meat.
Austin looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Austin looks to land a right hand but Philosophical moved out of range.
Philosophical lands with a thumping leg kick.
Philosophical lands a leg kick that knocks Austin off balance momentarily.
Philosophical lets loose with a powerful body kick. Austin will feel that in the morning.
Philosophical throws a nice outside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Philosophical chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Philosophical scores with a leg kick.
Nice sprawl there from Philosophical as Austin shoots in.
Wax Philosophical has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Steve Austin.
Philosophical scores with a leg kick.
Austin fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Philosophical scores with a spinning back kick!
A chopping leg kick lands by Philosophical.
Austin has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Philosophical.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Philosophical - that will leave a mark!
Philosophical fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Austin has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Philosophical.
A slapping leg kick lands for Philosophical.
Philosophical thumps Austin with a low kick.
Wax Philosophical seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Austin on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Philosophical. Philosophical obviously looking to wear him down.
Philosophical avoids the head kick by Austin.
Philosophical connects with a solid leg kick.
Philosophical connects with a solid leg kick.
Austin misses with a jab, cross combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Philosophical scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Philosophical thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Austin if he has to take too many more of those.
Philosophical lands a leg kick that knocks Austin off balance momentarily.
Wax Philosophical is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A good leg kick by Philosophical.
Austin takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Philosophical cracks the inside of Austin's front leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Philosophical lands a body shot.
Philosophical throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Austin stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A chopping leg kick lands by Philosophical.
Nice body kick from Philosophical.
Austin tries to bum rush Philosophical with a series of wild strikes but Philosophical uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Austin crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Philosophical - the referee stops the clock and Austin gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Philosophical. Austin manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Austin looks winded!
Philosophical connects with a solid leg kick.
Austin on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Philosophical. Philosophical obviously looking to wear him down.
Philosophical turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Philosophical lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Austin on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Philosophical pushes Austin away with a front kick.
Philosophical thows a body kick. Austin tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Austin on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Philosophical. Philosophical obviously looking to wear him down.
Philosophical connects with a solid leg kick.
Austin misses with a head kick.
Philosophical chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A slapping leg kick lands for Philosophical.
Philosophical throws a nice inside leg kick.
Austin's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Philosophical throws a nice inside leg kick.
Austin tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Philosophical turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That kick from Philosophical tenderised Austin's leg. Austin is trying to keep his angry face on.
Austin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Philosophical lands a slapping body shot.
Philosophical throws a nice inside leg kick.
Austin has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Philosophical.
Philosophical connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Philosophical throws a nice outside leg kick.
Philosophical feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Austin's calf.
A good leg kick by Philosophical.
Austin tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Philosophical connects with a solid leg kick.
Philosophical pushes Austin away with a front kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Austin stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Philosophical.
A nice inside leg kick there by Philosophical. That's going to slow Austin down.
Austin shoots in for a double leg but Philosophical sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Austin tries to score a power double leg takedown but Philosophical sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Austin somewhat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Philosophical lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Philosophical. That's going to slow Austin down.
Austin throws a series of punches but Philosophical avoids them all with ease.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Philosophical.
Austin tries to clinch there but Philosophical circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Austin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Philosophical feints and then cracks Austin's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Austin down.
Philosophical thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Austin if he has to take too many more of those.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Austin has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Philosophical.
Philosophical connects with a body shot.
Philosophical fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Philosophical scores with a kick to the midsection.
Philosophical looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wax Philosophical dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Austin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Austin tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Philosophical defends well and Austin ends up having to push Philosophical into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
A counter left hand to the body from Philosophical misses its target.
Philosophical lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Austin tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Austin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Philosophical dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Austin. That did some damage!
Philosophical is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Austin can do to turn this around?
Philosophical lands a nice leg kick that just misses Austin's sensitive parts.
You can see that Austin has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Austin doesn't manage to clinch there - Philosophical circles away.
Austin tries to score a power double leg takedown but Philosophical sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Austin somewhat.
Austin tries to clinch up.
Austin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A nice leg kick lands there from Philosophical.
Philosophical connects with a leg kick. Austin looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Austin is trying desperately to land a takedown but Philosophical is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Austin.
Austin has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Philosophical.
Philosophical scores with a nice body kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Austin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Austin sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Austin tries to clinch but Philosophical moves out of range.
Philosophical throws a nice outside leg kick.
Austin closes the distance and clinches up with Philosophical, looking for a takedown. Austin pushes Philosophical against the cage but Philosophical circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Wax Philosophical has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Steve Austin.
Austin is breathing heavily.
Philosophical lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Philosophical feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Austin's calf.
Philosophical is looking to slow Austin down with leg kicks.
Good leg kick by Philosophical there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Philosophical throws a quick inside leg kick.
Austin on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Philosophical. Philosophical obviously looking to wear him down.
Philosophical scoring well with a low kick there.
Wax Philosophical is winning the standup battle so far.
Philosophical is looking to slow Austin down with leg kicks.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Philosophical, right into the meat.
Philosophical feints and then cracks Austin's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Austin down.
Austin tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Philosophical is looking to wear down Austin with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Philosophical cracks the inside of Austin's front leg.
Austin on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Philosophical. Philosophical obviously looking to wear him down.
Philosophical connects with an inside leg kick.
Philosophical lands with a thumping leg kick.
Philosophical lands a leg kick that knocks Austin off balance momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A solid leg kick lands there for Philosophical.
