Post by The Sandmen on May 10, 2013 10:15:11 GMT -5
Anderson Silva 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.
Alistair Overeem glares at his opponent from the opposite corner.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
Alistair is not prefered by the MMA media to win tonight. He will have to do his best to score a win.
Anderson Silva comes with a 2 fight winning streak.
The referee of the bout is Dan Miragliotta.
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Round 1
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The bell announces the first round!
The clock says 0:10 in the 1 round
Alistair looks to be in very good shape.
Alistair Overeem fakes a move and launches a nice uppercut
Anderson blocks that. He made it look easy!
Alistair misses a step and Anderson Silva sees an opportunity to counter him!
Anderson Silva moves forward and launches a high kick!
Vicious high kick!
Alistair's Left cheek is beginning to swell
Alistair Overeem throws a looping right hand...
Anderson moves aside and dodges.
Anderson Silva tries a high kick!
Alistair was covering for a middle kick but that one almost knocked off his head!
Anderson Silva is slowing the pace of the fight a bit and circles around his opponent.
Anderson Silva goes with a looping right hand while Alistair Overeem jumps back and jabs
Alistair seems staggered and Anderson Silva runs to capitalize with a bunch of jabs and crosses.
Incredible high kick!
Alistair is worried!
Crushing shot to Alistair's body! He's holding his side
Anderson is holding Alistair Overeem's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Alistair Overeem loses balance and goes to the ground.
Anderson Silva is in side mount over Alistair Overeem
Alistair Overeem launches a few punches to Anderson's cheek from the guard.
Anderson Silva uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Alistair misses a step and Anderson Silva sees an opportunity to counter him!
Anderson Silva looks to mount Alistair Overeem...
Anderson Silva slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Anderson Silva is in full mount over Alistair Overeem
Anderson Silva wants to finish his opponent on the ground
Anderson drills Alistair Overeem's face with a huge right hand! What an impact!
Anderson Silva is in full mount over Alistair Overeem
Anderson Silva tries to finish the fight with an armbar from the top
Alistair is smart enough to avoid the submission attempt
Anderson Silva is in full mount over Alistair Overeem
Anderson tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Anderson Silva controls the situation despite Alistair Overeem efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Anderson Silva is in full mount over Alistair Overeem
Anderson works on the ground with his fingers over Alistair's face
He seems to have encountered the eye! What a classless move!
Dan Miragliotta didn't see that!
Anderson Silva is in full mount over Alistair Overeem
Alistair Overeem tries to roll on the ground...
Anderson knows how to keep his advantage on the ground.
Anderson Silva is in full mount over Alistair Overeem
Alistair measures the resilience of Anderson's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Anderson blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Anderson is trying to counter now!
Anderson Silva tries to better his position on the ground...
Anderson is in a great position to begin a nice round of pounding!
Anderson Silva is in full mount over Alistair Overeem
Anderson fires a barrage of punches at Alistair's head!
This is bad! Anderson is just pounding on Alistair Overeem's head like he's a training dummy! The referee looks on anxiously!
The clock says 2:40 in the 1 round
Anderson Silva is in full mount over Alistair Overeem
Alistair Overeem tries to roll to his side and get to half guard...
Anderson Silva rolls Alistair Overeem to his stomach and takes his back!
Anderson is in rear mount over Alistair
Anderson Silva throws his leg over Alistair Overeem's arm leaving him with only one arm to defend himself from Anderson Silva's rear naked choke attempt!
That Rear Naked Choke looks tight...
Anderson is locking that Rear Naked Choke...
Anderson is locking that Rear Naked Choke...
That Rear Naked Choke from Anderson Silva appears to be unbreakable
Alistair Overeem frees his arm and defends the choke. He manages to turn into Anderson Silva and ends up on top!
The clock says 3:00 in the 1 round
Alistair Overeem is in closed guard over Anderson
Alistair is in closed guard... Anderson tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Alistair Overeem!
Anderson Silva is in full mount over Alistair Overeem
Anderson tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Anderson Silva controls the situation despite Alistair Overeem efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Anderson Silva is in full mount over Alistair Overeem
Anderson fakes a few punches and after a brief struggle he catches Alistair Overeem's arm and tries an armbar!
That Armbar looks tight...
Crippling lock!
Alistair holds his own hand and with pure strength he breaks Alistair's lock. He rolls over himself and launches over Anderson Silva.
The clock says 3:30 in the 1 round
Alistair Overeem is in side mount over Anderson Silva
Anderson Silva attempts to trap Alistair Overeem in his guard.
Anderson Silva manages to switch to full guard.
Alistair Overeem is in closed guard over Anderson
Alistair cornermen are yelling for his man to escape from the ground as Anderson can finish a fight on the ground with some good pounding if you give him the chance.
