PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alistair Overeem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arnie Ironz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Overeem comes to the cage accompanied by Anthem. Ironz has chosen Limp Bizkit - Gold Cobra as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Overeem
vs
Ironz

196 cm
33
265 lbs
29 - 7 - 0

188 cm
28
279 lbs
21 - 6 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Conviction

Reaper Combatwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alistair Overeem!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Arnie Ironz!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ironz throws a good cross that connects.
Ironz takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ironz throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Ironz connects with the punch.
Overeem wants to slow Ironz down by chopping away at his legs.
A clash of legs there as Ironz blocks the low kick.

Overeem moves into range and clinches up with Ironz.
Overeem digs a right hand into Ironz's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ironz's gas tank.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ironz misses with a punch on the inside.
Overeem misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Overeem lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ironz backwards.
A right hook to the body lands for Ironz.
Overeem misses with a body punch.
Ironz lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ironz looks to throw an elbow but misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ironz.
Overeem gets through Ironz's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ironz lands with a right to the head.
Overeem lands a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ironz lands a body shot.
Ironz is working Overeem over against the cage.
Overeem dodges an elbow strike from Ironz.
Ironz managing to block the knees to the body from Overeem.
Ironz lands an uppercut.
Ironz swings wildly with an uppercut but Overeem uses good head movement to avoid it.
Overeem struggles to land a body shot inside as Ironz controls his hands.
Ironz pushes Overeem back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ironz misses with some punches.
Overeem working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ironz.
Overeem tries to throw a body punch but Ironz avoids it by throwing Overeem back against the cage.
Ironz managing to block the knees to the body from Overeem.
Ironz lands a right hand.
Ironz missing with knees to the body.
Overeem lands a body shot in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Ironz.
A right handed body shot lands from Overeem.
Ironz looks winded!
Ironz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Overeem struggles to land a body shot inside as Ironz controls his hands.
Ironz comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Overeem lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ironz avoiding damage as Overeem throws knees to the body.
Overeem blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Overeem lands with a short shot to the head.
Overeem working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Ironz fails to land.
Overeem throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ironz blocks it with crossed arms.
Overeem is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ironz is defending well for now.
Overeem tries to land a knee to the head but Ironz blocks with his arms.
Overeem tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ironz lands a body punch in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Overeem with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ironz pushes off an throws an elbow but Overeem leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Overeem avoids the elbow strike from Ironz, against the cage.
A short right from Ironz.
Overeem misses with a punch to the body.
Overeem blocks an uppercut.
A short right from Ironz on the inside.
Overeem tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ironz avoids it.
Overeem trying to land knees to the body.
Ironz lands with a right to the head.
Ironz misses with an elbow over the top.
Ironz lands a body shot in the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Overeem throws a knee to the head but misses.
A shot in the inside from Overeem.
Ironz lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Alistair Overeem has been cut.
Ironz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Overeem's elbow.
Overeem looking to throw knees to the head but Ironz is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Overeem throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ironz tries to work over Overeem's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ironz unloads a knee to the mid-section. Overeem lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ironz looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ironz.
Ironz lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Overeem backwards.
Ironz lands a hook that snaps the head of Overeem backwards.
Ironz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Overeem swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Overeem avoids a wild elbow strike from Ironz.
Overeem struggles to land a body shot inside as Ironz controls his hands.
Overeem avoids the elbow strike from Ironz, against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Overeem tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ironz's elbow.
Ironz missing with knees to the body.
Ironz lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ironz works on Overeem's body with a couple of short punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arnie Ironz dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alistair Overeem's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Ironz lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Overeem has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Overeem and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Overeem throws a head kick but Ironz moves out of range.
Overeem misses with a low kick.
Arnie Ironz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Overeem throws a head kick but Ironz moves out of range.
Ironz does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Ironz scores with a jab to the jaw.
Ironz just misses with a punch to the body.
Overeem walks into a left hand.
Overeem lands a nice looking body kick.
Ironz thuds his right hand into Overeem's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Overeem chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ironz can pounce on him.

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

Overeem is rocked!
Ironz fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Oh Overeem is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ironz keeps Overeem at a distance using the push kick.
Ironz moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Ironz cracks Overeem with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Overeem looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Ironz finish him?
Ironz closes the distance and lands a brutal uppercut that knocks Overeem out! We're looking at the replay now - he was out before he hit the floor!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Arnie Ironz!
Arnie Ironz is the new heavyweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Arnie Ironz thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.