PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sebastian Graghbeck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeremy Voda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Voda has chosen Lamb of God - Walk With Me In Hell as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Sebastian Graghbeck has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Graghbeck
vs
Voda

180 cm
19
170 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

179 cm
19
193 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick

ADCC Champion
Decent boxing
Experienced

BioPharm Nutrition

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 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sebastian Graghbeck!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jeremy Voda!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Eddie Farnsworth and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Voda misses with a wild body shot.
Graghbeck throws a hook to the side of Voda's head but Voda sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Graghbeck thumps Voda with a low kick.
Graghbeck shoots for a double leg takedown but Voda sprawls well. He's pushed Graghbeck's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Jeremy Voda seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Voda motions for Graghbeck to come forward. Voda throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Graghbeck shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Voda sprawls well. Voda wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Graghbeck gets slowly back to his feet.

Graghbeck moves into the clinch successfully.
Voda wants a takedown but no success here.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Graghbeck takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

Graghbeck manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Voda lands a nice looking body shot.
Voda misses with a two punch combination.
Voda rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Graghbeck moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Voda throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Graghbeck.
Voda throws a hook but Graghbeck blocks it.

Voda tries to keep at a distance but Graghbeck has taken the fight into the clinch.

Graghbeck pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Graghbeck fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sebastian Graghbeck. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Voda keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Graghbeck.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graghbeck looks to land a combination but Voda avoids it well.
Voda throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Graghbeck counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Voda tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Graghbeck was well out of range. Poor timing from Voda.
Voda scores with a jab to the body.
Voda fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Voda looks to land a left hand but Graghbeck moved out of range nicely.
Voda shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Graghbeck but Graghbeck pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Graghbeck tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Voda keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Voda closes this distance looking for a takedown but Graghbeck circles away.
Nice defenses there by Graghbeck.
Graghbeck uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Voda.
Voda throws a hook but Graghbeck avoids it easily.
Graghbeck keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Voda throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Voda stuffs the takedown attempt from Graghbeck. Graghbeck gets slowly back to his feet.
Voda fails with a takedown attempt.
Voda uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Graghbeck.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Graghbeck has closed the distance and engaged Voda in a clinch.
Graghbeck is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Voda to keep the fight standing.
Voda is looking to break free of the clinch but Graghbeck has double underhooks.

Graghbeck is fighting off a takedown attempt but Voda is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Graghbeck to the mat. Graghbeck regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Graghbeck keeping moving, preventing Voda from controlling successfully.
Voda looking to pass the guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Voda slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeremy Voda dominated that round.
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.

Voda throws a body kick the misses

so Graghbeck counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Voda is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Voda controlling Graghbeck's posture.

Graghbeck avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Voda escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Graghbeck gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Voda keeping moving, preventing Graghbeck from controlling successfully.
Voda wants to sweep but no luck.
Voda controlling Graghbeck's posture.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graghbeck won't allow Voda to sweep him here.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Voda gets a takedown into half guard.
Voda seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Voda wants to lay and pray for a moment but Graghbeck keeps working.
Graghbeck is trying to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Voda is trying to work for a kimura but Graghbeck is defending well.
Voda stalling.
Voda is thwarting Graghbeck's attempts to control the position.
Voda missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Graghbeck wants to get back to his feet.
Voda working Graghbeck over with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Voda controlling the action here.

Voda is looking for a kimura but Graghbeck is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Voda to get the leverage.
Voda sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Graghbeck defending well though.
Well, if Voda is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

Voda is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Graghbeck looking for submissions off his back.
Voda sitting and controlling from the half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeremy Voda showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Graghbeck's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Voda shoots for a double leg takedown but Graghbeck sprawls well. He's pushed Voda's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Graghbeck digs a good body shot into Voda's ribs.
Voda scores with a sloppy right hand. Graghbeck should have avoided that one.
Graghbeck throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Good standup being displayed there by Graghbeck as he connects with a hook.

Voda feints and as Graghbeck raises his hands in defense, Voda changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Graghbeck can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Voda controls the pace.
Jeremy Voda has got the better of the ground game so far.
Graghbeck keeping moving, preventing Voda from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Voda might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Graghbeck kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Jeremy Voda.
Graghbeck misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jeremy Voda seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Voda defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Graghbeck.
Graghbeck keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Voda.
Voda throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Graghbeck tries for a takedown but Voda sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Graghbeck slips a jab and a cross from Voda.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Voda looks for a takedown but Graghbeck sprawls well.
Graghbeck displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Voda.
Sebastian Graghbeck has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jeremy Voda.
Voda misses with a jab, cross combination.
Voda showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Graghbeck.
Horrible takedown by Voda or perhaps it was just good defense by Graghbeck which made him look bad.
No joy there for Voda, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Voda jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Graghbeck misses with a low kick as Voda jumps back.
Graghbeck wants to clinch up but Voda keeps it at a distance.
Graghbeck takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Voda throws a body punch but Graghbeck moves out of range.

Voda gets caught napping as Graghbeck dives in and scores a takedown. Voda manages to retain guard.
Graghbeck trying to control the position from guard on top but Voda is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Graghbeck looking to pass the guard.

Voda has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Graghbeck should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Voda has tightened it up now! Graghbeck should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Jeremy Voda!
An intense looking Jeremy Voda took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: ' It's interesting when I jog, how much the music makes a difference. You can pretty much count on the Foo Fighters to get your heart rate up. '.