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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Scott Thorpe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alistair Overeem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thorpe comes to the cage accompanied by Tom Sawyer by Rush. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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270 lbs
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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
18 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Scott Thorpe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 17 - 2, fighting out of London, Alistair Overeem!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Gwen Towbar and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thorpe doesn't manage to clinch there - Overeem circles away.
The fighters circle momentarily. Overeem darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Overeem thuds his shin into the meat of Thorpe's side.
Thorpe tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Overeem defends well and Thorpe ends up having to push Overeem into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
A knee to the head by Overeem.
It looks like Scott Thorpe has been cut.
We've been hearing reports that Thorpe has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Thorpe is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Overeem gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Overeem with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Overeem lands a nice knee to the body.
Thorpe is breathing heavily.
Overeem throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Thorpe blocks it with crossed arms.
Thorpe takes a knee right on the jaw!
Thorpe wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Overeem tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Overeem scores with a knee to the head.
Overeem presses Thorpe against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Overeem lands a big knee to the head and Thorpe goes down! Overeem pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alistair Overeem!
A very excited looking Alistair Overeem made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
Scott Thorpe was interviewed post fight and said 'I need more PEDs for the next fight. Who's got the od juice?'.
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