PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zell Dintch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Clark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joe Clark has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Dintch
vs
Clark

180 cm
23
205 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

190 cm
22
210 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Takomo

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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Zell Dintch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joe Clark!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Ian Loll and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dintch throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A head kick misses from Dintch.
Dintch keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dintch misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Clark.
Clark defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Dintch.
Clark bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Dintch looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Dintch looks to land a right hand but Clark moved out of range.
Dintch tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Clark avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dintch fails with an attempt to clinch.

Dintch feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Dintch being controlled here momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dintch wants to get up but he can't break Clark's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Dintch looking to pass the guard.
Dintch stopping the sweep attempt from Clark.
Clark is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Clark looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Clark manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Dintch is trying to stand but he's not in a good position to be doing that! Clark has taken his back!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good control from Clark.
Dintch trying to control the position but Clark manages to sink in the hooks.
Dintch tries to break free.
Clark controls the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Let's hope that Clark has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Clark dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Dintch fails to land with a series of punches.
Clark scores with a hook to the body. Dintch takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Clark throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dintch.
Dintch shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Clark sprawls well. Clark wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Dintch gets slowly back to his feet.
Dintch throws a left and a right that both miss
and Clark counters with a nice body shot.
Clark 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.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Clark moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Dintch takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

Dintch is rocked!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Clark lands a jab to Dintch's midsection.
Dintch takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clark lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Dintch falls backwards - clearly groggy! Clark dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:07 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joe Clark!