PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jason Voorheez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cliff Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Voorheez comes to the cage accompanied by California Love. Cliff Anderson has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jason Voorheez's chin.

Voorheez
vs
Anderson

195 cm
19
170 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

181 cm
25
170 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Can Moonwalk

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 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jason Voorheez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cliff Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Dean Styles and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Voorheez is looking to clinch but Anderson is avoiding it.
Voorheez wants to clinch but Anderson slips to the side
and Anderson counters with a nice uppercut.
Anderson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Voorheez clinches.
Nice elbow from Voorheez.
Voorheez lands a good knee to the midsection. Anderson won't want to take too many of those.
Voorheez throws an elbow but it misses.
Anderson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Anderson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Some wild striking there from Anderson.
Voorheez moves in looking to clinch but Anderson pushes him off.
A cross from Anderson lands.
Voorheez tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Anderson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Anderson tries to keep at a distance but Voorheez has taken the fight into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Voorheez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Voorheez lands a knee to the head.
Anderson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Voorheez unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Voorheez.
Voorheez creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Voorheez pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Our sources have told us that Voorheez has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Anderson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Anderson blocks the elbow strike.
Anderson avoids a wild elbow strike from Voorheez.
Anderson tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Voorheez smiles and moves away.
Anderson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Voorheez takes the fight into the clinch.
Voorheez utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Anderson jumps guard but Voorheez stands there with Anderson around his waist. Anderson gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Voorheez lands an elbow just above Anderson 's eye.
Voorheez prevents Anderson from breaking the clinch.
Nice elbow from Voorheez.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Voorheez is defending well.
Jason Voorheez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cliff Anderson.
Voorheez trying to land knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Voorheez throws an elbow but misses.
Anderson has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Voorheez after a bit of a struggle.
Voorheez pushes off an throws an elbow but Anderson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Voorheez lands a good knee to the midsection. Anderson won't want to take too many of those.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Voorheez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knees in the clinch landing for Voorheez.
Anderson looks winded!
Voorheez lands a damaging elbow.
Nice elbow from Voorheez.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Voorheez.
Voorheez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Voorheez really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Voorheez lands an elbow just above Anderson 's eye.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Voorheez.
Anderson avoids the elbow strike from Voorheez, against the cage.
Voorheez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Anderson's defenses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Voorheez lands an elbow that stopped Anderson in his tracks for a moment.
Voorheez lands an elbow inside that Anderson shrugs off.
Voorheez lands a nice knee to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Voorheez.
Anderson takes an elbow to the forehead.
A knee to the head by Voorheez.
Voorheez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Voorheez lands an elbow inside.
Voorheez lands a damaging elbow.
Voorheez gets underhooks to prevent Anderson's takedown attempt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Voorheez lands a nice knee to the body.
Voorheez pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Anderson takes an elbow to the temple.
Voorheez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Voorheez lands a damaging elbow.
Nice elbow from Voorheez.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Voorheez scores with a knee to the head.
Anderson has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Voorheez seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Anderson can turn it around.
Voorheez throws an elbow but it misses.
Voorheez lands a nice elbow.
Anderson is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Voorheez pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Voorheez putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Anderson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Voorheez lands a damaging elbow.
Voorheez lands a knee to the body.
Voorheez lands a nice elbow.
Voorheez throws an elbow but it misses.
Voorheez creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Voorheez landing knees to the body.
Voorheez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Voorheez misses with an elbow over the top.
Voorheez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Voorheez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Voorheez gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Voorheez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Voorheez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Voorheez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Anderson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Voorheez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Anderson blocks an elbow strike from Voorheez.
Voorheez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Voorheez misses with an elbow strike.
Voorheez throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Anderson blocks an elbow strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anderson takes an elbow to the temple.
Anderson avoids a wild elbow strike from Voorheez.
Knees to the body from Voorheez.
Voorheez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Voorheez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Anderson can do to turn this around?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Voorheez misses with a knee strike.
Anderson managing to block the knees to the body from Voorheez.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Voorheez.
Anderson is breathing heavily.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Voorheez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Anderson's brow.
Anderson has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Voorheez avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Voorheez lands an elbow inside.
Voorheez throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Voorheez with a knee to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Voorheez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Anderson's brow.
Voorheez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Voorheez working Anderson over with knees to the body.
Voorheez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Anderson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Voorheez throws an elbow but it misses.
Voorheez with a knee to the head.
Anderson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Anderson goes for a takedown attempt but Voorheez pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Voorheez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Voorheez moves into the clinch successfully.
Voorheez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Voorheez.
Voorheez connects with a knee to the head.
Voorheez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Voorheez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Voorheez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Voorheez lands a nice knee to the body.
Voorheez lands an elbow inside.
Anderson is looking to break free of the clinch but Voorheez has double underhooks.
Anderson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jason Voorheez has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Voorheez looking to throw knees to the head but Anderson is blocking nicely.
Anderson takes an elbow to the temple.
Voorheez lands an elbow that stopped Anderson in his tracks for a moment.
Voorheez utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Voorheez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Anderson is defending well for now.
Voorheez lands an elbow inside that Anderson shrugs off.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Voorheez obliges.
Anderson can't get the takedown.
Jason Voorheez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cliff Anderson.
Anderson blocks an elbow strike.
Anderson dodges an elbow strike from Voorheez.
Anderson blocks an elbow strike from Voorheez.
Voorheez connects with a nasty looking knee right to Anderson's face.
Voorheez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Anderson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Anderson tries to break free but Voorheez pushes him back against the cage.
Anderson changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Voorheez fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Voorheez tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Anderson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Voorheez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Anderson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Anderson keeps the fight on the outside.
Anderson is looking for the big counter here.
Voorheez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Voorheez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Voorheez tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Anderson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Voorheez is looking to clinch.
Voorheez tries to clinch there but Anderson circles away.
Voorheez tries to clinch but Anderson moves out of range.
Voorheez doesn't manage to clinch there - Anderson circles away.
Jason Voorheez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Voorheez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Anderson scores with a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Voorheez wants to clinch

