PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Liber Lambart (ranked 422 p4p, 939 weight class) and Saurabh Pandeya (ranked 62 p4p, 134 weight class). Pandeya has chosen Clan In Da Front as his entrance music. Saurabh Pandeya has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Lambart
vs
Pandeya

180 cm
22
162
10 - 0 - 0

170 cm
22
160
7 - 3 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Excellent MT
Granite chin

The Natural Order
Paddy's Enhancing Drugs (160Q)

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Liber Lambart!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Saurabh Pandeya!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Ian Loll and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lambart slips a straight right by Pandeya.
Lambart throws the left hand but Pandeya avoids the punch easily.
Lambart lunges at Pandeya with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Pandeya's hand.
A big right from Lambart misses.
Lambart looks to land a body kick but Pandeya moved away.
Lambart thuds a left hand into Pandeya's body.
A jab from Lambart misses.
We've been told by Lambart's head coaches at Black Swans that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Lambart swings widly with a right hand
and Lambart takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A good leg kick by Pandeya.
Pandeya lands with a shot to the body.
Lambart throws a looping overhand right but Pandeya ducks down to avoid it.
A bone on bone clash there as Pandeya blocks the leg kick.
Lambart slips a jab from Pandeya.
Pandeya misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pandeya swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Liber Lambart seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lambart throws a big shot that misses.
Pandeya looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Lambart misses with a straight right.
Pandeya keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lambart rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Pandeya counter with a right hand.
Pandeya thows a left - swing and a miss!
It looked like Lambart wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Lambart throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Pandeya waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lambart.
Nice straight punches there by Lambart. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Lambart.
Lambart throws a leg kick which misses Pandeya's front leg but catches the back leg as Pandeya tries to avoid it.
Lambart swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Pandeya.
Lambart lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Lambart misses with a kick to the body
and Pandeya counters with a right hand to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lambart throws an overhand right that lands on Pandeya's shoulder, as Pandeya tries to avoid the shot.
Lambart takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lambart looks to throw the jab but Pandeya is out of range.
Pandeya looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Pandeya uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lambart.
Lambart blocks a jab.
Lambart was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Pandeya chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Lambart can pounce on him.
Pandeya misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lambart.
Pandeya misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lambart.
Pandeya ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lambart moves away.
Pandeya throws a jab when Lambart was well out of range.
Lambart throws a big counter combination but Pandeya scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Lambart tries to land a leg kick but Pandeya saw it coming and moves away.
Lambart looks to score with a jab to the body but Pandeya is just out of range.
Pandeya avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pandeya on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
That kick from Pandeya tenderised Lambart's leg. Lambart is trying to keep his angry face on.
Pandeya ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lambart moves away.
Pandeya rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Lambart to counter with a crisp jab.
Lambart throws a low kick but it's checked well by Pandeya.
Lambart lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Lambart takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Lambart throws out a leg kick but Pandeya moves out of range and Lambart only half commits.
Lambart misses with the body kick
and Pandeya counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Pandeya throws a body punch but Lambart moves out of range.
Lambart throws an off balance right hand
and Pandeya makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pandeya misses with a body shot
and Lambart counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Pandeya dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lambart works the jab nicely.
Lambart throws a lazy right hand but Pandeya sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lambart waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Pandeya.
Lambart tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Lambart slips under a jab.
Pandeya moves out of range of the strikes.
Lambart misses with a hook to the body
enabling Pandeya to counter with a crisp jab.
Lambart throws a leg kick
and Pandeya counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Pandeya avoids the body shot from Lambart.
Pandeya scores with a jab. Lambart acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Lambart throws a push kick but Pandeya slaps the foot to one side.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Liber Lambart will probably get the nod.
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.

Lambart throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Pandeya counter with a right hand.
Lambart catches Pandeya with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Pandeya looks to land a right hand but Lambart moved out of range.
Pandeya lands a nice shot to the body.
Lambart lands with a cross.
Lambart swings widly with a right hand
and Pandeya counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Pandeya keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lambart.
Lambart misses with a few strikes there.
Lambart scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Pandeya dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pandeya on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Pandeya moves out of range as Lambart throws a body kick.
Pandeya fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lambart manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pandeya fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Lambart on the side of the head.
Pandeya displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lambart throws out the jab.
Pandeya misses with a looping left.
Pandeya tests Lambart's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Pandeya uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lambart.
Pandeya moves away from the strike by Lambart.
Lambart defending well as Pandeya loads up on a big left hand.
Lambart tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pandeya was well out of range. Poor timing from Lambart.
Pandeya takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Pandeya looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Pandeya is looking to score with low kicks.
Lambart is looking to counter punch.
Liber Lambart is winning the standup battle so far.
Pandeya lands with a good body shot.
Lambart misses with a lunging right hand
and Pandeya cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lambart throws a body kick, spinning off balance

