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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cees Overeem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lee Patterson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Patterson has chosen Tech N9ne - Like Yeah as his entrance music. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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265 lbs
11 - 9 - 0 |
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276 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
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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
11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Cees Overeem!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lee Patterson!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Patterson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Overeem finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Patterson throws a body punch but Overeem moves out of range.
Overeem looks to land a body kick but Patterson moved away.
Overeem displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Patterson.
Patterson looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Overeem!
Overeem is squirming around, avoiding Patterson's attempts to control the action.
Overeem wants to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Patterson looking to finish with strikes here!
Patterson wants to finish this one by submission but Overeem is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Patterson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Patterson sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Overeem tries to buck Patterson off but he can't manage it.
Patterson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Patterson jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Overeem is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Overeem and Patterson has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Patterson cracks Overeem with a big right hand but Overeem just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Patterson tries for a kimura but Overeem is defending well.
Overeem regains half guard, as Patterson was trying to land strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Overeem wants to get back to his feet.
Patterson missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Patterson stops Overeem from getting back to his feet.
Patterson frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Patterson throws some wild stikes that Overeem manages to avoid easily.
Patterson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Overeem really wants to buck Patterson off and get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Patterson is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Overeem can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Patterson looking to land elbow strikes but Overeem uses the position to regain half guard.
Patterson wants to pass the guard but Overeem is defending well.
Patterson stands up out of the half guard.
Overeem leaves Patterson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Patterson shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Patterson was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Overeem on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Overeem tries to get out of the position.
Patterson looks gassed!
Overeem is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Patterson punching from mount but Overeem doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Patterson with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Patterson throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Overeem wants to try and get back to his feet.
Overeem avoids a series of strikes thrown by Patterson.
Overeem is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Patterson in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Overeem is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Patterson landing punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lee Patterson dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Overeem drops his hands momentarily and Patterson takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Overeem moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Overeem chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The fight stays on the outside here - Patterson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Patterson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Overeem can pounce on him.
Patterson dodges the punch combination from Overeem.
Patterson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Overeem misses with a wild combination.
Overeem scores with a leg kick.
Overeem is looking to chop away at Patterson's legs.
A bone on bone clash there as Patterson blocks the leg kick.
Overeem has closed the distance and engaged Patterson in a clinch.
Patterson looking for a takedown.
Overeem using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Patterson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Patterson is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Patterson is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Overeem breaks from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Overeem lands with a kick to the temple. Patterson shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
It looks like Lee Patterson has been cut.
Overeem scores with a kick to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Overeem pushes Patterson up against the cage in a clinch.
Overeem escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Overeem keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Cees Overeem has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lee Patterson.
Good work by Patterson as he checks the leg kick.
Cees Overeem is winning the standup battle so far.
Patterson blocks the body kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Overeem throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Overeem 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.
Overeem throws a chopping leg kick but Patterson manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Patterson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Overeem throws the kick towards the body but Patterson avoids it.
Overeem throws a right hand that Patterson ducks under and follows up with a left that Patterson also avoids with ease.
Patterson fails with the takedown.
Cees Overeem is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Overeem tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Overeem throws a leg kick but Patterson sees it coming and moves out of range.
Overeem throws a head kick but Patterson moves out of range.
Patterson scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Overeem is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Patterson fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Overeem knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Patterson on the ground.
Overeem is not content to let Patterson control the position.
Patterson is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Overeem knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Patterson tries for a kimura but Overeem is defending well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patterson misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Patterson tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Patterson sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Overeem is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Overeem throws a low kick but Patterson moves out of range easily.
Patterson scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Patterson throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Overeem is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Patterson has just dragged him back down to the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Patterson is looking to take a break and control but Overeem is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Overeem avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Patterson.
Overeem defending against the ground and pound.
Overeem is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Patterson is controlling him well.
The ground and pound from Patterson seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sloppy strikes there by Patterson.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Overeem gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Patterson is pushing Overeem up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cees Overeem dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Lee Patterson's cut.
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!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Overeem.
Patterson tries to clinch but Overeem is having none of it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Overeem.
Overeem connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Patterson checks a leg kick.
Overeem lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Overeem turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Overeem lands a jab-cross combination.
Patterson checks the leg kick.
Patterson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Patterson checks the leg kick.
Patterson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Overeem to score with a decent uppercut.
Overeem is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A bone on bone clash there as Patterson blocks the leg kick.
Overeem lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Patterson avoids the body shot from Overeem.
Patterson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Overeem can pounce on him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Overeem lands a two punch combo.
Overeem closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Patterson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Overeem.
Left hook, right uppercut from Patterson.
Overeem is looking to chop away at Patterson's legs.
Patterson closes the distance and clinches up with Overeem, looking for a takedown. Patterson pushes Overeem against the cage but Overeem circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
A swing and a miss from Patterson.
Overeem buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Overeem lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Overeem swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Patterson counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Patterson.
Patterson trying to control the position from guard on top but Overeem is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Overeem wriggles free and stands up.
Patterson shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Overeem manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Overeem is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Patterson is controlling him.
Overeem avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Patterson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Overeem wriggles free and stands up.
Overeem slips under a jab.
Patterson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Overeem makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Overeem is looking to score with low kicks.
Patterson tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Overeem swivels and escapes.
Overeem throws a series of punches but Patterson moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Overeem throws a leg kick but Patterson sees it coming and moves out of range.
Overeem throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Overeem feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Patterson's calf.
Overeem listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Cees Overeem is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Patterson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Overeem counters with a thumping low kick.
Patterson avoids the body shot from Overeem.
Overeem walks into a stiff left hand from Patterson.
Overeem throws a leg kick
so Patterson counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Overeem wants to stand but Patterson is controlling the position.
Patterson slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Lee Patterson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Patterson misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Patterson tries to move into full mount but can't pass Overeem's legs.
Overeem pushes Patterson away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Patterson gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Patterson advances nicely into full mount.
Overeem defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Patterson.
Patterson looking to ground and pound but Overeem is blocking nicely.
Lee Patterson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Overeem wants to get back to his feet.
Patterson goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Overeem turns into him and now he's in Patterson's guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Cees Overeem showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Overeem has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight for Cees Overeem!
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight for Cees Overeem!
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight for Cees Overeem!
Cees Overeem wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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