PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wax Philosophical (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Monsun Moon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Monsun Moon has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Wax Philosophical's chin.

Philosophical
vs
Moon

195 cm
38
274 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

195 cm
33
240 lbs
15 - 10 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Fast

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 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Wax Philosophical!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Monsun Moon!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
A cross from Philosophical lands.
Philosophical swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Philosophical throws a sloppy head kick and Moon moves out of range easily.
As Philosophical backs off Moon throws a huge counter combo but Philosophical manages to avoid it all.
Moon blocks a jab.
Moon drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Philosophical defends it well.
Philosophical tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Moon counters with a nice double leg into guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Moon wants to control from the top but Philosophical keeps moving.
Philosophical wants to get back to his feet but Moon is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Moon trying to control but Philosophical is working from the bottom.

Philosophical has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Moon off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Philosophical misses with a hook.
A little jabbing left from Moon on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Philosophical wants to clinch.
Wax Philosophical seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Philosophical lands with a right hand.
Moon ducks under a wild hook from Philosophical.
Moon swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Philosophical is looking to clinch but Moon is avoiding it.
Moon is looking for the big counter here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Philosophical throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Moon counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Philosophical lands a nice shot that snaps Moon's head back.

Philosophical darts in and clinches Moon up against the cage.
Philosophical scores with a shot to the side of Moon's head.
Moon misses with a punch to the body.
Philosophical fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Philosophical is trying to stall.
Philosophical lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Moon is rocked!
Philosophical working aggressively here.
Moon is still on wobbly legs! Can Philosophical finish him?
Philosophical pushes Moon against the cage. Philosophical is working some dirty boxing. Philosophical pushes off with a quick right hook! Moon goes down! Moon tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Philosophical moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Wax Philosophical!
Wax Philosophical was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
Monsun Moon was interviewed post fight and said 'i might have brain damage and cant fight much longer. 1 fight left on my contract and then i will call it quit!'.