Post by The Sandmen on Feb 17, 2012 16:02:58 GMT -5
Alistair Overeem is the favourite fighter of the crowd at Pengrowth Saddledome (Calgary, Alberta).
Alistair Overeem is beating himself up in the corner before the fight begins, smacking himself in the face, body and legs to get ready for his scrap.
Tim Sylvia raises his fists in his corner. He seems confident.
The referee of the bout is Mario Yamasaki.
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Round 1
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The fight gets underway.
Alistair looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Tim Sylvia's punches
Alistair measures the resilience of Sylvia's chin with an uppercut while Sylvia lands some great crosses.
As the fight continues it seems that Alistair Overeem is taking the best of the fight.
Tim Sylvia paws at Alistair.
Alistair answers with solid punches!
Alistair Overeem moves forward looking for a hole in his opponent's defense.
Alistair Overeem launches a couples of jabs and then a big hook!
Sylvia blocks and tries to circle around his opponent looking for angles.
Sylvia avoids a dangerous strike from Alistair
and counters with a solid straight!
Alistair has a small cut in his Right cheek
Alistair Overeem moves forward looking for some grappling action
Alistair has his opponent in a text book double collar thai clinch!
The clock says 1:05 in the 1 round
The fighters are clinching.
Alistair tries to take Tim Sylvia down... Sylvia stumbles backwards and Alistair Overeem launches a few punches...
One swing hits hard Sylvia's jaw!
The clock says 1:15 in the 1 round
The fighters are clinching.
Sylvia tries to take Alistair Overeem down... Alistair stumbles backwards and Tim Sylvia launches a few punches...
One swing hits hard Alistair's jaw!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Sylvia is launching some bone breaking punches to Alistair's ribs while in the clinch.
Wow. You can see the pain in Alistair Overeem's eyes.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Alistair struggles and launches a few punches to Sylvia's head
Those punches are hitting! Sylvia covers his head!
Sylvia has a small cut in his Left cheek
The fighters are clinching.
Alistair tries to take Tim Sylvia down... Sylvia stumbles backwards and Alistair Overeem launches a few punches...
One swing hits hard Sylvia's jaw!
There is a small laceration on Tim Sylvia's Chin
The clock says 1:55 in the 1 round
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Tim Sylvia pushes away Alistair trying to keep the fight at striking range
Alistair stumbles backwards and Tim Sylvia circles to get the center of the cage
Alistair Overeem charges at Sylvia throwing flurries left and right.
Not many punches are hitting, but the ones that land are huge shots! Sylvia is rocked!
Sylvia moves forward looking for some action
He surprises Alistair with a double overhooks!
A left hook from Sylvia
falls short.
Alistair tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Sylvia attempts a shoot
Alistair Overeem hops back and delivers a powerful kick to his head!
Alistair Overeem takes a few seconds to recover his breath...
The clock says 2:50 in the 1 round
Sylvia wants to take the fight to his advantage and tries to clinch.
Sylvia moves forward and holds Alistair
The fighters are clinching.
Brutal punches to Sylvia's face while in the clinch!
Sylvia can't take many more shots like those!
Sylvia doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Alistair Overeem embrace and tries to move away...
Nice move from Sylvia who put distance between them
Alistair launches a solid middle kick
that wrenches Sylvia!
The clock says 3:20 in the 1 round
Bone shattering straight right hand from Tim Sylvia!
Alistair is going to have a big headache after that blow!
Alistair's Left cheek is beginning to swell
Alistair Overeem tries a high kick!
Sylvia was covering for a middle kick but that one almost knocked off his head!
Sylvia's Left cheek is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Tim Sylvia seems hurt! He stumbles backwards and he's an easy target for Alistair Overeem!
Alistair Overeem goes with a looping right hand while Tim Sylvia jumps back and jabs
Sylvia seems staggered and Alistair Overeem runs to capitalize with a bunch of jabs and crosses.
Sylvia has a small cut in his Left cheek
Tim Sylvia seems hurt! He stumbles backwards and he's an easy target for Alistair Overeem!
Not a desiderable position that Sylvia is in now. Alistair Overeem is well knowed for his strong and relentless GnP.
Tim Sylvia looks rattled! Alistair Overeem sees his opportunity to finish the fight and launches an aggressive flurry of punches!
Tim Sylvia 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 Alistair Overeem has left Sylvia laying flat on the mat!
Sylvia's Right eye is beginning to swell
Winner is Alistair Overeem by KO (Punches) at 4:06 Round 1
Statistics: Alistair Overeem
Punches 14/23 (61%)
Kicks 3/3 (100%)
Clinch strikes 8/14 (57%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 0 s
Statistics: Tim Sylvia
Punches 4/7 (57%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 4/6 (67%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Damage caused 211,15
Clinch Damage 118,9
Ground Damage 0
Time on the ground 0 s
Dominating performance by Alistair who took his best game against Tim Sylvia.
