PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gjallahorn Nukington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Demitrious Dalby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nukington comes to the cage accompanied by Go Straight. Dalby has chosen TOM PETTY - I WON'T BACK DOWN as his entrance music. Gjallahorn Nukington has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Nukington
vs
Dalby

185 cm
22
213 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

199 cm
26
215 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good elbows
Determined

Vikai Gear Island

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Gjallahorn Nukington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Demitrious Dalby!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Dirk Anderson and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Nukington.
Dalby tries to clinch but Nukington is having none of it.
Nukington seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Nukington throws a right hand that Dalby ducks under and follows up with a left that Dalby also avoids with ease.
Nice shot by Nukington.
Gjallahorn Nukington seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dalby throws a right hand that Nukington ducks under and follows up with a left that Nukington also avoids with ease.

Dalby darts in and clinches Nukington up against the cage.
Dalby lands an elbow inside.
Dalby missing with knees to the body.

Nukington's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dalby tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nukington paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nukington throws a right and a left that Dalby avoids nicely.
Nukington circles away from the clinch attempt.
A jab from Nukington finds it's way through Dalby's defenses.
Dalby slips a jab and a cross from Nukington.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dalby clinches with his opponent.
Dalby lands a damaging elbow.
Dalby throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nukington throws a punch but it's blocked by Dalby.
Nukington is trying to push Dalby away but Dalby has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Dalby trying to land knees to the body.
Dalby tries to land a knee to the head but Nukington blocks with his arms.
Dalby lands a nice elbow.
Dalby lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dalby landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nukington tries to break the clinch but Dalby is controlling the position.
Dalby throws an elbow that misses.
Dalby tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nukington avoids it.
Nukington blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dalby just misses with a elbow thrown towards Nukington's brow.
Dalby has Nukington pressed against the cage, preventing Nukington from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Dalby gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nukington dodges an elbow strike from Dalby.
Dalby landing some nice looking knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nukington wants to break free but Dalby has control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Nukington's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Dalby misses with a knee strike.
Nukington wants to break free but Dalby has control.
Dalby misses with a punch on the inside.
Dalby throws an elbow but it misses.
Dalby blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nukington managing to block the knees to the body from Dalby.
Dalby lands a nice knee to the body.
Nukington lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dalby backwards.
Dalby landing knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nukington is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Nukington on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dalby misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nukington.
Dalby trying to land knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dalby throws an elbow but misses.
Dalby tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nukington avoids it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dalby just misses with a elbow thrown towards Nukington's brow.
Dalby tries to land knees in the clinch but Nukington avoids the damage to the body.
Dalby comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Demitrious Dalby dominated that round.
That's time! Nukington's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

No joy there for Nukington, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nukington misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dalby drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Nukington defends it well.
Gjallahorn Nukington is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nukington with a jab.
Nukington misses with the combination.
Nukington throws a right and a left that Dalby avoids nicely.
Dalby throws a counter combo.

Dalby clinches.
Nukington blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Demitrious Dalby seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Dalby has Nukington pressed against the cage, preventing Nukington from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A frustrated look appears on Nukington's face as he tries to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dalby lands a damaging elbow.

Nukington breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dalby takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nukington misses with a wild combination.
Nukington misses with a jab, cross combination.
A punch lands to the side of Dalby 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Dalby fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nukington circles away from the clinch attempt.
We've been told by Nukington's head coaches at RCJ Machado Jiu-Jitsu that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Nukington lands with a shot to the body.
Dalby tries to clinch but Nukington moves out of range.
Dalby moves in looking to clinch but Nukington pushes him off.
Nukington throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dalby tries to close the distance and clinch but Nukington swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nukington keeps the fight on the outside.
Nukington moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
A combination from Nukington does no damage.

Dalby gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nukington blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nukington takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nice elbow from Dalby.
Dalby lands a knee to the body.
Dalby keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Nukington's efforts to push away.
Dalby missing with knees to the body.
Dalby missing with knees to the body.
Dalby misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dalby lands an elbow just above Nukington 's eye.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nukington is looking to break free of the clinch but Dalby has double underhooks.
Nukington on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nukington is trying to force a seperation but Dalby has the dominant position.
Nukington wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dalby has him pressed against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dalby.
Dalby using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nukington wants to break free but Dalby has control.
Dalby tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nukington takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nukington wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Dalby landing knees to the body.
Dalby misses with an elbow strike.
Dalby missing with knees to the body.
Dalby trying to land knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Dalby.
Nukington wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Dalby pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Nukington can't break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Gjallahorn Nukington will probably get the nod.
That's time! Nukington's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!

Nukington throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nukington keeps the fight on the outside.
Nukington swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nukington throws a right and a left that Dalby avoids nicely.
Dalby swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nukington looks to score with a jab to the body but Dalby is just out of range.
Nukington misses with a straight right.
Nukington throws a body shot but no joy.
Nukington clobbers Dalby with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A big left from Nukington misses.
Dalby is looking to clinch but Nukington is avoiding it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dalby closes the distance but Nukington moves to the side
and Nukington counters with a nice uppercut.
Dalby doesn't manage to clinch there - Nukington circles away.
Dalby tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Nukington manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nukington throws a big counter combination but Dalby scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
A big right from Nukington misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nukington will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Dalby darts in and clinches Nukington up against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Nukington.

Nukington breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A right-left combo lands from Nukington.

Dalby drives through and clinches with Nukington against the cage.
Nukington blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nukington tries to circle away but Dalby has him pinned against the cage.
Dalby misses with some punches.
Dalby lands a knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dalby keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Nukington's efforts to push away.
Dalby lands a nice knee to the body.
Dalby tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nukington's elbow.
Knees to the body from Dalby.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dalby misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nukington.
Nukington has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Knees to the body from Dalby.
Dalby trying to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dalby tries to land knees in the clinch but Nukington avoids the damage to the body.
Nukington dodges an elbow strike from Dalby.

Nukington breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Nukington tries to keep at a distance but Dalby has taken the fight into the clinch.
Dalby throws an elbow that misses.
Nukington takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nukington on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dalby lands an elbow inside that Nukington shrugs off.
Nukington is trying to break the clinch but Dalby has him pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Nukington.
Dalby goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dalby using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nukington has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dalby lands an elbow that stopped Nukington in his tracks for a moment.
Nukington wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nukington takes a knee to the side of the body.
Knees to the body from Dalby.
Nukington takes a knee to the side of the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dalby working Nukington over with knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Demitrious Dalby comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Dalby has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Bart Greer scores the fight 28:30
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 28:30
Judge Peter Branson scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Demitrious Dalby!
Demitrious Dalby took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Vikai Gear Island for their support in the buildup to the fight.
In defeat, Gjallahorn Nukington stepped up to the mic, saying 'Forgiveness, please!'.