PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alistair Overeem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jacob Zuma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jacob Zuma will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Overeem
vs
Zuma

192 cm
25
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
21
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Alistair Overeem!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jacob Zuma!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Jeff Smith and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Overeem misses with a straight left.
Zuma ducks under a wild hook from Overeem.

Zuma drives through and clinches with Overeem against the cage.

Overeem tightens his grip and picks Zuma up, before dumping him to the ground. Zuma manages to land in guard.
Zuma throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Overeem makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Overeem accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Overeem postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Overeem lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Overeem is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Zuma looking for a triangle here. Overeem is fighting it but it looks tight! Zuma pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Overeem is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Jacob Zuma!