PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bob Savs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeffrey Lebowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lebowski has chosen gutterballs as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Savs
vs
Lebowski

190 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

199 cm
21
190 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Very confident

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bob Savs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jeffrey Lebowski!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Dean Styles and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Savs closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Lebowski looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Savs tries to pass to full mount but Lebowski defends it.
Savs trying to control the action but Lebowski is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Savs lands with a punch from half guard.
Savs looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Savs trying to pass the guard but Lebowski defending well.

Savs is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Lebowski doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Savs.
Lebowski tries to kick Savs off but Savs keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Savs is looking to take a break and control but Lebowski is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Savs moves into side control, avoiding the strikes from Lebowski.
Savs wants to stand but Lebowski is controlling his arm.
Savs wants to control but Lebowski is keeping him busy.
Savs takes a little break here. Lebowski wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Savs looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Savs keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Savs misses with the combination.
Lebowski takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Savs fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lebowski misses with a combination

and Savs counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Lebowski wants to stand up but Savs is controlling him.
Savs wants to get up but he can't break Lebowski's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Lebowski looking to control.
Savs is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Savs trying to control but Lebowski is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lebowski wants to sweep but no luck.
Lebowski wants to stand but Savs is controlling the position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
A punch combination from Lebowski misses.
An inside leg kick lands from Savs.
Savs tries to clinch up.
Jeffrey Lebowski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Savs shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Savs wants to pass the guard but Lebowski is keeping the position.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Lebowski holds on and takes a little breather.
Lebowski wants to get back to his feet but Savs is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Lebowski lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Savs!
Lebowski working the ground and pound effectively.
Savs takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bob Savs dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Savs lands with a right hand.
Lebowski gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Savs counters with a single leg into guard. Lebowski didn't expect that.
Savs has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Savs trying to control but Lebowski is working from the bottom.
Savs stopping the sweep attempt from Lebowski.
Lebowski is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Lebowski is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Savs stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Lebowski swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lebowski tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Savs keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Lebowski's head.
Savs postures up.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Some wild striking there from Savs.

Savs gets a takedown into half guard.
Savs is trying to control the action in half guard but Lebowski is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Lebowski gets full guard.
Savs knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Lebowski on the ground.

Lebowski pushes Savs off and gets back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Savs tries for a takedown but Lebowski circles away easily

and Lebowski counters with a nice double leg into side control. Savs won't be happy with that.
Savs is trying to work for a sweep but Lebowski has mounted him!
Lebowski raining down shots from the mount!
Savs wants to hold on but Lebowski pushes him away.
Savs is working to get back to half guard.
Savs throwing hammer fists to the chest of Lebowski. What's that going to do exactly?
Lebowski looking to finish Savs with some ground and pound. This is bad for Savs!
Lebowski prevents Savs from getting the reversal.
Lebowski raining down shots from the mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savs tries to hold on but Lebowski pushes him away.
Lebowski dominating with strikes here.
Lebowski unloading with bombs!
Lebowski landing shots from mount.
Lebowski landing shots from mount.
Lebowski with the ground and pound from mount.
Lebowski is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Savs can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Savs is trying to escape the mount.
Savs takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Savs throwing hammer fists to the chest of Lebowski. What's that going to do exactly?
Bob Savs overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Savs tries to hold on but Lebowski postures up.
Lebowski lands a big shot there that rocks Savs but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Lebowski fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Lebowski trying to control but Savs is having none of it.
Lebowski is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Savs is wriggling around trying to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Jeffrey Lebowski will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Lebowski shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Savs has one foot on Lebowski's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Lebowski throws a left and a right that both miss
and Savs counters with a nice body kick.
Lebowski throws a left and a right that both miss

and Savs counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Lebowski goes for a takedown attempt but Savs pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Savs darts in trying to clinch

and Lebowski counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Savs!
Lebowski lands a nice shot to the head.
Savs is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Savs wants to hold on but Lebowski pushes him away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Savs is trying to escape the mount.
Lebowski cracks Savs with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Savs tries to hold on but Lebowski pushes him away.
Savs in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Savs can't escape the position.
Lebowski pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Lebowski dominating with strikes here.
Savs is trying to escape the mount.
Lebowski looking to finish Savs with some ground and pound. This is bad for Savs!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Savs is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Lebowski is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Savs can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Lebowski lands a big elbow.
Lebowski takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Savs on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Savs tries to get out of the position.
Lebowski cracks Savs with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
A nice elbow there by Lebowski.
Lebowski scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Savs really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lebowski lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Savs hang on?

Savs defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Lebowski.
Lebowski takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Savs just holding on.
Lebowski landing strikes from the mount.
Lebowski trying to control but Savs is having none of it.
Lebowski sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Lebowski lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Lebowski scoring with strikes but Savs is staying in there.
Lebowski breaks from Savs's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Lebowski lands a heavy elbow.
Lebowski avoids the attempt from Savs to control.
Lebowski is in the full mount, landing strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jeffrey Lebowski comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Lebowski has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 28:29
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jeffrey Lebowski!