PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ipod Apple (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Voorheez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Voorheez has chosen Switchez as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Apple
vs
Voorheez

150 cm
35
180 lbs
5 - 29 - 1

195 cm
21
170 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Good kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Powerful

Perkele!
Four Aces Nutrition

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 5 - 29 - 1, fighting out of New York, Ipod Apple!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jason Voorheez!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Bruno Lombardi and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Apple shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Voorheez as he jumps to the side.
Apple could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

Apple closes the distance and pushes Voorheez back into the cage.
Voorheez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Apple looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Voorheez tries a knee to the head but Apple blocks it.
Apple misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Voorheez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Apple lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Apple swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Apple makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Apple tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Voorheez blocks a body shot from Apple.
Voorheez throws an elbow that misses.
Apple misses with a hook to the ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Voorheez tries a knee to the head but Apple blocks it.
Voorheez is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Apple misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Apple can't find room to land a body shot as Voorheez controls the action.
Voorheez misses with a knee strike.
Voorheez keeps control of Apple as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A head punch on the inside from Apple fails to land.
Apple can't find room to land a body shot as Voorheez controls the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Voorheez tries to land a knee to the head but Apple blocks with his arms.
Voorheez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Apple blocks it with crossed arms.
Apple is trying to break the clinch but Voorheez has him pressed against the cage.
Voorheez connects with a nasty looking knee right to Apple's face.
Apple struggles to land a body shot inside as Voorheez controls his hands.
With the fighters up against the cage, Voorheez throws an elbow but misses.
Voorheez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Apple's defenses.
A short body shot lands from Apple as the two fighters clinch.
Apple takes a knee right on the jaw!
Voorheez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Apple lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Apple is breathing heavily.
Voorheez tries a knee to the head but Apple blocks it.
Voorheez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Voorheez tries to land knees in the clinch but Apple avoids the damage to the body.
Apple tries to work over Voorheez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Apple tries to break free but Voorheez pushes him back against the cage.
Apple avoiding damage as Voorheez throws knees to the body.
Voorheez connects with a nasty looking knee right to Apple's face.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Voorheez prevents the takedown attempt.
Apple takes a knee right on the jaw!
Apple lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Apple wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ipod Apple. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Voorheez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Apple managing to block the knees to the body from Voorheez.
Knees to the body from Voorheez.
Voorheez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Voorheez tries a knee to the head but Apple blocks it.
Voorheez misses with an elbow over the top.
Voorheez misses with a knee to the head.
Voorheez lands an elbow inside.
Voorheez looking to throw knees to the head but Apple is blocking nicely.
Apple looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Voorheez lands an elbow inside.
Apple lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Voorheez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Voorheez landing knees to the head.
Voorheez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Apple.
Apple stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Voorheez connects with a nasty looking knee right to Apple's face.
Voorheez throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Voorheez lands an elbow inside that Apple shrugs off.
Apple takes a knee right on the jaw!
Voorheez pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Voorheez landing knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Voorheez.
Apple misses with a hook to the ribs.
Voorheez landing knees to the head.
Apple lands a shot to the body.
Apple can't find room to land a body shot as Voorheez controls the action.
Apple goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Voorheez looking to throw knees to the head but Apple is blocking nicely.
A frustrated look appears on Apple's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Voorheez trying to land knees to the body.
Voorheez missing with knees to the body.
Apple blocks an elbow strike from Voorheez.
Apple avoids a wild elbow strike from Voorheez.
Apple struggles to land a body shot inside as Voorheez controls his hands.
Voorheez is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Apple can't find room to land a body shot as Voorheez controls the action.
Voorheez lands a nice knee to the body.
Voorheez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Voorheez lands a knee to the head.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Voorheez landing knees to the head.
Apple tries to throw a body punch but Voorheez avoids it by throwing Apple back against the cage.
Voorheez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Apple avoids it.
Voorheez being controlled against the cage.
Voorheez misses with an elbow over the top.
Voorheez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Apple avoids a wild elbow strike from Voorheez.
Apple wants to break the clinch but can't.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Voorheez is pressed up against the cage. Apple has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Voorheez down to the mat. Voorheez avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Apple clinches up against the cage.
Voorheez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Apple has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Voorheez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
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 rushes Apple and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Voorheez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Apple has had enough of the clinch but Voorheez keeps him there for the moment.
Nice body punch from Apple - that landed with a thud.
Voorheez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Apple blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Apple.
Apple tries to throw a body punch but Voorheez avoids it by throwing Apple back against the cage.
Voorheez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Voorheez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Voorheez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Apple is defending well for now.
Apple on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Voorheez lands a knee to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Apple wants a takedown.
Apple is trying to force a seperation but Voorheez has the dominant position.
Voorheez tries to land a knee to the head but Apple blocks with his arms.
Apple wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Apple tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Voorheez's elbow.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Voorheez obliges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Voorheez throws an elbow that misses.
Apple misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Voorheez throws an elbow but it misses.
Voorheez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Voorheez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Voorheez is breathing heavily.
Voorheez throws an elbow but it misses.
Apple misses with a hook to the ribs.
Apple is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Apple.
Apple lands an uppercut.
Apple scores with a hook to the body.
Apple tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Apple is trying to break free.
Apple can't find room to land a body shot as Voorheez controls the action.
Apple blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Apple stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Apple can't find room to land a body shot as Voorheez controls the action.
Voorheez misses with a knee strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Voorheez throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Apple is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Voorheez is defending well.
Voorheez unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Voorheez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Voorheez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Apple tries to land knees in the clinch but Voorheez avoids the damage to the body.
Apple lands a nice uppercut.
Apple misses with a punch to the body.
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.
Voorheez missing with knees to the body.
Voorheez tries to land knees in the clinch but Apple avoids the damage to the body.
Voorheez throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Voorheez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Voorheez throws an elbow that misses.
Voorheez gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Apple.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ipod Apple. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Apple tries a body shot but Voorheez blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Apple.
Voorheez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Voorheez landing knees to the head.
Apple has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Voorheez after a bit of a struggle.
Jason Voorheez seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Apple blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Apple is working for takedown but Voorheez is calmly controlling the position for now.
Voorheez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Apple.
Voorheez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Apple wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Apple managing to block the knees to the body from Voorheez.
Voorheez misses with a knee to the head.
Apple misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Apple dodges an elbow strike from Voorheez.
Apple lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Apple on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Apple scores with a shot to the side of Voorheez's head.
Voorheez tries a knee to the head but Apple blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Apple.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Voorheez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Apple's efforts to push away.
Apple wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Voorheez has him pressed against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Apple as the two fighters clinch.
Voorheez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Apple has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Voorheez tries to land knees in the clinch but Apple avoids the damage to the body.
Voorheez tries to land knees in the clinch but Apple avoids the damage to the body.
Voorheez prevents Apple from breaking the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Apple.
Voorheez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Voorheez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Apple misses with a punch to the body.
Voorheez throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Apple lands a nice shot to the body.
Apple pushes Voorheez back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Apple managing to block the knees to the body from Voorheez.
Voorheez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Apple on the defensive, avoiding the 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.
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. This is the final round!

