PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sammy Nyla (ranked 570 p4p, 795 weight class) and Davante Dunbar (ranked 88 p4p, 118 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Dunbar's choice of entrance music: Mastodon - More Than I Could Chew. Davante Dunbar will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Nyla
vs
Dunbar

165 cm
23
155
9 - 5 - 0

179 cm
23
168
8 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Powerful

HELLBENT
New Standard

Fantasy Threads

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 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 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Davante Dunbar!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Anthony Taglia and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nyla ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dunbar connects with a good right hand that stumbles Nyla. Nyla circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Dunbar misses with a lunging right hand
and Nyla makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

Nyla clinches.
A right hand to the body from Dunbar.
A short right from Nyla.
Nyla tries a body shot but Dunbar blocks it.
Dunbar jumps guard but Nyla stands there with Dunbar around his waist. Dunbar gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Dunbar fails to pull guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dunbar tries to pull guard but Nyla won't allow it.
Sammy Nyla has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Davante Dunbar.
Dunbar misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nyla tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nyla tries a body shot but Dunbar blocks it.
Dunbar takes a shot to the head.
Nyla lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Dunbar or not.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nyla misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Nyla.
Nyla throws a punch but it's blocked by Dunbar.
Dunbar fails to pull guard.
Nyla blocks an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Nyla.
Dunbar blocks an uppercut.
Nyla fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nyla throws a punch but it's blocked by Dunbar.
Nyla lands a hook that snaps the head of Dunbar backwards.
A right hand to the body from Nyla.
Dunbar tries to work over Nyla's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right from Dunbar on the inside.
Dunbar tries to pull guard but Nyla forces him back to his feet, against the cage.

Nyla breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nyla has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Crapollas Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Nyla with a hook.

It looks like Davante Dunbar has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dunbar ducks under a wild hook from Nyla.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dunbar misses with a looping right.
Nyla uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dunbar.
Nyla is looking to counter punch.
Nyla misses with a hook
and Dunbar counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Nyla throws a lazy uppercut
letting Dunbar counter with a right hand.
Nyla takes a jab right on the kisser.
Dunbar lunges at Nyla with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Nyla's hand.
Nyla paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Nice uppercut there from Dunbar.
Nyla takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A jab from Dunbar misses.
Dunbar ducks under a wild hook from Nyla.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dunbar tries to clinch but Nyla is having none of it.
Nyla swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Nyla throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dunbar sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nyla looks to land a left hand but Dunbar moved out of range nicely.
Nyla scores with a jab to the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dunbar looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nyla throws an off balance right hand
and Dunbar counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nyla just misses with a punch to the body.
Nyla digs a good hook to Dunbar's body.
A swing and a miss from Dunbar.
Dunbar lands a body shot.
Dunbar has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Dunbar misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Nyla counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Dunbar thinking.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dunbar throws a shot from downtown. Nyla moves away and avoids it.
Nyla misses with a hook.
Nyla misses with an uppercut. Dunbar saw that one coming.
Dunbar ducks under a wild hook from Nyla.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A jab lands there for Nyla.
Nyla misses with a straight right.
Nyla takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Nyla lands with a straight right. Dunbar didn't see that one coming.

Dunbar is rocked!

That has opened up Davante Dunbar's cut even more.
Nyla misses with a straight left.
Nyla catches Dunbar with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Dunbar is still on wobbly legs! Can Nyla finish him?
A jab from Nyla misses.
Dunbar scores with a hook to the body. Nyla takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Dunbar uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Nyla has time to react.
Dunbar seems to have recovered his senses.
Dunbar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nyla manages to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Sammy Nyla dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Davante Dunbar's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Dunbar displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Nyla throws out the jab.
Dunbar lands a nice shot to the body.
Nyla throws a lazy right hand but Dunbar sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dunbar misses the shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Nyla throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nyla uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dunbar.
Davante Dunbar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nyla swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nyla scores with a sloppy right hand. Dunbar should have avoided that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dunbar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nyla throws a big shot that misses.
Nyla missing with a left hand there. Dunbar was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dunbar changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dunbar scores with a nice right hand.
Dunbar throws a hook but Nyla blocks it.
Dunbar throws a series of strikes that have Nyla backpedaling.
Dunbar uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nyla.
Dunbar uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Nyla.
Nyla changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice defenses there by Dunbar.
Nyla throws a hook to the side of Dunbar's head but Dunbar sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dunbar lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Nyla throws an overhand right that lands on Dunbar's shoulder, as Dunbar tries to avoid the shot.
Nyla misses with an uppercut. Dunbar saw that one coming.
Nyla is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dunbar keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nyla.
Dunbar throws out a counter right but Nyla avoids it with no problem.
Dunbar misses with a hook to the body
and Nyla counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nyla misses with a right hand
and Dunbar counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nyla waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dunbar.
Dunbar lands a jab-cross combination.
Nyla pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nyla jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dunbar moves out of range of the strikes.
Dunbar throws a big shot that misses.
Dunbar throws a looping overhand right but Nyla ducks down to avoid it.
Dunbar lands with a nice body punch.
Nyla throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A lazy left from Dunbar finds it's target.
Dunbar keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nyla.
Dunbar cracks Nyla with a right hand to the side of the head.
Dunbar slips a jab from Nyla.
Nyla misses with an uppercut. Dunbar saw that one coming.
Nyla looks to throw the jab but Dunbar is out of range.
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.
A big right from Nyla misses.
Nice defenses there by Nyla.
Nyla throwing a counter right hand but Dunbar manages to avoid it.
Nyla throws a right hand that misses
and Dunbar cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dunbar lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dunbar lands a body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nyla swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jab by Dunbar.
Nyla displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dunbar throws out the jab.
Dunbar misses the shot to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from Nyla misses the target.
Nyla moves out of range as Dunbar strikes.
Dunbar lands with a straight right. Nyla didn't see that one coming.
Dunbar just misses with a punch to the body.
Dunbar throws a hook to the side of Nyla's head but Nyla sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nyla scores with a jab.
Nyla lands a glancing blow to the side of Dunbar's head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Davante Dunbar showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Davante Dunbar's cut.
That's time! Nyla's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Dunbar lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Nyla throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dunbar lands a jab to Nyla's midsection.
Dunbar with a jab.
Dunbar throws a big shot that misses.
Dunbar is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Nyla closes the distance but Dunbar moves to the side
and Dunbar makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Dunbar throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Nyla on the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nyla looks to land a left hand but Dunbar moved out of range nicely.
Dunbar tries to counter by closing the distance.
Dunbar lands a nice shot that snaps Nyla's head back.
Nyla takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Nyla misses with a hook
and Dunbar counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dunbar throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Nyla stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Dunbar takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

Nyla is rocked!
OH! Nyla has been rocked by a huge right hand and is in deep trouble! Dunbar smells blood and charges in for the finish! Dunbar unloads a vicious overhand right and connects to the jaw of Nyla sending him face first to the canvas! Unbelievable!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Davante Dunbar!
Davante Dunbar decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.