Post by The Sandmen on Aug 21, 2015 15:13:40 GMT -5
Alistair Overeem is calm in his corner. He looks convinced of his abilities.
Bas Rutten looks very relaxed.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
It's hard to say who will be winning this fight. The specialized media doesn't have a favourite either.
The referee of the bout is John McCarthy.
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Round 1
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The fight gets underway.
Alistair decides to launch some tentative punches
Bas Rutten takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
Alistair is holding Bas Rutten's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Bas Rutten loses balance and goes to the ground.
Alistair Overeem is in side mount over Bas Rutten
Alistair Overeem looks to mount Bas Rutten...
Bas Rutten sees an opening and locks his opponent in half guard.
The clock says 0:40 in the 1 round
Alistair Overeem is in half guard over El Guapo
El Guapo swtiches to rubber guard! He holds Alistair Overeem's head against his shin, wrapping his other leg over Alistair Overeem's head!
Punishing hold!
Alistair tries to break the lock slamming Bas Rutten against the mat!
Bas Rutten doesn't allow Alistair Overeem to escape. He is tightening the Gogoplata
Alistair struggles and breaks that gogoplata attempt!
Alistair Overeem is in half guard over El Guapo
Alistair launches a couple of fast knees to Bas Rutten's ribs!
El Guapo moves on the ground and keeps Alistair Overeem's knees at bay with his arms.
Poorly executed technique. Bas Rutten looks to counter!
Bas Rutten attempts to move to full guard
Bas Rutten manages to switch to full guard.
Alistair Overeem is in closed guard over El Guapo
Alistair is in closed guard... El Guapo tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Alistair Overeem!
Bas Rutten is in full mount over Alistair Overeem
Alistair Overeem launches a few punches to El Guapo's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because El Guapo tries to cover his face,
Bas Rutten is in full mount over Alistair Overeem
Alistair Overeem tries to roll to his side and trap Bas Rutten in his guard...
Alistair Overeem gets his hip out and moves to full guard.
Bas Rutten is in open guard over Alistair
Alistair Overeem launches a few punches to El Guapo's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because El Guapo tries to cover his face,
Bas Rutten is in open guard over Alistair
Alistair tries to close his guard around El Guapo
He succeeds!
Bas Rutten is in closed guard over Alistair
Alistair Overeem launches a few punches to El Guapo's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because El Guapo tries to cover his face,
Bas Rutten is in closed guard over Alistair
Alistair measures the resilience of El Guapo's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in El Guapo's side.
El Guapo ribs are getting hammered, they look bad!
Bas Rutten is in closed guard over Alistair
Alistair Overeem launches a few punches to El Guapo's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because El Guapo tries to cover his face,
Bas Rutten is in closed guard over Alistair
Bas Rutten tries to pass Alistair Overeem's guard...
Bas Rutten manages to get his leg free and moves to half guard.
Bas Rutten is in half guard over Alistair
Alistair Overeem launches a few punches to El Guapo's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because El Guapo tries to cover his face,
Bas Rutten is in half guard over Alistair
Bas Rutten doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He can't do it because of Alistair's moves.
The clock says 2:55 in the 1 round
Bas Rutten is in half guard over Alistair
Bas Rutten doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He moves fast and now he is standing
Alistair Overeem doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He moves fast and now he is standing
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Alistair looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Bas Rutten's punches
El Guapo is on the receiving end of a great combo by Alistair.
Alistair Overeem tries a nice one-two combination
that gets blocked.
Bone shattering straight left hand from Alistair Overeem!
El Guapo is going to have a big headache after that blow!
El Guapo is out! El Guapo is out! Alistair Overeem has ended this fight in highlight reel fashion!
There is a small laceration on Bas Rutten's Right cheek
Winner is Alistair Overeem by KO (Punch) at 3:37 Round 1
Statistics: Alistair Overeem
Punches 4/8 (50%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 12/19 (63%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 156 s
Statistics: Bas Rutten
Punches 2/4 (50%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 156 s
Awwwwwwwww, this was prepping up to be a really good fight. I was all happy, I was asked "How do I dance to this music [Marilyn Manson]", so I looked up, and when I came back after, it was flask-KO over. Look forward to the inevitable rematch these two have down the road.
