PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alistar Overim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roman Fed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Roman Fed enters the cage!

Overim
vs
Fed

193 cm
25
243 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

200 cm
20
275 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Dangerous knees
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alistar Overim !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Roman Fed!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Wagner Zegers and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Overim moves in looking to clinch but Fed pushes him off.
Overim tries to close the distance and clinch but Fed swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Fed works over Overim 's head and body with a nice combination.

It looks like Alistar Overim has been cut.

Overim closes the distance and clinches.
Fed takes a knee to the side of the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Overim drops Fed with a big knee straight up the middle! Fed is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

It looks like Roman Fed has been cut.

Overim gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Overim drops Fed with a big knee straight up the middle! Fed is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Fed is rocked!
Fed looks winded!
Overim takes one to the chin there.
Fed is still on wobbly legs! Can Overim finish him?
Overim is looking to clinch.
Fed misses with a jab, cross combination.
Fed seems to have recovered his senses.

Overim clinches up against the cage.
Overim lands a knee to the head.

Overim drops Fed with a big knee straight up the middle! Fed is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

That has opened up Roman Fed's cut even more.
Overim is looking to clinch.
Fed misses with a wild combination.
Overim wants to clinch.

Overim gets a clinch.
Overim with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Overim drops Fed with a big knee straight up the middle! Fed is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Overim fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fed throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Overim moves in looking to clinch but Fed pushes him off.

Overim rushes Fed and presses him up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!

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

Overim gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Overim utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Overim scores with a knee to the head.

The cut above Roman Fed's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Overim unloads a knee to the mid-section. Fed lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Overim scores with a knee to the head.
Overim lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Fed managing to block the knees to the body from Overim .

Overim 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fed throws a nice looking combination but Overim bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Fed misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Overim is looking to clinch.
Fed looks to land a combination but Overim avoids it well.
Fed misses with a few strikes there.

Fed tries to keep at a distance but Overim has taken the fight into the clinch.
Overim lands a nice knee to the body.
Fed wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Overim has him pressed against the cage.
Fed wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Overim has Fed pressed against the cage, preventing Fed from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Overim utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

Overim pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That kick from Fed tenderised Overim 's leg. Overim is trying to keep his angry face on.

Overim has managed to clinch.
Fed tries to break the clinch but Overim is controlling the position.
Overim unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Overim pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Fed!
Fed swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Overim scores with a leg kick.
Overim tries to clinch up but Fed circles away and keeps his distance.
Overim tries to clinch up.
Fed misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Overim doesn't manage to clinch there - Fed circles away.
Fed lands with an uppercut that bounces Overim off the cage and back into range.
Fed throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Overim wants to clinch.
Fed swats away the attempt to clinch by Overim .
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Fed!
Overim tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fed swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fed lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Overim tries to clinch there but Fed circles away.
Overim takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Overim is looking to clinch.

Overim moves into the clinch.
Overim using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fed has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Overim misses with a knee to the head.
Fed is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Fed managing to block the knees to the body from Overim .
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Overim tries to land a knee to the head but Fed blocks with his arms.
Fed wants to get back to striking at distance but Overim won't allow it.
Fed is trying to push Overim away but Overim has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Overim breaks from the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Overim doesn't manage to clinch there - Fed circles away.
Fed jabs at Overim 's body.
Fed scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Fed avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alistar Overim dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Overim walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Some wild striking there from Fed.
Fed lands a two punch combo.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Overim here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.

Overim fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Fed, pushing him back against the cage.
Overim misses with a knee to the head.
Overim has Fed pressed against the cage, preventing Fed from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Overim has Fed pressed against the cage, preventing Fed from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Overim gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Overim working Fed over with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Overim 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.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Overim looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Overim missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Overim lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Overim thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Overim winds up and cracks Fed with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Overim scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Overim thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Overim not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fed pushes Overim off looking to stand but Overim dives back in and keeps control.
Nice strikes from Overim there.
Fed keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Overim missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Overim looks to land a strike but Fed avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Overim throws a strike but Fed rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fed in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Fed looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Fed stops Overim from standing up.
Overim on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Overim tries to get out of the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Fed stands and steps away. Overim gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Overim wants to clinch.
Fed throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Overim forces Fed back against the cage and clinches.
Overim lands a nice knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Overim tries a knee to the head but Fed blocks it.
Fed takes a knee right on the jaw!
Overim has Fed pressed against the cage, preventing Fed from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Fed breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fed tries to bum rush Overim with a series of wild strikes but Overim uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Fed is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Overim .
Fed keeps the fight on the outside.

Overim instigates a clinch.
Overim lands a nice knee to the body.
Overim is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Fed can do to turn this around?

Overim breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Overim 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.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Overim instigates a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Fed's face as he tries to break the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Overim obliges.
Overim with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Fed is trying to break free.
Overim is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alistar Overim dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Overim fails with an attempt to clinch.

Overim clinches up with Fed and pushes him back against the cage.

Overim breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Alistar Overim seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Overim avoids a punch combination nicely.
Overim tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Fed paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Overim is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fed swinging wildly here.
Fed feints a jab promting Overim to slip. Fed then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Overim slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Fed misses with the combination.
Fed lands with a nice combination. Overim backs away looking to recover.
Fed circles away from the clinch attempt.

Overim rushes Fed and presses him up against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fed is trying to push Overim away but Overim has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Overim breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fed checks a low kick from Overim .

Overim rushes Fed and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Fed has had enough of the clinch but Overim keeps him there for the moment.

Overim breaks from the clinch.

Overim darts in and clinches Fed up against the cage.
Overim using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fed has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Overim unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Overim scores with a knee to the head.
Overim tries a knee to the head but Fed blocks it.
Fed tries to circle away but Overim has him pinned against the cage.
Overim landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Overim working Fed over with knees to the body.
Overim throws a knee to the head but misses.
Fed is looking to break free of the clinch but Overim has double underhooks.
Overim throws a knee to the head but misses.
Alistar Overim has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Fed is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fed wants to break free but Overim has control.
A knee to the head by Overim .
Fed has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Fed is trying to break free.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fed has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Overim lands a knee to the head.
Fed tries to circle away but Overim has him pinned against the cage.

Overim escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Overim is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Fed.
Overim fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fed will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Fed lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Fed avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Overim is looking to clinch.
Overim takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Overim tries to clinch there but Fed circles away.
Overim tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fed swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Fed has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fed lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Overim fails with an attempt to clinch.
Overim tries to clinch but Fed moves out of range.
Overim takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Alistar Overim is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fed lands with a straight right. Overim didn't see that one coming.
Fed looks to land a combination but Overim avoids it well.
Overim tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Fed paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Overim takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Overim tries to clinch but Fed is having none of it.
Overim dodges the punch combination from Fed.
Overim takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Overim is looking to clinch but Fed is avoiding it.

Overim darts in and clinches Fed up against the cage.
Fed is trying to break the clinch but Overim has him pressed against the cage.
Fed wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Overim has him pressed against the cage.
Roman Fed has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Overim scores with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fed wants to break free but Overim has control.
Overim prevents a body shot from Fed.

Overim pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Overim walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Overim tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Fed paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Overim tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Fed paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Fed will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Overim tries to clinch up.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fed wants to break free but Overim has control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fed wants to break free but Overim has control.
Overim tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Fed wants to break the clinch but can't.
Overim blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fed misses with the head strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Alistar Overim .
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Overim , winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alistar Overim !