PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between George Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Milan Overeem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Overeem has chosen 'One' by Swedish House Mafia as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Anderson
vs
Overeem

199 cm
24
279 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

192 cm
25
260 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Prefers standup

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very confident

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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, George Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Milan Overeem!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Aafke Stam and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Overeem pushes Anderson up against the cage in a clinch.
Anderson misses with a body punch.
Overeem avoiding damage as Anderson throws knees to the body.

Overeem gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Anderson regains guard.

Overeem decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Anderson, up you get!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Overeem with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Overeem tries to land a knee to the head but Anderson blocks with his arms.
Anderson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Overeem.
Anderson drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Anderson wants the takedown. Overeem is fighting it off but Anderson persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Overeem's guard against the cage.
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!
Overeem is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Anderson won't allow Overeem to get back to his feet.
Overeem is adopting a defensive guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson won't allow Overeem to get back to his feet.

Overeem is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Anderson defends well.
Anderson has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Overeem had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Anderson defends it easily.
Overeem wants to stand up but Anderson is controlling him.
Overeem pulls Anderson in close to his closed guard and prevents Anderson from doing any damage or advancing position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Anderson moves into the clinch successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson has Overeem pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Overeem manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Anderson has Overeem pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Overeem manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for George Anderson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Anderson fails to pull guard.

Overeem jumps guard and drags Anderson to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Overeem trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!

Overeem has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Anderson has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.
Anderson tries for a takedown. No joy.
Overeem throws a knee to the head but misses.
Anderson lands a hook that snaps the head of Overeem backwards.
Overeem should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Anderson being controlled against the cage.
Overeem unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Anderson is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Overeem has hold of one of Anderson's legs. Anderson is fighting the takedown attempt but Overeem gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Anderson has a closed guard, preventing Overeem from standing up.
Anderson wants to sweep here but Overeem controlling him for the moment.
Overeem has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Anderson is proving hard to escape from.
Anderson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Anderson wants to sweep but no luck.
Overeem throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Anderson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Overeem sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Anderson's guard.

Overeem is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Overeem is trying to control. Anderson wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Milan Overeem dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Overeem.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Anderson tries to bench press Overeem off him but Overeem keeps the position.

Overeem is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Anderson has escaped the position, nice work there.
Anderson is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Overeem is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Overeem looking to finish with strikes here!
Overeem throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Overeem looking to ground and pound but Anderson is blocking nicely.
Overeem has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Anderson holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Overeem tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Overeem throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson tries to hold on but Overeem postures up.
Overeem sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Overeem controlling the position easily from mount.
Overeem thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Overeem throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Overeem looking to finish with strikes here!
Anderson tries to lock up and control but Overeem gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Milan Overeem has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Overeem with the ground and pound from mount.
Overeem throws a sloppy strike and Anderson uses the opportunity to reverse the position! A bit of a scramble here and Anderson has ended up in Overeem's guard.
Anderson's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Overeem trying to control the position here.
Anderson won't allow Overeem to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Overeem has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Anderson stops Overeem from standing up.
Overeem is controlling Anderson's posture.
Anderson throws an elbow that misses. Overeem uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Anderson's guard. Nice move by Overeem!

Overeem throws an elbow that misses. Anderson uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Overeem's guard. Nice move by Anderson!

Overeem is adopting a defensive guard.
Anderson is standing up over Overeem. Overeem looks to escape but Anderson dives into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Overeem wants to get back to his feet.
Overeem gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Overeem wants to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Milan Overeem showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Anderson wants to clinch up but Overeem keeps it at a distance.

Overeem moves into the clinch.
Overeem lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like George Anderson has been cut.
Overeem tries to land knees in the clinch but Anderson avoids the damage to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Overeem.
Anderson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Overeem avoids it.

Overeem manages to break the clinch.

Overeem moves into range and clinches up with Anderson.
Milan Overeem seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

Anderson manages to break the clinch.

Overeem looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Anderson tries to get to full guard but Overeem has control of the leg.
Overeem not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Anderson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Overeem tries to pass the half guard into mount. Anderson knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Anderson is trying to control but can't.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Overeem is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Anderson has managed to free his arm - good work.

Overeem is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Overeem not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Overeem is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Anderson still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Anderson has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Overeem wants to control but Anderson postures up.
Overeem manages to work his way to half guard, despite Anderson's best efforts.
Anderson trying to control the action but Overeem is working from the bottom.
Overeem wants to sweep but Anderson has passed to side control!
Overeem avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Anderson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Overeem is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Anderson is controlling him well.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
No joy there for Anderson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Anderson forces Overeem back against the cage and clinches.
Overeem missing with knees to the body.
Anderson effectively controlling the action here.

Overeem has clasped his hands together around Anderson's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Overeem working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Anderson can't do much from the bottom here.

Overeem thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The ground and pound from Overeem seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
Milan Overeem comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Overeem winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Milan Overeem!
Milan Overeem bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.