PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Valentijn Overeem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bill Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anderson has chosen LiL WaYNe FT YuNG JoC - DRiP as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Bill Anderson struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 266.6lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Overeem
vs
Anderson

193 cm
27
239 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

190 cm
20
291 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Valentijn Overeem!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bill Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Wagner Zegers and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson fails to land with a series of punches.
Anderson throws a right and a left that both miss.

Anderson rushes Overeem and presses him up against the cage.
Overeem wants to take the fight to the mat but Anderson manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Anderson misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short left from Anderson.
Anderson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Overeem goes for a takedown in the clinch but Anderson prevents it.
Anderson pushes Overeem back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Anderson working aggressively here.
Overeem is looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Valentijn Overeem. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Anderson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A nice left hand lands by Anderson.
With the fighters up against the cage, Anderson throws an elbow but misses.
Anderson lands a body punch.
Overeem is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Anderson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson pushes off an throws an elbow but Overeem leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Anderson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Anderson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Overeem's elbow.
A nice right hand lands inside from Anderson.
Anderson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Anderson lands a shoulder strike.
A right hand to the body from Anderson.
Anderson pushes Overeem back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Anderson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Anderson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Anderson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Anderson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Overeem backwards.
Anderson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Anderson scores with a hook to the body.

Anderson drops Overeem onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Overeem is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Overeem is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Anderson drops Overeem onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Overeem is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Oh Overeem is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Anderson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Anderson lands a huge punch on the inside that knocks Overeem senseless! Wow, what a way to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Bill Anderson!
Bill Anderson thanked the fans post fight for their support.