PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Zell Dincht (ranked 3006 p4p, 377 weight class) and Danny Reborn (ranked 3495 p4p, 421 weight class). Dincht comes to the cage accompanied by Disturbed - Down With The Sickness. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dincht
vs
Reborn

184 cm
29
187 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

181 cm
28
195 lbs
15 - 22 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Zell Dincht!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Danny Reborn!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Wagner Zegers and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reborn tries to clinch but Dincht moves out of range.
Dincht throws a body punch but Reborn moves out of range.
Reborn tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Dincht manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Reborn avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Reborn rushes Dincht and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Dincht struggles to land a body shot inside as Reborn controls his hands.
Reborn lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dincht backwards.
Dincht avoids the elbow strike from Reborn, against the cage.

Dincht breaks from the clinch.
Dincht misses the shot to the body.

Dincht moves into range and clinches up with Reborn.
Dincht misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dincht digs a right hand underneath Reborn's ribcage. Reborn let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Reborn looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Dincht fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reborn misses with an elbow strike.
Reborn tries to pull guard but Dincht forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Dincht misses with the head strike.
Reborn tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Dincht just stands there and leans against the cage.
Reborn throws a punch but it's blocked by Dincht.
Dincht misses with a punch to the body.
Reborn misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dincht working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Reborn jumps guard and drags Dincht to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Dincht controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Dincht postures up.

Reborn is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Reborn trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Dincht knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Reborn on the ground.
Reborn wants to sweep but no luck.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reborn being controlled here, momentarily.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Reborn has managed to clinch.
Reborn throws a head punch that misses.
Reborn is trying to pull guard but Dincht has him pressed against the cage.
Zell Dincht has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Danny Reborn.
Reborn misses with some punches.
Reborn misses with a punch on the inside.
Reborn lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Zell Dincht has been cut.
Dincht tries a body shot but Reborn blocks it.
Reborn jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Dincht walks away with a smile on his face. Reborn gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Reborn fails in his attempt to clinch.
Zell Dincht is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Reborn looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

The fighters are working up against the cage. Dincht manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reborn swings wildly with an uppercut but Dincht uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dincht swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Reborn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
I was talking to Dincht's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Reborn wants to take the fight to the mat but Dincht manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Reborn is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Dincht is defending well.
Reborn prevents a body shot from Dincht.
Dincht tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Dincht breaks the clinch.
Reborn closes the distance but Dincht moves to the side
and Dincht counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Reborn moves in looking to clinch but Dincht pushes him off.
Danny Reborn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Dincht works the jab nicely.

Dincht moves into range and clinches up with Reborn.
Dincht lands an uppercut.
Dincht scores with a shoulder strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dincht scores with a shoulder strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reborn swings wildly with an uppercut but Dincht uses good head movement to avoid it.
Reborn prevents a body shot from Dincht.
Reborn is trying to pull guard but Dincht turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Dincht lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Dincht.
Dincht swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Dincht escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Reborn fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fighters circle momentarily. Dincht darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Reborn doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Dincht counters with a good low kick that Reborn was not able to check.
A nice inside leg kick there by Dincht. That's going to slow Reborn down.
Reborn on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Reborn scores with a decent looking hook.

Reborn gets a clinch.
Dincht misses with a hook to the ribs.
Reborn pushes Dincht back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zell Dincht dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Zell Dincht's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Dincht ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dincht tests Reborn's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Dincht paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
No joy there for Reborn, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The fight stays on the outside here - Reborn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Danny Reborn is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dincht keeps the fight on the outside.
Dincht displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

Dincht clinches up with Reborn and pushes him back against the cage.
Dincht is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Reborn can do to turn this around?
Dincht takes an elbow to the temple.
Dincht scores with a shot to the side of Reborn's head.
Dincht blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A frustrated look appears on Dincht's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Reborn looking for a takedown.
A nice right hand lands inside from Reborn.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Reborn tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Reborn throws a head punch that misses.
Reborn lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Good body shot from Dincht.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dincht lands with a light punch inside.
Reborn jumps guard but Dincht stands there with Reborn around his waist. Reborn gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Zell Dincht has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Danny Reborn.
Reborn tries to pull guard but Dincht holds him up against the cage and eventually Reborn drops back down to his feet.
Good body shot from Dincht.
Reborn prevents a body shot from Dincht.
Dincht throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Reborns head.
Dincht can't find room to land a body shot as Reborn controls the action.
Reborn lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Reborn blocks a body shot from Dincht.
Reborn tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dincht.
Reborn has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Dincht after a bit of a struggle.
Dincht doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dincht lands a left hand that snaps the head of Reborn backwards.
Dincht fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dincht misses with a body punch.
Dincht lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dincht blocks the elbow strike.
Still in the clinch, Dincht scores with a nice short uppercut.
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!
Reborn gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Dincht blocks an uppercut.
Zell Dincht has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A head punch on the inside from Reborn fails to land.
A nice left hand lands by Dincht.
Reborn scores with a shot to the side of Dincht's head.
Dincht can't find room to land a body shot as Reborn controls the action.
A left hand lands to the body for Dincht.
Reborn lands an elbow inside that Dincht shrugs off.
Dincht doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Reborn tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Dincht just stands there and leans against the cage.
Reborn stalls.

