PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Donnie Darko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Sunfields (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sunfields has chosen Hostil Groove - Fly RoutineHostil Groove - Fly Routine as his entrance music. David Sunfields told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Darko
vs
Sunfields

195 cm
21
285 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

202 cm
22
250 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Donnie Darko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, David Sunfields!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Frank Dennis and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Sunfields as Darko shoots in.

Sunfields gets a takedown into half guard.

Darko kicks Sunfields off and gets back to his feet.
Darko defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Sunfields.
Sunfields shoots in for a takedown but Darko shows good takedown defense.
Sunfields dodges the punch combination from Darko.
A combination from Darko does no damage.
Darko misses with a double jab.
Darko swinging wildly here.
Nice takedown defense from Darko. No joy for Sunfields on that attempt.
Donnie Darko has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of David Sunfields.
Darko throws a right hand that Sunfields ducks under and follows up with a left that Sunfields also avoids with ease.
Some wild striking there from Darko.
Darko is breathing heavily.
Darko fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Darko doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Sunfields counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Darko's guard now.
Sunfields tries to free his leg and advance position but Darko is retaining full guard.
Sunfields with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sunfields throws a big right hand that misses.
Sunfields wants to pass the guard but Darko is keeping the position.
Darko 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.
Sunfields stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Darko swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Darko looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Darko misses with a shot to the body

and Sunfields counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Sunfields wants to pass the guard but Darko is keeping the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sunfields is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Darko lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Sunfields!
Sunfields can't escape the position.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Darko cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Darko controlling the position easily from mount.
Darko looking to finish Sunfields with some ground and pound. This is bad for Sunfields!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Darko with the ground and pound from mount.
Sunfields is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Darko connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Sunfields is in all sorts of trouble here.
Darko tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Darko scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Sunfields is desperately trying to improve his position but Darko has a good base and remains in mount.
Darko lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Sunfields is trying desperately to improve position.
Darko content just to control the position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darko looking to finish Sunfields with some ground and pound. This is bad for Sunfields!
Darko landing strikes from the mount.
Darko controlling from mount.
Darko's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Sunfields really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Darko landing shots from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Donnie Darko dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Darko gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Sunfields counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Sunfields tries to free his leg and advance position but Darko is retaining full guard.
Darko 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.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sunfields accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Sunfields throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Darko works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Darko keeping full guard, as Sunfields tries to pass.
Sunfields must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Darko holds on and takes a little breather.
Sunfields throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Darko pulls Sunfields in close to his closed guard and prevents Sunfields from doing any damage or advancing position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Darko is on top in guard.
Sunfields wants to sweep but no luck.
Sunfields is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Darko stands up and waves to Sunfields to follow him.
Sunfields fails with a takedown attempt.
Nice sprawl there from Darko as Sunfields shoots in.

Darko closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Darko lands in his opponent's guard.
Darko slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Sunfields wants to sweep here but Darko controlling him for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darko is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Darko preventing the sweep.
Darko is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Darko lands a couple of elbows.
Darko trying to stand up but can't free himself from Sunfields's guard.
Sunfields wants to hit a switch here but Darko passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Sunfields there!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darko controlling the pace for now.
Sunfields working to try and regain half guard.
Darko scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Sunfields?
Donnie Darko overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Darko is landing with some decent strikes but Sunfields is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Sunfields is wriggling around trying to escape.
Darko is landing with some decent strikes but Sunfields is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darko controlling from the full mount.
Sunfields is desperately trying to improve his position but Darko has a good base and remains in mount.
Darko with shots to the head and body - Sunfields looks very uncomfortable down there.
Darko connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Darko controlling his opponent.
Darko prevents Sunfields from getting the reversal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Donnie Darko dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Darko fails to land the takedown.
Darko swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Sunfields counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Darko!
Sunfields throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Darko because Sunfields loaded up on that one.
Darko avoids a series of strikes thrown by Sunfields.
Sunfields looking to finish with strikes here!
Sunfields connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Darko bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Sunfields looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Darko seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

Darko decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Sunfields, up you get!
Sunfields slips a jab from Darko.
Sunfields tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Darko swivels and escapes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Darko misses with a takedown attempt - Sunfields sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
A big right from Darko misses.
Darko misses with a combination

and Sunfields counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Sunfields wants to pass the guard but Darko is keeping the position.
Darko has his hands on Sunfields's head, controlling the position.
Darko thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Sunfields throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Darko works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Sunfields stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Darko swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darko manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Sunfields manages to get himself to full guard.
Darko's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Darko preventing the sweep.
Darko stands and throws Sunfields's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Sunfields tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Darko is chipping away with strikes.
Darko in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Darko is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Sunfields's shoulder. That is not cool.
Sunfields throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.
Sunfields tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darko cracks Sunfields with a big right hand but Sunfields just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Darko misses with a double jab

and Sunfields counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Darko pulls Sunfields in close to his closed guard and prevents Sunfields from doing any damage or advancing position.
Sunfields stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Darko swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Darko wants to sweep here but Sunfields controlling him for the moment.
Darko working a defensive guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sunfields tries to free his leg and advance position but Darko is retaining full guard.
Sunfields postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Darko pushes Sunfields off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Darko fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Donnie Darko. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Darko punishes Sunfields's body with a nice straight punch.
Sunfields shoots in but no luck this time.
Darko shoots in and drives through. Sunfields sprawls well.
Darko throws a left and a right that both miss

and Sunfields decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Darko's guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Darko is on top in guard.
David Sunfields has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Donnie Darko is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Darko controls from within his opponent's guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
David Sunfields comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Darko has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Donnie Darko!