PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jeff Lebowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jon Rumble (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Jeff Lebowski has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Lebowski
vs
Rumble

190 cm
25
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
19
220 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Inexperienced

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jeff Lebowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jon Rumble!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Paul Aken and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rumble swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rumble lands with a thumping leg kick.
Lebowski scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Lebowski blocks a jab.

Lebowski instigates a clinch.
Rumble working hard to break the clinch.

Rumble breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rumble misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lebowski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lebowski fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Rumble is out of range.
Rumble wants to land a leg kick but Lebowski is out of range.
Lebowski tries to land a front kick but Rumble steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Rumble raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Rumble lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lebowski's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Rumble connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Lebowski scrambles back to his feet.
Rumble keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Lebowski darts in and clinches Rumble up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lebowski ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Lebowski no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Rumble wants to stand but Lebowski is controlling his posture from full guard.
Rumble looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Lebowski trying to keep a closed guard but Rumble is proving a slippery customer.

Lebowski working for a triangle but Rumble defends it easily.
Rumble wanted to stand there but Lebowski had control of the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Lebowski has his foot on Rumble's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Rumble works his way back into a safe position though.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Rumble sitting in guard, not really doing much.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Lebowski dives in and grabs Rumble's left leg, looking for a takedown. Rumble pushes down on Lebowski's head and hops out.
Rumble doesn't manage to clinch there - Lebowski circles away.
Lebowski throws a jab when Rumble was well out of range.
Rumble throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Lebowski on the side of the head.
Rumble misses with a head kick.
Rumble tries to clinch there but Lebowski circles away.
Rumble is looking to clinch but Lebowski is avoiding it.
Rumble misses with a head kick.
Lebowski has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jeff Lebowski. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rumble fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lebowski is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jon Rumble is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rumble avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lebowski keeps the fight on the outside.

Lebowski gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Rumble blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rumble.
Rumble wants to get back to striking at distance but Lebowski won't allow it.
Rumble wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rumble misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rumble has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rumble wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lebowski keeps control of Rumble as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rumble tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lebowski's elbow.
Lebowski is trying to maintain a safe position but Rumble gets an underhook and turns Lebowski into the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rumble misses with a body punch.
Rumble blocks the elbow strike.
Rumble is trying to push Lebowski away but Lebowski has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Rumble throws a head punch that misses.
Rumble misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rumble wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rumble misses with a body punch.

Lebowski pulls guard effortlessly.
Rumble stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Lebowski swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Rumble is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Rumble wanted to stand there but Lebowski had control of the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Lebowski has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Rumble off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jon Rumble will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Lebowski moves away from the strike by Rumble.
Rumble tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rumble misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rumble tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lebowski was well out of range. Poor timing from Rumble.
Lebowski slips under a jab from Rumble.
No luck for Lebowski with that takedown attempt.
Rumble stuffs the takedown.
Nice takedown defense from Rumble. No joy for Lebowski on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jeff Lebowski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lebowski steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rumble.
Lebowski fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Rumble avoids it really well and circles away.
Rumble looks like he wants to counter punch here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rumble fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lebowski manages to avoid it.
Rumble cracks the inside of Lebowski's front leg.
Lebowski shoots for a double leg takedown but Rumble sprawls well. He's pushed Lebowski's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Rumble fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lebowski throws a low kick but Rumble avoids it.
Rumble looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Lebowski tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Rumble manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lebowski looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Rumble misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lebowski slips under a jab from Rumble.
Lebowski appears to be looking for a big counter.
Rumble throws a body shot but no joy.
Lebowski appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Lebowski shoots in but Rumble avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lebowski changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Rumble tries to avoid it but Lebowski manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Rumble to the ground. Rumble escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Rumble misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rumble has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Lebowski uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rumble.
Lebowski moves out of range of the strikes.
It looked like Lebowski was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Rumble throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Rumble.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rumble waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lebowski.
Rumble misses with a wild body shot.
As Rumble tries to get set, Lebowski tries to push him back and clinch up but Rumble manages to avoid the attempt.
Rumble is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lebowski.
Rumble throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rumble lands a slapping body shot.
Rumble throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Lebowski.
Rumble lands a hook that stumbles Lebowski back into the cage. Rumble follows up with a straight and another hook that land right on the button, dropping Lebowski to the canvas! Rumble pounces and lands several unanswered shots - Lebowski has had enough and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Jon Rumble!