PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Zell Dincht (ranked 1214 p4p, 168 weight class) and Zoran Paunovic (ranked 1341 p4p, 183 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
Paunovic

184 cm
30
187 lbs
14 - 5 - 1

186 cm
31
193 lbs
11 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Blue Moon
Zenith Nutrition (160q/$200)

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 14 - 5 - 1, fighting out of London, Zell Dincht!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Zoran Paunovic!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Trevor Gratis and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dincht misses with a looping right.
Paunovic tries a head kick but it misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Dincht misses the target.
Paunovic throws a head kick that misses.
Nice uppercut lands for Dincht. That snapped Paunovic's head back.
Paunovic throws a leg kick but Dincht checks it.
Paunovic tries to score with a low kick but Dincht moves his leg out of the way.
Paunovic misses with a body shot.
Paunovic throws a body shot but no joy.
Dincht lands a nice hook to Paunovic's body. Paunovic takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Dincht wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Dincht lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Dincht throws a good cross that connects.
Dincht scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Nice jab there from Dincht.
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!
Dincht with a jab.
Dincht fakes the leg kick and cracks Paunovic in the body.
Zell Dincht seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dincht looks to land a right hand but Paunovic moved out of range.
Paunovic takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paunovic looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Dincht takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

It looks like Zell Dincht has been cut.
Paunovic has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Dincht avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Paunovic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dincht manages to avoid it.
Paunovic looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A left lands for Dincht.
Dincht throws a jab but it's blocked by Paunovic.
Dincht moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromPaunovic.
A slapping leg kick lands for Dincht.
Dincht misses with a leg kick.
Dincht is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Dincht lands a nice shot to the body.
Dincht lands with a thumping leg kick.
Paunovic thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice uppercut lands for Dincht. That snapped Paunovic's head back.
Paunovic connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dincht scores with a shot to the body.
Paunovic with a jab.
Paunovic swings for the body but Dincht moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paunovic looks to land a left hand but Dincht moved out of range nicely.
Paunovic turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Paunovic throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Paunovic lands an overhand right.
Dincht thuds his right hand into Paunovic's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A looping hook to the body misses from Paunovic. Dincht does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dincht half committed to a counter leg kick.
Dincht is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Paunovic.
Paunovic on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Paunovic ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dincht uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Paunovic.
Dincht moves out of range as Paunovic throws a body kick.
Paunovic slips a straight right by Dincht.
A head kick by Paunovic misses
letting Dincht counter with a right hand.
Dincht lands a really nice looking cross but Paunovic seems unphased.
Paunovic pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Paunovic sizes up Dincht with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Paunovic throws a jab when Dincht was well out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dincht connects with a good right hand that stumbles Paunovic. Paunovic circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Dincht lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Paunovic tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Paunovic 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.
Paunovic scores with a head kick.
Dincht dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Dincht.
Paunovic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dincht moves away.
Dincht moves into range and connects with a jab.
Paunovic throws a head kick that misses.
Paunovic slips under a jab from Dincht.
Dincht uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Paunovic.
An attempted straight right counter from Dincht misses the target.
Paunovic throws a body shot but no joy.

Dincht takes the fight into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Dincht breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Paunovic throws an off balance right hand
and Dincht counters with a three punch combo that has Paunovic backing up. Paunovic nods at Dincht to acknowledge the strikes.
Dincht lands with a nice body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dincht with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Paunovic on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Dincht gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Paunovic throws a head kick that half lands.
Dincht works the jab nicely.
Dincht misses with a body shot.
Paunovic steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Paunovic throws a hook but Dincht avoids it easily.
Dincht is looking to counter punch.
Paunovic throws a series of punches but Dincht avoids them all with ease.
Dincht swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dincht fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Paunovic manages to avoid it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Dincht.
Dincht dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Paunovic. That did some damage!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dincht misses the jab.
Dincht connects with a solid leg kick.
Paunovic comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Dincht is looking to clinch.
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.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Paunovic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dincht manages to avoid it.
Paunovic looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Paunovic connects with a looping right hand.
A big left from Paunovic misses.

Dincht drives through and clinches with Paunovic against the cage.
Paunovic lands a shoulder strike.
Dincht tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Paunovic wants to get back to striking at distance but Dincht won't allow it.
Paunovic has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Dincht has a couple of punches blocked by Paunovic.
Dincht tries a body shot but Paunovic blocks it.
Dincht lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Paunovic manages to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paunovic defending well as Dincht loads up on a big left hand.
Dincht with a hook.
Dincht avoids the body shot from Paunovic.
A jab from Dincht does it's job there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Paunovic tried to score with a low kick but Dincht checks it.
It looked like Dincht wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Zell Dincht is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paunovic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dincht lands a jab to the head.
Paunovic throws an overhand right that lands on Dincht's shoulder, as Dincht tries to avoid the shot.
Dincht clobbers Paunovic with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Paunovic throws a body shot but no joy.
Paunovic throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Dincht stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Paunovic's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Paunovic misses the shot to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Dincht. That's going to slow Paunovic down.
Paunovic throws a hook to the side of Dincht's head but Dincht sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dincht connects with a leg kick. Paunovic looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Dincht throws a quick inside leg kick.
Dincht looks to land a left hand but Paunovic moved out of range nicely.
Paunovic takes a swing at Dincht's ribcage but misses.
Dincht uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Paunovic has time to react.
Paunovic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dincht.
Paunovic checks a low kick from Dincht.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dincht lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paunovic walks into a stiff left hand from Dincht.
Good leg kick by Paunovic there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Paunovic slips a jab from Dincht.
Paunovic is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Dincht rather than just go for the knockout.
Dincht thuds his right hand into Paunovic's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Paunovic on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Dincht takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Paunovic misses the shot to the body.
Dincht avoids the head kick by Paunovic.
Paunovic takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.

