PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mr Jay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alistair Overeem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Overeem comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Barbarian Horde By Hans Zimmer kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Jay
vs
Overeem

200 cm
20
285 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

196 cm
23
270 lbs
5 - 1 - 1

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent knees
Powerful

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mr Jay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alistair Overeem!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Albert Achterberg and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jay misses with a straight right.
Jay throws an off balance right hand
and Overeem counters with a head kick.
Mr Jay seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Jay.
Overeem misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Overeem manages to get back to half guard.
Jay missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Jay working the head and body with strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Overeem trying to control from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jay slips a nice elbow through Overeem's hands, connecting with Overeem's forehead.
Jay slips a nice elbow through Overeem's hands, connecting with Overeem's forehead.
Jay throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Overeem on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Jay throwing shots but Overeem is blocking nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jay thows a huge punch but Overeem dodges it nicely.

Overeem looking for submissions off his back.
Overeem on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Jay seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Jay throwing shots but Overeem is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jay looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Overeem with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Jay working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Jay working Overeem over with strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Overeem works his way to full guard. Good work.
Jay stopping the sweep attempt from Overeem.
Jay postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jay scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Jay knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Overeem on the ground.
Jay postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Jay throwing strikes from guard but Overeem blocks nicely.

Overeem working for a triangle but Jay defends it easily.
Overeem looks gassed!
Jay content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jay content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Jay is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Jay is in close to Overeem's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Jay lands a couple of elbows.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jay is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jay makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Overeem looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mr Jay dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Jay bobbing and weaving well here. And he's unloaded with a massive right hand that drops Overeem! He dives into his guard looking to finish!

It looks like Alistair Overeem has been cut.
Mr Jay overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Overeem has momentary wrist control but Jay slips an elbow through the middle.

Overeem is rocked!
Jay postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Overeem covers up, he's hurt! Jay keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Jay and the ref steps in to end the fight! Jay can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mr Jay!