PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dylan Toal (ranked 24236 p4p, 23828 weight class) and Jason Nolan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Toal
vs
Nolan

180 cm
23
208
5 - 12 - 0

219 cm
24
200
5 - 21 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

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 5 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dylan Toal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 21 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jason Nolan!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Jonathan Paton and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Nolan drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Nolan is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Toal is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Nolan misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Toal is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Nolan tries to move into full mount but can't pass Toal's legs.

Nolan looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Toal is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Nolan is controlling him well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Nolan thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Nolan working the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toal pushes Nolan away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Nolan gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Toal parries the strikes from Nolan easily there. Nolan is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Toal to escape.
Nolan working the ground and pound but Toal is defending the strikes.
Nolan lands an elbow.
Toal tries to escape but Nolan is in control.
Nolan looks up at the clock and then as Toal takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Nolan smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Toal could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Toal is trying to buck Nolan off.

Toal bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Toal ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nolan moves away.
Nice takedown defense from Toal. No joy for Nolan on that attempt.
Nolan misses with a takedown attempt - Toal sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Nolan avoids the head kick by Toal.
Toal fails to land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nolan shoots in for a takedown but Toal shows good takedown defense.
Dylan Toal has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jason Nolan.
Nolan looks winded!
Toal throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nolan is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Nolan looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Toal is fending him off so far but Nolan persists. Nope, Toal circles away and we're back to standing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Toal throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nolan misses with a head kick.
Dylan Toal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Toal throws a right and a left that both miss.
The fighters circling - Toal throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Toal looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Nolan shoots for a takedown but Toal saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Toal looks to land a combination but Nolan avoids it well.
Nolan has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Toal is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Toal rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nolan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Nolan fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Toal sprawls well initially but Nolan persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Toal is looking to escape.

Toal has one foot on Nolan's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Nolan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nolan looks for a takedown but Toal sprawls well.
Nolan takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Nolan throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Toal misses with the combination.
Nolan is looking for the big counter here.
Nolan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

Nolan is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Toal's half guard.

Toal manages to create a bit of space in order to work his way back to his feet. Nolan keeps hold of his opponent and drives him back against the cage.
Nolan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nolan tries to pull guard but Toal won't allow it.
Toal is looking to break free of the clinch but Nolan has double underhooks.
Nolan tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Toal smiles and moves away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Toal fails to land with a series of punches.
Toal throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nolan lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Toal swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nolan fails with a takedown attempt.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Dylan Toal dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Nolan walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Toal misses with an uppercut. Nolan saw that one coming.
Nolan fails with a takedown attempt.
Toal has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Nolan finds it's way round the side to connect with Toal's head.
Toal throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nolan.

Nolan scores with a takedown into Toal's guard.

Toal is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Nolan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nolan throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nolan scores with a three punch combo!
Nolan is breathing heavily.
No joy there for Toal, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Dylan Toal is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Toal throws a right hand that Nolan ducks under and follows up with a left that Nolan also avoids with ease.
Toal sets himself, and Nolan steps forward looking for the clinch! Toal avoids it this time.
A head kick misses from Toal.
Toal throws a combination that misses

and Nolan counters by moving into the clinch.
Nolan taking a breather.

Nolan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Toal swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Nolan counters with a nice body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nolan throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

Nolan closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Toal tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Toal is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.

Nolan is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Toal to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Toal shrugs it off.
Toal wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Nolan landing strikes from the mount.
Toal squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nolan with shots to the head and body - Toal looks very uncomfortable down there.
Toal squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Nolan lands with some strikes.
Toal is bucking up trying to escape but Nolan cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

Nolan has hold of Toal's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Toal manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Toal blocking the ground and pound.
Toal squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Toal is bucking up trying to escape but Nolan cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Toal is trying to stand.
Toal is in a horrible position here. Nolan smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Nolan looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Nolan looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Toal has given up his back, trying to stand up. Not clever.
Toal wants to get back to his feet.

Nolan looking to break Toal's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Toal remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Nolan will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Toal trying to get back to his feet but Nolan is in full control for now.

Nolan looking for the RNC.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Nolan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Some bone on bone action there as Nolan checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Nolan shoots for a takedown but Toal saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Toal moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Toal stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Toal wants it to stay on the feet.
Toal went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Nolan changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Toal tries to avoid it but Nolan manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Toal to the ground. Toal escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Dylan Toal has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jason Nolan.
Horrible takedown attempt by Nolan or perhaps it was just good defense by Toal, which made it look bad.

Toal gets tackled into the cage by Nolan. Nolan maintains the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Toal breaks the clinch.
Toal misses with a wild combination.
Toal jabs Nolan right on the nose. Nolan blinks but takes it well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toal lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nolan circles away quickly and effectively.
Nolan throws a head kick that half lands.
Toal throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

Nolan clinches.

Toal breaks the clinch.
Toal throws a head kick but Nolan moves out of range.
Toal throws a right and a left that Nolan avoids nicely.
Nolan shoots in and drives through. Toal sprawls well.

Nolan clinches with his opponent.
Toal gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Nolan.

Toal breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toal takes a swing at Nolan's ribcage but misses.
Despite the aggression on Nolan's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Toal rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nolan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nolan doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Nolan tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Toal swivels and escapes.

Nolan pushes Toal up against the cage in a clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nolan has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Toal after a bit of a struggle.

Toal breaks the clinch.
Toal misses with a few strikes there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nolan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Toal.
Dylan Toal is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nolan scores with a nice right hand.
Toal misses with a kick to the body.
Nolan closes the distance and clinches up with Toal, looking for a takedown. Nolan pushes Toal against the cage but Toal circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Toal swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Some wild striking there from Toal.
As Toal backs off Nolan throws a huge counter combo but Toal manages to avoid it all.
Nolan tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Toal defends well and Nolan ends up having to push Toal into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Toal misses with a head kick.
Nolan feints the counter takedown.
Nolan has a takedown stuffed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Toal gets tackled into the cage by Nolan. Nolan maintains the clinch.
Nolan jumps guard but Toal turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Toal has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Nolan has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Toal avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

Toal breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Toal lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

Nolan has Toal up against the cage in a clinch.

Toal breaks the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dylan Toal showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Toal has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 29:28
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dylan Toal!
Dylan Toal seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.