Dincht rushes Paunovic and presses him up against the cage.
Paunovic content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Dincht is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Paunovic can do to turn this around?

Paunovic breaks from the clinch.
Paunovic throws a predictable looking body shot
and Dincht counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dincht ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Paunovic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A jab from Dincht finds it's way through Paunovic's defenses.
Dincht looks to land a right hand but Paunovic moved out of range.
Paunovic is looking for the big counter here.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paunovic takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A jab from Paunovic misses.
Dincht looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Paunovic pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Paunovic scores with a jab to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Dincht. That's going to slow Paunovic down.

Dincht forces Paunovic back against the cage and clinches.
Paunovic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Paunovic tries to break the clinch but Dincht is controlling the position.
Paunovic lands with a light punch inside.

Paunovic escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dincht connects with a right hand. Paunovic shakes it off.
Dincht tries to close the distance and clinch up but Paunovic swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Paunovic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Paunovic swings for the body but Dincht moves out of range.
Dincht misses with a low kick.
A nice side step and Paunovic releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Dincht slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Paunovic has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Paunovic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Paunovic looks to score with a jab to the body but Dincht is just out of range.
Paunovic takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Dincht pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dincht swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Paunovic.
Paunovic looks to land a left hand but Dincht moved out of range nicely.
Dincht catches Paunovic with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Dincht throws out a loose jab but Paunovic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Paunovic steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Paunovic throws a hook to the side of Dincht's head but Dincht sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dincht with a nice cross.
Dincht lands a slapping body shot.
Paunovic throws a sloppy body shot
and Dincht cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dincht fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Paunovic looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Paunovic misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Paunovic thows a leg kick but Dincht checks it
and Dincht cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dincht scores with a kick to the midsection.
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.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Dincht takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Paunovic pivots, looking for a leg kick but Dincht is out of range and Paunovic settles back down.
Paunovic with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Paunovic scores with a head kick. Dincht tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Dincht defending well as Paunovic loads up on a big left hand.
Paunovic looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Paunovic checks the leg kick.
Dincht misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Paunovic.
Dincht turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Paunovic slips a straight right by Dincht.
Paunovic misses with a straight right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dincht checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Dincht moves out of range of the strikes.
Dincht blocks the body kick.
Paunovic lands a jab to Dincht's midsection.
Dincht moves out of range of the body kick.
Paunovic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dincht stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A punch combination from Dincht misses.
Dincht scores with a sloppy right hand. Paunovic should have avoided that one.
A cross from Dincht lands.
Paunovic throws a looping overhand right but Dincht ducks down to avoid it.
Paunovic takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Paunovic looks to score with a jab to the body but Dincht is just out of range.
Dincht lands a head kick!
Dincht lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
The fighters circling - Paunovic throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dincht scores with a sloppy right hand. Paunovic should have avoided that one.
Dincht looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Paunovic let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Dincht throws a body shot but no joy.
Dincht throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Paunovic throws a big counter head kick but Dincht avoids it with no problem.
Zoran Paunovic has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dincht throws a poor cross that misses
and Paunovic counters with a left to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Dincht.
Paunovic loads up on a big right hand but Dincht slips the punch.
Paunovic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Paunovic moves out of range as Dincht strikes.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Dincht, as that shot connected.
Good work by Dincht as he checks the leg kick.
Dincht is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Paunovic throws a body kick that misses.
Paunovic takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A left lands for Dincht.
Paunovic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dincht moves away.
Paunovic slips under a jab.
Dincht takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Paunovic takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A telegraphed right hand from Dincht misses the target.
Paunovic lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Paunovic bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paunovic slips under a jab.
Paunovic throws out a loose jab but Dincht uses good head movement to avoid it.
Paunovic just misses with a punch to the body.
Dincht misses with a hook. Paunovic ducked under it nicely.
Dincht's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Paunovic connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Dincht scrambles back to his feet.
A shot to the body from Paunovic misses
and Dincht counters with a nice low kick that buckles Paunovic's knee momentarily.
Dincht catches Paunovic with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Dincht connects with a single shot there.
Dincht looks to throw the jab but Paunovic is out of range.
Dincht loads up on a big right hand but Paunovic slips the punch.
Paunovic appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Paunovic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dincht.
Dincht ducks under a wild hook from Paunovic.
Crunch! Paunovic slams his shin into Dincht's torso.
Dincht uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Paunovic.
Dincht takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dincht bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Paunovic's head backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Paunovic walks forward, straight into a front kick from Dincht.
Dincht misses with a looping left.
Paunovic throws a shot from downtown. Dincht moves away and avoids it.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Dincht.
Paunovic uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dincht.
Dincht works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Paunovic tries to bum rush Dincht with a series of wild strikes but Dincht uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dincht listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A swing and a miss from Dincht.

Dincht has managed to clinch.
Dincht throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Paunovics head.
Dincht blocks a body shot from Paunovic.
Paunovic tries to work over Dincht's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dincht tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Zell Dincht is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Dincht misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Paunovic tries to throw a body punch but Dincht avoids it by throwing Paunovic back against the cage.

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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zell Dincht!
A very excited looking Zell Dincht made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.