so Anderson counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Anderson trying to control the position from guard on top but Voorheez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Voorheez dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Anderson thuds his right hand into Voorheez's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Voorheez doesn't manage to clinch there - Anderson circles away.
Anderson now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Anderson stalks Voorheez and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Voorheez's face. Voorheez staggers backwards, shaken.
Voorheez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Anderson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Anderson works the jab nicely.
Anderson lands with a nice combination. Voorheez backs away looking to recover.
Voorheez fails in his attempt to clinch.
A little jabbing left from Anderson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Jason Voorheez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Voorheez tries to clinch up but Anderson circles away and keeps his distance.
Voorheez moves in looking to clinch but Anderson pushes him off.
Anderson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Voorheez wants to clinch up but Anderson keeps it at a distance.
Voorheez wants to clinch up but Anderson keeps it at a distance.
Voorheez walks into a straight right hand from Anderson.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Anderson swats away the attempt to clinch by Voorheez.
Voorheez wants to clinch up but Anderson keeps it at a distance.

Voorheez fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Anderson, pushing him back against the cage.
Voorheez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Anderson avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Voorheez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Anderson's defenses.
Voorheez lands a knee to the head.
Voorheez lands a damaging elbow.
Anderson avoids a wild elbow strike from Voorheez.
Voorheez trying to land knees to the body.
Voorheez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Anderson's efforts to push away.
Voorheez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Voorheez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Voorheez looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Voorheez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Anderson's brow.
Voorheez tries to land a knee to the head but Anderson blocks with his arms.
Voorheez throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Voorheez misses with an elbow strike.
Jason Voorheez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Voorheez is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Anderson can't break the clinch.
Voorheez is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Anderson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A knee to the head by Voorheez.
Voorheez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Anderson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Anderson wants a takedown but no success here.
Jason Voorheez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cliff Anderson.
Anderson blocks an elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson dodges an elbow strike from Voorheez.
Anderson takes an elbow to the temple.
Voorheez prevents the takedown attempt.
Voorheez lands an elbow inside.
Voorheez lands a good knee to the midsection. Anderson won't want to take too many of those.
Voorheez lands a knee to the body.
Anderson dodges an elbow strike from Voorheez.
A knee to the head by Voorheez.

Anderson is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Anderson is still on wobbly legs! Can Voorheez finish him?
Voorheez lands a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Voorheez.
Anderson drops down looking for an ankle pick but Voorheez pulls his leg out and moves away.
Voorheez is looking to clinch.
Cliff Anderson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Anderson bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Voorheez's head backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Voorheez tries to clinch up but Anderson circles away and keeps his distance.
Voorheez tries to clinch but Anderson moves out of range.
Voorheez dodges the punch combination from Anderson.
Voorheez tries to clinch but Anderson moves out of range.
Voorheez moves in looking to clinch but Anderson pushes him off.
Cliff Anderson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Voorheez tries to clinch there but Anderson circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Voorheez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Voorheez tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Anderson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jason Voorheez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Voorheez, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jason Voorheez!
Jason Voorheez seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
Cliff Anderson spoke after the fight, saying 'well guys you can't win them all, but I will tell you that I will be back, stronger and more determined than ever.'.