PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rangi Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Voorheez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Voorheez has chosen Special Ops as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. This should be a great matchup!

Smith
vs
Voorheez

180 cm
18
175 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

195 cm
19
170 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Good elbows
Powerful

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rangi Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jason Voorheez!
The judges for this bout are Ben Hemmingworth, Eliza Hachem and Ben Watson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Smith does no damage.
Voorheez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Voorheez wants to clinch up but Smith keeps it at a distance.
Smith goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Smith misses with the combination.
Voorheez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Smith avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Voorheez takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Voorheez tries to close the distance and clinch but Smith swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Smith rushes Voorheez and presses him up against the cage.
Voorheez lands a knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Voorheez.

It looks like Rangi Smith has been cut.
Smith is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Voorheez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Voorheez lands a nice knee to the body.
Voorheez lands a damaging elbow.
Voorheez utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Voorheez.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Voorheez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Voorheez connects with a nasty looking knee right to Smith's face.
Voorheez working Smith over with knees to the body.
Voorheez is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Voorheez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Smith takes an elbow to the forehead.
Voorheez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Smith's defenses.
Voorheez lands an elbow inside.
Voorheez lands an elbow that stopped Smith in his tracks for a moment.
Voorheez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Smith lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Voorheez lands an elbow inside.
Voorheez scores with a knee to the head.
Voorheez lands a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Voorheez.
Voorheez lands an elbow just above Smith 's eye.
Voorheez utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Voorheez lands an elbow inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith takes an elbow to the temple.
Voorheez landing knees to the head.
Smith takes an elbow to the temple.
Smith wants to break the clinch but can't.
Voorheez scores with a knee to the head.
Voorheez crunches a lovely knee into Smith's ribcage.
Voorheez lands a nice knee to the body.
Voorheez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Smith lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Voorheez lands an elbow inside that Smith shrugs off.
Voorheez utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Voorheez working Smith over with knees to the body.
Voorheez connects with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Voorheez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Smith's defenses.
Smith takes an elbow to the forehead.
Voorheez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Voorheez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Smith's defenses.
Voorheez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Knees to the body from Voorheez.
Nice elbow from Voorheez.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Voorheez.
Voorheez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Voorheez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Smith lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Smith takes a knee to the side of the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Smith takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Voorheez obliges.
Voorheez unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Voorheez lands an elbow just above Smith 's eye.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Voorheez.
Voorheez lands an elbow inside that Smith shrugs off.
Smith takes an elbow to the forehead.
Voorheez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Smith takes a knee right on the jaw!
Voorheez connects with a nasty looking knee right to Smith's face.
Voorheez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Smith's defenses.
Voorheez lands a damaging elbow.
Voorheez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Smith lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Voorheez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Voorheez putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Smith in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Voorheez lands a nice elbow.
Voorheez connects with a knee to the head.
Voorheez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Voorheez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rangi Smith's cut.
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.

Voorheez moves into range and clinches up with Smith.
Voorheez lands an elbow inside that Smith shrugs off.
Knees in the clinch landing for Voorheez.
Voorheez working Smith over with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Voorheez.
Voorheez lands an elbow just above Smith 's eye.
Voorheez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Voorheez lands a good knee to the midsection. Smith won't want to take too many of those.
Voorheez scores with a knee to the head.
Voorheez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Voorheez.
Voorheez lands a nice elbow.
Voorheez landing knees to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Voorheez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nice elbow from Voorheez.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Voorheez lands an elbow inside that Smith shrugs off.
Voorheez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Voorheez.
Smith drops down looking for an ankle pick but Voorheez pulls his leg out and moves away.
Voorheez tries to close the distance and clinch but Smith swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Smith avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Voorheez fails in his attempt to clinch.

Voorheez gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Voorheez unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Voorheez connects with a knee to the head.
Voorheez is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Voorheez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Voorheez putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Smith in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Voorheez connects with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith is looking for a takedown.
Voorheez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Smith has been working on his balance at Finch Farm, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Voorheez.
Smith throws a punch but it's blocked by Voorheez.
Voorheez lands a nice knee to the body.
Voorheez lands a knee to the head.
Voorheez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Voorheez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Smith takes an elbow to the temple.
Voorheez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Smith lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Voorheez.
Voorheez connects with a nasty looking knee right to Smith's face.
Smith is trying to push Voorheez away but Voorheez has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Voorheez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Smith tries to circle away but Voorheez has him pinned against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith takes an elbow to the forehead.
Smith jumps guard but Voorheez turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rangi Smith. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Voorheez utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Smith wants to break free but Voorheez has control.
Jason Voorheez seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Voorheez.
Voorheez lands an elbow inside that Smith shrugs off.
Smith takes an elbow to the forehead.
Voorheez landing knees to the head.
Voorheez landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Voorheez crunches a lovely knee into Smith's ribcage.
Voorheez lands a knee to the body.
Voorheez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Voorheez lands an elbow inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith takes an elbow to the temple.
Smith tries to circle away but Voorheez has him pinned against the cage.
Voorheez crunches a lovely knee into Smith's ribcage.
Smith takes a knee right on the jaw!
Voorheez lands an elbow that stopped Smith in his tracks for a moment.
Voorheez working Smith over with knees to the body.
Voorheez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Smith has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Voorheez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Smith has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Smith wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Voorheez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Smith avoids a wild elbow strike from Voorheez.
Voorheez tries to land knees in the clinch but Smith avoids the damage to the body.
Voorheez scores with a knee to the head.
Voorheez missing with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Voorheez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Rangi Smith's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Voorheez wants to clinch up but Smith keeps it at a distance.
Voorheez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Smith swats him away and circles back towards the center.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Voorheez lands an elbow that stopped Smith in his tracks for a moment.
Voorheez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Voorheez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Voorheez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Voorheez prevents Smith from breaking the clinch.
Voorheez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Voorheez lands an elbow inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Voorheez lands an elbow inside.
Smith looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Voorheez connects with a nasty looking knee right to Smith's face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith is looking to break free of the clinch but Voorheez has double underhooks.
Voorheez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Voorheez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Voorheez lands a damaging elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Voorheez.
Voorheez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Smith's efforts to push away.
Smith takes an elbow to the temple.
Voorheez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Voorheez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Voorheez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Smith managing to block the knees to the body from Voorheez.
Smith can't break the clinch.
Smith tries to score a body lock takedown but Voorheez shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Smith takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jason Voorheez is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Smith has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Smith tries to pull guard but Voorheez won't allow it.
Voorheez with a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Smith looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Voorheez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Voorheez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Voorheez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Smith's defenses.
Smith working aggressively here.
Smith looking to stall.
Voorheez scores with a knee to the head.
Voorheez lands an elbow that stopped Smith in his tracks for a moment.
Smith has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Voorheez avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rangi Smith. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith trying to control the position but instead, Voorheez has worked for underhooks and has pushed Smith into the cage.
Rangi Smith has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Smith scores with a shoulder strike.
Smith wants to get back to striking at distance but Voorheez won't allow it.
Smith trying to control the position but instead, Voorheez has worked for underhooks and has pushed Smith into the cage.
Smith tries to circle away but Voorheez has him pinned against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jason Voorheez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Voorheez winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Ben Hemmingworth scores the fight 26:30
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 26:30
Judge Ben Watson scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jason Voorheez!
A very excited looking Jason Voorheez 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.