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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tomas Railway (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jean Claude Overeem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Overeem is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Bangarang. Tomas Railway has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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180 lbs
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183 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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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
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tomas Railway!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jean Claude Overeem!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Radbod Blank and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A good leg kick by Railway.
Tomas Railway seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Overeem throws a sloppy head kick and Railway moves out of range easily.
Railway is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Overeem.
A solid leg kick lands there for Overeem.
Railway throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Railway moves out of range as Overeem throws a body kick.
Overeem takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Overeem throws a leg kick which misses Railway's front leg but catches the back leg as Railway tries to avoid it.
Overeem steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Railway.
Railway will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Railway scores with a punch to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Overeem swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Overeem gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Overeem lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Overeem lands with a light punch inside.
Overeem stalling against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Overeem.
Railway has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Overeem stalling the fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Railway wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Railway can't break the clinch.
Overeem keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Railway's efforts to push away.
Overeem is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Railway tries to circle away but Overeem has him pinned against the cage.
Railway swings wildly with an uppercut but Overeem uses good head movement to avoid it.
Railway wants to break the clinch but can't.
Overeem connects with a knee to the head.
Railway tries to break the clinch but Overeem is controlling the position.
Overeem lands with a left to the head.
Overeem holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Railway misses with a punch on the inside.
Overeem lands a knee to the head.
Railway has had enough of the clinch but Overeem keeps him there for the moment.
Overeem using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Railway has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Overeem lands a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Railway is trying to break the clinch but Overeem has him pressed against the cage.
Railway wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Railway misses with a punch on the inside.
Knees to the body from Overeem.
Overeem scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Tomas Railway has been cut.
Overeem lands a left hand that snaps the head of Railway backwards.
Railway looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Knees in the clinch landing for Overeem.
Railway is breathing heavily.
Overeem connects with a knee to the head.
Overeem lands a hook that snaps the head of Railway backwards.
Railway throws an elbow but it misses.
A frustrated look appears on Railway's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Railway wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Overeem has him pressed against the cage.
Railway has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Overeem scores a nice knee to the body.
Overeem landing knees to the head.
Overeem lands a right hand.
Overeem connects with a knee to the head.
Overeem works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Railway tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Overeem lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Overeem breaks from the clinch.
Overeem moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Overeem will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Overeem swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Railway lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Overeem circles away quickly and effectively.
Some wild striking there from Railway.
Railway walks into a left hand.
A nice inside leg kick there by Overeem. That's going to slow Railway down.
Overeem lands a leg kick that knocks Railway off balance momentarily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Overeem moves into the clinch successfully.
A knee to the head by Overeem.
A right hook to the body lands for Overeem.
Overeem presses Railway against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Overeem lands an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Railway is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Railway tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Overeem's elbow.
Overeem utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Overeem.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Overeem obliges.
Overeem taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Overeem landing knees to the head.
Overeem blocking some punches.
Railway tries to work over Overeem's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Overeem lands with a left to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Railway working hard to break the clinch.
Railway's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Railway takes a knee right on the jaw!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Overeem stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jean Claude Overeem dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tomas Railway's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Overeem blocks a head kick by Railway.
Overeem moves into the clinch.
Overeem digs a right hand into Railway's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Railway's gas tank.
Overeem lands a shot to the body.
Overeem slows down the pace here.
Overeem scores with a knee to the head.
Overeem has Railway pressed against the cage, preventing Railway from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Overeem lands a hook to the side of the head.
A frustrated look appears on Railway's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Overeem lands a nice knee to the body.
Overeem digs a right hand underneath Railway's ribcage. Railway let out a lung full of air as it connected.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Overeem lands a knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Overeem lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Railway backwards.
A body shot lands from Overeem.
A knee to the head by Overeem.
A hook to the body from Overeem.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Railway misses with a short punch on the inside.
Overeem unloads a knee to the mid-section. Railway lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Overeem landing knees to the body.
A hook to the body from Overeem.
A short right from Overeem.
Jean Claude Overeem seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Overeem lands a shot to the body.
Overeem landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Overeem connects with a nasty looking knee right to Railway's face.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Overeem lands a knee to the head.
Railway is rocked!
Overeem working Railway over with knees to the body.
Oh Railway is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Overeem connects with a knee to the head.
Overeem crunches a lovely knee into Railway's ribcage.
Railway takes a knee to the side of the body.
Railway seems to have got his legs back now.
Overeem connects with a nasty looking knee right to Railway's face.
Railway misses with a hook to the ribs.
Overeem lands a good knee to the midsection. Railway won't want to take too many of those.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Overeem obliges.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Overeem landing knees to the head.
Overeem lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Overeem lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Overeem has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Overeem lands an uppercut.
Overeem blocks an uppercut.
Railway's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Overeem scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Overeem connects with a knee to the head.
Overeem lands a nice uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Overeem.
Overeem throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Railways head.
Overeem is leaning against Railway and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Overeem connects with a nasty looking knee right to Railway's face.
Tomas Railway's cut is getting worse.
Overeem working the clinch nicely. Railway is working for position but Overeem cracks him with a big knee to the head! Railway crumples up against the cage and Overeem lands two more shots before the ref can save Railway! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee & Punches). Jean Claude Overeem!
Jean Claude Overeem opened up his post fight interview with a scream to camera that he wants a title shot! Whether he deserves the shot will be up to the management of the organization, so I guess he'll have to wait and see.
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energy
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hype
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