PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eddie Pitney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Geoff Byrnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Geoff Byrnes struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 207.5lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Geoff Byrnes is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Pitney
vs
Byrnes

193 cm
21
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

194 cm
18
219 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good in bed

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

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, Eddie Pitney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Geoff Byrnes!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Byrnes, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A jab lands there for Byrnes.
Jab from Byrnes.
Byrnes throws a right hand that misses

and Pitney counters with a nice double leg into side control. Byrnes won't be happy with that.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pitney controlling the position from side mount.

Pitney is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Byrnes looks calm but he's in trouble here. Pitney gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Byrnes is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Pitney lets go of the hold and Byrnes can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Eddie Pitney!