PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Peter Overeem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alistair Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Peter Overeem has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Overeem
vs
Garcia

173 cm
25
165 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

181 cm
25
163 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Peter Overeem!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alistair Garcia!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Seu Braga and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garcia fails with the takedown.
Overeem stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Overeem wants it to stay on the feet.

Overeem dives in and scores a takedown into Garcia's guard.
Garcia preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Garcia is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Garcia looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Overeem passes into side control.

Overeem thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garcia can't do much from the bottom here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Overeem wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Overeem advances to mount.
Garcia is trying desperately to improve position.

Overeem has hold of Garcia's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Garcia manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Overeem sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Overeem with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Overeem controlling from mount.
Overeem working Garcia over with strikes here.
Garcia wants to control but Overeem is having none of it.
Overeem controlling his opponent.
Garcia holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Overeem tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia gets back to half guard.

Garcia looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Garcia actively working from the bottom here.
Overeem perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Overeem prevents Garcia from improving his position.
Garcia works his way to full guard. Good work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Overeem looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Garcia can't keep his opponent in guard - Overeem advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Garcia wants to get back to full guard.
Overeem slows the pace down in half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Overeem wants to control but Garcia is keeping him busy.
Overeem performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Peter Overeem dominated that round.
That's time! Overeem's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Overeem throws a hook but Garcia blocks it.
Garcia tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Overeem swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Garcia looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Overeem is fending him off so far but Garcia persists. Nope, Overeem circles away and we're back to standing.
Overeem displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Garcia.
Garcia will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Overeem stuffs the takedown.
Peter Overeem has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alistair Garcia.
Overeem throws a looping overhand right but Garcia ducks down to avoid it.
Garcia shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Overeem shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Overeem is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Garcia can do to turn this around?
Garcia wants to get back to full guard.
Overeem is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Garcia!

Overeem looking for a guillotine from mount but Garcia is having none of it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Garcia wants to hold on but Overeem pushes him away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Overeem controlling from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Overeem misses with a head shot.
Garcia keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

Overeem looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Overeem sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Overeem tries to control but Garcia wriggling away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Overeem is working for a guillotine from mount but Garcia frees his head quite easily.
Garcia really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Overeem looking to finish with strikes here!
Garcia is desperately trying to improve his position but Overeem has a good base and remains in mount.

Overeem working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Overeem trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Peter Overeem overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Overeem looking to control and managing it successfully.
Garcia working to try and regain half guard.
Overeem content just to control the position here.

Overeem has hold of Garcia's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Garcia manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Overeem trying to control but Garcia is having none of it.
Garcia working to try and regain half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Overeem takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Garcia is wriggling around here but as he tries to escape, Overeem has taken his back.
Overeem is not going to allow Garcia to sit and survive in this position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Overeem has managed to slip his arm under Garcia's chin. This could be all over... yep, Garcia is tapping out! Submission win for Overeem.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Peter Overeem!
A very excited looking Peter 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.