PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alessandro Pittana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henk Voetzool (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Henk Voetzool has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Pittana
vs
Voetzool

185 cm
29
185 lbs
13 - 10 - 1

177 cm
26
189 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Knockout power

[WOT] DTK Designs (Laundry)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Alessandro Pittana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Henk Voetzool!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Summer Carpenter and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Voetzool rushes Pittana and presses him up against the cage.
Voetzool is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pittana is defending well for now.
Pittana wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Pittana blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pittana has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Voetzool lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Voetzool.
Voetzool lands an elbow inside.
Pittana wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Voetzool has him pressed against the cage.
Voetzool missing with knees to the body.
Voetzool throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pittana blocks it with crossed arms.
Voetzool lands a good knee to the midsection. Pittana won't want to take too many of those.
Voetzool misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pittana.
Pittana wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Voetzool has him pressed against the cage.
Voetzool tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pittana avoids it.
Pittana is trying to force a seperation but Voetzool has the dominant position.
Pittana on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Voetzool lands an elbow inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Voetzool prevents Pittana from breaking the clinch.
Voetzool lands an elbow inside that Pittana shrugs off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pittana wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Voetzool connects with a knee to the head.
Voetzool lands an elbow inside that Pittana shrugs off.
Voetzool using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pittana has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pittana is trying to break free.
Voetzool lands a nice knee to the body.
Pittana on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pittana wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Voetzool throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pittana blocks it with crossed arms.
Pittana blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pittana blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Voetzool landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Voetzool with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pittana is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Voetzool trying to land knees to the body.
Voetzool lands a nice elbow.
Pittana avoiding damage as Voetzool throws knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Voetzool keeps control of Pittana as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Voetzool lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Voetzool using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Voetzool lands a nice knee to the body.
Voetzool lands a good knee to the midsection. Pittana won't want to take too many of those.
Pittana wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Voetzool with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Voetzool has Pittana pressed against the cage, preventing Pittana from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Voetzool pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Voetzool scores a nice knee to the body.
Pittana blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Voetzool looks gassed!
Voetzool keeps control of Pittana as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Voetzool unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pittana lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Pittana managing to block the knees to the body from Voetzool.
Voetzool tries to land a knee to the head but Pittana blocks with his arms.
Voetzool tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pittana avoids it.
Pittana wants to get back to striking at distance but Voetzool won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pittana blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Voetzool has Pittana pressed against the cage, preventing Pittana from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Pittana is trying to break the clinch but Voetzool has him pressed against the cage.
Voetzool can't find room to land a body shot as Pittana controls the action.
Voetzool keeps control of Pittana as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A knee to the head by Voetzool.
Voetzool tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pittana avoids it.
Pittana looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Voetzool landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Pittana wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Voetzool lands a nice knee to the body.
Voetzool lands an elbow just above Pittana 's eye.
Pittana looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Pittana avoids the elbow strike from Voetzool, against the cage.
Voetzool lands an elbow just above Pittana 's eye.
Voetzool lands a nice elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pittana tries to break free but Voetzool pushes him back against the cage.
Voetzool tries to land knees in the clinch but Pittana avoids the damage to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Pittana's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Voetzool tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Voetzool lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Voetzool tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pittana avoids it.
Voetzool lands a good knee to the midsection. Pittana won't want to take too many of those.
Voetzool misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pittana.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Voetzool throws an elbow that misses.
Voetzool misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pittana.
Voetzool with a knee to the head.
Pittana blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pittana is trying to force a seperation but Voetzool has the dominant position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Voetzool keeps control of Pittana as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Pittana can't break the clinch.
Pittana wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Pittana stalling in the clinch but Voetzool improves position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Henk Voetzool dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Pittana scores with a punch to the head.
Voetzool wants to slow Pittana down by chopping away at his legs.
Pittana misses with a wild combination.
Voetzool misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pittana.
Voetzool wants to clinch.
Voetzool is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Voetzool closes the distance and pushes Pittana back into the cage.
Voetzool looking to throw knees to the head but Pittana is blocking nicely.

Pittana breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Voetzool drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Voetzool drives through and clinches with Pittana against the cage.
Henk Voetzool seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Pittana working hard to break the clinch.
Voetzool connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pittana's face.
Knees in the clinch landing for Voetzool.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pittana is trying to push Voetzool away but Voetzool has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Pittana is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Voetzool trying to land knees to the body.
Pittana has had enough of the clinch but Voetzool keeps him there for the moment.
Voetzool crunches a lovely knee into Pittana's ribcage.
Voetzool utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Voetzool has Pittana pressed against the cage, preventing Pittana from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Voetzool scores with a nice hook to the head.
Voetzool using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Pittana tries to break free but Voetzool pushes him back against the cage.
Voetzool connects with a knee to the head.
Voetzool is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Voetzool is breathing heavily.
Pittana tries to break free but Voetzool pushes him back against the cage.
Pittana avoiding damage as Voetzool throws knees to the body.
Pittana has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Voetzool creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pittana's defenses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pittana is looking to break free of the clinch but Voetzool has double underhooks.
Pittana is trying to push Voetzool away but Voetzool has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Voetzool putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Pittana in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Pittana wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Voetzool has him pressed against the cage.
Pittana takes a knee to the side of the body.
Voetzool lands a nice knee to the body.
Voetzool comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Voetzool with a knee to the head.
Voetzool scores with a knee to the head.
Pittana wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Pittana has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Pittana wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Voetzool has him pressed against the cage.
Voetzool tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pittana avoids it.
Voetzool is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pittana is defending well for now.
Voetzool keeps control of Pittana as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pittana is trying to break the clinch but Voetzool has him pressed against the cage.
Voetzool tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pittana avoids it.
Voetzool is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pittana is defending well for now.
Voetzool landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Voetzool is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pittana is defending well for now.
Voetzool trying to land knees to the body.
Pittana can't find room to land a body shot as Voetzool controls the action.
Pittana can't break the clinch.
Voetzool crunches a lovely knee into Pittana's ribcage.
Voetzool with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Voetzool throws an elbow but it misses.
Pittana tries to circle away but Voetzool has him pinned against the cage.
Pittana blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pittana working hard to break the clinch.
Voetzool throws an elbow that misses.
Pittana looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Voetzool is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pittana is defending well for now.
Voetzool keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pittana's efforts to push away.
Pittana is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Pittana blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Voetzool just misses with a elbow thrown towards Pittana's brow.
Pittana is trying to push Voetzool away but Voetzool has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Voetzool gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Pittana managing to block the knees to the body from Voetzool.
Pittana tries to circle away but Voetzool has him pinned against the cage.
Pittana is trying to break free.
Voetzool keeps control of Pittana as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pittana has had enough of the clinch but Voetzool keeps him there for the moment.
Pittana is looking to break free of the clinch but Voetzool has double underhooks.
Voetzool misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pittana.
Pittana avoiding damage as Voetzool throws knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Henk Voetzool showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Voetzool works Pittana's body with a nice hook.
Voetzool takes one to the side of the head.
Pittana avoids the body shot from Voetzool.
Pittana lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

Voetzool is rocked!
Voetzool misses with a low kick as Pittana jumps back.
Henk Voetzool seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pittana drops Voetzool with a big left hand! Voetzool is injured, injured bad! Pittana jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alessandro Pittana!
A very excited looking Alessandro Pittana made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.