PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Seiryu Machida (ranked 1151 p4p, 146 weight class) and Zell Dincht (ranked 1150 p4p, 145 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Machida
vs
Dincht

192 cm
27
187 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

184 cm
33
187 lbs
17 - 6 - 1

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Seiryu Machida!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zell Dincht!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Gwen Towbar and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dincht scoring well with a low kick there.
Dincht throws a nice outside leg kick.
Machida misses with a low kick.
Machida throws a head kick but Dincht moves out of range.
Machida looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Dincht lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Machida throws a big shot that misses.
Dincht lands a nice looking kick to the body. Machida takes a step back to recover.
Machida fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Dincht looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Machida misses with a body kick.
Dincht lands a leg kick that knocks Machida off balance momentarily.
A jab from Dincht misses.
Dincht fails with an attempt to clinch.
Machida throws a low kick, looking for Dincht's leg but Dincht calmly moves out of range.
Dincht looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Good work by Machida as he checks the leg kick.
Dincht throws a front kick aimed at Machida's knee but Machida avoids it well.
Dincht throws a head kick that Machida semi-blocks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Machida is looking to slow Dincht down with leg kicks.
Machida looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Machida throws a body punch but Dincht moves out of range.
Machida moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Machida blocks a head kick by Dincht.
Jab by Machida.
Machida bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.

Dincht gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Machida lands an uppercut.
Machida working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Dincht lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Dincht lands with a right to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short right from Dincht.
Machida looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Machida lands a shoulder strike.
Machida creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dincht's defenses.

It looks like Zell Dincht has been cut.
Dincht takes a shot to the head.
Machida misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Machida.
Dincht misses with a punch on the inside.
Dincht misses with a punch on the inside.
Dincht misses with a hook from the clinch.
Machida misses with a body punch.
Machida blocking some punches.
Machida creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Machida blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dincht misses with a punch on the inside.
Dincht throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Machidas head.
Machida throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dincht lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Machida blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dincht working aggressively here.
Machida lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dincht backwards.
Dincht lands a body shot.
Dincht blocks a body shot from Machida.
Dincht throws a head punch that misses.
Dincht misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dincht tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Machida's elbow.
Dincht misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dincht.
Dincht tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dincht misses with the head strike.
Machida tries to land knees in the clinch but Dincht avoids the damage to the body.
Machida working Dincht over with knees to the body.
Machida unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dincht lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dincht looks winded!
Machida blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Machida throws an elbow that misses.
Dincht takes an elbow to the forehead.
Machida lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Dincht or not.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Machida.
Machida works on Dincht's body with a couple of short punches.
Dincht misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dincht struggles to land a body shot inside as Machida controls his hands.
Dincht takes an elbow to the temple.
Dincht takes an elbow to the forehead.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dincht blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Good body shot from Machida.
Dincht's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Machida lands a knee to the head.

That has opened up Zell Dincht's cut even more.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Machida landing knees to the head.
A short body shot lands from Dincht as the two fighters clinch.
Dincht swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Machida lands a right hand.
Dincht swings wildly with an uppercut but Machida uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dincht blocks a body shot from Machida.
Dincht misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dincht misses with a punch to the body.
Dincht blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Machida unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Dincht swings wildly with an uppercut but Machida uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short uppercut from Machida.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Machida.
Machida landing knees to the body.
Machida lands a damaging elbow.
Machida creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dincht's defenses.
Dincht lands with a left to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Seiryu Machida dominated that 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.