and Pandeya counters with a shoot takedown. Lambart fights it but they end up in guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pandeya sitting in guard here, content to control.
Pandeya forces his way into half guard.
Pandeya trying to pass the guard but Lambart defending well.
Still in half guard, Pandeya seems content to control.
Pandeya wants to lay and pray for a moment but Lambart keeps working.
Pandeya with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Lambart tries to kick Pandeya off but Pandeya keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Well, if Pandeya is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Pandeya looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Pandeya is trying to control. Lambart wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Pandeya is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Pandeya trying to control the position from guard on top but Lambart is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lambart looking to hit a scissor sweep but Pandeya is one step ahead there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Pandeya not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Pandeya cracks Lambart with a good jab.
Lambart lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A swing and a miss from Lambart.
Lambart scores with a jab to the jaw.
Pandeya misses the jab.
Lambart gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Pandeya counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Lambart swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Pandeya counter with a right hand.
Lambart looking to land some kicks to the body here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Saurabh Pandeya will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Pandeya slips under a jab.
A jab from Lambart misses.
It seemed like Pandeya was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Lambart misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Pandeya counters with a nice uppercut.
Pandeya takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Pandeya swings for the body but Lambart moves out of range.
Lambart is looking to counter punch.
Lambart looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lambart throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Lambart scores with a shot to the body.
Lambart missing with a left hand there. Pandeya was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Pandeya! But no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pandeya looks to land a right hand but Lambart moved out of range.
A low kick from Lambart is predictable there
and Pandeya counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Pandeya misses the jab.
Pandeya avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pandeya is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lambart gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Lambart throws a lazy uppercut
and Lambart takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A jab from Lambart misses.
Lambart misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pandeya.
Pandeya ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The fighters circling - Pandeya throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pandeya jabs at Lambart's body.
Lambart takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Pandeya misses with a body shot.
Lambart misses with an uppercut.
Lambart is looking to chop away at Pandeya's legs.
Pandeya looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Lambart throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Pandeya counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lambart throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Pandeya counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lambart takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pandeya drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Lambart throws a poor cross that misses
letting Pandeya counter with a right hand.
Lambart throws a hook but Pandeya blocks it.
Lambart swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Pandeya counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Pandeya looks to land a left hand but Lambart moved out of range nicely.
Lambart misses with a body punch
and Pandeya counters with a straight right hand.
Lambart thows a leg kick but Pandeya checks it
and Pandeya counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Pandeya misses the jab.
Pandeya throws the left hand but Lambart avoids the punch easily.
Lambart throws a solid leg kick but Pandeya takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Lambart.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Pandeya! But no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pandeya slips a jab and a cross from Lambart.
Lambart swings widly with a right hand
and Pandeya counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Pandeya misses the body punch
and Lambart counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Decent striking displayed by Pandeya there.
Lambart moves out of range of the strikes.
Pandeya throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lambart misses the shot to the body.
Pandeya moves out of range as Lambart strikes.
Pandeya feints the counter takedown.
Lambart throws a looping overhand right but Pandeya ducks down to avoid it.
Lambart throws a looping overhand right but Pandeya ducks down to avoid it.
Pandeya displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lambart throws out the jab.
A countering left hand to the body from Pandeya misses.
Lambart throws a big shot that misses.
Pandeya lands with a right hand.
Lambart looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lambart throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Pandeya on the side of the head.
Pandeya lands with a cross.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lambart fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lambart throws a jab when Pandeya was well out of range.
Pandeya looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Lambart throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Pandeya counter with a right hand.
Pandeya with the inside leg kick.
Lambart does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Lambart misses with a hook
and Pandeya counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Lambart misses with a kick to the body
and Pandeya counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lambart throws a right hand that misses
and Pandeya counters with a straight right hand.
Pandeya misses with a straight left.
Lambart misses with a jab to the body
enabling Pandeya to counter with a crisp jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Saurabh Pandeya really dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Lambart swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Lambart.
Lambart misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lambart throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Pandeya counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Lambart misses with a leg kick
and Pandeya counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Pandeya thuds his right hand into Lambart's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Lambart lands a jab.
Pandeya bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Pandeya thows a left - swing and a miss!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lambart throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lambart throws a lazy body kick
and Pandeya counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Lambart connects with a right hand. Pandeya shakes it off.
Pandeya takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pandeya swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lambart is looking to counter punch.
Lambart slips a straight right by Pandeya.
Lambart is looking to counter punch.
Lambart misses with the body kick
letting Pandeya counter with a right hand.
Lambart throws a body punch but Pandeya moves out of range.
Pandeya uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lambart.
A slow jab from Pandeya misses its intended target.
Lambart takes one on the button.
Lambart checks a leg kick.
Lambart tries to land a body kick
and Lambart takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Pandeya misses with an uppercut. Lambart saw that one coming.
Lambart swings widly with a right hand
and Pandeya counters with a nice uppercut.
Pandeya waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lambart.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lambart throws a body punch but Pandeya moves out of range.
Pandeya dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lambart. That did some damage!
Lambart thows a left - swing and a miss!
Pandeya blocks a jab.
Pandeya with the counter takedown but Lambart avoids it easily.
Lambart throws a lazy body kick

