PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Beck Barsanti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alistair Overdose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Overdose has chosen Powerthirst as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Barsanti
vs
Overdose

182 cm
25
284 lbs
13 - 5 - 0

210 cm
26
289 lbs
17 - 11 - 0

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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 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Beck Barsanti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alistair Overdose!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Stewart Dunkirk and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Barsanti gets tackled into the cage by Overdose. Overdose maintains the clinch.
Barsanti trying to stall but Overdose improves his position.
Barsanti tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Barsanti breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Overdose with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Barsanti to score with a decent uppercut.

It looks like Alistair Overdose has been cut.
Barsanti looks to land a combination but Overdose avoids it well.
A looping hook to the body misses from Barsanti. Overdose does a little dance to reset his feet.
Barsanti takes a swing at Overdose's ribcage but misses.
A shot to the liver by Barsanti. Beautiful body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barsanti tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Overdose was well out of range. Poor timing from Barsanti.
Barsanti scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Overdose doesn't seem bothered though.
Barsanti stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Barsanti wants it to stay on the feet.
Jab, jab by Barsanti - just one landing.
Barsanti fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Overdose manages to avoid it.
Barsanti misses the shot to the body.
Overdose scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
A looping hook to the body misses from Barsanti. Overdose does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Overdose throws a combination. Barsanti tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Overdose buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Barsanti is looking to wear down Overdose with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Barsanti jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Overdose dives in and grabs Barsanti's left leg, looking for a takedown. Barsanti pushes down on Overdose's head and hops out.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Overdose, right into the meat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Overdose tries to clinch up.
Barsanti throws a body punch but Overdose moves out of range.
Barsanti dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Overdose wants to clinch up but Barsanti keeps it at a distance.
Overdose tries to clinch but Barsanti moves out of range.
Alistair Overdose seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barsanti swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Overdose throws a low kick but Barsanti avoids it.
Barsanti takes a swing at Overdose's ribcage but misses.
Overdose displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Barsanti.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barsanti throws an off balance right hand
and Overdose makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Overdose shoots in for a takedown but Barsanti shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Beck Barsanti has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alistair Overdose.
Barsanti throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Overdose tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Overdose delivers a nice body kick.
Barsanti 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.
Barsanti is breathing heavily.
Barsanti misses with the combination.

Overdose closes the distance and clinches.
Overdose tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Barsanti's elbow.
Overdose blocks an uppercut.
Overdose lands a hook to the side of the head.
Overdose lands an uppercut.
Overdose tries to throw a body punch but Barsanti avoids it by throwing Overdose back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Overdose manages to break the clinch.
Overdose throws a quick inside leg kick.
Overdose tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fight stays on the outside here - Overdose looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Overdose is looking to slow Barsanti down with leg kicks.
Overdose dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Overdose delivers a nice body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Overdose fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Barsanti has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Barsanti walks forward, straight into a front kick from Overdose.
Overdose connects with an inside leg kick.
Overdose ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barsanti moves away.
Barsanti just misses with a punch to the body.
Overdose jabs Barsanti right on the nose. Barsanti blinks but takes it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barsanti on the wrong end of a kick to the body.

Overdose instigates a clinch.
Barsanti wants to break the clinch but can't.
Barsanti tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Overdose prevents a body shot from Barsanti.
Barsanti wants to break free but Overdose has control.
Overdose effectively controlling the action here.
Overdose goes for a takedown attempt but Barsanti pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Overdose cracks the inside of Barsanti's front leg.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Overdose thuds a left hand into Barsanti's body.

Overdose moves into the clinch successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alistair Overdose dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alistair Overdose's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Overdose shoots for a double leg takedown but Barsanti sprawls well. He's pushed Overdose's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Barsanti is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Overdose.
Barsanti misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Overdose.
Overdose shoots in for a double leg but Barsanti sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Overdose moves out of range of the strikes.
Barsanti checks a low kick from Overdose.

Overdose feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Overdose throwing strikes from guard but Barsanti blocks nicely.
Barsanti is trying to keep Overdose in close.
Barsanti is adopting a defensive guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

We're going to have a standup here because Beck Barsanti wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Barsanti fails to land with a series of punches.
Barsanti is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Overdose throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Overdose.
Barsanti looks to score with a jab to the body but Overdose is just out of range.
Barsanti throws a looping overhand right but Overdose ducks down to avoid it.
Barsanti on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Overdose. Overdose obviously looking to wear him down.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Overdose feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Barsanti's calf.

Overdose pushes Barsanti up against the cage in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Overdose wants a takedown but no success here.
Beck Barsanti has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alistair Overdose.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Overdose blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Overdose keeps control of Barsanti as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A nice left hand lands by Overdose.
Overdose tries to work over Barsanti's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A right hook to the body lands for Overdose.
A short left from Overdose.
Overdose is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Barsanti takes a shot to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Overdose.
Overdose makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Overdose.
Overdose wants a takedown but no success here.
Overdose lands a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Overdose as the two fighters clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Overdose.

Overdose breaks the clinch.
Overdose lands a glancing blow to the side of Barsanti's head.

It looks like Beck Barsanti has been cut.
Barsanti scores with a hook.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Overdose, right into the meat.
Overdose is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Barsanti walks forward, straight into a front kick from Overdose.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Overdose circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Barsanti drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Overdose follows Barsanti to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alistair Overdose!
Our winner, Alistair Overdose, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.