PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Greg Dellaria (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leroy Goins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dellaria's entrance music is Kill or Become by CANNIBAL CORPSE. A fine choice. Goins has chosen Jay-Z - Tom Ford as his entrance music. Leroy Goins has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Greg Dellaria's chin.

Dellaria
vs
Goins

165 cm
37
157 lbs
14 - 21 - 0

170 cm
40
153 lbs
29 - 24 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Greg Dellaria!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 24 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Leroy Goins!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Chris Downing and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dellaria tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Goins manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dellaria lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Dellaria pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Goins throws a right hand that Dellaria ducks under and follows up with a left that Dellaria also avoids with ease.
Dellaria moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Dellaria moves in looking to clinch but Goins pushes him off.
Dellaria throws the left hand but Goins avoids the punch easily.
Goins misses with a takedown attempt - Dellaria sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
As Goins tries to get set, Dellaria tries to push him back and clinch up but Goins manages to avoid the attempt.
Dellaria rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Goins moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Goins tries to clinch but Dellaria moves out of range.
Goins works over Dellaria's head and body with a nice combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dellaria misses with a straight right.
Dellaria is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dellaria moves in looking to clinch but Goins pushes him off.
Dellaria takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Goins fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Dellaria takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Dellaria looks to land a left hand but Goins moved out of range nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Goins blocks a jab.
Dellaria tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Goins throws a head kick but Dellaria moves out of range.
Goins fails in his attempt to clinch.
Goins ducks under a wild hook from Dellaria.
Goins shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Dellaria eats them both and turns towards Goins to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Goins lands a two punch combo.
Goins staying out of range there.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Dellaria scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Goins takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Goins moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Greg Dellaria is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
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!
Dellaria tries to clinch up.
Goins has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Dellaria finds it's way round the side to connect with Goins's head.
Dellaria takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

Dellaria gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Goins scores with a nice hook to the head.

Dellaria's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Goins tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dellaria throws a lazy uppercut
and Goins counters with a left and a right that stings Dellaria.
Dellaria missing with a left hand there. Goins was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Goins tries to close the distance and clinch but Dellaria swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Goins avoids a punch combination nicely.
Goins throws a counter combo.
Goins thumps Dellaria with a low kick.

Dellaria has taken the fight to the clinch.
Dellaria makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Dellaria prevents a body shot from Goins.
Dellaria scores with a shoulder strike.
Goins is working for takedown but Dellaria is calmly controlling the position for now.
Goins works on Dellaria's body with a couple of short punches.
Goins blocking some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dellaria creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Dellaria breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Goins swats away the attempt to clinch by Dellaria.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Goins does it's job there.
Dellaria avoids the head kick by Goins.
Dellaria lands a jab to the nose.
Dellaria misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Goins keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Goins lands a head kick. Dellaria smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Dellaria slips a jab and a cross from Goins.
Dellaria has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Goins.
Goins lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Dellaria misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Goins takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Dellaria fails in his attempt to clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dellaria tries to bum rush Goins with a series of wild strikes but Goins uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Goins swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dellaria swings for the body but Goins moves out of range.
Greg Dellaria seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A punch combination from Dellaria misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dellaria tries a head kick but it misses.
Dellaria scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Goins looks to land a combination. Dellaria sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Dellaria lands an overhand right.
Dellaria misses with a looping right.
Goins is working the combinations to good effect here.
Goins swings for the body but Dellaria moves out of range.
Dellaria tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Goins was well out of range. Poor timing from Dellaria.
Dellaria digs a good hook to Goins's body.
Goins throws a series of punches but Dellaria moves out of range.
Dellaria takes a jab right on the kisser.
Dellaria takes a swing at Goins's ribcage but misses.
Goins misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dellaria is looking to counter the offense by Goins and move into the clinch.
Danga de danga de dang - Goins scores with a four punch combination!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dellaria ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Goins moves away.
Goins now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Dellaria is looking to clinch.
A cross from Dellaria lands.
Goins closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Dellaria, as that shot connected.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Leroy Goins will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Dellaria is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Goins.
Goins thows a body kick. Dellaria tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Dellaria misses with a looping right.
Goins drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Dellaria defends it well.
Goins slips a jab from Dellaria.
A slow jab from Goins misses its intended target.
Goins throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dellaria punishes Goins's body with a nice straight punch.
Goins tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Dellaria defends well and Goins ends up having to push Dellaria into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Dellaria throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Goins scores with a leg kick.
Dellaria throws a right hand that Goins ducks under and follows up with a left that Goins also avoids with ease.
A nice leg kick lands there from Goins.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Goins feints a jab promting Dellaria to slip. Goins then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Dellaria slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Dellaria stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A punch combination from Dellaria misses.
Dellaria with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Goins throws a sloppy head kick and Dellaria moves out of range easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Goins tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dellaria swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dellaria slips a jab and a cross from Goins.
Goins throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Dellaria on the side of the head.
Dellaria is looking to clinch.
Sloppy strikes from Dellaria. Those never looked like landing.
Dellaria thuds his right hand into Goins's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Goins needs to keep his hands up - Dellaria had a free shot at his head there.
Dellaria slips a jab and a cross from Goins.
Dellaria scores with a kick to the midsection.
Dellaria connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Goins momentarily.
Dellaria jabs at Goins's body.
Goins ducks under a wild hook from Dellaria.
Greg Dellaria is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Goins fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Goins misses with the combination.
Goins ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Dellaria moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Dellaria avoids the elbow strike from Goins, against the cage.
Goins pushes off an throws an elbow but Dellaria leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Dellaria takes an elbow to the forehead.

