PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ed Mytsyno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Sturd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Mytsyno might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Rev Theory - Voices. Sturd has chosen Kanye West - Stronger as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Mytsyno
vs
Sturd

200 cm
19
212 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
18
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Tends to cut

Organic Peak Performance
NCC: Nemesis Cage Clothing

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 Los Angeles, Ed Mytsyno!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jason Sturd!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mytsyno shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Sturd pinned against the cage. Sturd gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Mytsyno will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Mytsyno.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ed Mytsyno. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice takedown defense from Sturd. No joy for Mytsyno on that attempt.
Mytsyno shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Sturd pinned against the cage. Sturd gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Sturd stuffs the takedown attempt from Mytsyno. Mytsyno gets slowly back to his feet.
Mytsyno fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mytsyno fails with the takedown.
Mytsyno is breathing heavily.
Mytsyno shoots for a takedown but Sturd saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sturd closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Sturd lands an elbow.
Sturd creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Mytsyno is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Sturd working the head with strikes.
Sturd landing strikes.
Sturd is chipping away with strikes.
Sturd lands a nice forearm strike.
Mytsyno gets back to half guard.
Sturd working Mytsyno over with strikes.
Mytsyno taking some punishment here, with Sturd in his half guard.
Mytsyno works his way to full guard. Good work.
Sturd lands a couple of elbows.
Sturd postures up and lands a big shot to Mytsyno's brow.
Sturd with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Sturd must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Sturd working some strikes from top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sturd content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Mytsyno is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Sturd pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Mytsyno is keeping the position for now.

Mytsyno is looking for a triangle but Sturd pushes his legs off easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Mytsyno throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Mytsyno looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Mytsyno is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Mytsyno is trying to work for a kimura but Sturd is defending well.
Mytsyno passes the guard and advances to mount!
Sturd really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Mytsyno. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Mytsyno working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mytsyno pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Sturd flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.

Mytsyno is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Sturd is surviving well by controlling Mytsyno's body position as best he can.
Sturd is working to get back to half guard.

Mytsyno is working for a guillotine from mount but Sturd frees his head quite easily.

Mytsyno is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Sturd can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Sturd working to try and regain half guard.

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.
Sturd flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Sturd working to try and regain half guard.
Sturd is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

Mytsyno working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Sturd is looking to get to half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Mytsyno working for a guillotine from mount but Sturd is in no mood to give up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Mytsyno working for a submission but Sturd is keeping him at bay.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Ed Mytsyno will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Sturd scores with a takedown into Mytsyno's guard.

Mytsyno working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Sturd doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Sturd manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Sturd avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Sturd has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Mytsyno to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Sturd is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Mytsyno pulls down on the head and he's put Sturd to sleep! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Ed Mytsyno!