PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mason Burton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lucas Mitchel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lucas Mitchel looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Burton
vs
Mitchel

160 cm
20
161 lbs
0 - 3 - 1

183 cm
21
155 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Can Moonwalk

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 0 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mason Burton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lucas Mitchel!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burton throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Burton fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Mitchel avoids it really well and circles away.
Crunch! Mitchel slams his shin into Burton's torso.
Burton avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
As Mitchel backs away, Burton returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Burton avoids a punch combination nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mitchel tries to clinch up.

Burton feints and as Mitchel raises his hands in defense, Burton changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Burton working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mitchel wants to get back to his feet but Burton is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Mitchel looks winded!
Burton throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Burton might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Mitchel is looking to stand back up but Burton counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Mitchel.
Burton could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Burton lands strikes from half guard.
Burton thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Mitchel's head.
Burton landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Burton working over Mitchel with some ground and pound. Mitchel looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Burton takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Burton lands a nice short elbow.
Burton looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Mitchel with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Burton working Mitchel over with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burton working the head and body with strikes.
Mitchel pushes Burton off looking to stand but Burton dives back in and keeps control.

Burton is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Burton working the head and body with strikes.
Burton not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Nice strikes from Burton there.
Burton working Mitchel over with strikes.
Burton landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Burton working Mitchel over with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Burton is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Burton is looking for a kimura here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burton landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Burton is working for a submission of some sort.
Burton working the head and body with strikes.

That's four 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.
Burton looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Mitchel with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Burton takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Burton working over Mitchel with some ground and pound. Mitchel looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Mitchel pushes Burton off looking to stand but Burton dives back in and keeps control.
Burton controlling the action here.
Mitchel really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Burton. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Burton wants to work for an arm triangle but Mitchel is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Burton looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Mitchel with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Burton is looking for a kimura but Mitchel is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Burton to get the leverage.
Burton working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mason Burton 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.

Mitchel shoots in for a takedown but Burton shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Burton shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Mitchel as he avoids it easily.

Burton closes the distance and clinches.

Burton manages to pull guard.
Burton pulls Mitchel in close to prevent any damage.

Mitchel got a little sloppy there for a moment and Burton has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Mitchel has managed to get both his arms back between Burton's legs - danger averted.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mitchel looking to sit in guard and control but Burton gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Mitchel is breathing heavily.
Burton lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burton landing some decent shots from guard.
Burton postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Burton 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.
Burton makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Burton is in close to Mitchel's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Burton won't allow Mitchel to get back to his feet.
Mason Burton overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Burton is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Burton looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Burton lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Burton chips away with some ground and pound.
Burton working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Mitchel's head.
Burton is in close to Mitchel's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Burton is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Burton lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Burton makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Burton with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Burton stands up from guard. Let's bang!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Burton shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Burton was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Burton working the ground and pound.
Burton is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mitchel can do to turn this around?
Mitchel on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

Burton decides to stand up, so the ref orders Mitchel to his feet.

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

Burton thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Burton cracks Mitchel with a solid left hand.
Mitchel wants to stand but Burton is controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burton chips away with some ground and pound.
Burton cracks Mitchel with a solid left hand.
Burton is working Mitchel over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Burton distracts Mitchel with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Burton works over Mitchel with some ground and pound from guard.
Burton is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Burton chips away with some ground and pound.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Burton distracts Mitchel with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Burton working some strikes from top position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Burton is working Mitchel over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mason Burton dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Burton fails with the takedown.
Mitchel looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Burton is fending him off so far but Mitchel persists. Nope, Burton circles away and we're back to standing.
Burton closes the distance and clinches up with Mitchel, looking for a takedown. Burton pushes Mitchel against the cage but Mitchel circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Mitchel stuffs the takedown attempt from Burton. Burton gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mason Burton. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mitchel tries to close the distance and clinch but Burton swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Burton looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mitchel leaves Burton with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Mitchel thinks about the counter body kick.
Mitchel takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Mitchel tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Burton paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mitchel throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Burton counters by moving into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burton wants to break the clinch but can't.
Burton is trying to push Mitchel away but Mitchel has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Burton pulls guard effortlessly.
Burton keeping moving, preventing Mitchel from controlling successfully.

Burton looking for a triangle here. Mitchel is fighting it but it looks tight! Burton pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Mitchel is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Mason Burton!