Post by The Sandmen on Dec 3, 2012 17:08:48 GMT -5
Alistair Overeem looks at the ground while he does his calming exercises. He knows he can not fail this night.
Lyoto Machida looks like he has been waiting for this fight forever.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
Alistair Overeem is going to have a hard fight according to the bets.
Lyoto Machida comes with a 3 fight winning streak.
The referee of the bout is Steve Mazzagatti.
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Round 1
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The fight gets underway.
Lyoto avoids a dangerous strike from Alistair
and counters with a solid straight!
Alistair Overeem seems fresh. He may still have a lot of gas in his tank.
Incredible high kick!
Lyoto is worried!
Crushing shot to Lyoto's body! He's holding his side
Alistair Overeem seems fresh. He may still have a lot of gas in his tank.
Alistair jumps over his opponent and tries to grapple
Alistair Overeem pushes his opponent against the fence in a plum position
The fighters are clinching.
Alistair is launching some bone breaking punches to Lyoto's ribs while in the clinch.
Wow. You can see the pain in Lyoto Machida's eyes.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Alistair gets himself into good position and looks to change levels for the takedown...
Alistair gets hold of a leg and trips Lyoto to the mat!
Alistair Overeem is in closed guard over Lyoto
Alistair Overeem looks to posture up and open Lyoto Machida's guard...
Alistair Overeem forces Lyoto Machida to open his guard.
Alistair Overeem is in open guard over Lyoto
Alistair leans back...
Lyoto eyes him warily.
Alistair Overeem is in open guard over Lyoto
Alistair moves on the ground...
..and gets to half guard.
Alistair Overeem is in half guard over Lyoto
Alistair tries to free his leg...
He moves to side mount!
Alistair Overeem is in side mount over Lyoto Machida
Alistair Overeem is holding Lyoto Machida's head and looking for angles...
Ouch! What a powerful knee by Alistair Overeem! That one hits Alistair Overeem left cheek like a hammer!
Alistair Overeem is in side mount over Lyoto Machida
Lyoto Machida attempts to trap Alistair Overeem in his guard.
Lyoto Machida manages to switch to full guard.
Alistair Overeem is in closed guard over Lyoto
Lyoto Machida is cooling the fight on the ground
Alistair Overeem is in closed guard over Lyoto
Lyoto Machida launches a few punches to Alistair's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Alistair tries to cover his face,
The clock says 2:10 in the 1 round
Alistair Overeem is in closed guard over Lyoto
Alistair is in closed guard... Lyoto tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Alistair Overeem!
Lyoto Machida is in full mount over Alistair Overeem
Lyoto tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Lyoto Machida controls the situation despite Alistair Overeem efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Lyoto Machida is in full mount over Alistair Overeem
Alistair Overeem launches a few punches to Lyoto's cheek from the guard.
Lyoto Machida uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Lyoto Machida is in full mount over Alistair Overeem
Alistair Overeem launches a few punches to Lyoto's cheek from the guard.
Lyoto Machida uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Lyoto Machida is in full mount over Alistair Overeem
Alistair measures the resilience of Lyoto's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Lyoto blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Lyoto Machida is in full mount over Alistair Overeem
Terrible one sided match... Lyoto was not ready to fight a fighter of Alistair Overeem caliber.
Lyoto tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Lyoto Machida controls the situation despite Alistair Overeem efforts for escaping from the full mount.
The clock says 3:15 in the 1 round
Lyoto Machida is in full mount over Alistair Overeem
Alistair Overeem launches a few punches to Lyoto's cheek from the guard.
Lyoto Machida uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Lyoto Machida is in full mount over Alistair Overeem
Lyoto tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Lyoto Machida controls the situation despite Alistair Overeem efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Lyoto Machida is in full mount over Alistair Overeem
Lyoto leans back...
He clobbers Alistair Overeem's face with a huge punch! Ouch!
The clock says 3:50 in the 1 round
Lyoto Machida is in full mount over Alistair Overeem
Lyoto throws a few hammer fists to the face of Alistair Overeem
Solid shots!
Lyoto Machida is in full mount over Alistair Overeem
Alistair tries to stand up!
he is now on his feet
Steve Mazzagatti halts the fight to stand up Alistair Overeem. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Alistair pushes Lyoto Machida and moves away from him. He seems to be recovering his breath.
Lyoto launches a solid middle kick
that whizzes past Alistair.
Middle kick from Alistair.
The kick just misses.
Lyoto launches a furious low kick!
Alistair receives a hard blow on his right leg!
The match-makers did a great job of pairing up these two evenly matched warriors.
Lyoto Machida leans forwards and tries to grapple with Alistair
Lyoto shows his clinching skills. Both fighters are clinching now.