Bas Rutten looks very relaxed.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
It's hard to say who will be winning this fight. The specialized media doesn't have a favourite either.
The referee of the bout is John McCarthy.
=========================================
Round 1
=========================================
The fight gets underway.
Alistair decides to launch some tentative punches
Bas Rutten takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
Alistair is holding Bas Rutten's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Bas Rutten loses balance and goes to the ground.
Alistair Overeem is in side mount over Bas Rutten
Alistair Overeem looks to mount Bas Rutten...
Bas Rutten sees an opening and locks his opponent in half guard.
The clock says 0:40 in the 1 round
Alistair Overeem is in half guard over El Guapo
El Guapo swtiches to rubber guard! He holds Alistair Overeem's head against his shin, wrapping his other leg over Alistair Overeem's head!
Punishing hold!
Alistair tries to break the lock slamming Bas Rutten against the mat!
Bas Rutten doesn't allow Alistair Overeem to escape. He is tightening the Gogoplata
Alistair struggles and breaks that gogoplata attempt!
Alistair Overeem is in half guard over El Guapo
Alistair launches a couple of fast knees to Bas Rutten's ribs!
El Guapo moves on the ground and keeps Alistair Overeem's knees at bay with his arms.
Poorly executed technique. Bas Rutten looks to counter!
Bas Rutten attempts to move to full guard
Bas Rutten manages to switch to full guard.
Alistair Overeem is in closed guard over El Guapo
Alistair is in closed guard... El Guapo tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Alistair Overeem!
Bas Rutten is in full mount over Alistair Overeem
Alistair Overeem launches a few punches to El Guapo's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because El Guapo tries to cover his face,
Bas Rutten is in full mount over Alistair Overeem
Alistair Overeem tries to roll to his side and trap Bas Rutten in his guard...
Alistair Overeem gets his hip out and moves to full guard.
Bas Rutten is in open guard over Alistair
Alistair Overeem launches a few punches to El Guapo's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because El Guapo tries to cover his face,
Bas Rutten is in open guard over Alistair
Alistair tries to close his guard around El Guapo
He succeeds!
Bas Rutten is in closed guard over Alistair
Alistair Overeem launches a few punches to El Guapo's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because El Guapo tries to cover his face,
Bas Rutten is in closed guard over Alistair
Alistair measures the resilience of El Guapo's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in El Guapo's side.
El Guapo ribs are getting hammered, they look bad!
Bas Rutten is in closed guard over Alistair
Alistair Overeem launches a few punches to El Guapo's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because El Guapo tries to cover his face,
Bas Rutten is in closed guard over Alistair
Bas Rutten tries to pass Alistair Overeem's guard...
Bas Rutten manages to get his leg free and moves to half guard.
Bas Rutten is in half guard over Alistair
Alistair Overeem launches a few punches to El Guapo's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because El Guapo tries to cover his face,
Bas Rutten is in half guard over Alistair
Bas Rutten doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He can't do it because of Alistair's moves.
The clock says 2:55 in the 1 round
Bas Rutten is in half guard over Alistair
Bas Rutten doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He moves fast and now he is standing
Alistair Overeem doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He moves fast and now he is standing
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Alistair looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Bas Rutten's punches
El Guapo is on the receiving end of a great combo by Alistair.
Alistair Overeem tries a nice one-two combination
that gets blocked.
Bone shattering straight left hand from Alistair Overeem!
El Guapo is going to have a big headache after that blow!
El Guapo is out! El Guapo is out! Alistair Overeem has ended this fight in highlight reel fashion!
There is a small laceration on Bas Rutten's Right cheek
Winner is Alistair Overeem by KO (Punch) at 3:37 Round 1
Statistics: Alistair Overeem
Punches 4/8 (50%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 12/19 (63%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 156 s
Statistics: Bas Rutten
Punches 2/4 (50%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 156 s
Awwwwwwwww, this was prepping up to be a really good fight. I was all happy, I was asked "How do I dance to this music [Marilyn Manson]", so I looked up, and when I came back after, it was flask-KO over. Look forward to the inevitable rematch these two have down the road.
Have 9 points in celebration of this monumental achievement!