PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between James Bean (ranked 2149 p4p, 277 weight class) and Zell Dincht (ranked 3743 p4p, 423 weight class). Dincht is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Disturbed - Down With The Sickness. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Bean
vs
Dincht

190 cm
26
204 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

184 cm
26
187 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

BuriedAlive// Fight Gear

Arcticus University: London

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 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, James Bean!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Zell Dincht!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Phil Schofield and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bean swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bean misses with a hook
and Dincht counters with a straight right hand.
Bean misses with a looping right.
Dincht takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Dincht bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Bean jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Bean lands a jab to the nose.
Bean has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Dincht.
Dincht sizes up Bean with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Bean works Dincht's body with a nice hook.
Bean works Dincht's body with a nice hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bean throws the left hand but Dincht avoids the punch easily.
Bean looks to land a left hand but Dincht moved out of range nicely.
Dincht thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bean lands with a hook. Dincht tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Dincht scores with a jab.
Dincht avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bean connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Dincht misses with a hook. Bean ducked under it nicely.
Bean lands a lovely overhand right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bean throws out a loose jab but Dincht uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bean throws a body shot but no joy.
Bean throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Dincht swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Dincht looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Dincht is looking to land body kicks.
A telegraphed right hand from Dincht misses the target.
Dincht throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bean sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The crowd cheers as Dincht lands an impressive looking overhand right. Bean doesn't seem phased though.
Dincht jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bean has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Arm Breakers/BJJ in the buildup to the fight.
Bean looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dincht avoids the head kick by Bean.
Dincht might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Dincht uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bean.
Bean on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A cross from Dincht lands.
Dincht is looking to slow Bean down with leg kicks.
Dincht misses with a hook. Bean ducked under it nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice straight punches there by Bean. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Bean.
Bean fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dincht manages to avoid it.
Bean bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bean swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dincht is looking for the big counter here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dincht scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Dincht scores with a jab to the jaw.
Dincht throws a body shot but no joy.
Bean misses with a hook. Dincht ducked under it nicely.
Bean listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Dincht tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bean paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bean plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Bean throws a body punch but Dincht moves out of range.
Bean is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Bean moves away from the strike by Dincht.
Dincht tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bean swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Dincht, right into the meat.
Bean misses with an uppercut.
Bean lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Dincht throws a shot from downtown. Bean moves away and avoids it.
A counter left hand to the body from Bean misses its target.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bean.
Dincht lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Dincht cracks Bean with a good jab.
Dincht scores with a sloppy right hand. Bean should have avoided that one.
Dincht chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dincht misses the jab.
Dincht ducks right into an uppercut from Bean.
A telegraphed right hand from Bean misses the target.
Bean lands a body shot.
Crunch! Bean slams his shin into Dincht's torso.
Bean pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bean misses with a hook.
A little jabbing left from Dincht on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Dincht throws a looping overhand right but Bean ducks down to avoid it.
Bean takes a swing at Dincht's ribcage but misses.
Dincht follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Dincht digs a good body shot into Bean's ribs.
Bean avoids the body shot from Dincht.
Dincht is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bean.
Bean avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bean throws a shot from downtown. Dincht moves away and avoids it.
Dincht avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bean scores with a decent looking hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bean ducks under a wild hook from Dincht.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bean throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bean swings for the body but Dincht moves out of range.
Dincht looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Bean lands a nice shot that snaps Dincht's head back.
Bean misses with a straight right.
Dincht thinks about the counter body kick.
Bean uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dincht.

Dincht takes the fight into the clinch.
Bean presses Dincht against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

Dincht manages to break the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bean. Dincht does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bean lands with a nice body punch.
Bean misses with a two punch combination.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dincht looks to throw the jab but Bean is out of range.
Bean's jab looks to have found its range, popping Dincht under the eye.
Dincht looks to throw the jab but Bean is out of range.
Dincht throws a hook but Bean blocks it.
Bean appears to be looking for a big counter.
Dincht loads up on a big right hand but Bean slips the punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Bean dominated that round.
That's time! Bean's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Dincht has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Bean finds it's way round the side to connect with Dincht's head.
Dincht does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Bean has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Bean throws a lazy right hand but Dincht sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
James Bean is winning the standup battle so far.
Bean bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Dincht keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bean.
Bean slips a jab from Dincht.
Bean misses with a body shot.
Dincht avoids the head kick by Bean.
Bean's corner calls for a 1-2. Bean obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Bean swings for the body but Dincht moves out of range.
Bean misses with a hook.
Dincht showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bean.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dincht throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bean sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A little feinted left hand from Bean on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Bean takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Dincht swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bean misses with a looping right.
Bean throws a good cross that connects.
Dincht blocks a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bean misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bean takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Bean misses with a looping right.
Dincht scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Jab, jab by Dincht - just one landing.
Dincht lands with a thumping leg kick.
Bean throws a head kick but Dincht moves out of range.
Bean lands with a shot to the body.
Bean stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Dincht.
Dincht swings for the body but Bean moves out of range.
Dincht throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Bean checks the leg kick nicely there.
Dincht throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Good leg kick by Dincht there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Dincht uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bean.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bean throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bean throws a shot from downtown. Dincht moves away and avoids it.
Dincht throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A little feinted left hand from Bean on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Dincht swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dincht cracks Bean with a right hand to the side of the head.
Dincht cracks Bean with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Bean avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dincht tries to work over Bean's front leg with a kick but Bean checks it.
Dincht misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dincht looks to throw the jab but Bean is out of range.
That kick from Dincht tenderised Bean's leg. Bean is trying to keep his angry face on.
Bean lands a jab to Dincht's midsection.
Bean is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Dincht waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bean.
Bean misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dincht ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bean lands with an overhand left.
Bean throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bean throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dincht tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bean paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bean misses the jab.
Dincht slips under a jab.
Bean throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dincht sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bean swings for the body but Dincht moves out of range.
Bean walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Bean throws a poor cross that misses
and Dincht counters with a nice uppercut.
Dincht loads up on a big right hand but Bean slips the punch.
A quick step to the side and Bean tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dincht looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Bean digs a good body shot into Dincht's ribs.
Dincht tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dincht avoids the head kick by Bean.
Bean bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Dincht.

