PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alistair Overeem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kratus Pretorian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Overeem
vs
Pretorian

195 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
23
185 lbs
7 - 11 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Alistair Overeem!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kratus Pretorian!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Sosuke Kotani and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Overeem gets caught napping as Pretorian dives in and scores a takedown. Overeem manages to retain guard.
Pretorian landing some decent shots from guard.
Pretorian stands up over Overeem, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Pretorian is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Overeem not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Pretorian cracks Overeem with a solid left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pretorian forces his way into half guard.
Overeem is trying to maintain the position but Pretorian is very close to passing his half guard.

Overeem looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Pretorian passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Overeem!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pretorian breaks from Overeem's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Pretorian has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Pretorian cracks Overeem with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Pretorian lands a big elbow.

Overeem is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pretorian loads up with a big shot that hurts Overeem! He's pulled Pretorian in close but Pretorian has postured up and lands more strikes. Can Overeem survive? More strikes from Pretorian and Overeem is out! The ref jumps in to save him! Brutal ground and pound!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Kratus Pretorian!