PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Alistar Overeem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Novak Strasur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Overeem
vs
Strasur

193 cm
26
265 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

191 cm
27
213 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

Excellent MT
Good chin

Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Alistar Overeem!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Novak Strasur!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, George Francis and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Overeem ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Strasur moves away.
Overeem misses with a low kick.
Strasur looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Overeem lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Overeem misses the body punch
and Overeem takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

It looks like Alistar Overeem has been cut.
Overeem scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Overeem swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Overeem takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Overeem chopping away at his opponent's legs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Strasur chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Overeem can pounce on him.
Overeem misses with a jab to the body
and Overeem takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Overeem throws a leg kick
and Strasur connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Overeem scores with a jab to the body.
Overeem throws a poor cross that misses
and Strasur counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Alistar Overeem's cut is getting worse.
Overeem looks to score with a jab to the body but Strasur is just out of range.
Overeem connects with a leg kick. Strasur looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Overeem throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Strasur gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Overeem.
Overeem misses the body punch
and Strasur counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Overeem just misses with a punch to the body.
Strasur looks like he wants to counter punch here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Overeem swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Strasur counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Overeem swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Overeem is looking to wear down Strasur with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A nice leg kick lands there from Overeem.
Overeem throws a body punch but Strasur moves out of range.
Strasur blocks a low kick nicely.
It seemed like Strasur was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Overeem paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Overeem connects with a body shot.
Strasur chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Overeem can pounce on him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alistar Overeem dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alistar Overeem's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Overeem throws a lazy uppercut
and Overeem takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Overeem tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Strasur was well out of range. Poor timing from Overeem.
Strasur looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Overeem is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Strasur.
Alistar Overeem seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Strasur tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Overeem throws a sloppy body shot
and Strasur counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Alistar Overeem's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Alistar Overeem is winning the standup battle so far.
Strasur bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Overeem getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Overeem throws a leg kick which misses Strasur's front leg but catches the back leg as Strasur tries to avoid it.
Overeem lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Overeem is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Strasur can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Strasur tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Overeem stuns Strasur with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Overeem moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Overeem just misses with a punch to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Overeem.
Overeem throws a leg kick that is checked
and Strasur counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Overeem throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It seemed like Strasur was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Strasur takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Overeem looks to score with a jab to the body but Strasur is just out of range.
Strasur looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Overeem lands with a shot to the body.
Overeem lands a nice hook to Strasur's body. Strasur takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A slapping leg kick lands for Overeem.
Overeem lands a leg kick that knocks Strasur off balance momentarily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Overeem swings away with a body shot that misses
and Strasur counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Jeez, Alistar Overeem's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Alistar Overeem's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Novak Strasur!
Novak Strasur decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.