Machida misses with a body kick.
Dincht tries to counter by closing the distance.
Machida scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Machida chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Dincht moves out of range as Machida throws a body kick.
Machida with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Machida lands a nice looking kick to the body. Dincht takes a step back to recover.
Seiryu Machida is winning the standup battle so far.
Dincht pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Machida is looking to land body kicks.
Machida throws a body punch but Dincht moves out of range.
Machida scores with a body shot.
Machida is looking to wear down Dincht with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Dincht misses with a hook
and Machida counters with a nice kick to the body.
Machida throws a right and a left that Dincht avoids nicely.
Machida throws the kick towards the body but Dincht avoids it.
Machida throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dincht.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Machida looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Machida scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Dincht tries to clinch up but Machida circles away and keeps his distance.
Dincht walks into a left hand.
Dincht throws a jab but it's blocked by Machida.
A leg kick checked by Machida.
Dincht misses with a head kick.
A head kick misses from Dincht.
Dincht tests Machida's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Machida moves out of range as Dincht strikes.
Dincht throws a low kick but it's checked well by Machida.
Machida throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Machida tests Dincht's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Machida scores with a leg kick.
Dincht wants to land a leg kick but Machida is out of range.
Machida thinks about countering with a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Machida tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dincht was well out of range. Poor timing from Machida.
Dincht walks into a straight right hand from Machida.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dincht tries a head kick but it misses.
Machida swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Machida swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Machida looks to land a body kick but Dincht moved away.
Dincht goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Machida misses with a body shot.
Machida tests Dincht's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Dincht throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Machida misses with the body kick
and Dincht counters with a straight right hand.
Machida is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dincht can do to turn this around?
Machida takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Dincht lands with a hook. Machida tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Machida scores with a hook.
Dincht throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Nice defenses there by Machida.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Machida gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Dincht throws a head kick that misses
and Machida counters with a good, hard body kick but Dincht shrugs it off.
Machida throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Dincht on the side of the head.
Dincht uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Machida.
Dincht scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Dincht is looking to clinch.
Machida scores with a spinning back kick!
Dincht avoids the head kick by Machida.
Machida is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Dincht takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Dincht misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Machida to counter with a crisp jab.
Dincht throws a head kick but Machida moves out of range.
Machida swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Machida lands a right hook to the body.
Machida buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Machida lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dincht lands an overhand right.
Machida slips a straight right by Dincht.
Machida misses with a kick to the body.
Machida lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Dincht connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Machida momentarily.
Machida misses with a shot to the body
and Dincht counters with an outside leg kick.
Machida avoids a kick to the body.
Dincht keeps Machida at a distance using the push kick.
Dincht throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A swing and a miss from Machida.
Dincht tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Machida paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Machida lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Machida swings for the body but Dincht moves out of range.
Dincht throws a sloppy head kick and Machida moves out of range easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Seiryu Machida dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Zell Dincht's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Machida moves out of range of the body kick.
Machida looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Dincht misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Machida throws a body punch but Dincht moves out of range.
Machida misses with a body kick.
Machida scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Machida looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Machida drops his hands momentarily and Dincht takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Dincht is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Machida tries to land a leg kick but Dincht saw it coming and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Machida lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Machida misses with a two punch combination.
Dincht looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Dincht avoids a kick to the body.
Machida throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Dincht's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dincht lands a jab to the head.
Machida digs a good hook to Dincht's body.
Dincht tries to clinch but Machida is having none of it.
It appears Machida was looking to counter with a kick there.
Machida attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Dincht swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
It appears Machida was looking to counter with a kick there.
Machida misses with a wild body shot.
Dincht moves out of range of the body kick from Machida.
Dincht has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Machida.
Machida pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Machida misses with a leg kick.
Machida misses with a low kick.
Dincht has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Machida.
Machida misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dincht.
Dincht swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Machida thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Dincht if he has to take too many more of those.
Zell Dincht has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Machida throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dincht tries to clinch up but Machida circles away and keeps his distance.
Dincht has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Machida.
Dincht tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Machida paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dincht throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Dincht tried to score with a low kick but Machida checks it.
Dincht misses with an uppercut
and Machida counters with a slapping leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Machida throws a leg kick but Dincht moved away.
Dincht steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Machida scores with a leg kick.
Dincht throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A cross from Machida lands.
Machida scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Machida fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Dincht on the side of the head.
Dincht throws a low kick but Machida avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Machida scores with a leg kick.
Machida looks for the body kick but Dincht saw that one coming.
Machida darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Dincht 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 moves into the clinch successfully.
Machida with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dincht's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Dincht lands on the inside with an uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Machida just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dincht's brow.
Dincht working aggressively here.
Machida tries a body shot but Dincht blocks it.
A shot in the inside from Dincht.
A short right from Dincht on the inside.
Machida lands a hook that snaps the head of Dincht backwards.
Dincht lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Machida working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Dincht takes a knee to the side of the body.
Seiryu Machida is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dincht lands a right hand.
Dincht fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dincht takes an elbow to the temple.
Dincht lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Dincht tries a body shot but Machida blocks it.
Machida landing knees to the body.
Machida tries to land a knee to the head but Dincht blocks with his arms.
Dincht dodges an elbow strike from Machida.
Seiryu Machida has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Machida tries a body shot but Dincht blocks it.
Dincht blocks a body shot from Machida.
Dincht avoids a wild elbow strike from Machida.
Machida landing knees to the body.
Dincht lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Machida lands a knee to the head.
Machida doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Seiryu Machida showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Machida 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Seiryu Machida!
A very excited looking Seiryu Machida 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.