Dincht breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Reborn drives through and clinches with Dincht against the cage.
Dincht blocking some punches.
Dincht lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Reborn.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reborn goes for a takedown in the clinch but Dincht prevents it.
Reborn is looking for a takedown.
Dincht scores with a nice hook to the head.
Dincht goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Reborn tries to pull guard but Dincht won't allow it.
A body shot lands from Dincht.
Dincht throws a head punch that misses.
Reborn lands a nice uppercut.
Reborn lands a nice uppercut.
Dincht working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Dincht digs a right hand underneath Reborn's ribcage. Reborn let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Reborn throws a head punch that misses.
Reborn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dincht misses with a short punch on the inside.
Reborn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Reborn blocks an uppercut.
Reborn looking for a takedown.
Reborn takes a shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Dincht scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dincht lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dincht works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A right hand to the body from Dincht.
Reborn is breathing heavily.
Dincht doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Dincht breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Reborn moves into the clinch successfully.
Dincht lands a right hand that snaps the head of Reborn backwards.
Reborn gets through Dincht's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Reborn prevents a body shot from Dincht.
Dincht blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Reborn struggles to land a body shot inside as Dincht controls his hands.
Reborn misses with a hook from the clinch.

Dincht pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dincht works the jab nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dincht lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Dincht lands with a shot to the body.
Reborn fails with a takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zell Dincht dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Zell Dincht's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Dincht uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Reborn has time to react.
Good leg kick by Dincht there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Reborn loads up on a big right hand but Dincht slips the punch.
Dincht connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Reborn's hands.
Reborn tries to close the distance and clinch but Dincht swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A left and a right from Dincht both land. Nice combination.
Dincht misses the shot to the body.
Reborn fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Reborn jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dincht is looking to counter punch.
Reborn moves out of range as Dincht throws a body kick.
Reborn tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Dincht manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dincht swats away the attempt to clinch by Reborn.
Dincht is looking to counter punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dincht throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Reborn on the side of the head.

Reborn rushes Dincht and presses him up against the cage.
Reborn is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Dincht gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dincht tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reborn's elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dincht breaks the clinch.
Dincht thumps Reborn with a low kick.
Reborn wants to clinch.
Reborn darts in trying to clinch
and Dincht counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Reborn thinking.

Reborn gets tackled into the cage by Dincht. Dincht maintains the clinch.
Dincht misses with a punch on the inside.

Dincht pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Reborn checks a leg kick.
Reborn takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Reborn lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Reborn tries to clinch there but Dincht circles away.
Reborn looks to land a combination but Dincht avoids it well.
Reborn stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Dincht.
Dincht connects with a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dincht scores with a nice right hand.
Reborn is looking to clinch but Dincht is avoiding it.
Reborn on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Reborn dodges the punch combination from Dincht.
Dincht scores with the left hand. Reborn knows he should have avoided that one.
Reborn tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Dincht manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dincht stuffs the takedown.
Zell Dincht has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Danny Reborn.
Reborn dives in and grabs Dincht's left leg, looking for a takedown. Dincht pushes down on Reborn's head and hops out.
Dincht fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Reborn has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Nice uppercut lands for Dincht. That snapped Reborn's head back.
Reborn tries to close the distance and clinch but Dincht swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Reborn misses with a wild body shot.
Dincht throws a good cross that connects.
Dincht swats away the attempt to clinch by Reborn.
Dincht lands a really nice looking cross but Reborn seems unphased.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reborn closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Reborn shoots for a double leg takedown but Dincht sprawls well. He's pushed Reborn's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Dincht scores with a punch to the head.
No joy there for Reborn, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Dincht is looking to counter punch.
Reborn takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Dincht lands with a thumping leg kick.

Dincht has taken the fight to the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Dincht.
Dincht misses with a hook to the ribs.
Reborn misses with some punches.

Dincht breaks the clinch.

Reborn closes the distance and clinches.
Reborn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Reborn jumps guard but Dincht turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Dincht scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dincht working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dincht lands a shoulder strike.
Dincht lands with a short shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Dincht.
Dincht gets through Reborn's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Reborn's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Reborn tries to pull guard but Dincht forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Dincht scores with a nice hook to the head.
Reborn is trying to pull guard but Dincht has him pressed against the cage.
Reborn wants to take the fight to the mat but Dincht manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Danny Reborn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dincht swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dincht swings wildly with an uppercut but Reborn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Reborn throws a head punch that misses.
Dincht lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Reborn.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Reborn.
Dincht avoids a wild elbow strike from Reborn.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dincht avoids a wild elbow strike from Reborn.
Dincht scores with a shoulder strike.
Dincht lands a shoulder strike.
Zell Dincht is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Reborn throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Dincht's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

And that's the end of the fight!
Zell Dincht showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Dincht 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 Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zell Dincht!
An out of breath Zell Dincht thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
In defeat, Danny Reborn stepped up to the mic, saying 'The #%$@ is that my tooth?! '.