PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Isaac Frost (ranked 24042 p4p, 4508 weight class) and Rich Voss (ranked 701 p4p, 534 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Frost might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Sean O'Malley. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Frost
vs
Voss

180 cm
26
178
1 - 4 - 1

181 cm
20
176
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Isaac Frost!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rich Voss!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Tiny Johnson and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Frost is defended easily by Voss.
Voss with the counter takedown but Frost avoids it easily.

Voss feints and as Frost raises his hands in defense, Voss changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Frost is wriggling around but Voss manages to pass to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Voss passes to side control.
Voss is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Frost will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
It looks like Voss might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Voss in side control, throwing shots but Frost defends.
Voss taking a breather here.
Frost knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Voss on the ground.
Voss passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Frost!
Voss tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Voss's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Voss scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Frost?
Frost tries to hold on but Voss postures up.
Voss controlling from the full mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frost is in a tricky position. We've heard reports from his gym mates at Hotrod Express MMA Training that he's been drilling escapes, so let's see if he can get back to his feet.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Frost is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Voss sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Voss lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Voss lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Voss scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Frost?
Voss has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Voss swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Frost is now in Voss's guard. A big mistake from Voss there, giving up the dominant position!
Voss has his hands on Frost's head, controlling the position.
Frost has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Let's hope that Voss has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Voss bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Frost's guard.

Voss is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Voss working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Rich Voss dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Voss scores with a jab.
Voss has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Voss shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Voss not doing much here.
Voss scoring with strikes to the body and head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Voss scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Nice strikes from Voss there.
Voss uses his free foot to push down on Frost's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Frost.
Voss tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Voss lands with some strikes.
Voss raining down hammerfists from mount.
Frost is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Voss lands a couple of good shots and Frost has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Voss controls the position.
Frost rolls, trying to escape but Voss keeps control of the position.
Frost is trapped and Voss is scoring with shots to the head and body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Voss has good solid back control here.

Voss sinks in the hooks and is looking for the choke. He's got it! Frost taps out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Rich Voss!
After winning the bout, Rich Voss thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
Isaac Frost spoke after the fight, saying 'Despite losing this fight a big thanks to the Dynasty MMA for the fight offer tonight and thanks on the sponsors,fans and public for support me . I'll be back better and stronger . Congrats on my opponent who was tonight better as me . I'll be back better and stronger .'.