PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chris Nylan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michal Nielamliwy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nylan kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is retina (despised icon). Nielamliwy has chosen - as his entrance music. Chris Nylan has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Nylan
vs
Nielamliwy

215 cm
25
285 lbs
8 - 7 - 1

171 cm
27
226 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Good gas tank

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 8 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Chris Nylan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Michal Nielamliwy!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Trevor Gratis and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nylan misses with an attempted mid kick.
Nylan closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Nylan checks a low kick from Nielamliwy.

Nylan has taken the fight to the clinch.
Nylan lands with a short shot to the head.
Nielamliwy has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Nylan after a bit of a struggle.
A frustrated look appears on Nielamliwy's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Nylan lands a takedown into guard.

Nielamliwy is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Nylan defends well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nylan trying to control the position from guard on top but Nielamliwy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nielamliwy is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Nielamliwy wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Nylan is now in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nielamliwy is looking to control Nylan's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Nielamliwy avoid being mounted?
Nylan winds up and cracks Nielamliwy with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Nylan wants to lay and pray for a moment but Nielamliwy keeps working.

Nielamliwy is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Nylan pulls his head out easily.
Nielamliwy works his way to full guard. Good work.
Nielamliwy is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Nylan has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Nylan chips away with some ground and pound.
Nylan knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Nielamliwy on the ground.
Nielamliwy working a defensive guard here.
Nylan wants to control from the top but Nielamliwy keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nylan throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Nielamliwy works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Nylan with a flurry of punches that miss.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Nielamliwy is trying to keep Nylan in close.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Nylan makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Nielamliwy looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Nielamliwy had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Nylan defends it easily.
Nielamliwy keeping moving, preventing Nylan from controlling successfully.
Nylan working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Nylan stands up over Nielamliwy, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Nylan avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nielamliwy is trying to control the position but Nylan postures up.

Nielamliwy throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Nylan escapes and throws Nielamliwy's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Nylan with the ground and pound but Nielamliwy regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Nielamliwy is looking to control Nylan's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Nielamliwy avoid being mounted?

Nielamliwy looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Nielamliwy tries to roll over but Nylan keeps him under control.
Nylan keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nielamliwy gets full guard.
Nylan stopping the sweep attempt from Nielamliwy.
Nylan throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Nylan loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Nielamliwy had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Nylan defends it easily.
Nylan trying to control but Nielamliwy is working from the bottom.
Nielamliwy looking to control but Nylan passes into half guard.
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!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Nylan connects with a nice short shot to Nielamliwy's temple.
Nylan working Nielamliwy over with strikes.
Nylan drops an elbow to the side of Nielamliwy's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Nylan dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Nylan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nielamliwy takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Nielamliwy looks to throw the jab but Nylan is out of range.
Nielamliwy doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Nylan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nylan misses with a double jab.

Nylan instigates a clinch.
Nielamliwy has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Nylan is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
A short left from Nylan.
Nielamliwy has Nylan pressed up against the ropes and is working for takedown. Nylan manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Chris Nylan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michal Nielamliwy.
Nice body punch from Nylan.
Nylan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Still in the clinch, Nylan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Nielamliwy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nylan tries to work over Nielamliwy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nielamliwy is looking to take this one to the mat.
Nielamliwy is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Nylan is trying to trip Nielamliwy. He has hold of a leg but Nielamliwy is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Nylan persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Nylan trying to control but Nielamliwy is working from the bottom.
Nielamliwy is trying to control the position but Nylan postures up.
Nylan keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Nielamliwy's head.

Nielamliwy is looking for a triangle but Nylan pushes his legs off easily.
Nylan slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Nielamliwy struggling a bit here.
Nylan lands a decent elbow from side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nylan working away.
Nylan scoring with punches from side control.
Nielamliwy is trying to control Nylan's posture but Nylan avoids it.
Nylan scoring with punches and elbows.
Nylan will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nielamliwy wants to control but Nylan postures up.
Nielamliwy tries to buck Nylan off but Nylan is having none of it.
Nielamliwy takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Nylan lands a decent elbow from side control.
Nielamliwy manages to work his way to half guard, despite Nylan's best efforts.
Nylan trying to control from half guard but Nielamliwy is working away.

Nielamliwy looking for submissions off his back.

Nielamliwy actively working from the bottom here.
Nylan looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nielamliwy tries to get to full guard but Nylan has control of the leg.
Nylan is looking to advance position but Nielamliwy won't allow it.
Nylan is trying to control. Nielamliwy wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Nylan working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Nylan throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Nylan connects with a nice short shot to Nielamliwy's temple.
Nielamliwy is not content to let Nylan control the position.
Nielamliwy manages to get to full guard.

Nielamliwy looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Nylan passes into half guard.
Nylan lands strikes from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nielamliwy has hold of Nylan's hands but Nylan slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
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!
Nylan is just content to waste time from the top position. Nielamliwy takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Nylan's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Nielamliwy manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Nylan manages to get himself to full guard.

Nylan pushes Nielamliwy off and gets back to his feet.
Nielamliwy misses with a hook
and Nylan counters with a thumping low kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nylan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nielamliwy.

Nylan closes the distance and pushes Nielamliwy back into the ropes.

Nylan gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Nielamliwy wants to control but Nylan is keeping busy and won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Nylan dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Nielamliwy does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

Nylan clinches up with Nielamliwy and pushes him back against the ropes.
Nielamliwy trying to stall but Nylan improves his position.
Nylan lands a body punch.

Nylan gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Nylan throwing strikes but missing.
Nylan makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nielamliwy wants to sweep but no luck.
Nylan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nielamliwy can do to turn this around?
Nylan stands and throws Nielamliwy's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Nielamliwy tries to improve position but can't.
Nylan grinds an elbow into Nielamliwy's temple.
Nielamliwy takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nielamliwy struggling a bit here.
Nylan cracks Nielamliwy with an elbow. That is naaassty.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nylan looks up at the clock and then as Nielamliwy takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Nylan smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Nielamliwy is looking to regain half guard here but Nylan keeps moving and retains side control.
Nylan working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Nielamliwy is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Nylan scoring with punches from side control.
Nylan is putting a hurting on Nielamliwy here, landing some big shots from side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nielamliwy is working to avoid the ground and pound but Nylan connects with a decent elbow.

Nielamliwy is rocked!
Nylan cracks Nielamliwy with a big elbow.
Nielamliwy is still in real trouble! Can Nylan finish him?
Nylan trying to control the action but Nielamliwy is working from the bottom.
Nielamliwy is looking to reverse the position.
Nielamliwy is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Nielamliwy seems to have recovered his senses.
Nylan in side control lands a decent elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nielamliwy is trying to improve his position.
Nylan scores with punches from side control.
Nylan in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Nielamliwy looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Nylan turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chris Nylan!