PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sammy Nyla (ranked 987 p4p, 708 weight class) and Judah Christ (ranked 131 p4p, 100 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Nyla
vs
Christ

165 cm
28
155
17 - 10 - 0

185 cm
29
166
13 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Bondi MMA ðŸï¸

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 17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sammy Nyla!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Judah Christ!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nyla throws a looping overhand right but Christ ducks down to avoid it.
Christ scores with a kick to the body.
Christ lands a leg kick that knocks Nyla off balance momentarily.
Nyla tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Christ manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Christ throws a leg kick but Nyla checks it.
Nyla waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Christ.
Christ lands the left hand.
Nice shot by Christ.
Christ lands an overhand right.
Judah Christ seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nyla takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Christ throws a jab but it's blocked by Nyla.
Christ with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Nyla misses with a looping left.
A cross from Christ lands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Christ's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Christ duly obliges.
Christ ducks under a wild hook from Nyla.
Christ misses with an attempted mid kick.
Christ connects with a single shot there.
Nyla moves out of range of the strikes.
A little feinted left hand from Nyla on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christ fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Nyla.
Christ looking to land some kicks to the body here.
An attempted straight right counter from Nyla misses the target.
Nyla darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

It looks like Judah Christ has been cut.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Christ.
Christ thows a body kick. Nyla tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Christ steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nyla.
Nyla scores with a jab.
Nyla slips under a jab.
Christ attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Nyla on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Christ ducks under a wild hook from Nyla.
Nyla avoids the head kick by Christ.
Nyla was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Christ ducks right into an uppercut from Nyla.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A low kick lands for Christ.
A nice leg kick from Christ, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nyla throws a big shot that misses.
Nyla has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Crapollas Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Christ dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Nyla. That did some damage!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Nyla throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The crowd cheers as Nyla lands an impressive looking overhand right. Christ doesn't seem phased though.
Christ throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Nyla ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Christ lets loose with a powerful body kick. Nyla will feel that in the morning.
Christ staying out of range there.
Christ looks to throw the jab but Nyla is out of range.
Christ lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Christ steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nyla.
Nyla throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nyla is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
A swing and a miss from Nyla.
Christ with the inside leg kick.
Nyla steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Christ.
Christ lands with an uppercut that bounces Nyla off the cage and back into range.
Christ throws a low kick but Nyla avoids it.
Christ misses with a right hand
and Nyla counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Christ dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nyla looks to land a left hand but Christ moved out of range nicely.
A clash of legs there as Nyla blocks the low kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Nyla misses the target.
Christ thuds his right hand into Nyla's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Christ fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Nyla has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Christ walks into a straight right hand from Nyla.

Christ is rocked!

That has opened up Judah Christ's cut even more.
Christ pushes Nyla away with a front kick.
Nyla misses with a wild body shot.
Christ ducks under a wild hook from Nyla.
Nyla waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Christ.
Christ moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Christ scores with a jab to the body.
Christ lands a nice leg kick that just misses Nyla's sensitive parts.
Christ has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Nyla takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Nyla will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Nyla throws a jab but it's blocked by Christ.
Nyla moves out of range as Christ throws a body kick.
Nyla is looking to counter punch.
Nyla throws a shot from downtown. Christ moves away and avoids it.
Christ is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Christ fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Nyla throws the left hand but Christ avoids the punch easily.
Christ dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Christ lets loose with a powerful body kick. Nyla will feel that in the morning.
Christ misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Nyla to counter with a crisp jab.
Nyla throws a big shot that misses.
Christ scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Christ lands a leg kick that knocks Nyla off balance momentarily.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Christ. Nyla shrugs it off though.
Christ misses with a leg kick
and Nyla counters with a nice uppercut.
Christ is still on wobbly legs! Can Nyla finish him?
Nyla throws an overhand right that lands on Christ's shoulder, as Christ tries to avoid the shot.

