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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Titus Overeem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jim Janos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Janos's choice of entrance music: Predator Theme. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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196 cm
25
265 lbs
11 - 2 - 0 |
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195 cm
30
255 lbs
18 - 10 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Titus Overeem! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
18 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jim Janos! The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Gwen Towbar and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Overeem misses with a hook. Janos fails in his attempt to clinch. A jab from Overeem misses. Jim Janos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Janos clinches. Overeem takes an elbow to the temple.
It looks like Titus Overeem has been cut. Overeem is looking to break free of the clinch but Janos has double underhooks. Overeem breaks from the clinch.
Janos tries to clinch but Overeem moves out of range. Overeem looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight. Overeem throws a leg kick which misses Janos's front leg but catches the back leg as Janos tries to avoid it. Janos tries to clinch but Overeem moves out of range. A looping hook to the body misses from Overeem. Janos does a little dance to reset his feet. Janos is looking to clinch but Overeem is avoiding it.
Overeem throws a hook but Janos blocks it. Overeem is looking to chop away at Janos's legs. Overeem swats away the attempt to clinch by Janos. Overeem pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Janos uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Overeem. Janos wants to clinch up but Overeem keeps it at a distance. Overeem avoids the head kick by Janos.
Janos moves out of range as Overeem throws a body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Overeem pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round. Overeem throws an overhand right that lands on Janos's shoulder, as Janos tries to avoid the shot. Janos doesn't manage to clinch there - Overeem circles away.
Janos throws a head kick that misses. Janos is looking to slow Overeem down with leg kicks. Janos tries to clinch there but Overeem circles away.
Janos misses with an attempted mid kick.
Janos moves in looking to clinch but Overeem pushes him off. Overeem throws a leg kick that misses. Overeem moves into range and connects with a jab. Janos has taken the fight to the clinch.
Overeem on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Janos pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. Overeem landing some nice looking knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action! Janos avoids a wild elbow strike from Overeem. Janos looking to throw knees to the head but Overeem is blocking nicely.
Overeem wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Overeem wants to get back to striking at distance but Janos won't allow it.
Overeem breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Overeem lands with a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Overeem misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Janos moves away from the strike by Overeem. Janos misses with a head kick.
Overeem missing with a left hand there. Janos was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Overeem avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Janos moves out of range of the body kick. Overeem pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Janos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Overeem swats him away and circles back towards the center. Janos is looking to clinch but Overeem is avoiding it.
Janos tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. A jab from Overeem misses. Janos clinches. Overeem is looking to break free of the clinch but Janos has double underhooks. Janos lands an elbow inside that Overeem shrugs off. Janos wants to stall.
Janos is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Overeem has denied him. Janos lands an elbow inside. Janos stalling in the clinch but Overeem improves position.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Overeem is trying to break the clinch but Janos is controlling him. Janos tries to land knees in the clinch but Overeem avoids the damage to the body. Overeem doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Janos lands a nice elbow from the clinch. Janos wants to stall.
Overeem is trying to push Janos away but Janos has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere. Overeem managing to block the knees to the body from Janos.
A frustrated look appears on Overeem's face as he tries to break the clinch. Overeem is looking to break free of the clinch but Janos has double underhooks. Janos is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body. Janos lands a nice knee to the body. Overeem wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee. Overeem blocks an elbow strike. Overeem wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Overeem working hard to break the clinch. Overeem misses with a hook from the clinch. Overeem managing to block the knees to the body from Janos.
Overeem tries to break free but Janos pushes him back against the cage. Both fighters working to control the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Janos is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Overeem is defending well for now. Janos lands a good knee to the midsection. Overeem won't want to take too many of those. Overeem avoids a wild elbow strike from Janos. Janos unloads a knee to the mid-section. Overeem lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh. Overeem is breathing heavily. A nice glancing elbow lands by Janos.
Titus Overeem's cut is getting worse. Overeem takes a knee to the side of the body. Janos stalling.
The crowd are getting on Janos's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch. Overeem is trying to push Janos away but Janos has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere. Overeem has had enough of the clinch but Janos keeps him there for the moment. Janos utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body. Good anti-grappling being displayed by Overeem as Janos tries to tie him up. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Janos landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Janos tries to land knees in the clinch but Overeem avoids the damage to the body. Janos lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Janos lands a nice knee to the body. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jim Janos dominated that round. The cut man is working on Titus Overeem's cut. That's time! Back to the action!
Overeem tries to keep at a distance but Janos has taken the fight into the clinch. Janos keeps control of Overeem as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. Overeem breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Overeem misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Janos.
Janos tries to clinch but Overeem is having none of it. Janos tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Overeem manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat. Janos fails in his attempt to clinch. Overeem throws a lazy right hand but Janos sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. Janos plants his feet and lands a nice head kick! Janos takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Overeem blocks a head kick by Janos.
Janos misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Overeem swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Janos is looking to clinch but Overeem is avoiding it.
Overeem keeps the fight on the outside. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Overeem checks a leg kick nicely. Janos tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Overeem checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
That's one minute gone in the round. Janos turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick. Janos tries to close the distance and clinch but Overeem swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Janos scores with a body shot.
Overeem throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Overeem lands a body shot.
Janos wants to clinch. Overeem finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Overeem keeps the fight on the outside. Overeem takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Janos is looking to clinch. Janos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Overeem looks to score with a jab to the body but Janos is just out of range. The fight stays on the outside here - Janos looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Overeem is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Janos.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Janos connects with a leg kick. Overeem looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it. Janos has taken the fight to the clinch.
Janos pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. Janos unloads a knee to the mid-section. Overeem lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. The pace really dropping off here, momentarily. Janos lands a knee to the head.
Titus Overeem's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it. Janos lands a nice knee to the body. Janos is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Overeem is defending well for now. Janos gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. Janos scores with a knee to the head.
Jeez, Titus Overeem's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked. Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Janos obliges. Janos is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body. Janos creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Overeem's defenses.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Titus Overeem's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jim Janos! During a confident post fight interview, Jim Janos thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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