PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jamie Voax (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kent Hytten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Voax comes to the cage accompanied by The Ripper. Hytten has chosen Wait and Bleed as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Voax
vs
Hytten

218 cm
27
270 lbs
12 - 10 - 0

215 cm
28
253 lbs
13 - 7 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Springfield HW Nutrition

Springfield HW Nutrition
Springfield HW Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jamie Voax!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kent Hytten!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Wesley Smith and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Voax throws a right and a left that both miss.
Voax swings away with a body shot that misses
and Hytten counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Voax misses with a body punch
enabling Hytten to counter with a crisp jab.
Voax throws a leg kick but Hytten moved away.
Hytten goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

Hytten closes the distance and clinches.
Hytten scores with a shot to the side of Voax's head.
Hytten lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hytten with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hytten comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Voax trying to stall but Hytten improves his position.
Voax being controlled against the cage.
Voax is trying to force a seperation but Hytten has the dominant position.
Hytten tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Voax avoids it.
Hytten is pushing Voax up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Voax tries to throw a body punch but Hytten avoids it by throwing Voax back against the cage.
Hytten lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Voax working hard to break the clinch.
Hytten scores with a knee to the head.
Voax lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hytten.
Voax misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nice elbow from Hytten.
Hytten lands an elbow inside that Voax shrugs off.
Hytten has Voax pressed against the cage.

Voax breaks the clinch.
Voax cracks Hytten with a good jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Voax!
Voax throws a combination. Hytten tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
A nice leg kick lands there from Voax.
Voax misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hytten.
Voax throws a leg kick that is checked
and Hytten counters with a big head kick but Voax shrugs it off.
Voax will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hytten avoids the body shot from Voax.
Voax misses the shot to the body.
Voax on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hytten. Hytten obviously looking to wear him down.
Voax chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hytten can pounce on him.
Jamie Voax seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Some wild striking there from Voax.
Voax throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hytten counters with a low kick, right behind Voax 's knee.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hytten sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
A low kick from Voax misses
and Hytten counters with a nice leg kick.
Voax is breathing heavily.

Hytten closes the distance and clinches.
Voax lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hytten backwards.
Hytten content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Hytten lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hytten landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hytten comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hytten lands an elbow inside that Voax shrugs off.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hytten obliges.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hytten obliges.
A knee to the head by Hytten.
Hytten unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hytten connects with a nasty looking knee right to Voax's face.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hytten.
Hytten lands a knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hytten obliges.
A short left from Hytten.
Hytten is stalling here.
Hytten gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hytten.
A head punch on the inside from Voax fails to land.
Hytten comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hytten lands an elbow inside that Voax shrugs off.
Hytten connects with a nasty looking knee right to Voax's face.
Come on Hytten - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hytten.
Hytten lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Voax backwards.
Voax tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Voax tries a body shot but Hytten blocks it.
Hytten lands an elbow inside that Voax shrugs off.
Hytten leaning his opponent against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hytten obliges.
Voax is trying to break the clinch but Hytten is controlling him.
Hytten lands an elbow just above Voax 's eye.
Voax scores with a hook to the body.
Hytten creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Voax's defenses.
Hytten comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Voax takes an elbow to the temple.
Voax can't find room to land a body shot as Hytten controls the action.
Hytten lands a good knee to the midsection. Voax won't want to take too many of those.
Voax tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hytten avoids it.
Hytten crunches a lovely knee into Voax's ribcage.
A knee to the head by Hytten.
Hytten lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hytten scores with a shot to the side of Voax's head.
Hytten lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hytten throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Voaxs head.
Hytten lands a nice elbow.
Hytten lands a left hand that snaps the head of Voax backwards.
Voax wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hytten avoiding damage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hytten.
Hytten lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hytten lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hytten lands an elbow inside.
Voax's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hytten blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hytten gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hytten lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hytten lands a nice knee to the body.
Voax takes an elbow to the temple.
Hytten lands an elbow inside that Voax shrugs off.
Hytten controlling the action here for a moment.
Hytten lands a knee to the head.
A body shot lands from Hytten.
Voax takes a shot to the head.
Hytten prevents Voax from breaking the clinch.
Voax wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hytten has him pressed against the cage.
Hytten landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hytten lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hytten lands an elbow inside that Voax shrugs off.
Hytten keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Voax's efforts to push away.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hytten.
Voax takes an elbow to the forehead.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hytten manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Hytten creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Voax's defenses.
Voax takes a shot to the head.
Hytten lands a nice elbow.
Hytten lands an elbow just above Voax 's eye.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kent Hytten dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Voax drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Voax takes a swing at Hytten's ribcage but misses.
Hytten lands a head kick!
A chopping leg kick lands by Hytten.