The ref stops the action. The round is over.
Close round. It could go to either fighter.
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Round 2
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Alistair moves to shoot
but Lyoto Machida delivers a knee that wrecks him!
Incredible haymaker from Alistair Overeem!
It misses by a mile.
Lyoto is trying to counter now!
Lyoto throws a one-two combo then fakes a move to fire a big right hand on the chin!
Alistair's defense muffles the blows.
Lyoto moves aside and launches a furious low kick!
Hard blow to Alistair's thigh!
Solid kick to the leg from Alistair Overeem
that visibly pains Lyoto.
Lyoto seems hesitant as if he would give the initiative to his opponent.
Lyoto throws a one-two combo then fakes a move to fire a big right hand on the chin!
The strikes hit home!
Inside leg kick from Lyoto
that lands on Alistair Overeem's leg.
Alistair hyper-extended his leg
That punishment by Lyoto Machida has left Alistair staggered! Lyoto Machida should try push forward now and finish this!
Here comes Lyoto Machida with a vicious middle kick!
That lands hard on Alistair's ribs!
Crushing shot to Alistair's body! He's holding his side
Alistair Overeem seems hurt! He stumbles backwards and he's an easy target for Lyoto Machida!
Alistair Overeem looks rattled! Lyoto Machida sees his opportunity to finish the fight and launches an aggressive flurry of punches!
Alistair Overeem is taking a brutal beating and falls to the mat! The ref could stop this fight at any moment.
This is over! That impact from Lyoto Machida has left Alistair laying flat on the mat!
There is a small laceration on Alistair Overeem's Right eye
Winner is Lyoto Machida by KO (Punches) at 1:42 Round 2
Statistics: Alistair Overeem
Punches 0/1 (0%)
Kicks 2/3 (67%)
Clinch strikes 3/3 (100%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 1/13 (8%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 187 s
Statistics: Lyoto Machida
Punches 7/12 (58%)
Kicks 5/6 (83%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 7/8 (88%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 187 s
You can't really score the first round, but you can score the 2nd.
Overeem came out stromg and was doing beefy damage. Then Machida got some shots in and got back into the fight. But starting of the 2nd was all Machida. He came out and finished. He is currently drinking tea, and awaiting the main event. He refuses to go home, cause his team neglects him. Overeem asked if he could join Machida for tea, but Machida declined, as he was jealous of the fact that Overeem's team does not neglect him. Except when they do.
Lyoto Machida looks like he has been waiting for this fight forever.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
Alistair Overeem is going to have a hard fight according to the bets.
Lyoto Machida comes with a 3 fight winning streak.
The referee of the bout is Steve Mazzagatti.
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Round 1
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The fight gets underway.
Lyoto avoids a dangerous strike from Alistair
and counters with a solid straight!
Alistair Overeem seems fresh. He may still have a lot of gas in his tank.
Incredible high kick!
Lyoto is worried!
Crushing shot to Lyoto's body! He's holding his side
Alistair Overeem seems fresh. He may still have a lot of gas in his tank.
Alistair jumps over his opponent and tries to grapple
Alistair Overeem pushes his opponent against the fence in a plum position
The fighters are clinching.
Alistair is launching some bone breaking punches to Lyoto's ribs while in the clinch.
Wow. You can see the pain in Lyoto Machida's eyes.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Alistair gets himself into good position and looks to change levels for the takedown...
Alistair gets hold of a leg and trips Lyoto to the mat!
Alistair Overeem is in closed guard over Lyoto
Alistair Overeem looks to posture up and open Lyoto Machida's guard...
Alistair Overeem forces Lyoto Machida to open his guard.
Alistair Overeem is in open guard over Lyoto
Alistair leans back...
Lyoto eyes him warily.
Alistair Overeem is in open guard over Lyoto
Alistair moves on the ground...
..and gets to half guard.
Alistair Overeem is in half guard over Lyoto
Alistair tries to free his leg...
He moves to side mount!
Alistair Overeem is in side mount over Lyoto Machida
Alistair Overeem is holding Lyoto Machida's head and looking for angles...
Ouch! What a powerful knee by Alistair Overeem! That one hits Alistair Overeem left cheek like a hammer!
Alistair Overeem is in side mount over Lyoto Machida
Lyoto Machida attempts to trap Alistair Overeem in his guard.
Lyoto Machida manages to switch to full guard.
Alistair Overeem is in closed guard over Lyoto
Lyoto Machida is cooling the fight on the ground
Alistair Overeem is in closed guard over Lyoto
Lyoto Machida launches a few punches to Alistair's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Alistair tries to cover his face,
The clock says 2:10 in the 1 round
Alistair Overeem is in closed guard over Lyoto
Alistair is in closed guard... Lyoto tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Alistair Overeem!
