PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Medranda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joey Voit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carlos Medranda has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Medranda
vs
Voit

180 cm
21
145 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

170 cm
18
145 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Fight Club Clothing™
{GTI} - HGH Nutrients

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Carlos Medranda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Joey Voit!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Daniel Blasius and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Voit throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Medranda tries to clinch but Voit moves away
and Voit counters with a nice uppercut.
Medranda walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Medranda throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

It looks like Joey Voit has been cut.
Voit keeps the fight on the outside.
Medranda fails in his attempt to clinch.
Medranda really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Voit misses with a wild body shot.
Medranda doesn't manage to clinch there - Voit circles away.
Medranda tries to clinch but Voit is having none of it.
Medranda tries to clinch but Voit is having none of it.
Voit tries to bum rush Medranda with a series of wild strikes but Medranda uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Voit circles away from the clinch attempt.
Voit fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Medranda manages to avoid it.
Medranda fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Voit has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Medranda lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Medranda lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Medranda is looking to clinch but Voit is avoiding it.
Voit circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Medranda looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Voit throws a jab but it's blocked by Medranda.
Voit looks to score with a jab to the body but Medranda is just out of range.
Medranda tries to clinch up
and Voit counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Voit throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Voit circles away from the clinch attempt.
Medranda fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Medranda tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Voit counters with a stiff right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Medranda fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Voit has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Medranda throws a leg kick which misses Voit's front leg but catches the back leg as Voit tries to avoid it.
Medranda tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Medranda is looking to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Medranda looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Medranda tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Voit counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Medranda is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Voit just misses with a punch to the body.
Carlos Medranda seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Medranda throws a head kick that misses.
Voit keeps the fight on the outside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Voit lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Medranda backs up against the cage.

It looks like Carlos Medranda has been cut.
Medranda fakes the leg kick and cracks Voit in the body.
Voit on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Voit looks gassed!
Voit misses with a body shot.
Voit swats away the attempt to clinch by Medranda.
Medranda tries to clinch up.
Medranda is looking to clinch but Voit is avoiding it.
Medranda wants to clinch but Voit slips to the side
and Voit cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Medranda tries to clinch up but Voit circles away and keeps his distance.
Medranda tries to clinch up.
Voit stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Medranda doesn't manage to clinch there - Voit circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Medranda tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Voit paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Medranda tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Voit manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Voit thows a body shot but no joy.
The fight stays on the outside here - Medranda looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A head kick misses from Medranda.
Medranda wants to clinch.
Voit checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Medranda tries to clinch
and Voit counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Medranda swings away with a body shot that misses
and Voit counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Carlos Medranda will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Medranda scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Medranda is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Voit throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Medranda throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Medranda tries to clinch up but Voit circles away and keeps his distance.
Medranda throws a push kick but Voit slaps the foot to one side.
Medranda tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Voit counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Medranda fails in his attempt to clinch.
Medranda moves in looking to clinch but Voit pushes him off.
Medranda tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Voit paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Voit ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Medranda slips a jab from Voit.
Medranda is looking to clinch but Voit is avoiding it.
Medranda tries to clinch up.

Medranda moves into the clinch.
A knee to the head by Medranda.
Medranda keeps control of Voit as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Medranda misses with a punch on the inside.
Medranda with a knee to the head.
Medranda trying to land knees to the body.
Medranda swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Medranda tries to land knees in the clinch but Voit avoids the damage to the body.
Voit wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Medranda has him pressed against the cage.
Medranda tries to land knees in the clinch but Voit avoids the damage to the body.
Medranda trying to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Medranda is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Voit is keeping busy.
Knees in the clinch landing for Medranda.
Voit has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Voit on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Medranda is looking to control Voit's arms but Voit gets an underhook and turns him. Now Medranda has his back to the cage.
Medranda blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Medranda is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Voit blocks an elbow strike.
Voit wants to break the clinch but can't.
Voit can't break the clinch.
Medranda working Voit over with knees to the body.
Voit wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Voit working hard to break the clinch.
Medranda throws a knee to the head but misses.
Voit is trying to push Medranda away but Medranda has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Medranda.
Voit wants to break the clinch but can't.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Medranda.
Medranda gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Voit is trying to break the clinch but Medranda has him pressed against the cage.
Medranda swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Medranda taking a breather.

Voit breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A looping hook to the body misses from Voit. Medranda does a little dance to reset his feet.
Medranda fails with an attempt to clinch.
Medranda avoids the body shot from Voit.
Medranda tries to clinch
and Voit counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Medranda tries to clinch up.
Voit tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Medranda was well out of range. Poor timing from Voit.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Medranda tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Voit steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Medranda. That one must have hurt.
Medranda tries to clinch but Voit moves out of range.
Carlos Medranda is winning the standup battle so far.
Medranda tries to clinch but Voit moves out of range.
Medranda tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Voit manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Voit has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Medranda finds it's way round the side to connect with Voit's head.
Medranda is looking to clinch.
Medranda keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Voit swats away the attempt to clinch by Medranda.
Medranda slips under a jab.
Medranda moves in looking to clinch but Voit pushes him off.
Voit thows a body shot but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Carlos Medranda will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

A shot to the body from Voit misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Medranda tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Carlos Medranda is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Medranda takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Medranda walks into a left hand.
Medranda uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Voit.
Medranda tries to clinch but Voit moves out of range.
Medranda tries to clinch
and Voit counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Medranda wants to clinch.
Medranda wants to clinch
and Voit counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Medranda fails in his attempt to clinch.
Medranda tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Voit manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Medranda looks to clinch
and Voit counters with a left to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Medranda fails with an attempt to clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Voit throws a body punch but Medranda moves out of range.
Voit keeps the fight on the outside.
Medranda darts in trying to clinch
and Voit counters with a nice body shot.
Voit fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Medranda manages to avoid it.
Medranda tries to clinch up
and Voit counters with a three punch combo that has Medranda backing up. Medranda nods at Voit to acknowledge the strikes.
Voit misses with a wild body shot.
Voit misses with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Medranda tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Voit manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Voit avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Medranda tries to clinch but Voit is having none of it.
Medranda is looking to clinch.
Medranda moves in looking to clinch but Voit pushes him off.
Voit thows a body shot but no joy.
Medranda wants to clinch up but Voit keeps it at a distance.
Medranda keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Voit throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The fight stays on the outside here - Medranda looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Voit lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Medranda tries to close the distance and clinch but Voit swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Medranda tries to clinch up but Voit circles away and keeps his distance.
Voit misses the shot to the body.
Voit looks to score with a jab to the body but Medranda is just out of range.
Medranda tries to clinch but Voit is having none of it.
The fighters circling - Voit throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Medranda is looking to clinch but Voit is avoiding it.
Medranda wants to clinch up but Voit keeps it at a distance.
Medranda feints and then cracks Voit's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Voit down.
Voit is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Medranda.
Voit avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Medranda tries to clinch there but Voit circles away.
Medranda tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Voit paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Voit is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Medranda rather than just go for the knockout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Voit avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Medranda fails in his attempt to clinch.
Medranda tries to clinch there but Voit circles away.
Medranda uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Voit.
Medranda fails in his attempt to clinch.
Voit throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A nice leg kick lands there from Medranda.
Medranda tries to clinch up.
Medranda fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Voit has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Medranda tries to clinch but Voit moves away
and Voit counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Medranda thinking.
Medranda is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Joey Voit has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Medranda uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Voit.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joey Voit comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Medranda has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 28:30
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Joey Voit!