PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Sudo Nym (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peter Heart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Nym
vs
Heart

150 cm
30
160 lbs
12 - 18 - 1

180 cm
20
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Bloodlust Horde Fightwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sudo Nym!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Peter Heart!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Heart misses with a hook. Nym ducked under it nicely.

Nym looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Heart has his hands on Nym's head, controlling the position.
Heart keeping full guard, as Nym tries to pass.
Heart is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Nym postures up.
Nym looking to pass the guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nym is working hard here to advance position.
Heart looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Nym accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Heart wants to sweep but no luck.
Heart pulls Nym in to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nym is working Heart over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Nym has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Nym's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Heart keeping moving, preventing Nym from controlling successfully.
Heart not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Nym throws a big right hand that misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nym tries to free his leg and advance position but Heart is retaining full guard.
Nym postures up in Heart's guard and throws a big left but Heart blocks it.
Heart seems keen to control Nym's posture.
Nym stopping the sweep attempt from Heart.
Heart is pulling down on Nym's head to control his posture.
Nym won't allow Heart to sweep him here.
Nym sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Heart's guard.
Nym looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Heart with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Nym sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Heart defending well though.
Heart gets back to full guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Heart can do anything to dispel that myth.
Nym looking to pass the guard.
Nym might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heart is trying to control the position but Nym postures up.
Nym is stalling in the full guard.
Heart utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Heart trying to keep a closed guard but Nym is proving a slippery customer.
Nym postures up in Heart's guard and throws a big left but Heart blocks it.
Nym passes Heart's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Nym controlling the action here.
Heart moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Heart pulls Nym in to control the position.
Nym scoring with punches to the head and body.
Heart controls Nym momentarily but Nym frees himself.
Heart is pulling down on Nym's head to control his posture.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nym connects with a couple of short punches.
Heart really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Nym. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Nym controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Nym postures up in Heart's guard and throws a big left but Heart blocks it.
Nym wants to control from the top but Heart keeps moving.
Nym makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Heart pulls Nym in close to his closed guard and prevents Nym from doing any damage or advancing position.
Heart utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Heart is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Nym slips nicely into half guard.

Nym is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Heart sees it coming and defends easily.
Nym looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Nym controlling the action here.
Heart is trying to maintain the position but Nym is very close to passing his half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nym is trying to control the action in half guard but Heart is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Heart trying to control from the bottom.
Nym scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Heart is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Nym throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Heart trying to control but Nym postures up.
Nym 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.
Nym working the head and body with strikes.
Nym uses his free foot to push down on Heart's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Heart.
Heart really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nym with shots to the head and body - Heart looks very uncomfortable down there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nym lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

Heart is rocked!
Nym is landing with some decent strikes but Heart is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Heart is still in real trouble! Can Nym finish him?
Nym avoids the attempt from Heart to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sudo Nym dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Nym shoots in for a double leg but Heart sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Heart seems to have recovered his senses.
Nym doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Heart counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nym takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Heart lands with a shot to the body.
Heart missing with a left hand there. Nym was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Heart fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nym manages to avoid it.
Nym wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.

Nym drives through with a takedown into Heart's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Heart is trying to control the position but Nym postures up.
Nym throwing strikes but missing.
Heart working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Nym.
Heart looking to hit a scissor sweep but Nym is one step ahead there.
Heart being controlled here, momentarily.
Nym postures up.
Nym is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Heart can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nym trying to control the position from guard on top but Heart is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nym keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Heart's head.
Nym working some strikes from top position.
Nym works over Heart with some ground and pound from guard.
Heart looking to control.
Heart utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Nym trying to control but Heart is working from the bottom.
Heart is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Nym with a nice head shot there.
Nym is pushing down on Heart's leg trying to pass to half guard. Heart is fighting to maintain full guard but Nym has managed to sneak the leg through.
Nym wants to take a breather but Heart is having none of it.
Nym takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Heart trying to control here.
Heart might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Nym haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nym wants to take a breather but Heart is having none of it.
Heart tries to get to full guard but Nym has control of the leg.
Nym is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Sudo Nym overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Nym stalling.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Nym lands a nice short elbow.
Nym is trying to control. Heart wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Heart wants to control but Nym is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Nice strikes from Nym there.
Nym takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Nym seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nym is thwarting Heart's attempts to control the position.
Nym looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Heart with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Nym lands a big elbow - Heart is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Nym!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sudo Nym!
Sudo Nym very nearly forgot to thank Bloodlust Horde Fightwear amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.