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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alistair Overeem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shawn Michaels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Overeem comes to the cage accompanied by Roy Jones - Can't be touched. The crowd seem to be enjoying Michaels's choice of entrance music: Sexy boy by PRINCE. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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263 lbs
3 - 5 - 0 |
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255 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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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
3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Alistair Overeem!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Shawn Michaels!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Roger Salmon and Josh West.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Overeem lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Overeem.
It looks like Shawn Michaels has been cut.
Overeem tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Overeem wants to clinch up but Michaels keeps it at a distance.
Michaels throws a head kick that misses.
Overeem tries to close the distance and clinch up but Michaels swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Michaels scores with a nice body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sloppy strikes from Overeem. Those never looked like landing.
Overeem instigates a clinch.
Michaels breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Michaels throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Overeem lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Michaels circles away quickly and effectively.
Overeem throws a sloppy head kick and Michaels moves out of range easily.
Overeem tries to close the distance and clinch up but Michaels swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Michaels lands a right hook to the body.
Overeem throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Michaels lands a head kick!
Overeem lands a jab to the nose.
A nice leg kick lands there from Michaels.
Michaels wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Michaels scores with a jab.
Overeem walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Michaels tries a head kick but it misses.
Michaels connects with a right hand. Overeem shakes it off.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Overeem missing with a left hand there. Michaels was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Overeem takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Overeem misses with the body kick
and Michaels counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Overeem throws a right and a left that both miss.
Michaels connects with a leg kick. Overeem looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Some wild striking there from Michaels.
Michaels scores with a decent looking hook.
Michaels cracks Overeem with a right hand to the side of the head.
Michaels lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Michaels feints and then cracks Overeem's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Overeem down.
Overeem tries to clinch up.
Overeem tries to close the distance and clinch up but Michaels swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Overeem blocks a head kick by Michaels.
Overeem throws a right and a left that Michaels avoids nicely.
Overeem fails with an attempt to clinch.
Overeem throws a left and a right that both miss
and Michaels counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Alistair Overeem seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jab by Michaels.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Michaels with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Michaels dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Overeem avoids the head kick by Michaels.
Michaels throws a head kick that misses.
Overeem takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Overeem throws a leg kick but Michaels sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Overeem tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Michaels paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A head kick misses from Michaels.
Michaels plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Michaels sizes up Overeem with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Overeem misses with a few strikes there.
Michaels fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Overeem swinging wildly here.
Overeem throws a shot from downtown. Michaels moves away and avoids it.
Michaels lands a leg kick that knocks Overeem off balance momentarily.
Michaels scores with a kick to the body.
Michaels lands with a nice combination. Overeem backs away looking to recover.
Overeem is looking to clinch but Michaels is avoiding it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Overeem pivots, looking for a leg kick but Michaels is out of range and Overeem settles back down.
Michaels keeps the fight on the outside.
Michaels cracks the inside of Overeem's front leg.
Michaels keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Michaels tests Overeem's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Michaels dodges the punch combination from Overeem.
Overeem blocks a head kick by Michaels.
Michaels throws a head kick that Overeem semi-blocks.
Overeem is looking to land body kicks.
Michaels scores with a head kick.
Overeem has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Michaels.
Michaels fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Overeem swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Overeem shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Overeem throws a series of punches but Michaels avoids them all with ease.
Overeem is breathing heavily.
Michaels fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Overeem moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Michaels moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
A head kick misses from Michaels.
A head kick by Overeem misses
and Michaels counters with a thumping low kick.
Overeem misses with a wild combination.
Overeem throws a lazy head kick
and Michaels counters with a stiff right hand.
Michaels thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Overeem if he has to take too many more of those.
Overeem takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Michaels with a hook.
Michaels scores with a punch to the head.
A head kick misses from Overeem.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Michaels, right into the meat.
Michaels throws a nice head kick!
Michaels lands with a cross.
Overeem sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Michaels lands a nice shot that snaps Overeem's head back.
Michaels is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Overeem had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Good leg kick by Michaels there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Overeem walks into a stiff left hand from Michaels.
Overeem looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Michaels scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shawn Michaels dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Shawn Michaels'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.
Michaels scores with a punch to the head.
Michaels scores with a head kick.
Overeem doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A head kick from Michaels lands but Overeem takes it in his stride.
Overeem is rocked!
Whack! Michaels lands a heavy head kick that drops Overeem. The ref tackles Michaels to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Overeem was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Shawn Michaels!
A relieved looking Shawn Michaels thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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