PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mauricio Overeem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hugo Zalcock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Overeem
vs
Zalcock

195 cm
19
260 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

195 cm
19
245 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Mauricio Overeem!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Hugo Zalcock!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Daniel Bishop and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Overeem uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Zalcock.
Zalcock scores with a crisp jab that stopped Overeem in his tracks.

It looks like Mauricio Overeem has been cut.
Zalcock throws a combination. Overeem tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Zalcock fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Overeem manages to avoid it.
Zalcock ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Zalcock misses with the combination.
Zalcock listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Overeem throws a low kick but Zalcock avoids it.
Overeem showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Zalcock.
Overeem throws the kick towards the body but Zalcock avoids it.
Overeem misses with a straight left.
Overeem circles away from the clinch attempt.
Zalcock misses with a few strikes there.
A head kick misses from Overeem.
Zalcock throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zalcock lands a two punch combo.
Zalcock tries to close the distance and clinch but Overeem swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Overeem delivers a nice body kick.
Overeem thumps Zalcock with a low kick.
Zalcock looks gassed!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Overeem lets loose with a powerful body kick. Zalcock will feel that in the morning.
Overeem thuds his right hand into Zalcock's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

It looks like Hugo Zalcock has been cut.

Overeem lands a big head kick that sends Zalcock tumbling to the mat! Overeem takes a step backwards and waves Zalcock back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Overeem connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Overeem tries to clinch
and Zalcock counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Overeem.

Overeem gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Zalcock wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Overeem blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Overeem swings wildly with an uppercut but Zalcock uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zalcock avoiding damage as Overeem throws knees to the body.
Overeem lands a left hand that snaps the head of Zalcock backwards.
Overeem lands a nice elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Overeem lands an elbow just above Zalcock 's eye.
Overeem effectively controlling the action here.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Overeem for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Overeem lands an elbow just above Zalcock 's eye.
Overeem is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Zalcock looking to slow down the pace here.
Overeem tries to land a knee to the head but Zalcock blocks with his arms.
Overeem utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Overeem.

That has opened up Hugo Zalcock's cut even more.
Zalcock's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Zalcock looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Zalcock takes an elbow to the temple.
Overeem is trying to maintain a safe position but Zalcock gets an underhook and turns Overeem into the cage.
Overeem pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Overeem looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Zalcock.
Zalcock avoiding damage as Overeem throws knees to the body.
Zalcock managing to block the knees to the body from Overeem.
Overeem throws a head punch that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Overeem trying to stall but Zalcock improves his position.
Overeem gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Overeem breaks from the clinch.
Zalcock scores with a three punch combo!
Zalcock swinging wilding here.
A big left from Zalcock misses.
A punch combination from Zalcock misses.
Zalcock tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Overeem counters with a thumping low kick.
Zalcock throws a right and a left that both miss.
Overeem swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Overeem dodges the punch combination from Zalcock.
Zalcock avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Overeem blocks a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zalcock on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Zalcock circles away from the clinch attempt.
Zalcock throws a looping overhand right but Overeem ducks down to avoid it.
Zalcock looks to land a right hand but Overeem moved out of range.
Overeem tries to clinch but Zalcock moves out of range.
Overeem misses with an attempted mid kick.
Zalcock moves out of range of the strikes.
Overeem takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Overeem fails with an attempt to clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zalcock misses with a double jab
and Overeem counters with a body kick that stops Zalcock in his tracks momentarily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Overeem throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Zalcock misses with a looping right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mauricio Overeem dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Overeem buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Overeem wants to clinch up but Zalcock keeps it at a distance.
Zalcock avoids the head kick by Overeem.
Overeem is looking to clinch.
Overeem is looking to clinch.
Hugo Zalcock seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zalcock ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Zalcock throws a jab but it's blocked by Overeem.
Overeem tries a head kick but it misses.
Nice defenses there by Overeem.
Overeem darts in trying to clinch