so Pandeya counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pandeya trying to control the position from guard on top but Lambart is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Pandeya won't allow Lambart to get back to his feet.
Pandeya looking to pass the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pandeya trying to control the position from guard on top but Lambart is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Pandeya is looking to pass into half guard but Lambart pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Lambart is in guard.

Pandeya wants to control the position but Lambart says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Pandeya wants to control but Lambart is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Lambart throwing shots but Pandeya is blocking nicely.
Pandeya tries to get to full guard but Lambart has control of the leg.

Lambart escapes and gets back to his feet.
Pandeya lands a slapping body shot.
Lambart thows a left - swing and a miss!
A decent looking cross lands there for Pandeya.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lambart just misses with a punch to the body.
Lambart tries to land a body kick
and Pandeya counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Lambart is looking to land body kicks.
Pandeya throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pandeya scores with a shot to the body.
Pandeya uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lambart.
Lambart throws a right hand that misses
and Pandeya counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pandeya throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lambart sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lambart cracks Pandeya with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Jab, jab by Lambart - just one landing.
Lambart throws a solid leg kick but Pandeya takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Lambart.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Saurabh Pandeya dominated that fourth round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Lambart throws a lazy uppercut
and Pandeya counters with a straight right hand.
Pandeya misses with an uppercut. Lambart saw that one coming.
Lambart connects with a good right hand that stumbles Pandeya. Pandeya circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Lambart misses with a lunging right hand
and Pandeya counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lambart lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pandeya circles away quickly and effectively.
Pandeya is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Pandeya throws out a loose jab but Lambart uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pandeya throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Lambart rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Pandeya counters with a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lambart misses with a right hand
enabling Pandeya to counter with a crisp jab.
Lambart misses the shot to the body.
A nice combination there by Lambart.
Pandeya takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pandeya moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Pandeya listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Pandeya scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Lambart connects with a good right hand that stumbles Pandeya. Pandeya circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Lambart fails to land with a series of punches.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lambart. Pandeya does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lambart throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Pandeya lands with a nice body punch.
Pandeya moves out of range of the body kick from Lambart.
Pandeya looks to land a left hand but Lambart moved out of range nicely.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Lambart.
Lambart rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Pandeya makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pandeya throws a big shot that misses.
Lambart with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Pandeya to score with a decent uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pandeya misses with a looping left.
Lambart throws a hook but Pandeya blocks it.
Lambart misses the jab.
Pandeya loads up on a big right hand but Lambart slips the punch.
Lambart throws a lazy body kick

and Pandeya counters with a single leg into guard. Lambart didn't expect that.
Pandeya's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Lambart wants to stand but Pandeya is controlling the position.
Lambart looking to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pandeya trying to control but Lambart is working from the bottom.
Pandeya passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Pandeya trying to control the position but Lambart is working away.
Lambart prevents Pandeya from improving position.

Pandeya is trying to get an arm triangle but Lambart is defending well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pandeya wants to control but Lambart is keeping him busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Pandeya wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Lambart, who protects the arm well.

Pandeya wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Lambart, who protects the arm well.
Lambart is trying to improve his position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Saurabh Pandeya comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Pandeya 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 46:49
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 46:49
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 46:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Saurabh Pandeya!
Saurabh Pandeya is the new lightweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Saurabh Pandeya thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.