PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alistair Overdose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hiranuka Stakanu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Overdose comes to the cage accompanied by Powerthirst. Stakanu has chosen Oy, To Ne Vecher as his entrance music. 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?

Overdose
vs
Stakanu

210 cm
34
276 lbs
42 - 27 - 0

184 cm
37
280 lbs
32 - 22 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Cynical Truth (steel penn)

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Cynical Truth (steel penn)

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 42 - 27 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alistair Overdose!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 22 - 1, fighting out of New York, Hiranuka Stakanu!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Daniel Franklin and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Overdose throws a head kick that misses.
Overdose seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Overdose lands with a kick to the ribs.
Stakanu will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Stakanu moves out of range of the body kick from Overdose.
Stakanu takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Stakanu throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Overdose sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Overdose tries a low kick but Stakanu avoids it.
Overdose throws an overhand right that lands on Stakanu's shoulder, as Stakanu tries to avoid the shot.
Stakanu walks into a stiff left hand from Overdose.
Overdose bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Overdose digs a good hook to Stakanu's body.
Stakanu pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Stakanu looks to land a right hand but Overdose moved out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Stakanu. Overdose does a little dance to reset his feet.
Stakanu displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Overdose throws out the jab.
A decent looking cross lands there for Overdose.
Stakanu on the wrong end of a nice hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stakanu works Overdose's body with a nice hook.
Stakanu misses with a looping right.
Overdose ducks under a wild hook from Stakanu.
Overdose tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Stakanu swivels and escapes.
Stakanu misses with a right hand
and Overdose counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Nice shot lands for Stakanu.
Overdose is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
A swing and a miss from Stakanu.
Stakanu shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Overdose defends it nicely.
Stakanu looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Overdose is fending him off so far but Stakanu persists. Nope, Overdose circles away and we're back to standing.

Overdose closes the distance and clinches.
Overdose swings wildly with an uppercut but Stakanu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Overdose swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Overdose lands a left hand that snaps the head of Stakanu backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stakanu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Overdose has a couple of punches blocked by Stakanu.
A short uppercut from Overdose.
Stakanu misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stakanu throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Overdoses head.
Still in the clinch, Stakanu scores with a nice short uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Overdose.
Overdose is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Stakanu can't break the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Overdose.
Overdose struggles to land a body shot inside as Stakanu controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from Stakanu fails to land.
Stakanu looking to stall.
Overdose lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Stakanu lands with a right to the head.
Stakanu softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Stakanu is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stakanu holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Overdose throws a punch but it's blocked by Stakanu.
Stakanu is trying to drag Overdose to the mat but Overdose just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Alistair Overdose has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hiranuka Stakanu.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Overdose as Stakanu tries to tie him up.
Stakanu looking for a takedown.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Overdose.
Stakanu misses with a punch on the inside.
Overdose misses with a short punch on the inside.
Overdose tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Overdose misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Stakanu.
Stakanu lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Overdose misses with some punches.
Overdose gets underhooks to prevent Stakanu's takedown attempt.
Overdose lands a nice uppercut.
Stakanu fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Stakanu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Overdose misses with a hook from the clinch.
Overdose lands a left hand that snaps the head of Stakanu backwards.
Stakanu misses with a hook to the ribs.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Overdose escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Overdose with a poor takedown
and Stakanu cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A combination from Stakanu does no damage.
Stakanu scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Stakanu misses with a straight right.
Overdose keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Stakanu.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alistair Overdose dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Overdose tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stakanu was well out of range. Poor timing from Overdose.
Nice jab there from Stakanu.
Stakanu misses with a series of wild punches.
Overdose swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Overdose.
Overdose lands a nice shot that snaps Stakanu's head back.
Overdose tries to clinch up.
Overdose misses with a body shot.
Alistair Overdose is winning the standup battle so far.
Stakanu tries to score a power double leg takedown but Overdose sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Stakanu somewhat.
Stakanu takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

Overdose looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Stakanu!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Stakanu is letting Overdose control him for a moment.
Stakanu regains half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Stakanu looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Stakanu is pressing down on Overdose's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

Stakanu isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Overdose stacks Stakanu on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Overdose!
Stakanu has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Stakanu sneaks back into half guard.
Overdose knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Stakanu on the ground.
Stakanu tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Overdose working over Stakanu with some ground and pound. Stakanu looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Stakanu tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Overdose missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Stakanu looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Nice strikes from Overdose there.
Overdose winds up and cracks Stakanu with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stakanu is looking to improve his position.
Stakanu moves into full guard.
Stakanu has momentary wrist control but Overdose slips an elbow through the middle.

