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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). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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145 lbs
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145 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
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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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Carlos Medranda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Joey Voit!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Paul Aken and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Voit throws an off balance right hand
and Medranda makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A cross from Voit lands.
Medranda misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Medranda tries to clinch but Voit is having none of it.
Medranda uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Voit.
Voit misses with a double jab
and Medranda counters with a leg kick.
Voit misses with a lunging right hand
and Medranda counters with a low kick, right behind Voit 's knee.
Voit swings widly with a right hand
and Medranda counters with a thumping low kick.
Voit swings widly with a right hand
and Medranda counters with a series of strikes. Voit will be more careful next time no doubt.
Voit fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Medranda looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Voit misses with a left hand
and Medranda counters with a body kick that stops Voit in his tracks momentarily.
Medranda misses with a few strikes there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Voit lands with a cross.
Voit swats away the attempt to clinch by Medranda.
Medranda tries a head kick but it misses.
Voit avoids the head kick by Medranda.
Medranda is looking to clinch.
Voit scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Ground and pound from Voit.
Voit scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Voit is trying to control the action in half guard but Medranda is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Medranda is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Voit prevents Medranda from standing back up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Medranda is looking to control Voit's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Medranda avoid being mounted?
Medranda gets back to full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Voit accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Medranda working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Voit.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Voit accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Voit throwing strikes but missing.
Voit throws a strike but Medranda rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Medranda is breathing heavily.
Medranda won't allow Voit to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Medranda has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Voit is proving hard to escape from.
Medranda controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
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.
Medranda stands up from Voit's guard - Medranda perhaps looking for a knockout.
Good leg kick by Medranda there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Voit with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Voit avoids the body shot from Medranda.
Medranda is looking to clinch.
Voit moves out of range of the strikes.
Voit throws an off balance right hand
and Medranda counters with a two punch combo.
Voit throws a poor cross that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Voit rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Medranda makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Voit dodges the punch combination from Medranda.
Medranda lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
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.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Voit's corner calls for a 1-2. Voit obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Voit misses with a hook
and Medranda counters with a head kick.
Voit lands a jab-cross combination.
Medranda throws a combination that misses
and Voit decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Medranda's guard.
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 avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Voit postures up in Medranda's guard and throws a big left but Medranda blocks it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Medranda wants to stand but Voit is controlling the position.
Voit is looking to work some ground and pound but Medranda has wrist control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Voit throws a big right hand that misses.
Voit throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Medranda keeping moving, preventing Voit from controlling successfully.
Medranda is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Medranda avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Voit working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Voit looking to pass the guard.
Medranda wants to get back to his feet but Voit is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Voit postures up in Medranda's guard and throws a big left but Medranda blocks it.
Voit postures up in Medranda's guard and throws a big left but Medranda blocks it.
Medranda keeping moving, preventing Voit from controlling successfully.
Voit throws a strike but Medranda rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Voit is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Medranda misses with an elbow strike.
Medranda misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Voit.
Medranda stalling in the clinch but Voit improves position.
Voit managing to block the knees to the body from Medranda.
Medranda trying to land knees to the body.
Voit blocks a body shot from Medranda.
Voit on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Medranda misses with a knee to the head.
Medranda using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Voit has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Voit tries to break free but Medranda pushes him back against the cage.
Voit avoids a wild elbow strike from Medranda.
Medranda misses with an elbow strike.
Voit is trying to force a seperation but Medranda has the dominant position.
Voit blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Voit wants to break the clinch but can't.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Voit as Medranda tries to tie him up.
A frustrated look appears on Voit's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Medranda tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Medranda tries a knee to the head but Voit blocks it.
Voit on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Medranda prevents Voit from breaking the clinch.
Medranda looking to slow down the pace here.
Voit wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Medranda prevents Voit from breaking the clinch.
Voit wants to break free but Medranda has control.
Medranda lands a nice elbow.
Medranda with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Medranda throws an elbow that misses.
Voit wants to get back to striking at distance but Medranda won't allow it.
Voit breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Voit scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
It looks like Carlos Medranda has been cut.
Carlos Medranda seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Voit throws a lazy right hand but Medranda sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Voit jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Carlos Medranda is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Medranda takes one on the button.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fighters circling - Voit throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Voit might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Jab, jab by Medranda - just one landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joey Voit showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Carlos Medranda's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Voit misses with a right hand
and Medranda counters with a good low kick that Voit was not able to check.
Medranda moves out of range as Voit strikes.
Medranda throws a lazy uppercut
and Voit counters with a nice uppercut.
Voit misses with a looping right.
Medranda fails with an attempt to clinch.
Voit misses with a wild body shot.
Medranda looks to land a combination. Voit sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Medranda moves out of range as Voit strikes.
Medranda throws a right and a left that both miss.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Medranda tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Voit paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Joey Voit seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Voit throws a lazy uppercut
and Medranda counters with an outside leg kick.
Voit takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Voit swings widly with a right hand
and Medranda makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Voit will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Voit jabs at Medranda's body.
Voit throws an off balance right hand
and Medranda counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Medranda lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
An inside leg kick from Medranda misses.
Voit throws an ugly left hook that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Medranda avoids a punch combination nicely.
Voit misses with a hook
and Medranda counters with an inside leg kick.
Medranda tries to clinch up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Voit throws a poor cross that misses
and Medranda cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Voit rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Medranda counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Voit is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Voit misses with a left hand
and Medranda counters with a big head kick but Voit shrugs it off.
Voit pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
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 plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Medranda steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Voit.
Medranda takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Voit throws an off balance right hand
and Medranda makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Voit misses with a left hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Medranda throws a sloppy head kick
and Voit counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Voit sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Medranda defending well though.
Voit wants to lay and pray for a moment but Medranda keeps working.
Voit thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Medranda's head.
Voit not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Voit throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Voit is keen to just control but Medranda is a slippery customer.
Voit thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Medranda's head.
Voit thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Medranda's head.
Voit not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Voit missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Voit wants to lay and pray for a moment but Medranda keeps working.
Medranda pushes Voit off looking to stand but Voit dives back in and keeps control.
Medranda blocking the ground and pound attempt from Voit.
Voit missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Voit throwing shots but Medranda is blocking nicely.
Medranda is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Voit looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Voit missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Voit trying to pass the guard but Medranda defending well.
Medranda is not content to let Voit control the position.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Carlos Medranda.
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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 29:28
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 29:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Carlos Medranda!
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FIGHT
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