PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alistair Ubereem (ranked 1392 p4p, 2541 weight class) and Chad Coleman (ranked 79 p4p, 294 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Chad Coleman enters the cage!

Ubereem
vs
Coleman

196 cm
31
270
16 - 8 - 0

205 cm
28
260
8 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Knock Out Sups

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 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alistair Ubereem!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chad Coleman!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Josh West and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Coleman takes a swing at Ubereem's ribcage but misses.
Ubereem misses with a wild body shot.
Chad Coleman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Coleman throws a head kick but Ubereem moves out of range.
Ubereem stuffs the takedown attempt from Coleman. Coleman gets slowly back to his feet.
Coleman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Coleman moves into the clinch.
Coleman looking for a takedown.
Ubereem stops a takedown attempt from Coleman.
Alistair Ubereem has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chad Coleman.
Ubereem displaying some good clinch control by pressing Coleman up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ubereem gets underhooks to prevent Coleman's takedown attempt.
Coleman is looking for a takedown.
Ubereem lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Coleman is trying to drag Ubereem to the mat but Ubereem just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Ubereem will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Coleman up against the cage.
Ubereem lands with a left to the head.
Ubereem cracks Coleman with a nice body shot.
Ubereem misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ubereem misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ubereem goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Coleman goes for a takedown in the clinch but Ubereem prevents it.
Ubereem controlling the action here for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ubereem stalling in the clinch.
Coleman wants to take the fight to the mat but Ubereem manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Ubereem misses with a punch on the inside.
Ubereem taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Ubereem misses with the head strike.
Ubereem tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Coleman's elbow.
Ubereem misses with a short punch on the inside.

Coleman wants the takedown. Ubereem is fighting it off but Coleman persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Ubereem's guard against the cage.
Coleman lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Coleman throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Ubereem works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coleman trying to control but Ubereem is working from the bottom.
Ubereem pulls Coleman in close to prevent any damage.
Coleman tries to free his leg and advance position but Ubereem is retaining full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Ubereem is on top in guard.

Ubereem showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Coleman is pulling down on Ubereem's head to control his posture.
Ubereem prevents Coleman from getting back to his feet.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ubereem is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Coleman wants to stand and escape but Ubereem is having none of it.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Alistair Ubereem dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Ubereem throws a body kick despite being completely out of range

and Coleman counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Coleman is looking to stall here but Ubereem recovers full guard.
Ubereem looking for a sweep. Not yet Ubereem, not yet.
Ubereem utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Coleman trying to control the position from guard on top but Ubereem is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ubereem tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ubereem wants to stand but Coleman is controlling the position.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Coleman throws an elbow that misses. Ubereem uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Coleman's guard. Nice move by Ubereem!

The fighters are working up against the cage. Coleman manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
Ubereem tries a body shot but Coleman blocks it.
A left hand lands to the body for Ubereem.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Coleman wants a takedown but no success here.
Ubereem fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coleman drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Ubereem gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Ubereem misses with a punch on the inside.
Coleman blocks an uppercut.
Ubereem slows down the pace here.
Coleman is working for takedown but Ubereem is calmly controlling the position for now.
Alistair Ubereem has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chad Coleman.

Coleman is trying to trip Ubereem. He has hold of a leg but Ubereem is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Coleman persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ubereem looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coleman throwing strikes but missing.
Coleman won't allow Ubereem to sweep him here.
Ubereem pulls Coleman in to control the position.
Ubereem keeping full guard, as Coleman tries to pass.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Nice sprawl there from Ubereem as Coleman shoots in.
It looked like Ubereem was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Coleman.
Ubereem ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Coleman misses the shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coleman fails with the takedown.
Ubereem tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Coleman was well out of range. Poor timing from Ubereem.
Ubereem misses with a kick to the body.
Coleman feints the counter takedown.
Ubereem misses with a kick to the body.
Coleman changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Ubereem throws a right and a left that Coleman avoids nicely.
Ubereem lands with a nice body punch.
Ubereem looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

Coleman decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Ubereem preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ubereem gets full guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Alistair Ubereem dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Coleman shoots and misses
and Coleman takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Coleman shoots in for a double leg but Ubereem sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Ubereem is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Coleman can do to turn this around?
Ubereem throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Coleman on the side of the head.
Ubereem throws a sloppy head kick and Coleman moves out of range easily.
A punch combination from Ubereem misses.
Coleman fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Alistair Ubereem has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chad Coleman.
Coleman takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Coleman throws a lazy head kick
and Ubereem counters with a lovely straight right hand!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Coleman fails with a takedown attempt.
Ubereem throws a body punch but Coleman moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Coleman doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Ubereem counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Coleman takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Ubereem lands a big head kick that sends Coleman tumbling to the mat! Ubereem takes a step backwards and waves Coleman back to his feet - he wants the finish!

It looks like Chad Coleman has been cut.
Ubereem lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Coleman falls backwards - clearly groggy! Ubereem dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alistair Ubereem!
A victorious Alistair Ubereem thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.