PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Evelyn Elevenylnenen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joey Voit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joey Voit told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Elevenylnenen
vs
Voit

166 cm
26
145 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

170 cm
24
145 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

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 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Evelyn Elevenylnenen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Joey Voit!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Tiny Johnson and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Voit fails with a takedown attempt.
Voit shoots for a double leg takedown but Elevenylnenen sprawls well. He's pushed Voit's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Voit thows a body shot but no joy.
Elevenylnenen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Voit.

Voit changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Elevenylnenen looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
An elbow from Voit crashes against the mat.
Voit misses with the ground and pound.
Voit working the head and body with strikes.
Voit misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Elevenylnenen parries the strikes from Voit easily there. Voit is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Elevenylnenen to escape.
Voit scoring with punches from side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Elevenylnenen sneaks back into half guard.
Voit throwing shots but Elevenylnenen is blocking nicely.
Voit working the head and body with strikes.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Voit lands a nice short elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Elevenylnenen is looking for a sweep. Voit is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Voit throwing shots but Elevenylnenen is blocking nicely.
Voit thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Voit throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Voit not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Elevenylnenen is looking for a sweep. Voit is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Elevenylnenen avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Voit.
Voit not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Elevenylnenen wants to control but Voit is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Elevenylnenen is doing well to control the position and prevent Voit from advancing to side control.
Elevenylnenen wants to improve his position but Voit is controlling well.
Voit lands with a punch from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Elevenylnenen avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Voit.
Voit thows a huge punch but Elevenylnenen dodges it nicely.
Elevenylnenen is trying to get back to full guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Voit not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Elevenylnenen wants to control but Voit is keeping busy.
Elevenylnenen wants to get back to full guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Voit throwing shots but Elevenylnenen is blocking nicely.
Voit missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Voit has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Elevenylnenen avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Voit.
Voit lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Elevenylnenen avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Voit.
Elevenylnenen is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Voit's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Voit's back!
Voit tries to escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Voit really must keep his cool here. He's controlling one of Elevenylnenen's hands and whilst he does that, he's got a chance of escaping the position.

Elevenylnenen stands up.
Elevenylnenen slaps away a takedown attempt from Voit, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Evelyn Elevenylnenen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joey Voit.
Voit scores with a hook.
Elevenylnenen misses with a straight right.
Elevenylnenen avoids the body shot from Voit.
Elevenylnenen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Voit.

Voit feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Elevenylnenen is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Voit trying to control the position from guard on top but Elevenylnenen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Elevenylnenen trying to control the position here.
Elevenylnenen's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
This has been an exciting period of action!

The ref stands the fighters back up. Evelyn Elevenylnenen wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Voit misses with a few strikes there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Voit throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Elevenylnenen dodges the punch combination from Voit.
Voit throws a hook but Elevenylnenen blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joey Voit 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.

Elevenylnenen throws a shot from downtown. Voit moves away and avoids it.
Elevenylnenen looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Elevenylnenen misses with a wild combination.
Voit displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Elevenylnenen throws out the jab.
Voit ducks under a wild hook from Elevenylnenen.

Voit shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Elevenylnenen manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Voit throws a big elbow that misses.
Voit in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Elevenylnenen is adopting a defensive guard.
Voit is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Voit lands a couple of elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Voit accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Voit preventing the sweep.
Voit throws a big right hand that misses.
Elevenylnenen working a defensive guard here.
Elevenylnenen is really struggling to control Voit but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Voit distracts Elevenylnenen with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Elevenylnenen manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Voit working to try and regain half guard.

Elevenylnenen is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Voit ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Voit shoots in looking for a takedown. Elevenylnenen tries to sprawl out of it but Voit keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Elevenylnenen manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Elevenylnenen pivots, looking for a leg kick but Voit is out of range and Elevenylnenen settles back down.
Elevenylnenen throws an off balance right hand
and Voit connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Elevenylnenen scoring well with a low kick there.
Elevenylnenen missing with a left hand there. Voit was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Voit ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Voit gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Elevenylnenen counters with a left and a right that stings Voit.
Voit ducks under a wild hook from Elevenylnenen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Elevenylnenen - that will leave a mark!
Elevenylnenen gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Elevenylnenen is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Voit.

It looks like Evelyn Elevenylnenen has been cut.

Voit shoots in and bounces Elevenylnenen off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Voit trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Voit throws a big elbow that misses.
Voit won't allow Elevenylnenen to sweep him here.
Elevenylnenen not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Voit tries to free his leg and advance position but Elevenylnenen is retaining full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Voit throwing strikes but missing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Elevenylnenen lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Voit!
Voit throwing hammer fists to the chest of Elevenylnenen. What's that going to do exactly?
Voit sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Elevenylnenen tries to stand and escape but Voit is controlling the position.
Voit tries to get to full guard but Elevenylnenen has control of the leg.
Joey Voit has got the better of the ground game so far.
Voit regains full guard. Nicely done.
Voit keeping busy, throwing shots from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Elevenylnenen would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Elevenylnenen stands and steps away. Voit gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Voit scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Elevenylnenen doesn't seem bothered though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Joey Voit will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Evelyn Elevenylnenen's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Elevenylnenen looks for the body kick but Voit saw that one coming.
Voit tries to bum rush Elevenylnenen with a series of wild strikes but Elevenylnenen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Voit blocks a head kick by Elevenylnenen.

Elevenylnenen darts in and clinches Voit up against the cage.

Voit has picked Elevenylnenen up - he's going for a ride! Voit dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Elevenylnenen blocking the ground and pound attempt from Voit.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Elevenylnenen regains full guard. Nicely done.
Voit throws a big right hand that misses.
Elevenylnenen looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Elevenylnenen manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Voit tries to reverse the position but Elevenylnenen maintains control.
Elevenylnenen wants to get back to his feet but Voit is holding on tight.

Elevenylnenen is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Voit fails with a takedown attempt.
Voit on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Elevenylnenen wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nice defenses there by Voit.
Voit shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Elevenylnenen sprawls well. Elevenylnenen wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Voit gets slowly back to his feet.
Elevenylnenen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Voit.
Evelyn Elevenylnenen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Voit has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Elevenylnenen.
Elevenylnenen throws a right and a left that both miss.
Voit shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Evelyn Elevenylnenen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joey Voit.
Good standup being displayed there by Elevenylnenen as he connects with a hook.
Voit ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Elevenylnenen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Voit moves away.
Voit pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Elevenylnenen back to the cage. Voit follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Evelyn Elevenylnenen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Elevenylnenen throws a combination that misses

and Voit counters with a shoot takedown. Elevenylnenen fights it but they end up in guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Voit is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Voit postures up.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Elevenylnenen is on top in guard.
Voit throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Voit 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.
Voit striking off his back but it's not causing Elevenylnenen any problems.
Voit manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Elevenylnenen tries to hold on but Voit pushes him away.
Voit pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Voit lands a heavy elbow.

Evelyn Elevenylnenen's cut is getting worse.
Voit working the ground and pound effectively.
Voit is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Elevenylnenen tries to hold on but Voit pushes him away.
Voit raining down hammerfists from mount.

Elevenylnenen is rocked!
Elevenylnenen is in a horrible position here. Voit smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Oh Elevenylnenen is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Evelyn Elevenylnenen's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Voit postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Elevenylnenen in real trouble here! The ref calls for Elevenylnenen to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joey Voit!
Joey Voit gave a mention to STEEL PENN'S - STEEL TERROR: Video Proven 160Q in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).