PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Shon Orne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alistair Overeem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Orne comes to the ring accompanied by P.O.D- Boom. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Orne
vs
Overeem

170 cm
26
170 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

195 cm
19
200 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shon Orne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Alistair Overeem!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Taro Takaoka and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Overeem forces Orne back against the ropes and clinches.
Orne is trying to force a seperation but Overeem has the dominant position.
Orne unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Orne wants to get back to striking at distance but Overeem won't allow it.
Overeem with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Overeem creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Orne avoiding damage as Overeem throws knees to the body.
Orne managing to block the knees to the body from Overeem.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Overeem just misses with a elbow thrown towards Orne's brow.
Orne blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Orne wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Orne is trying to force a seperation but Overeem has the dominant position.
Overeem has Orne pressed against the ropes, preventing Orne from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Orne lands a nice shot to the body.
Overeem looks gassed!
Overeem looking to throw knees to the head but Orne is blocking nicely.
Overeem is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Orne is defending well for now.
Overeem prevents Orne from breaking the clinch.
Overeem tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Orne avoids it.
Overeem tries a knee to the head but Orne blocks it.
Overeem throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Overeem keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Orne's efforts to push away.

Orne breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Orne tries to clinch there but Overeem circles away.
Orne is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Orne tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Overeem manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A nice inside leg kick there by Orne. That's going to slow Overeem down.
Orne moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Overeem avoids the head kick by Orne.
Orne swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Overeem counters with a left and a right that stings Orne.
Orne throws a head kick that misses.

Overeem forces Orne back against the ropes and clinches.
Orne wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Overeem has him pressed against the ropes.
Overeem trying to land knees to the body.
Orne blocks an elbow strike.
Orne wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Orne blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Orne is trying to maintain a safe position but Overeem gets an underhook and turns Orne into the ropes.
Orne is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Orne lands an uppercut.
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!
Overeem tries a knee to the head but Orne blocks it.
Overeem tries to land a knee to the head but Orne blocks with his arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orne is trying to break the clinch but Overeem has him pressed against the ropes.
Orne is trying to force a seperation but Overeem has the dominant position.
Orne tries to circle away but Overeem has him pinned against the ropes.
Overeem takes a knee to the side of the body.
Overeem tries a knee to the head but Orne blocks it.
Orne wants to break the clinch but can't.
Orne blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Orne looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Overeem blocks a body shot from Orne.
Overeem keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Orne's efforts to push away.
Orne blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Orne tries to circle away but Overeem has him pinned against the ropes.
Orne managing to block the knees to the body from Overeem.
Orne is trying to stall.
Orne is looking to break free of the clinch but Overeem has double underhooks.
Overeem trying to land knees to the body.
Overeem landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orne tries a knee to the head but Overeem blocks it.
Orne is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Orne misses with a body punch.
Overeem trying to land knees to the body.
Overeem misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Orne.
Overeem missing with knees to the body.
Orne is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Overeem is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Orne tries to break free but Overeem pushes him back against the ropes.
Orne on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Overeem tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Orne avoids it.
Orne is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Orne working hard to break the clinch.
Orne avoids a wild elbow strike from Overeem.
Overeem throws an elbow that misses.
Orne is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Overeem is defending well for now.
Overeem trying to land knees to the body.
Orne managing to block the knees to the body from Overeem.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Orne wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Overeem trying to land knees to the body.
Overeem throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Orne blocks it with crossed arms.
Orne using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Overeem has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Orne has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Orne with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Overeem tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Orne is trying to break free.
Overeem keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Orne's efforts to push away.
Overeem tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Orne avoids it.
Overeem with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Orne has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Orne dodges an elbow strike from Overeem.
Orne is looking to control Overeem's arms but Overeem gets an underhook and turns him. Now Orne has his back to the ropes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Overeem scores a nice knee to the body.
Overeem tries to land knees in the clinch but Orne avoids the damage to the body.
Overeem missing with knees to the body.
Overeem lands an elbow that stopped Orne in his tracks for a moment.
Overeem misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Orne.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shon Orne dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Orne misses with a body kick.
Orne misses with the combination.
Overeem goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Orne lands a jab-cross combination.

It looks like Alistair Overeem has been cut.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Orne lands a really nice looking cross but Overeem seems unphased.
Shon Orne is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Orne misses with the combination.
Overeem tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Orne paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Alistair Overeem seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Overeem misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Overeem tries to close the distance and clinch but Orne swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Overeem closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Overeem connects with a nasty looking knee right to Orne's face.
Overeem misses with a knee strike.
Orne working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Orne is looking to break free of the clinch but Overeem has double underhooks.
Overeem blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Orne throws an elbow but it misses.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Orne looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Overeem looking to throw knees to the head but Orne is blocking nicely.
Overeem is breathing heavily.
Overeem prevents Orne from breaking the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Overeem.
Overeem is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Orne is defending well for now.
Orne pushes off an throws an elbow but Overeem leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Orne.
Orne avoids the elbow strike from Overeem, against the ropes.
Overeem avoids a wild elbow strike from Orne.
Orne unloads a knee to the mid-section. Overeem lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Orne managing to block the knees to the body from Overeem.
Orne looking to slow down the pace here.
Overeem prevents Orne from breaking the clinch.
Orne stalling in the clinch but Overeem improves position.
Overeem missing with knees to the body.
Overeem keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Orne's efforts to push away.
Overeem keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Orne's efforts to push away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orne wants to break free but Overeem has control.
Overeem is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Orne is defending well for now.
Orne looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Orne pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Overeem misses with a head kick.
Orne misses with a body kick.
Orne lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Orne.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Orne goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
That kick from Orne tenderised Overeem's leg. Overeem is trying to keep his angry face on.
Overeem circles away from the clinch attempt.
Orne blocks a head kick by Overeem.
Overeem missing with a left hand there. Orne was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Orne dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Overeem. That did some damage!
Orne lands a jab to Overeem's midsection.
Orne tries to clinch up but Overeem circles away and keeps his distance.
Orne fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Orne lands with a right, followed by a left to the temple and Overeem goes down! The ref sends Orne to a neutral corner so he can begin the count. 3,4,5,6 and Overeem is back to his feet. He seems a little groggy but the referee thinks he's OK to continue, so we're back to the action!