Dellaria manages to break the clinch.
Nice uppercut there from Dellaria.
Dellaria misses with a series of wild punches.
Goins throws a head kick but Dellaria moves out of range.
Goins looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Goins circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jab from Goins.
Dellaria needs to keep his hands up - Goins had a free shot at his head there.
Leroy Goins seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Goins ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Goins lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Goins lands with a shot to the body.
Dellaria attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Dellaria lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Goins circles away quickly and effectively.
As Dellaria backs off Goins throws a huge counter combo but Dellaria manages to avoid it all.
Dellaria throws a hook but Goins avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Goins fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Dellaria has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Dellaria misses with a jab, cross combination.
Goins lands a head kick. Dellaria smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
A nice inside leg kick there by Goins. That's going to slow Dellaria down.
A combination from Dellaria does no damage.
Dellaria tries a head kick but it misses.
Goins is trying to counter with his kicks.
Goins rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dellaria moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Goins falls off balance throwing a combination
and Dellaria counters with a stiff right hand.
The fighters circle momentarily. Dellaria darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Dellaria is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Goins throws a series of punches but Dellaria moves out of range.
Dellaria seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Left hook, right uppercut from Dellaria.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dellaria pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Goins throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Jab by Dellaria.
Dellaria ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
As Goins tries to get set, Dellaria tries to push him back and clinch up but Goins manages to avoid the attempt.
Dellaria looks to land a combination but Goins avoids it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Goins.
Goins misses with the combination.
Dellaria throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Goins sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Goins slips a jab and a cross from Dellaria.
Goins lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Dellaria looks to land a combination but Goins avoids it well.

Dellaria clinches up with Goins and pushes him back against the cage.
Dellaria misses with a hook from the clinch.
Goins works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Goins landing knees to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Goins has Dellaria pushed against the cage.
Dellaria lands a nice shot to the body.
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 Greg Dellaria will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Goins misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Goins lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Goins.
Sloppy strikes from Dellaria. Those never looked like landing.
Goins displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Goins on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Goins throws a head kick but Dellaria moves out of range.
Dellaria throws an overhand right that lands on Goins's shoulder, as Goins tries to avoid the shot.
Dellaria connects with a crisp jab.
Dellaria just misses with a punch to the body.
Goins fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Dellaria.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dellaria misses with a combination
and Goins counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dellaria misses with the combination.
Dellaria misses with an uppercut. Goins saw that one coming.
Goins rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dellaria moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Goins throws a series of punches but Dellaria avoids them all with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dellaria has managed to clinch.
Goins prevents Dellaria from breaking the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Goins just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dellaria's brow.
Goins creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Dellaria has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Greg Dellaria has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Goins.
Nice elbow from Goins.
Goins pressing his opponent against the cage.
Goins will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Dellaria up against the cage.

Goins breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A punch combination from Goins misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dellaria tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Goins paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Goins keeps the fight on the outside.
Goins fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
No joy there for Goins, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Goins moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Dellaria misses with a few strikes there.
Dellaria throws a head kick that half lands.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dellaria throws a series of strikes that have Goins backpedaling.

Goins is rocked!
A telegraphed right hand from Dellaria misses the target.
And Goins tries to counter it with a takedown but Dellaria pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Dellaria throws a chopping leg kick but Goins manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Dellaria pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Goins lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Goins pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dellaria misses with an uppercut.
Dellaria misses with a looping right.
Goins avoids the body shot from Dellaria.
Dellaria tries to close the distance and clinch but Goins swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Goins shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dellaria tries to roll over but Goins keeps him under control.
Dellaria is looking to control Goins's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Dellaria avoid being mounted?
Goins 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 pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dellaria is trying to maintain the position but Goins is very close to passing his half guard.

Goins is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
We've been hearing good reports from Dellaria's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.

Goins is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Goins is trying to work for a kimura but Dellaria is defending well.

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.

Dellaria looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Goins is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.

Dellaria pushes Goins off and gets back to his feet.
Sloppy strikes from Dellaria. Those never looked like landing.
Goins tries to clinch but Dellaria is having none of it.
Goins misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dellaria pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dellaria throws a right and a left that both miss.
Goins throws a counter combo.

Goins closes the distance and clinches.
Dellaria is trying to break the clinch but Goins has him pressed against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Leroy Goins.
I think Goins has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 28:29
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Leroy Goins!
A very excited looking Leroy Goins 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.
In defeat, Greg Dellaria stepped up to the mic, saying 'Thanks to all the fans in the audience tonight...I'll be back!'.