Nyla clinches up with Christ and pushes him back against the cage.
Christ blocking some punches.
Nyla is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Christ can't break the clinch.
Christ seems to have recovered his senses.
Christ misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A body shot lands from Christ.
Christ wants to break free but Nyla has control.
Nyla working aggressively here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Judah Christ dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Judah Christ's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Nyla looks to throw the jab but Christ is out of range.
Christ cracks Nyla with an open hand slap.
Nyla swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nyla misses with a straight left.
A swing and a miss from Nyla.
Christ lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Christ throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Christ pivots, looking for a leg kick but Nyla is out of range and Christ settles back down.
Nyla misses with an uppercut. Christ saw that one coming.
Christ thumps Nyla with a low kick.
The fighters circling - Nyla throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nyla misses with a straight left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Christ lands with a thumping leg kick.
Christ throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nyla throws an overhand right that lands on Christ's shoulder, as Christ tries to avoid the shot.
Christ throws out a counter right but Nyla avoids it with no problem.
Christ looks to land a right hand but Nyla moved out of range.
Nyla's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Christ connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Nyla scrambles back to his feet.
Nyla looks to land a left hand but Christ moved out of range nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nyla misses with a straight left.
Nyla looks to land a right hand but Christ moved out of range.
Christ swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Good exchange - Christ coming out on top.
Nyla misses with a looping right.
Christ tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Christ bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Nyla keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Christ throws a leg kick which misses Nyla's front leg but catches the back leg as Nyla tries to avoid it.
Nyla throws a jab when Christ was well out of range.
Christ keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Christ throws a big shot that misses.
Nice shot lands for Christ.
Nyla misses with a looping left.
Christ scores with a nice right hand.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Christ - that will leave a mark!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Christ connects with a high kick.
Christ walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Christ connects with a jab.
Nyla stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Christ.
Christ cracks Nyla with a right hand to the side of the head.
Christ lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Nyla throws a looping overhand right but Christ ducks down to avoid it.
Christ scores with a kick to the body.
Nyla looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Christ misses with a head kick.
Christ pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Christ scores with a kick to the body.
Nyla throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Christ uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nyla.
Nyla gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Nyla takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Christ thumps Nyla with a low kick.
Nyla is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Christ's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christ steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nyla.
Christ moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Nyla has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Christ.
Christ looks to land a left hand but Nyla moved out of range nicely.
Nice body kick from Christ.
Nyla misses with a hook. Christ ducked under it nicely.
Christ throws the kick towards the body but Nyla avoids it.
Decent striking displayed by Christ there.
Nyla keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Christ.
Nyla on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A punch lands to the side of Nyla 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Christ moves out of range of the strikes.
As Nyla backs off Christ throws a huge counter combo but Nyla manages to avoid it all.
Christ tried to score with a low kick but Nyla checks it.
Christ clobbers Nyla with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Christ buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nyla throws a jab but it's blocked by Christ.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Christ cracks Nyla with a good jab.
Nyla takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Christ's jab looks to have found its range, popping Nyla under the eye.
Christ throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Nyla counters with a stiff right hand.
Nyla drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Christ connects with a solid leg kick.
Christ uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nyla.
Christ throws a leg kick but Nyla sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Christ has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nyla takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Christ lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Nyla takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Christ is looking to chop away at Nyla's legs.
A counter left hand to the body from Nyla misses its target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nyla throws an overhand right that lands on Christ's shoulder, as Christ tries to avoid the shot.
Christ lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Nyla has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Christ.
Nyla connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Judah Christ showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Judah Christ's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Christ ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Nyla misses with a wild body shot.
Nyla throws a body punch but Christ moves out of range.
Christ scoring well with a low kick there.
Christ fakes the leg kick and cracks Nyla in the body.
Christ turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Nyla looks to land a left hand but Christ moved out of range nicely.
Nyla on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Christ steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nyla.
Nyla throws a looping overhand right but Christ ducks down to avoid it.
Christ let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
A big left from Nyla misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nyla tries to close the distance and clinch but Christ swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Christ throws a leg kick which misses Nyla's front leg but catches the back leg as Nyla tries to avoid it.
Christ throws a body punch but Nyla moves out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Nyla misses the target.
Nyla on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Christ connects with an inside leg kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Christ chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Christ. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Christ.
Christ uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Nyla doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Nyla throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Some wild striking there from Christ.
An attempted straight right counter from Nyla misses the target.
Nyla thuds his right hand into Christ's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Christ lands a nice leg kick that just misses Nyla's sensitive parts.
A jab lands there for Christ.
Christ ducks under a wild hook from Nyla.
A solid leg kick lands there for Christ.
Christ throws a big shot that misses.
Judah Christ seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nyla throws a shot from downtown. Christ moves away and avoids it.
Christ thuds his right hand into Nyla's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Sammy Nyla has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nyla slips a jab from Christ.
Christ throws out a powerful jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Nyla misses the target.
Nyla throws a lazy right hand but Christ sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nyla takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Christ.
Nyla takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Nyla has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Christ.
Christ missing with a left hand there. Nyla was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A swing and a miss from Christ.
Nyla takes a jab right on the kisser.
Christ slips under a jab.
Nyla wants to clinch up but Christ keeps it at a distance.
A nice inside leg kick there by Christ. That's going to slow Nyla down.
Christ throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.

Nyla clinches up with Christ and pushes him back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Christ breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nyla misses with a looping left.
Nyla throws an overhand right that lands on Christ's shoulder, as Christ tries to avoid the shot.
Christ looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Christ connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Nyla throws a hook but Christ blocks it.
Christ digs a good hook to Nyla's body.
Christ throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nyla is looking to counter punch.
Christ changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Christ throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Christ is looking to slow Nyla down with leg kicks.
Nyla jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Christ uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Christ throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Nyla counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nyla tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nyla avoids a low kick by using good footwork.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nyla throws an overhand right that lands on Christ's shoulder, as Christ tries to avoid the shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nyla misses with an uppercut. Christ saw that one coming.
Christ throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nyla swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Christ connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Christ changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Nyla tries to clinch there but Christ circles away.
Christ swings for the body but Nyla moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Nyla.
Christ throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nyla pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nyla misses with a body shot.
Christ cracks Nyla with a good jab.
Nyla throws a jab when Christ was well out of range.
Christ thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nyla throws an overhand right that lands on Christ's shoulder, as Christ tries to avoid the shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Judah Christ comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Christ winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Judah Christ!
An out of breath Judah Christ thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.