Overeem is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Orne misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Overeem is still on wobbly legs! Can Orne finish him?
Orne bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Overeem 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.
Overeem tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Orne paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Overeem ducks into a a hook from Orne and goes down! He looks in a bit of a mess; will he beat the count?! 4,5,6,7,8 - he's up and looking to carry on! The referee looks into his eyes and sees that he's OK to continue!
Orne is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Orne throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Orne throws a quick inside leg kick.
Overeem moves out of range as Orne throws a body kick.
Overeem seems to have recovered his senses.
A solid body kick from Orne.
Overeem swats away the attempt to clinch by Orne.
Orne feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Overeem's calf.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Overeem crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Orne - the referee stops the clock and Overeem gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Orne. Overeem manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Shon Orne is winning the standup battle so far.
Jab, jab by Orne - just one landing.
Orne tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Overeem paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Overeem slips a jab and a cross from Orne.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Overeem throws a push kick but Orne slaps the foot to one side.
Orne throws a sloppy head kick and Overeem moves out of range easily.
Overeem throws a right and a left that both miss.
Orne scores with a three punch combo!
Orne tries to clinch there but Overeem circles away.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Orne here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Overeem keeps the fight on the outside.
The crowd cheers as Orne lands an impressive looking overhand right. Overeem doesn't seem phased though.
Overeem pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Orne moves in looking to clinch but Overeem pushes him off.
Orne tries to clinch up.

Orne has closed the distance and engaged Overeem in a clinch.
Orne has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Orne.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Overeem using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Overeem unloads a knee to the mid-section. Orne lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Overeem comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Orne is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Overeem can do to turn this around?
Overeem throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shon Orne takes the second round thanks to the knockdowns.
The cut man is working on Alistair Overeem's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Orne doesn't manage to clinch there - Overeem circles away.
Overeem tries to clinch but Orne moves out of range.
Orne pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Orne pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Orne is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A head kick misses from Overeem.
Orne connects with the punch.
Orne explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Orne is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Orne pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Overeem wants to clinch.

Overeem has taken the fight to the clinch.
Orne is trying to force a seperation but Overeem has the dominant position.
Overeem takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Overeem throws an elbow but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Orne on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Overeem is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Orne is defending well for now.
Orne wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Overeem has him pressed against the ropes.
Overeem keeps control of Orne as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Orne escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Overeem fails with an attempt to clinch.
Orne fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Overeem.
Orne tries to close the distance and clinch up but Overeem swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Overeem tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Overeem avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Orne is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Orne avoids the head kick by Overeem.
Orne pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

Overeem darts in and clinches Orne up against the ropes.
Overeem throws an elbow but it misses.
Overeem throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orne tries to land knees in the clinch but Overeem avoids the damage to the body.
Overeem is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Orne is defending well for now.
Overeem with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Orne wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Orne tries to break the clinch but Overeem is controlling the position.
Overeem is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Orne is defending well for now.
Overeem has Orne pressed against the ropes, preventing Orne from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Nice body punch from Orne.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Orne has had enough of the clinch but Overeem keeps him there for the moment.
Orne wants to get back to striking at distance but Overeem won't allow it.

Orne manages to break the clinch.
Overeem avoids the head kick by Orne.
Orne throws a head kick that misses.
Overeem pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Overeem throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Orne fails in his attempt to clinch.
Orne tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Overeem paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Overeem tries to clinch up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orne tries to clinch but Overeem is having none of it.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Overeem crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Orne - the referee stops the clock and Overeem gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Orne. Overeem manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Overeem keeps the fight on the outside.
Orne fails in his attempt to clinch.
Orne lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A nice combination there by Orne.
Orne throws a nice looking combination but Overeem bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Shon Orne is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The fight stays on the outside here - Orne looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Orne swinging wildly here.
A nice inside leg kick there by Orne. That's going to slow Overeem down.
Overeem tries a head kick but it misses.
Overeem avoids the head kick by Orne.
Orne throws a head kick that half lands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Orne pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Alistair Overeem has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Overeem lands with a slapping head kick.
Orne tries to close the distance and clinch up but Overeem swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Overeem throws a sloppy head kick
and Orne counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Orne tries to clinch up.
Orne lands a body shot.
Overeem's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Overeem throws a head kick that misses.

Orne moves into the clinch successfully.
Orne landing knees to the body.
Orne wants to break the clinch but can't.
A frustrated look appears on Orne's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Overeem has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Orne.
Overeem tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Orne avoids it.
Overeem trying to land knees to the body.
Overeem tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Overeem misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Orne.
Orne lands a damaging elbow.
Orne landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Overeem misses with a knee strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Shon Orne showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Orne 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 Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:25
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:25
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shon Orne!
Shon Orne thanked the fans post fight for their support.