Anderson Silva 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 3:45 in the 1 round
Alistair Overeem is in closed guard over Anderson
BJJ! That is what must be passing through Alistair's mind right now. Nobody wants to stay long in that position with a submission artist like Anderson
Alistair is in closed guard... Anderson tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Alistair Overeem!
Anderson Silva is in full mount over Alistair Overeem
Alistair tries to escape from the full mount...
Anderson Silva is not caught off guard and moves to side mount to keep his superior position.
The clock says 4:00 in the 1 round
Anderson Silva is in side mount over Alistair Overeem
Anderson Silva looks to mount Alistair Overeem...
Anderson Silva slides his knee across and gets to mount.
The clock says 4:05 in the 1 round
Anderson Silva is in full mount over Alistair Overeem
Anderson Silva storms over Alistair with a biblical punishment in the form of elbows!
Anderson doesn't stop and viciously hits again and again Alistair's face with his elbows!
There is a small laceration on Alistair Overeem's Left eye
Alistair seems a bit groggy... his movements are not very coordinated now.
The clock says 4:10 in the 1 round
Anderson Silva is in full mount over Alistair Overeem
Alistair Overeem tries to roll to his side and get to half guard...
Anderson Silva rolls Alistair Overeem to his stomach and takes his back!
Anderson is in rear mount over Alistair
Anderson Silva slides his arm under Alistair Overeem's chin and locks in a rear naked choke!
Alistair struggles to free himself
That Rear Naked Choke from Anderson Silva appears to be unbreakable
Alistair's Chin is bruised after the punishement he's received!
That Rear Naked Choke from Anderson Silva appears to be unbreakable
Anderson is locking that Rear Naked Choke...
Punishing hold!
That Rear Naked Choke from Anderson Silva appears to be unbreakable
That Rear Naked Choke looks tight...
That Rear Naked Choke looks tight...
Dan Miragliotta breaks Anderson Silva's lock! This is over! Alistair didn't want to tap but he started to go out so the ref decided to stop it!
Winner is Anderson Silva by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 4:28 Round 1
Statistics: Anderson Silva
Punches 4/7 (57%)
Kicks 3/3 (100%)
Clinch strikes 1/1 (100%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 11/15 (73%)
Submissions 4/4 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 192 s
Statistics: Alistair Overeem
Punches 0/3 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/5 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 192 s
All Anderson. Not much more to add here.
Alistair Overeem glares at his opponent from the opposite corner.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
Alistair is not prefered by the MMA media to win tonight. He will have to do his best to score a win.
Anderson Silva comes with a 2 fight winning streak.
The referee of the bout is Dan Miragliotta.
=========================================
Round 1
=========================================
The bell announces the first round!
The clock says 0:10 in the 1 round
Alistair looks to be in very good shape.
Alistair Overeem fakes a move and launches a nice uppercut
Anderson blocks that. He made it look easy!
Alistair misses a step and Anderson Silva sees an opportunity to counter him!
Anderson Silva moves forward and launches a high kick!
Vicious high kick!
Alistair's Left cheek is beginning to swell
Alistair Overeem throws a looping right hand...
Anderson moves aside and dodges.
Anderson Silva tries a high kick!
Alistair was covering for a middle kick but that one almost knocked off his head!
Anderson Silva is slowing the pace of the fight a bit and circles around his opponent.
Anderson Silva goes with a looping right hand while Alistair Overeem jumps back and jabs
Alistair seems staggered and Anderson Silva runs to capitalize with a bunch of jabs and crosses.
Incredible high kick!
Alistair is worried!
Crushing shot to Alistair's body! He's holding his side
Anderson is holding Alistair Overeem's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Alistair Overeem loses balance and goes to the ground.
Anderson Silva is in side mount over Alistair Overeem
Alistair Overeem launches a few punches to Anderson's cheek from the guard.
Anderson Silva uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Alistair misses a step and Anderson Silva sees an opportunity to counter him!
Anderson Silva looks to mount Alistair Overeem...
Anderson Silva slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Anderson Silva is in full mount over Alistair Overeem
Anderson Silva wants to finish his opponent on the ground
Anderson drills Alistair Overeem's face with a huge right hand! What an impact!
Anderson Silva is in full mount over Alistair Overeem
Anderson Silva tries to finish the fight with an armbar from the top
Alistair is smart enough to avoid the submission attempt
Anderson Silva is in full mount over Alistair Overeem
Anderson tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Anderson Silva controls the situation despite Alistair Overeem efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Anderson Silva is in full mount over Alistair Overeem
Anderson works on the ground with his fingers over Alistair's face
He seems to have encountered the eye! What a classless move!
Dan Miragliotta didn't see that!
