PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jeffrey Lebowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marvin Padovani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lebowski comes to the cage accompanied by Lookin' Out My Back Door by Creedence. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Lebowski
vs
Padovani

176 cm
21
172 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
22
166 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

Dangerous GnP
Brawler
Determined

Fight 4 America

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jeffrey Lebowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marvin Padovani!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Padovani looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Lebowski manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

Lebowski is working for a guillotine from mount but Padovani frees his head quite easily.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Padovani can do anything to dispel that myth.
Padovani wants to control but Lebowski is having none of it.
Padovani throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Lebowski trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Padovani is desperately trying to improve his position but Lebowski has a good base and remains in mount.
Lebowski scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Lebowski working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Lebowski blocks Padovani's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Padovani working to try and regain half guard.
Padovani wants to hold on but Lebowski pushes him away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lebowski has control of Padovani's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Padovani regains control of the situation pretty easily.

Lebowski is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
Padovani fails to land the takedown.
Lebowski tries to clinch up but Padovani circles away and keeps his distance.
Lebowski throws a right and a left that Padovani avoids nicely.
Padovani will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Padovani fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Jeffrey Lebowski has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marvin Padovani.
Padovani looks gassed!
Padovani misses with a takedown attempt - Lebowski sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Lebowski drives through and clinches with Padovani against the cage.
Lebowski lands with a short shot to the head.

Lebowski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lebowski shoots in and drives through. Padovani sprawls well.
Lebowski shoots in and drives through. Padovani sprawls well.
Lebowski shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Padovani pinned against the cage. Padovani gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Lebowski wants to clinch up but Padovani keeps it at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lebowski shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Padovani as he jumps to the side.
Lebowski misses with a takedown attempt - Padovani sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Padovani keeps the fight on the outside.
Lebowski misses with a few strikes there.
Lebowski lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Lebowski.
Lebowski displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Padovani shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Padovani was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Padovani putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Lebowski trying to punch from the bottom. They're landing but they're really not going to hurt Padovani.
Padovani avoids the attempt from Lebowski to control.
Lebowski tries to reverse the position but Padovani maintains control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Padovani really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Lebowski. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Padovani lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Lebowski hang on?
Padovani unloads with some shots from mount but Lebowski bucks and avoids them well.
Poor strikes thrown by Padovani there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Padovani throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Lebowski really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Lebowski tries to lock up and control but Padovani gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Padovani lands a big elbow.
Padovani lands with some strikes.
Lebowski bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Lebowski's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Padovani keeping moving, preventing Lebowski from controlling successfully.
Padovani trying to strike off his back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Lebowski drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Lebowski seems to have locked his on tight now - Padovani screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Lebowski, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Jeffrey Lebowski!