Hytten drives through and clinches with Voax against the cage.
Hytten comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hytten lands a nice elbow.
Hytten creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Voax's defenses.
Voax is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hytten is defending well for now.
Voax tries to throw a body punch but Hytten avoids it by throwing Voax back against the cage.
Hytten lands an elbow inside.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Hytten. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Voax takes a knee to the side of the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hytten stalls.
Hytten unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hytten scores with a knee to the head.
Voax takes an elbow to the temple.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hytten lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hytten lands an elbow inside.
Hytten crunches a lovely knee into Voax's ribcage.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Hytten in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Hytten crunches a lovely knee into Voax's ribcage.
Voax takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hytten manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Voax takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hytten lands an elbow just above Voax 's eye.
Voax takes an elbow to the temple.
Voax is trying to push Hytten away but Hytten has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Hytten has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hytten softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hytten.
Voax fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Voax wants to break free but Hytten has control.
Voax takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hytten lands a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hytten.
Nice elbow from Hytten.
Hytten comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Voax has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Voax can't break the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hytten.
Hytten is stalling here.
Hytten gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hytten with a knee to the head.
Hytten lands a damaging elbow.
Voax can't break the clinch.
Voax takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hytten prevents a body shot from Voax.
Voax is looking to control Hytten's arms but Hytten gets an underhook and turns him. Now Voax has his back to the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hytten lands a shot to the body.
Voax wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hytten has him pressed against the cage.
Hytten gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hytten landing knees to the body.
Hytten lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hytten lands an elbow that stopped Voax in his tracks for a moment.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hytten.
Hytten pressing his opponent against the cage.
Voax wants to break free but Hytten has control.
Hytten lands an elbow just above Voax 's eye.
Hytten with a knee to the head.
Hytten lands an elbow inside.
Hytten using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hytten with a knee to the head.
Hytten lands an elbow just above Voax 's eye.
Hytten lands an elbow just above Voax 's eye.
Hytten lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kent Hytten seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Voax takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hytten lands a nice elbow.
Hytten working Voax over with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Voax is trying to push Hytten away but Hytten has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Voax struggles to land a body shot inside as Hytten controls his hands.

Voax's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hytten scores with a kick to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Hytten.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hytten.
Hytten throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Voax on the side of the head.
Hytten connects with the punch.
Hytten lands a glancing blow to the side of Voax's head.
Voax misses with a left hand
and Hytten counters with a good low kick that Voax was not able to check.
Voax thows a left - swing and a miss!
Voax thows a body shot but no joy.
Hytten connects with a solid leg kick.
Hytten scores with a three punch combo!

Hytten has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hytten crunches a lovely knee into Voax's ribcage.
Hytten lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nice elbow from Hytten.
Hytten connects with a knee to the head.
Hytten putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Voax in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Voax wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hytten lands a damaging elbow.
Hytten throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Voaxs head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The referee is keeping an eye on Hytten - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Voax doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Voax tries to break the clinch but Hytten is controlling the position.
Voax wants to break the clinch but can't.
Voax misses with a hook from the clinch.
Voax takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hytten scores with a knee to the head.
Voax takes an elbow to the forehead.
Voax is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Voax being controlled against the cage.
Voax misses with some punches.
Voax is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Hytten lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hytten lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hytten just leaning against Voax, taking a breather.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hytten lands a nice elbow.
Hytten keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Voax's efforts to push away.
Knees to the body from Hytten.
Hytten lands a knee to the body.
Hytten blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Voax takes an elbow to the temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kent Hytten showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Voax throws a leg kick
and Hytten counters with a right hand to the body.
Hytten plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Voax throws a shot from downtown. Hytten moves away and avoids it.
Voax moves out of range of the body kick.
Voax connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Voax throws a hook but Hytten blocks it.
Hytten getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Voax is looking to wear down Hytten with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Hytten throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Voax sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hytten lunges at Voax with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Voax's hand.