Anderson Silva is in full mount over Alistair Overeem
Alistair Overeem tries to roll on the ground...
Anderson knows how to keep his advantage on the ground.
Anderson Silva is in full mount over Alistair Overeem
Alistair measures the resilience of Anderson's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Anderson blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Anderson is trying to counter now!
Anderson Silva tries to better his position on the ground...
Anderson is in a great position to begin a nice round of pounding!
Anderson Silva is in full mount over Alistair Overeem
Anderson fires a barrage of punches at Alistair's head!
This is bad! Anderson is just pounding on Alistair Overeem's head like he's a training dummy! The referee looks on anxiously!
The clock says 2:40 in the 1 round
Anderson Silva is in full mount over Alistair Overeem
Alistair Overeem tries to roll to his side and get to half guard...
Anderson Silva rolls Alistair Overeem to his stomach and takes his back!
Anderson is in rear mount over Alistair
Anderson Silva throws his leg over Alistair Overeem's arm leaving him with only one arm to defend himself from Anderson Silva's rear naked choke attempt!
That Rear Naked Choke looks tight...
Anderson is locking that Rear Naked Choke...
Anderson is locking that Rear Naked Choke...
That Rear Naked Choke from Anderson Silva appears to be unbreakable
Alistair Overeem frees his arm and defends the choke. He manages to turn into Anderson Silva and ends up on top!
The clock says 3:00 in the 1 round
Alistair Overeem is in closed guard over Anderson
Alistair is in closed guard... Anderson tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Alistair Overeem!
Anderson Silva is in full mount over Alistair Overeem
Anderson tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Anderson Silva controls the situation despite Alistair Overeem efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Anderson Silva is in full mount over Alistair Overeem
Anderson fakes a few punches and after a brief struggle he catches Alistair Overeem's arm and tries an armbar!
That Armbar looks tight...
Crippling lock!
Alistair holds his own hand and with pure strength he breaks Alistair's lock. He rolls over himself and launches over Anderson Silva.
The clock says 3:30 in the 1 round
Alistair Overeem is in side mount over Anderson Silva
Anderson Silva attempts to trap Alistair Overeem in his guard.
Anderson Silva manages to switch to full guard.
Alistair Overeem is in closed guard over Anderson
Alistair cornermen are yelling for his man to escape from the ground as Anderson can finish a fight on the ground with some good pounding if you give him the chance.
Anderson Silva 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 3:45 in the 1 round
Alistair Overeem is in closed guard over Anderson
BJJ! That is what must be passing through Alistair's mind right now. Nobody wants to stay long in that position with a submission artist like Anderson
Alistair is in closed guard... Anderson tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Alistair Overeem!
Anderson Silva is in full mount over Alistair Overeem
Alistair tries to escape from the full mount...
Anderson Silva is not caught off guard and moves to side mount to keep his superior position.
The clock says 4:00 in the 1 round
Anderson Silva is in side mount over Alistair Overeem
Anderson Silva looks to mount Alistair Overeem...
Anderson Silva slides his knee across and gets to mount.
The clock says 4:05 in the 1 round
Anderson Silva is in full mount over Alistair Overeem
Anderson Silva storms over Alistair with a biblical punishment in the form of elbows!
Anderson doesn't stop and viciously hits again and again Alistair's face with his elbows!
There is a small laceration on Alistair Overeem's Left eye
Alistair seems a bit groggy... his movements are not very coordinated now.
The clock says 4:10 in the 1 round
Anderson Silva is in full mount over Alistair Overeem
Alistair Overeem tries to roll to his side and get to half guard...
Anderson Silva rolls Alistair Overeem to his stomach and takes his back!
Anderson is in rear mount over Alistair
Anderson Silva slides his arm under Alistair Overeem's chin and locks in a rear naked choke!
Alistair struggles to free himself
That Rear Naked Choke from Anderson Silva appears to be unbreakable
Alistair's Chin is bruised after the punishement he's received!
That Rear Naked Choke from Anderson Silva appears to be unbreakable
Anderson is locking that Rear Naked Choke...
Punishing hold!
That Rear Naked Choke from Anderson Silva appears to be unbreakable
That Rear Naked Choke looks tight...
That Rear Naked Choke looks tight...
Dan Miragliotta breaks Anderson Silva's lock! This is over! Alistair didn't want to tap but he started to go out so the ref decided to stop it!
Winner is Anderson Silva by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 4:28 Round 1
Statistics: Anderson Silva
Punches 4/7 (57%)
Kicks 3/3 (100%)
Clinch strikes 1/1 (100%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 11/15 (73%)
Submissions 4/4 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 192 s
Statistics: Alistair Overeem
Punches 0/3 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/5 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 192 s
All Anderson. Not much more to add here.
