PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Raphael Marciano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zell Dincht (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dincht has chosen Fanfare as his entrance music. Zell Dincht acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Marciano
vs
Dincht

168 cm
26
169 lbs
10 - 0 - 0

179 cm
27
164 lbs
20 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

ADCC Champion
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Raphael Marciano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Zell Dincht!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Gregory Folan and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dincht takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dincht. Marciano does a little dance to reset his feet.
A swing and a miss from Marciano.
Dincht throws a lazy body kick
and Marciano counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Dincht throws a body punch but Marciano moves out of range.
Marciano jabs at Dincht's body.
Marciano lands with a nice body kick.
Marciano chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Dincht can pounce on him.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Marciano. Dincht shrugs it off though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dincht lands a nice looking body shot.
Marciano throws a body kick, spinning off balance
enabling Dincht to counter with a crisp jab.
Marciano sizes up Dincht with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Dincht throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Marciano slips under a jab.
Marciano with a body punch. A glancing blow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dincht lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Marciano takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Marciano just misses with a punch to the body.
Dincht throws a hook but Marciano blocks it.
Marciano misses with a wild combination.
A bone on bone clash there as Marciano blocks the leg kick.

Marciano clinches up with Dincht and pushes him back against the cage.

Dincht decides to pull guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Dincht keeping full guard, as Marciano tries to pass.
Marciano is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Dincht is trying to keep Marciano in close.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marciano is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Dincht looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Marciano has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Marciano accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Dincht is trying to keep Marciano in close.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Marciano showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

Dincht is looking for a triangle here but Marciano uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Dincht is trying to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Marciano decides to stand back up.
A good leg kick by Marciano.
Marciano lands a nice shot to the body.
Marciano ducks under a wild hook from Dincht.
Marciano checks the leg kick nicely there.
Marciano throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Dincht counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Marciano ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dincht moves away.
Marciano looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dincht ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Marciano moves away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marciano lands an overhand right.
Dincht throws out a powerful jab.
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!
Marciano missing with a left hand there. Dincht was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dincht shoots in for a takedown but Marciano shows good takedown defense.
The fighters circling - Marciano throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dincht tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Marciano is able to avoid easily.
Dincht fails to land the takedown.
Dincht ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Marciano moves away.
Marciano throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Dincht stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dincht throws a left and a right that both miss
and Marciano counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A nice leg kick lands there from Marciano.
Dincht lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raphael Marciano dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A jab from Marciano finds it's way through Dincht's defenses.
Marciano misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Marciano pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dincht scores with a nice body kick.
Raphael Marciano is winning the standup battle so far.
Dincht lands a nice shot to the body.
Dincht lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Marciano at a distance.
Dincht looks to score with a jab to the body but Marciano is just out of range.
Marciano looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Dincht throws a jab when Marciano was well out of range.
Dincht with a nice cross.
A thudding body kick lands there by Marciano!
Dincht takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Dincht is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Marciano rushes Dincht and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dincht looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Dincht manages to break the clinch.
Marciano throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Dincht's head.
Marciano tries to clinch but Dincht moves out of range.
Dincht has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Marciano digs a good body shot into Dincht's ribs.
Marciano misses with a left hand
and Dincht counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Marciano throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dincht sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Dincht walks into a jab.
Dincht connects with an inside leg kick.
Dincht takes one on the chin but seems OK.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dincht misses the shot to the body.
Marciano uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dincht.
Marciano tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Dincht manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marciano misses with an uppercut. Dincht saw that one coming.
Marciano comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

Marciano fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Dincht, pushing him back against the cage.
Marciano working Dincht over with knees to the body.
Dincht prevents a body shot from Marciano.
Dincht is trying to break free.
Dincht can't break the clinch.
Dincht is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Marciano.
Marciano wants to stall.
Dincht tries to break the clinch but Marciano is controlling the position.
A frustrated look appears on Dincht's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Dincht goes for a takedown in the clinch but Marciano prevents it.
Marciano tries to throw a body punch but Dincht avoids it by throwing Marciano back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dincht works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Marciano taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Marciano tries to throw a body punch but Dincht avoids it by throwing Marciano back against the cage.
Marciano prevents a body shot from Dincht.

Dincht pulls guard successfully.
Marciano content to stall in guard here.
Marciano has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

Dincht is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Dincht has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Marciano can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marciano stopping the sweep attempt from Dincht.

Dincht escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Marciano gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Marciano slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Dincht tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Marciano sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Marciano wants to control from the top but Dincht keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raphael Marciano dominated that second round.
That's time! Marciano's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Dincht is trying hard to land a takedown here. Marciano sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Nice sprawl there from Marciano as Dincht shoots in.
A swing and a miss from Dincht.
Marciano tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dincht swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Raphael Marciano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Marciano avoids the head kick by Dincht.
Dincht jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dincht is looking to chop away at Marciano's legs.
Marciano misses with a body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Marciano connects with the punch.
Nice cross by Marciano.
Dincht keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dincht throws a leg kick
and Marciano counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Dincht takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marciano throws a nice head kick!

Dincht is rocked!
Marciano drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Dincht right on the button. Dincht goes down! Marciano follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Marciano gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:11 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Raphael Marciano!
During a confident post fight interview, Raphael Marciano thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.