PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Alistair Overeem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charles Boler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Overeem's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Since the Flood- . Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Overeem
vs
Boler

195 cm
28
194 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

185 cm
28
187 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Great elbows
Granite chin

Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Alistair Overeem!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Charles Boler!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shirou Masuda and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice leg kick lands there from Boler.

Overeem moves into range and clinches up with Boler.

Overeem pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Overeem fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Boler manages to avoid it.
Overeem tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Overeem - that will leave a mark!
Boler fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Overeem throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Overeem scores with a sloppy right hand. Boler should have avoided that one.
Boler tries to clinch but Overeem is having none of it.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Boler gets tackled into the cage by Overeem. Overeem maintains the clinch.
Boler misses with a knee strike.
Overeem prevents a body shot from Boler.
Overeem gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Overeem lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Boler backwards.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Boler just misses with a elbow thrown towards Overeem's brow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Overeem.
Overeem blocks an uppercut.

Overeem breaks the clinch.
Overeem cracks Boler with a good jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Boler looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Boler tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Boler thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Overeem if he has to take too many more of those.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boler clobbers Overeem with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Boler thuds his right hand into Overeem's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Overeem with a jab.

Overeem darts in and clinches Boler up against the cage.
A short left from Overeem.

Boler is rocked!

Overeem pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Boler is still on wobbly legs! Can Overeem finish him?
Overeem misses the jab.
Overeem loads up on a big right hand but Boler slips the punch.
Overeem takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Boler seems to have recovered his senses.
Overeem misses with the combination.
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 rushes Boler and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Boler working hard to break the clinch.
Overeem lands a left hand.

Overeem breaks from the clinch.
Boler throws a nice looking combination but Overeem bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Overeem moves into the clinch.
Overeem lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Boler is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Boler trying to land knees to the body.

Overeem breaks from the clinch.
Boler lands a head kick. Overeem smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Boler swinging wildly here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Overeem misses with an uppercut. Boler saw that one coming.
Overeem tries to move into range but Boler moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Overeem closes the distance and catches Boler with a lead hook that drops him to the canvas! Boler is clearly dazed and struggling here! 3,4,5,6,7 and Boler is up to his feet but the referee has called it off! Boler is still far too wobbly and he's not going to allow the fight to continue! Overeem takes it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Alistair Overeem!
A very excited looking Alistair Overeem made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.