PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Petey Tarfel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Omar Durez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Omar Durez acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Tarfel
vs
Durez

170 cm
23
142 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

177 cm
22
154 lbs
0 - 2 - 1

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Petey Tarfel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Omar Durez!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Patrick Alders and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Durez shoots in and drives through. Tarfel sprawls well.
Durez looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!

Tarfel pushes Durez up against the cage in a clinch.

Tarfel has clasped his hands together around Durez's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
A lull in the action here as Tarfel stalls from top position.
Tarfel lands some shots froms side control.
Tarfel cracks Durez with a big right hand but Durez just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
The referee asks Tarfel politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Tarfel prefers to stall for the moment though.
Tarfel has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Durez is working to avoid the ground and pound but Tarfel connects with a decent elbow.
Tarfel in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
You can see the frustration on Durez's face as Tarfel controls the position.

Tarfel has hold of Durez's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Durez tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Tarfel cranks the arm and Durez screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Durez, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Petey Tarfel!
Petey Tarfel was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.