PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kenny Gomi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zell Dincht (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gomi comes to the ring accompanied by Slaap lekker!. Dincht is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Fanfare. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gomi
vs
Dincht

175 cm
41
167 lbs
36 - 27 - 1

179 cm
37
164 lbs
34 - 26 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Very quick

Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
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 36 - 27 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kenny Gomi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 26 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Zell Dincht!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Daniel Cesar and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dincht scores with a hook.
Gomi checks a leg kick.
Gomi scores with a push kick.

Gomi closes the distance and clinches.

Dincht pulls guard effortlessly.
Gomi controls from within his opponent's guard.
Dincht bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Gomi's guard.

Dincht scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dincht throws a big elbow that misses.
Gomi controls Dincht momentarily but Dincht frees himself.
Gomi wants to sweep here but Dincht controlling him for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dincht scoring with punches to the head and body.
Dincht passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Gomi isn't going anywhere.
Gomi manages to get back to half guard.
Gomi blocking the ground and pound attempt from Dincht.
Gomi wants to control but Dincht is keeping busy.
Dincht throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Dincht thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dincht working the head and body with strikes.
Gomi wants to improve his position but Dincht is controlling well.
Dincht wants to pass to mount but Gomi is defending the position.
Gomi is trying to control but can't.
Dincht trying to control the action but Gomi is working from the bottom.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Gomi is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Dincht's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Dincht's back!
Gomi is not going to allow Dincht to sit and survive in this position.
Gomi doesn't have the hooks in and Dincht manages to turn into his guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dincht 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.
Gomi preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Gomi utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Gomi manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Dincht manages to get himself to full guard.

Dincht is trying to control the position but Gomi postures up.
Our spies down at at Clube dos Canalhas inform us that Dincht has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Gomi missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Dincht has his hands on Gomi's head, controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dincht is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Gomi throwing strikes from guard but Dincht blocks nicely.
Dincht looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Gomi's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Gomi stopping the sweep attempt from Dincht.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Gomi wants to control from the top but Dincht keeps moving.
Gomi throws a big right hand that misses.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zell Dincht dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Dincht swings for the body but Gomi moves out of range.
Dincht slaps away a takedown attempt from Gomi, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Dincht lands a nice looking body kick.
Dincht throws the left hand but Gomi avoids the punch easily.
Dincht throws a shot from downtown. Gomi moves away and avoids it.
Gomi blocks the body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dincht misses with a hook
and Gomi counters with a nice uppercut.
Gomi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gomi appears to be looking for a big counter.
Dincht finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Dincht. That snapped Gomi's head back.
Dincht scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Gomi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dincht.
Gomi changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Dincht loads up on a big right hand but Gomi slips the punch.

Gomi gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Gomi wants to sweep but no luck.
Dincht trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Zell Dincht has got the better of the ground game so far.
Dincht trying to control but Gomi is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dincht accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Gomi keeping moving, preventing Dincht from controlling successfully.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Dincht showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Gomi goes for a double leg but Dincht avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the ropes as Dincht continues to drive forward.

Dincht drives through with a takedown into guard.
Gomi wants to sweep but no luck.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gomi working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dincht.
Dincht working some strikes from top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomi doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Dincht cracks Gomi with a solid left hand.
Gomi seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.

Gomi has his foot on Dincht's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Dincht works his way back into a safe position though.
Dincht has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gomi is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Dincht in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Dincht trying to control but Gomi is working from the bottom.
Dincht won't allow Gomi to sweep him here.

Gomi is looking for a triangle but Dincht pushes his legs off easily.
Gomi working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dincht.

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.
Dincht passes Gomi's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Dincht lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

Dincht is looking for a kimura here.
Dincht content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Gomi works his way to full guard. Good work.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dincht trying to control the position from guard on top but Gomi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zell Dincht showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Gomi takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

Dincht looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Dincht working over Gomi with some ground and pound. Gomi looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Dincht thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Gomi manages to get to full guard.
Dincht passes into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dincht works his foot free and advances to mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomi regains half guard.
Gomi wants to control but Dincht is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Dincht not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Dincht not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Dincht wants to take a breather but Gomi is having none of it.
Dincht wants to free his trapped foot but Gomi is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Gomi moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Dincht trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Dincht loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Gomi wants to sweep but no luck.
Dincht postures up.
Dincht postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Dincht wants to control from the top but Gomi keeps moving.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Dincht throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Gomi on the side of the head.
Gomi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dincht.
Gomi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gomi feinted with a counter takedown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dincht looks to score with a jab to the body but Gomi is just out of range.
Good leg kick by Dincht there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kenny Gomi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dincht uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gomi.
Dincht throws a low kick but Gomi moves out of range easily.
Dincht waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gomi.
Zell Dincht is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Good shot there by Dincht.
Dincht misses with an uppercut. Gomi saw that one coming.
Gomi feinted with a counter takedown.
A solid leg kick lands there for Gomi.
Dincht connects with a right hand. Gomi shakes it off.
Dincht lands with a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gomi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
An inside leg kick lands from Dincht.
Dincht lands a slapping body shot.
Gomi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And Gomi counters with a quick kick to the body but Dincht blocks it.
Dincht connects with a body shot that sends Gomi's belly button to the back.
Dincht throws a body shot but no joy.

Dincht bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dincht wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gomi keeps working.
Gomi tries to improve position but can't.
Kenny Gomi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dincht wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gomi keeps working.

And that's the end of the fight!
Zell Dincht comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Dincht winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zell Dincht!
In his post fight interview, Zell Dincht started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.