Philosophical throws a front kick that sends Austin stumbling back into the cage.
Philosophical feints and then cracks Austin's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Austin down.
Philosophical chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Philosophical keeps Austin at a distance using the push kick.
Austin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Austin looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Philosophical lands with a thumping leg kick.
Philosophical scoring well with a low kick there.
Philosophical keeps Austin at a distance using the push kick.
Austin tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Both fighters circling a little - Philosophical finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Philosophical scores with a kick to the body.
Philosophical feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Austin's calf.
Austin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Philosophical throws a quick inside leg kick.
Philosophical buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Austin on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Philosophical buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Philosophical thuds a left hand into Austin's body.
Philosophical dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Austin. That did some damage!
Philosophical scores with a leg kick.
Philosophical fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Austin.
Philosophical connects with an inside leg kick.
Austin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A nice inside leg kick there by Philosophical. That's going to slow Austin down.
A slapping leg kick lands for Philosophical.
A solid leg kick lands there for Philosophical.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Philosophical connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Philosophical scoring well with a low kick there.
Philosophical looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Philosophical throws a nice outside leg kick.
Philosophical lands with a kick to the ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Austin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Philosophical paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Austin darts in looking for a takedown but Philosophical gets double underhooks and turns Austin into the cage.
Philosophical lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Austin takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Philosophical chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Philosophical lands a nice leg kick that just misses Austin's sensitive parts.
Austin tries to score a power double leg takedown but Philosophical sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Austin somewhat.
Philosophical delivers a nice body kick.
Austin takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Austin has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Philosophical.
A slapping leg kick lands for Philosophical.
Philosophical thumps Austin with a low kick.
Austin chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Philosophical can pounce on him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wax Philosophical dominated that second round.
That's time! Philosophical's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Both fighters circling a little - Philosophical finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Philosophical connects with a leg kick. Austin looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Both fighters circling a little - Philosophical finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Austin has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Philosophical.
Philosophical connects with a leg kick. Austin looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Philosophical fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Austin.
Philosophical lands with a shot to the body.
Philosophical feints and then cracks Austin's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Austin down.
Austin misses with the combination.
Philosophical scores with a spinning back kick!
A nice inside leg kick there by Philosophical. That's going to slow Austin down.
Philosophical lands a nice shot to the body.
Austin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Some wild striking there from Austin.
Philosophical throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Philosophical lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Philosophical turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A solid body kick from Philosophical.
Philosophical feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Austin's calf.
No joy there for Austin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Philosophical - that will leave a mark!
Austin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That kick from Philosophical tenderised Austin's leg. Austin is trying to keep his angry face on.
Philosophical throws a leg kick which misses Austin's front leg but catches the back leg as Austin tries to avoid it.
Philosophical dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Austin. That did some damage!
Austin chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Philosophical can pounce on him.
Philosophical buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Philosophical keeps Austin at a distance using the push kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Philosophical moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Philosophical throws a quick inside leg kick.
Philosophical throws a leg kick which misses Austin's front leg but catches the back leg as Austin tries to avoid it.
Philosophical lands with a nice body kick.
Good leg kick by Philosophical there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Philosophical fakes the leg kick and cracks Austin in the body.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Philosophical.
Philosophical lands a nice leg kick that just misses Austin's sensitive parts.
A slapping leg kick lands for Philosophical.
A chopping leg kick lands by Philosophical.
Philosophical turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Philosophical. That's going to slow Austin down.
Philosophical throws a leg kick which misses Austin's front leg but catches the back leg as Austin tries to avoid it.
Austin chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Philosophical can pounce on him.
A good leg kick by Philosophical.
Austin is looking to clinch but Philosophical is avoiding it.
Philosophical lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Austin crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Philosophical - the referee stops the clock and Austin gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Philosophical. Austin manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Philosophical throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Philosophical fakes the leg kick and cracks Austin in the body.
Philosophical delivers a nice body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body kick there by Philosophical.
Austin has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Philosophical.
A chopping leg kick lands by Philosophical.
Austin on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Austin on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Philosophical. Philosophical obviously looking to wear him down.
Philosophical looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Philosophical turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Philosophical throws a nice outside leg kick.
Philosophical lands with a good body shot.
Philosophical lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Austin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Philosophical paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Philosophical chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Steve Austin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Philosophical dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Austin. That did some damage!
Philosophical fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Austin has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Philosophical fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Austin has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Philosophical scores with a leg kick.
Philosophical turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Steve Austin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Austin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Philosophical manages to avoid it.
Philosophical looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Austin darts in looking for a takedown but Philosophical gets double underhooks and turns Austin into the cage.
Austin has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Philosophical.
Austin throws a nice looking combination but Philosophical bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Philosophical throws a leg kick which misses Austin's front leg but catches the back leg as Austin tries to avoid it.
A good leg kick by Philosophical.
Philosophical lands a front kick.
Philosophical lands with a nice body kick.
Philosophical connects with an inside leg kick.
Philosophical lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Austin tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Good leg kick by Philosophical there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Philosophical scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Austin doesn't seem bothered though.
Philosophical connects with an inside leg kick.
Austin on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Philosophical. Philosophical obviously looking to wear him down.
A good leg kick by Philosophical.
Philosophical chopping away at his opponent's legs.

And that's the end of the fight!
Wax Philosophical showed his dominance in that final round.
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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:24
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:24
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wax Philosophical!
Wax Philosophical bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.