This is the fight I would show people if I wanted to create new fans!
Alistair Overeem is beating himself up in the corner before the fight begins, smacking himself in the face, body and legs to get ready for his scrap.
Tim Sylvia raises his fists in his corner. He seems confident.
The referee of the bout is Mario Yamasaki.
=========================================
Round 1
=========================================
The fight gets underway.
Alistair looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Tim Sylvia's punches
Alistair measures the resilience of Sylvia's chin with an uppercut while Sylvia lands some great crosses.
As the fight continues it seems that Alistair Overeem is taking the best of the fight.
Tim Sylvia paws at Alistair.
Alistair answers with solid punches!
Alistair Overeem moves forward looking for a hole in his opponent's defense.
Alistair Overeem launches a couples of jabs and then a big hook!
Sylvia blocks and tries to circle around his opponent looking for angles.
Sylvia avoids a dangerous strike from Alistair
and counters with a solid straight!
Alistair has a small cut in his Right cheek
Alistair Overeem moves forward looking for some grappling action
Alistair has his opponent in a text book double collar thai clinch!
The clock says 1:05 in the 1 round
The fighters are clinching.
Alistair tries to take Tim Sylvia down... Sylvia stumbles backwards and Alistair Overeem launches a few punches...
One swing hits hard Sylvia's jaw!
The clock says 1:15 in the 1 round
The fighters are clinching.
Sylvia tries to take Alistair Overeem down... Alistair stumbles backwards and Tim Sylvia launches a few punches...
One swing hits hard Alistair's jaw!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Sylvia is launching some bone breaking punches to Alistair's ribs while in the clinch.
Wow. You can see the pain in Alistair Overeem's eyes.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Alistair struggles and launches a few punches to Sylvia's head
Those punches are hitting! Sylvia covers his head!
Sylvia has a small cut in his Left cheek
The fighters are clinching.
Alistair tries to take Tim Sylvia down... Sylvia stumbles backwards and Alistair Overeem launches a few punches...
One swing hits hard Sylvia's jaw!
There is a small laceration on Tim Sylvia's Chin
The clock says 1:55 in the 1 round
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Tim Sylvia pushes away Alistair trying to keep the fight at striking range
Alistair stumbles backwards and Tim Sylvia circles to get the center of the cage
Alistair Overeem charges at Sylvia throwing flurries left and right.
Not many punches are hitting, but the ones that land are huge shots! Sylvia is rocked!
Sylvia moves forward looking for some action
He surprises Alistair with a double overhooks!
A left hook from Sylvia
falls short.
Alistair tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Sylvia attempts a shoot
Alistair Overeem hops back and delivers a powerful kick to his head!
Alistair Overeem takes a few seconds to recover his breath...
The clock says 2:50 in the 1 round
Sylvia wants to take the fight to his advantage and tries to clinch.
Sylvia moves forward and holds Alistair
The fighters are clinching.
Brutal punches to Sylvia's face while in the clinch!
Sylvia can't take many more shots like those!
Sylvia doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Alistair Overeem embrace and tries to move away...
Nice move from Sylvia who put distance between them
Alistair launches a solid middle kick
that wrenches Sylvia!
The clock says 3:20 in the 1 round
Bone shattering straight right hand from Tim Sylvia!
Alistair is going to have a big headache after that blow!
Alistair's Left cheek is beginning to swell
Alistair Overeem tries a high kick!
Sylvia was covering for a middle kick but that one almost knocked off his head!
Sylvia's Left cheek is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Tim Sylvia seems hurt! He stumbles backwards and he's an easy target for Alistair Overeem!
Alistair Overeem goes with a looping right hand while Tim Sylvia jumps back and jabs
Sylvia seems staggered and Alistair Overeem runs to capitalize with a bunch of jabs and crosses.
Sylvia has a small cut in his Left cheek
Tim Sylvia seems hurt! He stumbles backwards and he's an easy target for Alistair Overeem!
Not a desiderable position that Sylvia is in now. Alistair Overeem is well knowed for his strong and relentless GnP.
Tim Sylvia looks rattled! Alistair Overeem sees his opportunity to finish the fight and launches an aggressive flurry of punches!
Tim Sylvia 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 Alistair Overeem has left Sylvia laying flat on the mat!
Sylvia's Right eye is beginning to swell
Winner is Alistair Overeem by KO (Punches) at 4:06 Round 1
Statistics: Alistair Overeem
Punches 14/23 (61%)
Kicks 3/3 (100%)
Clinch strikes 8/14 (57%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 0 s
Statistics: Tim Sylvia
Punches 4/7 (57%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 4/6 (67%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Damage caused 211,15
Clinch Damage 118,9
Ground Damage 0
Time on the ground 0 s
Dominating performance by Alistair who took his best game against Tim Sylvia.
This is the fight I would show people if I wanted to create new fans!
Have 9 points in celebration of this monumental achievement!