Voax tries to keep at a distance but Hytten has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hytten pushes Voax back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Voax dodges an elbow strike from Hytten.
Hytten looking to throw knees to the head but Voax is blocking nicely.
Voax is trying to break the clinch but Hytten has him pressed against the cage.
Hytten lands an elbow inside that Voax shrugs off.
Voax lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hytten lands a good knee to the midsection. Voax won't want to take too many of those.
Voax is trying to push Hytten away but Hytten has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A frustrated look appears on Voax's face as he tries to break the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Hytten takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Voax is looking to control Hytten's arms but Hytten gets an underhook and turns him. Now Voax has his back to the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hytten.
Voax missing with knees to the body.
Hytten connects with a nasty looking knee right to Voax's face.
Hytten lands a right hand that snaps the head of Voax backwards.
The referee calls for Hytten to work.
Voax struggles to land a body shot inside as Hytten controls his hands.
Hytten lands a damaging elbow.
Voax takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hytten unloads a knee to the mid-section. Voax lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hytten lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Voax takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hytten landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hytten lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hytten pushes Voax back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hytten lands an elbow inside.
Voax tries to break the clinch but Hytten is controlling the position.
Voax throws a head punch that misses.
Voax is trying to push Hytten away but Hytten has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Voax takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hytten scores with a knee to the head.
Hytten keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Voax's efforts to push away.
Voax wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hytten lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hytten unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hytten lands a nice elbow.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
The crowd are getting on Hytten's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Hytten throws an elbow that misses.
Voax wants to stall.
Voax takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hytten lands with a left to the head.
Hytten connects with a nasty looking knee right to Voax's face.
Hytten blocks an elbow strike.
Voax wants to break free but Hytten has control.
Hytten tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Voax has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Voax tries to work over Hytten's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hytten.
Voax is trying to break the clinch but Hytten has him pressed against the cage.
Hytten landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hytten landing knees to the head.
Voax is trying to push Hytten away but Hytten has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Hytten lands with a right to the head.
Hytten is trying to maintain a safe position but Voax gets an underhook and turns Hytten into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Voax tries to circle away but Hytten has him pinned against the cage.
Voax tries to throw a body punch but Hytten avoids it by throwing Voax back against the cage.
Hytten is struggling to control the position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Voax.
Voax wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hytten softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hytten throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hytten tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Voax is trying to break the clinch but Hytten is controlling him.
Hytten blocks a body shot from Voax.
Jamie Voax has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hytten is pushing Voax up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A right handed body shot lands from Voax.
Hytten blocks a body shot from Voax.
Voax wants to break the clinch but can't.
Voax is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hytten has Voax pressed against the cage, preventing Voax from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Voax looking to slow down the pace here.
Hytten lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Voax backwards.
Voax wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hytten lands with a short shot to the head.
Good body shot from Hytten.
A short body shot lands from Hytten as the two fighters clinch.
Kent Hytten is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hytten gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hytten connects with a nasty looking knee right to Voax's face.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Hytten comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Voax takes a shot to the head.
Voax working aggressively here.
Hytten dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Hytten lands a nice elbow.
Voax tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hytten's elbow.
Hytten scores with a shot to the side of Voax's head.
Voax can't find room to land a body shot as Hytten controls the action.
Hytten lands an elbow that stopped Voax in his tracks for a moment.
A left hand lands to the body for Voax.
Voax misses with a punch to the body.
Voax takes an elbow to the forehead.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hytten.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hytten lands a nice knee to the body.
Hytten crunches a lovely knee into Voax's ribcage.
Knees to the body from Hytten.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Voax just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hytten's brow.
Hytten putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Voax in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hytten lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kent Hytten comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Hytten has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 26:30
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 26:30
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kent Hytten!