PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jeffrey Lebowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Junior Rivera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lebowski comes to the cage accompanied by Lookin' Out My Back Door by Creedence. Rivera has chosen Tupac - Hell Razor (remix) as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Lebowski
vs
Rivera

176 cm
22
172 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

183 cm
23
179 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jeffrey Lebowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Junior Rivera!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Wagner Zegers and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rivera wants to clinch up but Lebowski keeps it at a distance.
Lebowski scores with a shot to the body.

Rivera rushes Lebowski and presses him up against the cage.
Rivera is trying to stall.
Rivera misses with a knee strike.

Lebowski breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lebowski misses with the combination.
Lebowski lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Rivera throws a head kick that misses.
Rivera takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Lebowski misses the jab.
Rivera wants to clinch up but Lebowski keeps it at a distance.

Rivera closes the distance and pushes Lebowski back into the cage.
Rivera crunches a lovely knee into Lebowski's ribcage.
Rivera tries to land knees in the clinch but Lebowski avoids the damage to the body.
Lebowski tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Rivera smiles and moves away.
A head kick misses from Rivera.
Lebowski throws a series of punches but Rivera avoids them all with ease.
Lebowski misses the jab.
Rivera keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rivera fails with an attempt to clinch.

Rivera rushes Lebowski and presses him up against the cage.
Lebowski tries to pull guard but Rivera holds him up against the cage and eventually Lebowski drops back down to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivera controlling the action here for a moment.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rivera.
Lebowski lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Lebowski tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Rivera smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jeffrey Lebowski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lebowski scores with a body shot.
Rivera ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lebowski throws a series of punches but Rivera avoids them all with ease.
Lebowski thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lebowski misses with a two punch combination.
Rivera dodges the punch combination from Lebowski.
Rivera moves in looking to clinch but Lebowski pushes him off.
Lebowski moves out of range of the body kick.
Rivera tries to clinch up but Lebowski circles away and keeps his distance.
Lebowski swats away the attempt to clinch by Rivera.
Lebowski pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rivera throws a body punch but Lebowski moves out of range.

Rivera darts in and clinches Lebowski up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivera landing knees to the head.
Lebowski fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Lebowski gets through Rivera's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rivera leaning his opponent against the cage.
Lebowski managing to block the knees to the body from Rivera.
Lebowski on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rivera throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rivera lands a nice knee to the body.
Lebowski managing to block the knees to the body from Rivera.
Lebowski throws a punch but it's blocked by Rivera.
A right hand to the body from Lebowski.
Rivera lands a knee to the head.
Rivera utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Lebowski.
Lebowski tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Rivera smiles and moves away.
Lebowski throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rivera throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Lebowski's head.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Lebowski throws a nice looking combination but Rivera bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rivera blocks a jab.
Lebowski throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rivera.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lebowski connects with a body shot.
Donk. Lebowski catches Rivera right on the button with a cross.
Lebowski connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Lebowski swinging wilding here.
Rivera tries to clinch there but Lebowski circles away.

Rivera gets a clinch.
Rivera landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Lebowski throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lebowski jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Rivera walks away with a smile on his face. Lebowski gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Lebowski fails to land with a series of punches.
Rivera scores with a kick to the body.

Rivera darts in and clinches Lebowski up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Lebowski fails to land.
Rivera stalls.
Lebowski misses with a punch on the inside.
Lebowski tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Rivera smiles and moves away.
Rivera scores with a head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rivera moves out of range of the strikes.
Rivera fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lebowski fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lebowski circles away from the clinch attempt.

Rivera moves into the clinch successfully.
Rivera pressing his opponent against the cage.

Lebowski has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Rivera uses from the top position.

Lebowski looking for a guillotine here but Rivera defends easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rivera loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Rivera working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Lebowski's head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lebowski lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Rivera!
Rivera tries to hold on but Lebowski pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Junior Rivera dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Lebowski swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rivera tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jeffrey Lebowski is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rivera connects with a high kick.
Lebowski throws a right and a left that Rivera avoids nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rivera looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lebowski scores with a jab to the jaw.
Rivera is looking to slow Lebowski down with leg kicks.
Lebowski lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rivera circles away quickly and effectively.
Lebowski fails to land with a series of punches.
Rivera throws a half hearted mid kick.
Rivera steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lebowski.
Lebowski ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rivera moves away.
Lebowski blocks a head kick by Rivera.
A combination from Lebowski does no damage.
Rivera wants to clinch.
Lebowski connects with a body shot.
Lebowski keeps the fight on the outside.
Rivera doesn't manage to clinch there - Lebowski circles away.
Rivera staying out of range there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lebowski throws a series of punches but Rivera moves out of range.
Rivera uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lebowski.
No joy there for Lebowski, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Rivera closes the distance and pushes Lebowski back into the cage.
Lebowski throws a head punch that misses.
Nice body punch from Lebowski - that landed with a thud.
Lebowski misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rivera is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Lebowski is keeping busy.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Lebowski lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Rivera tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lebowski avoids it.
Lebowski tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Lebowski misses with some punches.
Lebowski jumps guard but Rivera stands there with Lebowski around his waist. Lebowski gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Rivera is stalling here.
Rivera missing with knees to the body.
Lebowski fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jeffrey Lebowski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rivera keeps control of Lebowski as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lebowski has had enough of the clinch but Rivera keeps him there for the moment.
Rivera connects with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivera lands a knee to the body.
Lebowski jumps guard but Rivera stands there with Lebowski around his waist. Lebowski gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Lebowski avoiding damage as Rivera throws knees to the body.
Rivera with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rivera is breathing heavily.
Lebowski managing to block the knees to the body from Rivera.
Lebowski goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lebowski misses with some punches.
Rivera landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Lebowski tries to pull guard but Rivera won't allow it.
Lebowski tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
A bit of stalling here from Rivera.
Lebowski tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Lebowski jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Rivera walks away with a smile on his face. Lebowski gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Rivera tries to clinch up.
Lebowski fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Rivera on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

Rivera drives through and clinches with Lebowski against the cage.
Rivera will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Lebowski up against the cage.
Rivera continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Lebowski wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivera is looking to control Lebowski's arms but Lebowski gets an underhook and turns him. Now Rivera has his back to the cage.
Lebowski tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Rivera smiles and moves away.
Jeffrey Lebowski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rivera goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Lebowski throws a right hand that Rivera ducks under and follows up with a left that Rivera also avoids with ease.
Lebowski fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rivera manages to avoid it.
Lebowski lands a nice shot that snaps Rivera's head back.
Lebowski connects with the punch.
Lebowski sizes up Rivera with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Lebowski thows a body shot but no joy.

Rivera clinches up against the cage.

Lebowski breaks the clinch.
Lebowski lands with a right hand.
Lebowski moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Rivera tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lebowski was well out of range. Poor timing from Rivera.
Rivera tries to close the distance and clinch but Lebowski swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rivera avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rivera misses the shot to the body.
Rivera fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jeffrey Lebowski is winning the standup battle so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rivera fails in his attempt to clinch.
A shot to de liver by Lebowski. Beautiful body shot.

Rivera gets a clinch.

Lebowski jumps into guard, dragging Rivera to the mat.

Lebowski working for a triangle but Rivera defends it easily.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Lebowski working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Rivera doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Lebowski is tightening it up a little... Rivera has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Rivera reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Rivera taps out! nice BJJ there by Lebowski!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Jeffrey Lebowski!