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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alistair Overdose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Overdose comes into the arena with Powerthirst blaring out of the sound system. Alex James has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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276 lbs
41 - 26 - 0 |
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185 cm
28
212 lbs
15 - 14 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
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
41 - 26 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alistair Overdose!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alex James!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Cecil Peabody and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Overdose paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
It looks like Alex James has been cut.
Overdose looks to land a body kick but James moved away.
James avoids a kick to the body.
James dives in for a single leg takedown but Overdose sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
James is looking for a takedown.
James drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Overdose gets the underhooks and prevents it.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that James has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Alistair Overdose has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alex James.
James drops down looking for an ankle pick but Overdose pulls his leg out and moves away.
James looks to land a left hand but Overdose moved out of range nicely.
James misses with a takedown attempt
and Overdose counters with a thumping low kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
James fails with a takedown attempt.
Overdose connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
James looks winded!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Overdose misses with a body shot.
Overdose jabs at James's body.
James takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Overdose lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
James chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Overdose can pounce on him.
A nice leg kick lands there from Overdose.
James moves out of range of the body kick from Overdose.
James sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
James 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.
No luck for James with that takedown attempt.
Overdose scoring well with a low kick there.
Overdose seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Overdose moves into the clinch.
Overdose stops a takedown attempt from James.
Overdose lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
James is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
James is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
James takes a shot to the head.
Overdose lands a left hand that snaps the head of James backwards.
Overdose content to slow the pace in the clinch.
James is trying desperately to land a takedown but Overdose is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for James.
James has clasped his hands together around Overdose's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
James in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
James working away.
Overdose is in a bad spot here and he knows it... just holding on for now.
James postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
James in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Check out the look on James's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
You can see the frustration on Overdose's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
James is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Overdose has escaped the position, nice work there.
James looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
James working the body and head with strikes.
Overdose knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for James on the ground.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
James working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
James tries to score with some ground and pound. Overdose controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
James thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Overdose can't do much from the bottom here.
James tries to score with some ground and pound. Overdose controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
James goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Overdose has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for James but great work by Overdose.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
James takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
James is trying to buck Overdose off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alistair Overdose dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alex James's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Overdose misses with a body shot.
Alex James is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Overdose tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Horrible takedown by James or perhaps it was just good defense by Overdose which made him look bad.
James throws a series of punches but Overdose moves out of range.
James just misses with a punch to the body.
James shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Overdose pinned against the cage. Overdose gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Overdose wants to clinch up but James keeps it at a distance.
Overdose has James up against the cage in a clinch.
Overdose softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Overdose controlling the action here for a moment.
James has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Overdose is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Alistair Overdose has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alex James.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short left from Overdose.
Overdose lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Overdose prevents the takedown attempt.
Overdose makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Overdose lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
James is rocked!
Overdose lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops James to his knees! Overdose keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alistair Overdose!
Alistair Overdose was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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