PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alistair Overeem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Iron Mike (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Overeem comes to the cage accompanied by a. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Overeem
vs
Mike

196 cm
18
254 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
22
230 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alistair Overeem!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Iron Mike!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Dmitry Maklakov and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mike misses with a series of wild punches.
Mike looks to land a combination. Overeem sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

It looks like Alistair Overeem has been cut.
A chopping leg kick lands by Overeem.
Mike looks to land a combination but Overeem avoids it well.
Nice takedown defense from Overeem. No joy for Mike on that attempt.
Mike throws a right hand that Overeem ducks under and follows up with a left that Overeem also avoids with ease.
Mike avoids the body shot from Overeem.
Mike misses with a shot to the body
and Overeem counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Mike misses with a double jab
and Overeem counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Overeem scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A jab from Mike misses.
No luck for Mike with that takedown attempt.
Mike looks gassed!
Overeem thuds a left hand into Mike's body.
Overeem scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Mike doesn't seem bothered though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Overeem dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mike walks into a straight right hand from Overeem.
Overeem misses with a double jab.
Mike has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Mike throws a combination that misses
and Overeem counters with an inside leg kick.
Overeem lands a jab to Mike's midsection.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Overeem connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Mike crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Overeem - the referee stops the clock and Mike gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Overeem. Mike manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Overeem is looking to wear down Mike with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A thudding body kick lands there by Overeem!
Overeem is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Overeem scores with a sloppy right hand. Mike should have avoided that one.
Overeem lands a jab-cross combination.
Mike avoids the head kick by Overeem.
Overeem tries to bum rush Mike with a series of wild strikes but Mike uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Mike throws a left and a right that both miss
and Overeem counters with a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Overeem jabs at Mike's body.
Overeem throws a good cross that connects.
Nice cross by Overeem.
Mike needs to keep his hands up - Overeem had a free shot at his head there.

Mike is rocked!
Overeem lands with a right and another and another! Mike is in big trouble! Overeem lands again and this time it's lights out for Mike! A quality knockout there for Overeem.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Alistair Overeem!