PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Theodore Rothschild (ranked 3607 p4p, 20873 weight class) and Claudio Benedetti (ranked 485 p4p, 621 weight class). Benedetti has chosen Atrevete te as his entrance music. Theodore Rothschild has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Rothschild
vs
Benedetti

190 cm
33
215
16 - 4 - 1

193 cm
36
207
27 - 16 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Heavy handed

Conquer

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Theodore Rothschild!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Claudio Benedetti!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Rothschild forces Benedetti back against the ropes and clinches.
Rothschild misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rothschild.
Benedetti's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Rothschild lands a shot to the body.
Rothschild blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rothschild blocks an uppercut.
Benedetti has a couple of punches blocked by Rothschild.
Rothschild has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Benedetti fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Benedetti misses with a short punch on the inside.
Benedetti throws a punch but it's blocked by Rothschild.
Benedetti misses with the head strike.
Benedetti throws a punch but it's blocked by Rothschild.
A short right from Benedetti.
A shot in the inside from Rothschild.
Benedetti throws a head punch that misses.
Rothschild lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Benedetti backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rothschild lands a body shot in the clinch.

Benedetti manages to break the clinch.
Rothschild bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Benedetti's head backwards.
A big right from Benedetti misses.
A swing and a miss from Benedetti.
Benedetti looks to throw the jab but Rothschild is out of range.
Jab from Rothschild.
Rothschild uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Benedetti.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rothschild misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Benedetti.
Benedetti takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Rothschild ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Benedetti moves away.
Benedetti pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Benedetti misses with a hook. Rothschild ducked under it nicely.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Benedetti misses with a hook. Rothschild ducked under it nicely.
A left lands for Rothschild.
Rothschild on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Rothschild throws a looping overhand right but Benedetti ducks down to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Benedetti. Rothschild does a little dance to reset his feet.
Benedetti throws a sloppy head kick and Rothschild moves out of range easily.
A jab from Benedetti misses.
Rothschild slips a jab from Benedetti.
Rothschild moves out of range of the strikes.
Benedetti misses with a few strikes there.
Rothschild throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Rothschild slips under a jab.
Claudio Benedetti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Benedetti looks to land a right hand but Rothschild moved out of range.
Benedetti pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rothschild swings for the body but Benedetti moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rothschild lands a lovely overhand right.
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!

Benedetti tries to keep at a distance but Rothschild has taken the fight into the clinch.

Benedetti manages to break the clinch.
Rothschild misses with a hook. Benedetti ducked under it nicely.
Rothschild blocks a leg kick.
Benedetti 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.
Rothschild throws a looping overhand right but Benedetti ducks down to avoid it.
Benedetti throws out a counter right but Rothschild avoids it with no problem.
Benedetti 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.
Rothschild connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Benedetti momentarily.
Rothschild throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Benedetti lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Rothschild looks to throw the jab but Benedetti is out of range.
Rothschild throws a solid leg kick but Benedetti takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Rothschild.
Rothschild is looking to clinch but Benedetti is avoiding it.
Rothschild misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Benedetti.
A cross from Benedetti lands.
Nice defenses there by Rothschild.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Benedetti throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The fighters circling - Benedetti throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Benedetti throws the left hand but Rothschild avoids the punch easily.
Rothschild cracks Benedetti with a right hand to the side of the head.
Rothschild uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Benedetti.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Claudio Benedetti will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Rothschild misses with a straight right.

Rothschild gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Rothschild misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rothschild.

