PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jamie Gold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcelo Dobzinski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gold comes into the arena with Goldust theme blaring out of the sound system. Dobzinski is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Waters Of Nazareth - Justice. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Gold
vs
Dobzinski

185 cm
43
195 lbs
35 - 19 - 1

188 cm
28
184 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Museum of Monsters & Madmen

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 35 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jamie Gold!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcelo Dobzinski!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Daniel Cesar and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gold misses with a double jab.
Gold throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Dobzinski steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gold.
Gold lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dobzinski circles away quickly and effectively.
Dobzinski is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Gold finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Dobzinski closes this distance looking for a takedown but Gold circles away.
Gold misses with a wild body shot.
Dobzinski takes a kick to the side of the head.
Dobzinski keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gold.
Dobzinski is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Gold.
Dobzinski fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Dobzinski is looking to clinch.

Gold tries to keep at a distance but Dobzinski has taken the fight into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dobzinski tries to land a knee to the head but Gold blocks with his arms.
Gold softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Gold tries for a takedown. No joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gold misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gold digs a right hand underneath Dobzinski's ribcage. Dobzinski let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Dobzinski tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dobzinski fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gold has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Dobzinski is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Gold is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jamie Gold. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gold prevents a takedown attempt there.
A short right from Gold on the inside.
Dobzinski scores with a shot to the side of Gold's head.
Dobzinski lands a nice uppercut.
Gold tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dobzinski doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dobzinski lands a shoulder strike.
A right handed body shot lands from Dobzinski.
Dobzinski tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gold fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gold.

Dobzinski is working on a single leg takedown against the ropes. Gold can't fight it off and eventually Dobzinski manages to take the fight to the floor. Gold looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Gold working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Dobzinski doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Dobzinski manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Dobzinski in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Dobzinski passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Gold is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gold is trying to improve his position.
Dobzinski trying to control the action but Gold is working from the bottom.
Gold is looking for a sweep.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Dobzinski staying calm.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Dobzinski wants to control but Gold is keeping him busy.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Gold tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Dobzinski wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jamie Gold will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Gold throws a hook but Dobzinski avoids it easily.
Dobzinski avoids the body shot from Gold.
Gold pivots, looking for a leg kick but Dobzinski is out of range and Gold settles back down.
Dobzinski is looking for the big counter here.
Dobzinski tries to clinch but Gold moves out of range.
Jamie Gold seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dobzinski tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Gold paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gold throwing a counter right hand but Dobzinski manages to avoid it.
Dobzinski tries to clinch up.
Gold throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Dobzinski feints the counter takedown.
Gold looking to land some kicks to the body here.
It seemed like Dobzinski was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Gold avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gold takes a swing at Dobzinski's ribcage but misses.

Dobzinski throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Gold tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Dobzinski is in Gold's guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gold keeping full guard, as Dobzinski tries to pass.
Dobzinski trying to control but Gold is working from the bottom.
Gold working a defensive guard but Dobzinski passes into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dobzinski 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.
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.
Dobzinski frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Dobzinski wants to control the action but instead Gold gets a body lock and reverses into Dobzinski's guard! Nice work!
Marcelo Dobzinski has got the better of the ground game so far.
Gold trying to control the position from guard on top but Dobzinski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gold controls from within his opponent's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gold throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Gold trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Gold with a flurry of punches that miss.
Dobzinski working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Gold.
Gold is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Dobzinski keeping moving, preventing Gold from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dobzinski keeping full guard, as Gold tries to pass.
Gold wants to control from the top but Dobzinski keeps moving.
Dobzinski controls Gold momentarily but Gold frees himself.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Gold connects with a high kick.
Nice takedown defense from Gold. No joy for Dobzinski on that attempt.
Gold swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.

Dobzinski closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Gold did well to prevent Dobzinski getting side control.
Dobzinski performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gold wants to get back to full guard.
Dobzinski trying to control from Gold's half guard. Gold has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Dobzinski must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Gold looking for a sweep. Not yet Gold, not yet.
Dobzinski trying to control but Gold is working from the bottom.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Gold trying to control the position.
Dobzinski trying to control but Gold is working from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
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 Jamie Gold will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Gold misses with a wild combination.
Dobzinski fails to land the takedown.
Dobzinski is looking to clinch but Gold is avoiding it.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Dobzinski.
Gold throws a right hand that Dobzinski ducks under and follows up with a left that Dobzinski also avoids with ease.
Gold lunges at Dobzinski with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Dobzinski's hand.
Dobzinski takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Gold throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gold leaves Dobzinski with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Gold throwing a counter right hand but Dobzinski manages to avoid it.
Jamie Gold has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcelo Dobzinski.
Gold paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gold thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gold is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dobzinski can do to turn this around?
Dobzinski wants to clinch up but Gold keeps it at a distance.
Gold swings for the body but Dobzinski moves out of range.
Dobzinski tries to clinch but Gold moves out of range.
Dobzinski moves away from the strike by Gold.
Dobzinski throws a counter combo.
Dobzinski shoots for a double leg takedown but Gold sprawls well. He's pushed Dobzinski's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Dobzinski shoots in but Gold avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Dobzinski avoids the body shot from Gold.
A lazy body kick from Gold
and Dobzinski counters with a good low kick that Gold was not able to check.
Gold misses with a head kick.
Gold looks to score with a jab to the body but Dobzinski is just out of range.
Dobzinski wants to counter the offense by Gold and move into the clinch position.
A chopping leg kick lands by Gold.
Gold misses with a looping left.
Gold circles away from the clinch attempt.
Marcelo Dobzinski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gold leaves Dobzinski with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Gold throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gold throws a right hand that misses
and Dobzinski counters with a right hand to the body.
Gold scores with a punch to the head.
No luck for Dobzinski with that takedown attempt.
A counter left hand to the body from Gold misses its target.
Gold misses with a looping left.
Dobzinski gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Gold.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gold throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Dobzinski counters by moving into the clinch.
Dobzinski lands a knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gold misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gold lands a left hand.
Gold on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A right hand to the body from Dobzinski.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gold.
Marcelo Dobzinski seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dobzinski looking to throw knees to the head but Gold is blocking nicely.
Dobzinski works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Dobzinski lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Gold misses with a punch to the body.

Gold has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Dobzinski clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Gold tries to keep control of the position but Dobzinski is staying busy.
Gold doesn't have the hooks in and Dobzinski manages to turn into his guard.
Gold keeping moving, preventing Dobzinski from controlling successfully.
Gold tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gold keeping moving, preventing Dobzinski from controlling successfully.
My spies in Ultimate Fighting Federation Gym inform me that Dobzinski has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!

Gold had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Dobzinski defends it easily.
Jamie Gold is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Dobzinski stays in close to Gold's body and controls the position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gold has Dobzinski pulled in close to control his posture.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jamie Gold showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Gold, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jamie Gold!
Jamie Gold thanked the fans post fight for their support.