Apple forces Voorheez back against the cage and clinches.
Apple is trying to break the clinch but Voorheez has him pressed against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Apple.
Voorheez tries to land knees in the clinch but Apple avoids the damage to the body.
Voorheez lands an elbow that stopped Apple in his tracks for a moment.
Voorheez looking to throw knees to the head but Apple is blocking nicely.
Apple lands an uppercut.
Voorheez looking to throw knees to the head but Apple is blocking nicely.
Apple on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Voorheez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Voorheez landing knees to the head.
Apple misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Voorheez.
Apple lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Voorheez or not.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Apple lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Voorheez lands a damaging elbow.
A short uppercut from Apple.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Apple tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Voorheez's elbow.
Voorheez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Apple is trying to push Voorheez away but Voorheez has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Apple lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Apple creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Voorheez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Apple has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Voorheez tries a knee to the head but Apple blocks it.
Apple digs a right hand into Voorheez's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Voorheez's gas tank.
Apple is leaning against Voorheez and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Voorheez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Voorheez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Apple has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Apple cracks Voorheez with a nice body shot.
Voorheez lands an elbow inside.
Apple tries to throw a body punch but Voorheez avoids it by throwing Apple back against the cage.
Apple misses with a knee to the head.
Apple on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Apple is trying to break the clinch but Voorheez is controlling him.
Voorheez scores a nice knee to the body.
A short body shot lands from Apple as the two fighters clinch.
Voorheez misses with an elbow strike.
Voorheez blocks a body shot from Apple.
Voorheez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Apple is defending well for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Apple lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Voorheez backwards.
Voorheez tries a knee to the head but Apple blocks it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Voorheez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Apple is defending well for now.
Apple lands a body punch.
A left hand lands to the body for Apple.
Apple presses Voorheez against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A hook to the body from Apple.
Apple lands a left hand.
Apple stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Apple dodges an elbow strike from Voorheez.
Voorheez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Apple avoids it.
Voorheez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Apple lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Voorheez tries to land a knee to the head but Apple blocks with his arms.
Apple avoids a wild elbow strike from Voorheez.
Apple has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Apple lands a body shot.
Voorheez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Apple blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Apple.
Voorheez throws an elbow but it misses.
Voorheez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Voorheez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Apple lands a body punch.
Apple lands a shot to the body.
Voorheez avoiding damage as Apple throws knees to the body.
Voorheez looking to throw knees to the head but Apple is blocking nicely.
Voorheez throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Apple wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Apple on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Apple takes an elbow to the forehead.
Apple tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Voorheez's elbow.
Apple is looking to break free of the clinch but Voorheez has double underhooks.
Apple avoids a wild elbow strike from Voorheez.
Voorheez lands a damaging elbow.
Voorheez misses with a knee strike.
A frustrated look appears on Apple's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Voorheez landing knees to the head.
Voorheez throws a knee to the head but misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Apple.
Apple managing to block the knees to the body from Voorheez.
Voorheez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Apple.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Voorheez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Apple avoiding damage as Voorheez throws knees to the body.
Apple scores with a shoulder strike.
Apple lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Voorheez backwards.
Apple tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Voorheez landing knees to the head.
Voorheez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Apple has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Voorheez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Apple is defending well for now.
Ipod Apple has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Apple lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Voorheez.
Voorheez blocks a body shot from Apple.
Voorheez misses with a knee strike.
Voorheez prevents a body shot from Apple.
Apple can't find room to land a body shot as Voorheez controls the action.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jason Voorheez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Voorheez has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Jonathan Paton scores the fight 27:30
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jason Voorheez!
Our winner, Jason Voorheez, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.