PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pain Statement (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cees Overeem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Statement comes to the cage accompanied by Statement of Pain. Overeem has chosen Drowning Pool - Bodies (Let The Bodies Hit The Floor) as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Statement
vs
Overeem

185 cm
35
255 lbs
21 - 9 - 0

195 cm
32
265 lbs
26 - 27 - 0

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Brute

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 21 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pain Statement!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 27 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Cees Overeem!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Marco Blurström and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Overeem drives through and clinches with Statement against the cage.
Statement looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Statement has had enough of the clinch but Overeem keeps him there for the moment.
Overeem landing knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Overeem breaks the clinch.

Overeem closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Overeem lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Pain Statement has been cut.

Overeem breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Overeem bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Statement's head.
Overeem tries to clinch up.
Overeem is looking to clinch.

Overeem clinches up against the cage.

Overeem breaks from the clinch.

Overeem closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Overeem's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Overeem closes the distance and clinches.

Overeem's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Overeem moves into the clinch.

Overeem breaks the clinch.

Overeem clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Overeem obliges.
Statement takes a knee to the side of the body.

Overeem breaks the clinch.
Statement takes a shot right to the bread basket.
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!
The fight stays on the outside here - Overeem looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Overeem drops Statement with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Statement looks back up at him and smiles so Overeem waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.

Statement is rocked!
Overeem wants to clinch.
Oh Statement is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Overeem wants to clinch up but Statement keeps it at a distance.
Overeem fails with an attempt to clinch.
Statement seems to have got his legs back now.

Overeem has closed the distance and engaged Statement in a clinch.

Overeem breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Overeem wants to clinch.
Overeem tries to close the distance and clinch but Statement swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Overeem tries to clinch but Statement moves out of range.

Overeem has managed to clinch.

Overeem escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Overeem has taken the fight to the clinch.
Overeem pushes Statement back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Overeem breaks the clinch.
Statement keeps the fight on the outside.

Overeem moves into the clinch.
Overeem lands with a short punch from the clinch.

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

Overeem gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Overeem breaks the clinch.
Nice body punch from Overeem.
Overeem plants his feet and throws a brutal three punch combo that sends Statement swiftly into unconsciousness! Right, left, right! Boom, boom, boom! Statement face plants, battered and bloodied! He might never be the same again after that finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Cees Overeem!
Cees Overeem thanked the fans post fight for their support.