Stakanu looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Stakanu keeping moving, preventing Overdose from controlling successfully.
Stakanu preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Stakanu looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Stakanu wants to sweep but no luck.
Stakanu lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Overdose!
Stakanu unloads with some shots from mount but Overdose bucks and avoids them well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stakanu in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Stakanu throwing strikes here but Overdose is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.

Stakanu swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Overdose is now in Stakanu's guard. A big mistake from Stakanu there, giving up the dominant position!
Overdose trying to control but Stakanu is working from the bottom.
Overdose postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Overdose stopping the sweep attempt from Stakanu.
Overdose passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
Overdose looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Stakanu with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Nice strikes from Overdose there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters are battling for position here. Stakanu manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Stakanu escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Overdose gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Overdose with a nice head shot there.
Stakanu looking for a sweep. Not yet Stakanu, not yet.
Stakanu is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

Stakanu looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Overdose has picked Stakanu up and slammed him! Stakanu can't keep hold of the triangle and Overdose manages to pass to side control!
Overdose is looking to take a break and control but Stakanu is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stakanu throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Stakanu tries to improve position but can't.
Overdose trying to control the position but Stakanu is working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Hiranuka Stakanu will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Stakanu misses with a double jab
and Overdose counters with a left to the body.
Overdose scores with a decent looking hook.
Overdose looks to score with a jab to the body but Stakanu is just out of range.
Stakanu throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Overdose misses with a body shot.
Overdose scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Stakanu doesn't seem bothered though.
Overdose throws a body punch but Stakanu moves out of range.
Stakanu lands with a shot to the body.
Stakanu lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Overdose punishes Stakanu's body with a nice straight punch.
Overdose wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stakanu connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Overdose's hands.
Stakanu throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A looping hook to the body misses from Stakanu. Overdose does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Overdose showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Stakanu.
A combination from Stakanu does no damage.
Overdose smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Stakanu looks to land a right hand but Overdose moved out of range.
Overdose tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Overdose is looking to clinch but Stakanu is avoiding it.
Stakanu throws a hook but Overdose avoids it easily.
Overdose thuds his right hand into Stakanu's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Overdose fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Overdose tries to clinch up but Stakanu circles away and keeps his distance.
Stakanu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Overdose.
Stakanu fails to land the takedown.
Overdose staying out of range there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Overdose throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Overdose takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Stakanu throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Stakanu throws a right hand that misses
and Overdose counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Overdose lands with a nice body punch.
Stakanu catches Overdose with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stakanu takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Stakanu takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Overdose uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A good leg kick by Overdose.
Stakanu dips to his left and cracks Overdose with an uppercut!
Overdose throws a head kick that Stakanu semi-blocks.
Stakanu takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Overdose throws a head kick that half lands.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Overdose - that will leave a mark!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Overdose scoring well with a low kick there.
Overdose defending well as Stakanu loads up on a big left hand.
Stakanu throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Overdose counters with a body kick.
Stakanu takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Stakanu lands with a hook. Overdose tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Overdose misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stakanu.
Overdose lands a front kick.
Overdose throws a quick inside leg kick.
Overdose lands a slapping body shot.
Overdose scoring well with a low kick there.
Overdose tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stakanu swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Stakanu fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Overdose avoids it really well and circles away.
Stakanu waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Overdose.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stakanu misses with a hook
and Overdose counters with a nice leg kick.
Stakanu might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Stakanu lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Overdose circles away quickly and effectively.

Overdose shoots in and gets a takedown into Stakanu's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Stakanu has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Overdose is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Stakanu.
Stakanu tries to bench press Overdose off him but Overdose keeps the position.
Overdose working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Stakanu tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Overdose presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Stakanu is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Overdose lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Overdose landing strikes, looking to finish!
Stakanu can't escape the position.
Overdose with a couple of short strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alistair Overdose showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Overdose 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 George Francis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alistair Overdose!
Alistair Overdose was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.