and Zalcock counters by moving into the clinch.
Overeem is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Zalcock is breathing heavily.
With the fighters up against the cage, Overeem throws an elbow but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Overeem misses with an elbow strike.
Overeem blocks an uppercut.
Overeem with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Zalcock scores with a shot to the side of Overeem's head.
Overeem throws an elbow but it misses.
Overeem throws an elbow but it misses.
Overeem pushes off an throws an elbow but Zalcock leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Overeem lands an elbow just above Zalcock 's eye.
Overeem throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Overeem landing knees to the body.
Overeem lands an elbow inside.
A short right from Zalcock on the inside.
Overeem lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Overeem lands an elbow inside that Zalcock shrugs off.
Overeem has a couple of punches blocked by Zalcock.
Overeem tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Zalcock avoids it.
Zalcock swings wildly with an uppercut but Overeem uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zalcock lands a shoulder strike.
Zalcock takes a shot to the head.
Overeem is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Zalcock can do to turn this around?
Overeem blocking some punches.
Overeem scores with a shot to the side of Zalcock's head.
Zalcock working aggressively here.
Zalcock blocks an elbow strike from Overeem.
Zalcock avoids the elbow strike from Overeem, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Overeem tries to land knees in the clinch but Zalcock avoids the damage to the body.
Zalcock lands a right hand that snaps the head of Overeem backwards.
Zalcock blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Zalcock working aggressively here.
Overeem pushes off an throws an elbow but Zalcock leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Overeem misses with an elbow strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Zalcock creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Zalcock lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Overeem backwards.
Zalcock working hard to break the clinch.
Overeem throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Zalcock blocks it with crossed arms.
Zalcock lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Overeem backwards.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Overeem missing with knees to the body.
Overeem keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Zalcock's efforts to push away.
Zalcock managing to block the knees to the body from Overeem.
Zalcock lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Zalcock escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The fight stays on the outside here - Overeem looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Zalcock ducks under a wild hook from Overeem.
Zalcock throws a combination that misses
and Overeem counters with a body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zalcock lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Zalcock lands a two punch combo.
Zalcock dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Zalcock moves into range and clinches up with Overeem.
Zalcock lands with a light punch inside.
Zalcock blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Overeem looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Zalcock dodges an elbow strike from Overeem.
Zalcock has had enough of the clinch but Overeem keeps him there for the moment.
A head punch on the inside from Zalcock fails to land.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Overeem tries to land a knee to the head but Zalcock blocks with his arms.
Overeem throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Overeem misses with the head strike.
Overeem missing with knees to the body.
Zalcock working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Zalcock softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Zalcock lands a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Overeem lands a nice knee to the body.
A short right from Zalcock.
Zalcock lands a left hand that snaps the head of Overeem backwards.
Zalcock tries to circle away but Overeem has him pinned against the cage.
Zalcock avoids the elbow strike from Overeem, against the cage.
Zalcock lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Zalcock stalling in the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Zalcock's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Zalcock wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Overeem has him pressed against the cage.
Overeem tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Overeem tries to land a knee to the head but Zalcock blocks with his arms.
Zalcock makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Zalcock lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
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!
Zalcock lands with a light punch inside.
Zalcock working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hugo Zalcock seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Zalcock lands a hook that snaps the head of Overeem backwards.
Zalcock throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Overeems head.
Zalcock lands a right hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Zalcock scores with a nice hook to the head.

Zalcock breaks the clinch.
Zalcock catches Overeem with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Overeem ducks right into an uppercut from Zalcock.
Zalcock keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hugo Zalcock showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

A lazy left from Zalcock finds it's target.
Overeem darts in trying to clinch
and Zalcock counters with a stiff right hand.
Zalcock scores with a nice strike.
Overeem wants to clinch up but Zalcock keeps it at a distance.
Overeem takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Mauricio Overeem is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Zalcock misses with a series of wild punches.
A combination from Zalcock does no damage.
Zalcock clobbers Overeem with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Overeem walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Overeem takes a jab right on the kisser.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zalcock is looking to clinch.
Overeem tries to move into range but Zalcock moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Zalcock throws a nice looking combination but Overeem bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Zalcock throws a shot to the body.
Overeem tries to clinch but Zalcock is having none of it.
Overeem tries to close the distance and clinch up but Zalcock swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Left hook, right uppercut from Zalcock.
Overeem moves out of range of the strikes.
Zalcock avoids the body shot from Overeem.
Zalcock dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Overeem throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Overeem closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Overeem has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Zalcock finds it's way round the side to connect with Overeem's head.

Mauricio Overeem's cut is getting worse.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Overeem slips under a jab from Zalcock.
Overeem tries to clinch but Zalcock moves away
and Zalcock counters with a straight right hand.
Zalcock pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Danga de danga de dang - Zalcock scores with a four punch combination!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Overeem pushes Zalcock up against the cage in a clinch.
Zalcock lands with a right to the head.
Zalcock is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Overeem is keeping busy.
Zalcock lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Overeem blocks an uppercut.
Zalcock lands with a left to the head.
Zalcock wants to break free but Overeem has control.
Overeem lands a knee to the body.
Overeem with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Zalcock swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Overeem blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Overeem looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Overeem swings wildly with an uppercut but Zalcock uses good head movement to avoid it.
Overeem misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Zalcock.
Zalcock slowing the pace effectively.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Overeem's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mauricio Overeem is winning the standup battle so far.
A combination from Zalcock does no damage.
Zalcock goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

Mauricio Overeem's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Zalcock connects with a single shot there.
Nice shot by Zalcock.
Zalcock throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Zalcock clinches.
Overeem is trying to break free.
Overeem trying to land knees to the body.
Overeem blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Overeem just misses with a elbow thrown towards Zalcock's brow.
Zalcock has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Overeem.
Zalcock scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Zalcock working aggressively here.
Zalcock lands a right hand.
Overeem looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Zalcock misses with a hook from the clinch.
Zalcock throws a punch but it's blocked by Overeem.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Overeem as Zalcock tries to tie him up.
Zalcock throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Overeems head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Overeem.
Zalcock throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Overeems head.
A short left from Zalcock.
Zalcock misses with a punch on the inside.
Zalcock lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Zalcock working aggressively here.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Zalcock as Overeem tries to tie him up.
Overeem lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Overeem throws an elbow but misses.
Zalcock misses with a hook from the clinch.
Zalcock fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Overeem.
Zalcock wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Overeem lands an elbow that stopped Zalcock in his tracks for a moment.
Overeem lands a damaging elbow.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Zalcock.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Overeem lands a hook that snaps the head of Zalcock backwards.
Overeem trying to land knees to the body.
Overeem blocks an uppercut.
Zalcock lands with a light punch inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zalcock lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Overeem lands a shoulder strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hugo Zalcock comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Zalcock has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:29
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hugo Zalcock!