PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kezz The Convict (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arjen Overeem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think The Convict might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Locked up. Overeem has chosen Switchblade Smiles as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!

The Convict
vs
Overeem

178 cm
33
179 lbs
18 - 4 - 0

183 cm
27
184 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kezz The Convict!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Arjen Overeem!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Dmitry Maklakov and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The crowd cheers as The Convict lands an impressive looking overhand right. Overeem doesn't seem phased though.

Overeem has closed the distance and engaged The Convict in a clinch.
Overeem cracks The Convict with a nice body shot.
The Convict drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
The Convict throws a head punch that misses.
The Convict misses with some punches.
The Convict has Overeem pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Overeem manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
A short left from Overeem.
Overeem with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The Convict tries to pull guard but Overeem won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kezz The Convict. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The Convict has a couple of punches blocked by Overeem.
The Convict lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Overeem gets through The Convict's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The Convict tries to break the clinch but Overeem is controlling the position.

Overeem breaks the clinch.
Good standup being displayed there by Overeem as he connects with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Overeem drives through and clinches with The Convict against the cage.
Overeem lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The Convict jumps guard but Overeem stands there with The Convict around his waist. The Convict gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Overeem breaks from the clinch.

Overeem closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Overeem lands a knee to the head.
Overeem throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but The Convict blocks it with crossed arms.

Overeem breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Overeem scores with a kick to the midsection.
Overeem thows a leg kick but The Convict checks it
and The Convict counters with a straight right hand.
Overeem fails with an attempt to clinch.
A quick step to the side and The Convict tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
The Convict's jab looks to have found its range, popping Overeem under the eye.
A head kick misses from Overeem.
The Convict tries to counter with a takedown but Overeem is quick to defend against it.
Overeem doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Overeem misses the jab.
The Convict tries to counter with a takedown but Overeem is quick to defend against it.
Overeem stuffs the takedown attempt from The Convict. The Convict gets slowly back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Overeem takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
The Convict looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Overeem throws out a loose jab but The Convict uses good head movement to avoid it.
Overeem connects with a solid leg kick.

Overeem closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The Convict tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Overeem smiles and moves away.

Overeem closes the distance and clinches.
Overeem lands a shoulder strike.
Overeem tries a knee to the head but The Convict blocks it.
A hook to the body from Overeem.
Overeem tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Overeem lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Overeem misses with some punches.
Overeem scores with a nice hook to the head.
Overeem gets through The Convict's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Overeem misses with a knee strike.
Overeem with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Overeem with a knee to the head.
The Convict lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Overeem with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A head punch on the inside from The Convict fails to land.
Overeem landing knees to the head.

It looks like Kezz The Convict has been cut.
Overeem is working The Convict over against the cage.
The Convict takes a knee to the side of the body.
The Convict is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Overeem lands a right hand that snaps the head of The Convict backwards.
Overeem digs a right hand into The Convict's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on The Convict's gas tank.
Overeem scores with a shoulder strike.
Overeem scores with a shoulder strike.
Overeem landing knees to the body.
Overeem working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Overeem lands with a short shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Overeem lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt The Convict or not.
A nice right hand lands inside from Overeem.
Overeem landing knees to the head.
Still in the clinch, Overeem scores with a nice short uppercut.
Overeem using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Overeem lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Overeem scores with a shoulder strike.
The Convict tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Overeem lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of The Convict backwards.
A short right from Overeem.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Overeem creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

The Convict is rocked!
Overeem lands a body punch in the clinch.

Overeem drops The Convict with a big knee straight up the middle! The Convict is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Oh The Convict is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The Convict takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Overeem cracks The Convict with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Overeem is stalking The Convict. The Convict circles to his left. Keeps circling left. Bam! Straight right from Overeem, and it's lights out! The Convict really payed the price for that rookie mistake.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Arjen Overeem!
Arjen Overeem decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.