Lyoto Machida is in full mount over Alistair Overeem
Lyoto tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Lyoto Machida controls the situation despite Alistair Overeem efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Lyoto Machida is in full mount over Alistair Overeem
Alistair Overeem launches a few punches to Lyoto's cheek from the guard.
Lyoto Machida uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Lyoto Machida is in full mount over Alistair Overeem
Alistair Overeem launches a few punches to Lyoto's cheek from the guard.
Lyoto Machida uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Lyoto Machida is in full mount over Alistair Overeem
Alistair measures the resilience of Lyoto's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Lyoto blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Lyoto Machida is in full mount over Alistair Overeem
Terrible one sided match... Lyoto was not ready to fight a fighter of Alistair Overeem caliber.
Lyoto tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Lyoto Machida controls the situation despite Alistair Overeem efforts for escaping from the full mount.
The clock says 3:15 in the 1 round
Lyoto Machida is in full mount over Alistair Overeem
Alistair Overeem launches a few punches to Lyoto's cheek from the guard.
Lyoto Machida uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Lyoto Machida is in full mount over Alistair Overeem
Lyoto tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Lyoto Machida controls the situation despite Alistair Overeem efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Lyoto Machida is in full mount over Alistair Overeem
Lyoto leans back...
He clobbers Alistair Overeem's face with a huge punch! Ouch!
The clock says 3:50 in the 1 round
Lyoto Machida is in full mount over Alistair Overeem
Lyoto throws a few hammer fists to the face of Alistair Overeem
Solid shots!
Lyoto Machida is in full mount over Alistair Overeem
Alistair tries to stand up!
he is now on his feet
Steve Mazzagatti halts the fight to stand up Alistair Overeem. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Alistair pushes Lyoto Machida and moves away from him. He seems to be recovering his breath.
Lyoto launches a solid middle kick
that whizzes past Alistair.
Middle kick from Alistair.
The kick just misses.
Lyoto launches a furious low kick!
Alistair receives a hard blow on his right leg!
The match-makers did a great job of pairing up these two evenly matched warriors.
Lyoto Machida leans forwards and tries to grapple with Alistair
Lyoto shows his clinching skills. Both fighters are clinching now.
The ref stops the action. The round is over.
Close round. It could go to either fighter.
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Round 2
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Alistair moves to shoot
but Lyoto Machida delivers a knee that wrecks him!
Incredible haymaker from Alistair Overeem!
It misses by a mile.
Lyoto is trying to counter now!
Lyoto throws a one-two combo then fakes a move to fire a big right hand on the chin!
Alistair's defense muffles the blows.
Lyoto moves aside and launches a furious low kick!
Hard blow to Alistair's thigh!
Solid kick to the leg from Alistair Overeem
that visibly pains Lyoto.
Lyoto seems hesitant as if he would give the initiative to his opponent.
Lyoto throws a one-two combo then fakes a move to fire a big right hand on the chin!
The strikes hit home!
Inside leg kick from Lyoto
that lands on Alistair Overeem's leg.
Alistair hyper-extended his leg
That punishment by Lyoto Machida has left Alistair staggered! Lyoto Machida should try push forward now and finish this!
Here comes Lyoto Machida with a vicious middle kick!
That lands hard on Alistair's ribs!
Crushing shot to Alistair's body! He's holding his side
Alistair Overeem seems hurt! He stumbles backwards and he's an easy target for Lyoto Machida!
Alistair Overeem looks rattled! Lyoto Machida sees his opportunity to finish the fight and launches an aggressive flurry of punches!
Alistair Overeem is taking a brutal beating and falls to the mat! The ref could stop this fight at any moment.
This is over! That impact from Lyoto Machida has left Alistair laying flat on the mat!
There is a small laceration on Alistair Overeem's Right eye
Winner is Lyoto Machida by KO (Punches) at 1:42 Round 2
Statistics: Alistair Overeem
Punches 0/1 (0%)
Kicks 2/3 (67%)
Clinch strikes 3/3 (100%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 1/13 (8%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 187 s
Statistics: Lyoto Machida
Punches 7/12 (58%)
Kicks 5/6 (83%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 7/8 (88%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 187 s
You can't really score the first round, but you can score the 2nd.
Overeem came out stromg and was doing beefy damage. Then Machida got some shots in and got back into the fight. But starting of the 2nd was all Machida. He came out and finished. He is currently drinking tea, and awaiting the main event. He refuses to go home, cause his team neglects him. Overeem asked if he could join Machida for tea, but Machida declined, as he was jealous of the fact that Overeem's team does not neglect him. Except when they do.
