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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shogun BDown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alistair Overeem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shogun BDown has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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220 lbs
16 - 4 - 0 |
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170 cm
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280 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Great elbows
Powerful |
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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
16 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Shogun BDown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alistair Overeem !
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Winston Howard and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Overeem moves in looking to clinch but BDown pushes him off.
BDown thumps Overeem with a low kick.
Overeem tries to clinch up but BDown circles away and keeps his distance.
BDown clinches up with Overeem and pushes him back against the cage.
Nice elbow from Overeem .
BDown swings wildly with an uppercut but Overeem uses good head movement to avoid it.
BDown on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by BDown.
Overeem creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through BDown's defenses.
It looks like Shogun BDown has been cut.
Overeem misses with a short punch on the inside.
BDown avoids a wild elbow strike from Overeem .
A head punch blocked on the inside by BDown.
BDown blocks an elbow strike.
BDown dodges an elbow strike from Overeem .
Overeem pushes off an throws an elbow but BDown leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Overeem as BDown tries to tie him up.
BDown dodges an elbow strike from Overeem .
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Overeem obliges.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
BDown dodges an elbow strike from Overeem .
That's one minute gone in the round.
Overeem 's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Overeem letting BDown take a breather here.
BDown blocks the elbow strike.
Overeem lands a left hand that snaps the head of BDown backwards.
BDown working aggressively here.
BDown is looking to control Overeem 's arms but Overeem gets an underhook and turns him. Now BDown has his back to the cage.
Overeem throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Overeem just misses with a elbow thrown towards BDown's brow.
Overeem throws a head punch that misses.
Overeem looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Overeem misses with an elbow strike.
Overeem gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Overeem swings wildly with an uppercut but BDown uses good head movement to avoid it.
BDown blocks an uppercut.
BDown lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Overeem obliges.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Overeem comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
BDown is breathing heavily.
Overeem missing with knees to the body.
Overeem creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Overeem comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Overeem throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Overeem lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
BDown blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Overeem creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through BDown's defenses.
BDown is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Overeem lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
BDown tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
BDown swings wildly with an uppercut but Overeem uses good head movement to avoid it.
Overeem misses with an elbow over the top.
Overeem throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Overeem lands a nice elbow.
BDown dodges an elbow strike from Overeem .
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Overeem throws an elbow but it's blocked.
BDown misses with a hook from the clinch.
Overeem misses with an elbow strike.
BDown misses with a punch to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Overeem throws an elbow but misses.
Overeem lands an elbow just above BDown 's eye.
BDown tries a body shot but Overeem blocks it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Overeem .
Overeem lands an elbow inside.
Shogun BDown's cut is getting worse.
BDown working Overeem over with knees to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
BDown avoids the elbow strike from Overeem , against the cage.
Overeem lands a right hand that snaps the head of BDown backwards.
Overeem throws an elbow but it's blocked.
This has been an exciting period of action!
BDown misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Overeem looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Overeem comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
With the fighters up against the cage, Overeem throws an elbow but misses.
Overeem working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Overeem lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
BDown is rocked!
With the fighters up against the cage, Overeem throws an elbow but misses.
Oh BDown is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
BDown looking to stall.
BDown avoiding damage as Overeem throws knees to the body.
BDown seems to have got his legs back now.
Overeem lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for BDown.
BDown working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Overeem blocks an uppercut.
Overeem lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
BDown avoids the elbow strike from Overeem , against the cage.
Overeem throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
BDown taking a breather.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for BDown.
BDown blocks an elbow strike from Overeem .
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alistair Overeem dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Shogun BDown's cut.
That's time! BDown's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
BDown throws a body kick that misses.
BDown circles away from the clinch attempt
and BDown counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Overeem is looking to clinch.
BDown fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
BDown tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Overeem paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Overeem tries to close the distance and clinch but BDown swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Overeem in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Overeem is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Overeem tries to clinch there but BDown circles away.
Overeem on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Overeem tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Overeem has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Overeem tries to close the distance and clinch but BDown swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
BDown keeps the fight on the outside.
BDown keeps the fight on the outside.
Overeem is looking to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
BDown fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Overeem looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
BDown lands a head shot.
Overeem takes the fight into the clinch.
BDown blocks the elbow strike.
A head punch on the inside from BDown fails to land.
Overeem creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A shot in the inside from Overeem .
Overeem gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Overeem lands a shoulder strike.
Overeem displaying some good clinch control by pressing BDown up against the cage.
BDown tries a body shot but Overeem blocks it.
Overeem blocks an elbow strike from BDown.
This has been an exciting period of action!
BDown dodges an elbow strike from Overeem .
Overeem throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
BDown blocks the elbow strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Overeem lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
BDown blocks the elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Overeem throws an elbow but misses.
BDown takes an elbow to the temple.
Shogun BDown's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Overeem tries to land knees in the clinch but BDown avoids the damage to the body.
Overeem lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
BDown misses with a hook from the clinch.
BDown tries to work over Overeem 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
BDown blocks an elbow strike.
BDown avoids the elbow strike from Overeem , against the cage.
Overeem creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
BDown blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Alistair Overeem seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Overeem blocks the elbow strike.
BDown tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
BDown tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Overeem tries to land knees in the clinch but BDown avoids the damage to the body.
BDown throws a punch but it's blocked by Overeem .
BDown connects with a knee to the head.
It looks like Alistair Overeem has been cut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Overeem misses with the head strike.
BDown is trying to maintain a safe position but Overeem gets an underhook and turns BDown into the cage.
Overeem pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Overeem tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and BDown avoids it.
Still in the clinch, Overeem scores with a nice short uppercut.
BDown tries a body shot but Overeem blocks it.
Overeem gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
BDown throws a head punch that misses.
Overeem lands with a right to the head.
Overeem swings wildly with an uppercut but BDown uses good head movement to avoid it.
Overeem pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
BDown can't find room to land a body shot as Overeem controls the action.
Overeem misses with the head strike.
Overeem lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Overeem throws an elbow but it misses.
Overeem landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Overeem lands an elbow inside that BDown shrugs off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Overeem lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jeez, Shogun BDown's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Overeem scores with a nice hook to the head.
Overeem creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends BDown's eyes rolling into the back of his head! BDown drops to his knees and Overeem pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alistair Overeem !
Our winner, Alistair Overeem , made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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