Dincht gets a clinch.
Good body shot from Dincht.
Dincht misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dincht working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Dincht pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bean checks a leg kick nicely.
Bean misses with an uppercut. Dincht saw that one coming.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dincht scores with a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dincht thows a left - swing and a miss!
It looked like Bean was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Dincht throws a head kick but Bean moves out of range.
Bean swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dincht cracks Bean with a good jab.
Dincht uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bean.
Bean throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Dincht digs a good body shot into Bean's ribs.
A head kick misses from Bean.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dincht. Bean does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bean throws a quick counter head kick but Dincht was just out of range.
Bean looks to score with a jab to the body but Dincht is just out of range.
Bean misses with a body shot
and Dincht counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bean throws a jab but it's blocked by Dincht.
Bean blocks a head kick by Dincht.
Bean has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Dincht.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dincht swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Bean.
Dincht tries to clinch but Bean moves out of range.
Dincht uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Bean has time to react.
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.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Bean throws a hook but Dincht blocks it.
Bean avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dincht throws a leg kick which misses Bean's front leg but catches the back leg as Bean tries to avoid it.
Bean just misses with a punch to the body.
Bean jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Bean throws a series of punches but Dincht avoids them all with ease.
Dincht throws a front kick that sends Bean stumbling back into the cage.
Bean checks the leg kick.
Bean swings for the body but Dincht moves out of range.
Dincht swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bean was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Bean ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dincht moves away.
Dincht missing with a left hand there. Bean was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bean waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dincht.
Dincht lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Bean tries to move into range but Dincht moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Bean looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Dincht connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Bean momentarily.
Dincht takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice defenses there by Dincht.
Dincht looks like he wants to counter punch here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bean throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bean tries to move into range but Dincht moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Bean misses with a hook. Dincht ducked under it nicely.
Dincht throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Bean on the side of the head.
Bean misses with a two punch combination.
A head kick misses from Bean.
Bean misses with an uppercut
and Dincht counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bean just misses with a punch to the body.
Dincht tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bean was well out of range. Poor timing from Dincht.
Dincht scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Dincht clobbers Bean with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Sloppy strikes from Dincht. Those never looked like landing.
Bean misses with a wild combination.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Dincht, right into the meat.
Dincht lands a leg kick that knocks Bean off balance momentarily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dincht throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bean is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dincht.
Dincht tries to score with a low kick but Bean moves his leg out of the way.
Dincht connects with a jab.
Bean swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dincht lands a front kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dincht. Bean does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bean ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dincht moves away.
Bean throws a nice looking combination but Dincht bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Dincht flicks out a counter leg kick but Bean steps away.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Dincht, right into the meat.
Bean ducks under a wild hook from Dincht.
Bean lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Bean misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dincht moves out of range of the strikes.
Bean loads up on a big right hand but Dincht slips the punch.
Bean gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

Dincht has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bean tries to work over Dincht's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nice body punch from Dincht - that landed with a thud.
Dincht tries a body shot but Bean blocks it.
Dincht working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A right handed body shot lands from Dincht.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bean can't find room to land a body shot as Dincht controls the action.
Dincht blocks a body shot from Bean.
Dincht lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bean tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dincht's elbow.
Dincht throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Dincht scores with a shoulder strike.

It looks like James Bean has been cut.
Nice body punch from Dincht.

Dincht pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bean throws a looping overhand right but Dincht ducks down to avoid it.
Dincht lands a nice hook to Bean's body. Bean takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Dincht throws a push kick but Bean slaps the foot to one side.
A solid leg kick lands there for Dincht.
Dincht misses with a double jab.
Bean throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dincht sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Dincht.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dincht missing with a left hand there. Bean was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bean misses with a straight right.
Dincht's jab looks to have found its range, popping Bean under the eye.
Dincht lands a jab to the head.
Dincht bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bean getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Dincht throws a jab but it's blocked by Bean.
Dincht moves away from the strike by Bean.
Bean tries to move into range but Dincht moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Bean lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Bean rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Dincht cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bean blocks the body kick.
Dincht dips to his left and cracks Bean with an uppercut!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dincht uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bean.
Dincht misses with a looping right.
Bean walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

And that's the end of the fight!
Zell Dincht comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Dincht has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 William Gold scores the fight 28:29
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 28:29
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zell Dincht!
Zell Dincht decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
James Bean spoke after the fight, saying 'I think its nearly time to retire,im losing to much Blood.'.