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). Janos has chosen Predator Theme as his entrance music. Jim Janos has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Overeem
vs
Janos

196 cm
28
265 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

195 cm
33
255 lbs
23 - 14 - 1

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 4 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 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 23 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jim Janos!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Andrew Berry and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Janos has managed to clinch.
Janos prevents Overeem from breaking the clinch.
Janos with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Janos tries to stall but Overeem uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Knees in the clinch landing for Janos.
Overeem lands an uppercut.
Janos tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Overeem tries to break the clinch but Janos is controlling the position.
Janos utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
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!
Janos lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Titus Overeem has been cut.
Overeem managing to block the knees to the body from Janos.
Janos slowing the pace effectively.
Janos keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Overeem's efforts to push away.

Overeem manages to break the clinch.
Janos walks into a jab.
Janos misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Janos has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Janos there as he acknowledges the shot.
Overeem connects with a jab.
Janos avoids the head kick by Overeem.
Janos tries to clinch but Overeem is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
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.
Overeem avoids a kick to the body.
Nice body kick from Janos.
Overeem is breathing heavily.
Overeem misses the shot to the body.
Overeem moves out of range of the body kick from Janos.
Janos is looking to clinch but Overeem is avoiding it.
Overeem lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Janos circles away quickly and effectively.
Overeem connects with a jab.
Janos tries to clinch but Overeem is having none of it.

Janos clinches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Overeem avoids a wild elbow strike from Janos.
Overeem on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Overeem tries to circle away but Janos has him pinned against the cage.
Janos lands a knee to the body.
Janos unloads a knee to the mid-section. Overeem lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees in the clinch landing for Janos.
Janos using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Janos lands an elbow inside that Overeem shrugs off.
We've been informed that Janos has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Janos creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Overeem's defenses.
Janos lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Titus Overeem's cut is getting worse.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Janos utilising his Muay Thai to score with a 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 is stalling here.
Janos with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Janos.
Overeem is trying to push Janos away but Janos has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Overeem.
Knees to the body from Janos.
Janos crunches a lovely knee into Overeem's ribcage.
Overeem takes a knee to the side of the body.
Janos utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Janos creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Overeem's defenses.

Titus Overeem's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Overeem takes a knee right on the jaw!

Jeez, Titus Overeem's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Stalling in the clinch from Janos.
Overeem is trying to break the clinch but Janos has him pressed against the cage.
Janos will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Overeem up against the cage.
Overeem looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Overeem wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Overeem escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Overeem keeps the fight on the outside.
A nice inside leg kick there by Janos. That's going to slow Overeem down.
Overeem is looking to chop away at Janos's legs.
Janos is looking to clinch.
Janos tries to clinch up.
Janos moves in looking to clinch but Overeem pushes him off.
Overeem throws a series of strikes that have Janos backpedaling.
Janos tries to clinch up but Overeem circles away and keeps his distance.
Overeem thows a body shot but no joy.
A slapping leg kick lands for Janos.
Overeem misses with a low kick as Janos jumps back.

Janos darts in and clinches Overeem up against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Janos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Overeem avoids it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Janos.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Janos crunches a lovely knee into Overeem's ribcage.
Janos unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Overeem blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Overeem misses with a body punch.
Overeem missing with knees to the body.
Janos pushes off an throws an elbow but Overeem leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Janos working Overeem over with knees to the body.
Janos controlling the action here for a moment.
Janos is trying to stall.
Janos missing with knees to the body.
Janos using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Overeem looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Overeem wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Overeem managing to block the knees to the body from Janos.
Janos gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Janos tries a knee to the head but Overeem blocks it.
Overeem avoiding damage as Janos throws knees 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 the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Janos has closed the distance and engaged Overeem in a clinch.
Janos creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Janos prevents Overeem from breaking the clinch.
Overeem wants to get back to striking at distance but Janos won't allow it.
Overeem tries to circle away but Janos has him pinned against the cage.
Janos has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Overeem pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Janos is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Donk. Janos catches Overeem right on the button with a cross.
Janos takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Janos moves out of range of the strikes.
Janos ducks under a wild hook from Overeem.
Overeem lands a high kick!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Janos fails with an attempt to clinch.

Janos has Overeem up against the cage in a clinch.
Janos crunches a lovely knee into Overeem's ribcage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Janos lands a nice elbow.
Overeem takes an elbow to the temple.
Janos throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Overeem blocks it with crossed arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
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 1:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jim Janos!
A very excited looking Jim Janos 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.