Rothschild breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Benedetti throws a sloppy head kick and Rothschild moves out of range easily.
Benedetti tries to bum rush Rothschild with a series of wild strikes but Rothschild uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A nice leg kick lands there from Rothschild.
Rothschild bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Benedetti's head backwards.
Benedetti throws a nice looking combination but Rothschild bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rothschild looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Benedetti rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rothschild moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Benedetti checks a low kick from Rothschild.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rothschild fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rothschild dodges the punch combination from Benedetti.
Rothschild tries to clinch but Benedetti is having none of it.
Benedetti throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rothschild lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Rothschild lands a nice looking body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benedetti blocks a head kick by Rothschild.
Benedetti missing with a left hand there. Rothschild was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Benedetti throws a jab when Rothschild was well out of range.
Rothschild scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Benedetti doesn't seem bothered though.
Rothschild showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Benedetti.
Benedetti lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rothschild circles away quickly and effectively.
Rothschild scores with a punch to the head.
Nice shot by Rothschild.
Benedetti jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The fighters circling - Benedetti throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A low kick lands for Benedetti.
Rothschild throws a head kick that misses.
Benedetti uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rothschild.
Rothschild showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Benedetti.
A big left from Benedetti misses.
Rothschild misses with a low kick.
Rothschild moves out of range as Benedetti strikes.
Rothschild is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Claudio Benedetti seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rothschild avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rothschild is looking to clinch but Benedetti is avoiding it.
Benedetti throws a sloppy head kick and Rothschild moves out of range easily.
Benedetti throws a lazy right hand but Rothschild sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Benedetti rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rothschild moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rothschild lands a body shot.
Rothschild avoids the body shot from Benedetti.
Rothschild bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rothschild throwing a counter right hand but Benedetti manages to avoid it.
Rothschild throws a solid leg kick but Benedetti takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Rothschild.
Rothschild ducks under a wild hook from Benedetti.
Rothschild loads up on a big right hand but Benedetti slips the punch.
Benedetti doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Benedetti misses with a looping right.
As Benedetti backs away, Rothschild returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
A jab from Benedetti misses.
Benedetti throws a big shot that misses.
Rothschild scores with a body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Benedetti slips a straight right by Rothschild.
Benedetti looks to land a right hand but Rothschild moved out of range.
Rothschild throws a jab but it's blocked by Benedetti.
Rothschild showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Benedetti.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Claudio Benedetti will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Rothschild is looking to score with low kicks.
Theodore Rothschild has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Claudio Benedetti is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Rothschild takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Benedetti takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Rothschild scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Benedetti throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A slow jab from Benedetti misses its intended target.
Nice shot by Rothschild.
Claudio Benedetti is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Rothschild forces Benedetti back against the ropes and clinches.
A head punch on the inside from Rothschild fails to land.
Rothschild misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Benedetti misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rothschild working aggressively here.
A nice left hand lands by Rothschild.
Benedetti takes a shot to the head.
Theodore Rothschild has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Benedetti breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Benedetti throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rothschild scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Benedetti misses with a double jab.
Benedetti uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rothschild.
Benedetti misses with a hook. Rothschild ducked under it nicely.
Benedetti misses with a straight left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benedetti misses with an uppercut. Rothschild saw that one coming.
Rothschild throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Benedetti works the jab nicely.
Benedetti throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rothschild blocks a head kick by Benedetti.
Benedetti displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Benedetti throws a looping overhand right but Rothschild ducks down to avoid it.
Rothschild looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Benedetti throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Rothschild ducks under a wild hook from Benedetti.
Rothschild lands with a shot to the body.
Benedetti takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Rothschild throws out a leg kick but Benedetti moves out of range and Rothschild only half commits.
Rothschild thuds his right hand into Benedetti's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

It looks like Claudio Benedetti has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Benedetti ducks into a a hook from Rothschild and goes down! He looks in a bit of a mess; will he beat the count?! 4,5,6,7,8 - he's up and looking to carry on! The referee looks into his eyes and sees that he's OK to continue!

Benedetti is rocked!
A combination from Benedetti does no damage.
Benedetti is still on wobbly legs! Can Rothschild finish him?
Benedetti defending well as Rothschild loads up on a big left hand.
Rothschild finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Benedetti seems to have recovered his senses.
A good leg kick by Rothschild.
Benedetti misses with a looping left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rothschild throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Rothschild is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rothschild avoids the body shot from Benedetti.
Benedetti thumps Rothschild with a low kick.
Benedetti throws a series of punches but Rothschild moves out of range.
Rothschild jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rothschild loads up on a big right hand but Benedetti slips the punch.
Benedetti looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Benedetti scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Rothschild throws a front kick aimed at Benedetti's knee but Benedetti avoids it well.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Benedetti! But no joy.
Rothschild is looking to clinch.
Benedetti misses with a wild combination.
Rothschild half committed to a counter leg kick.
Rothschild throws out a leg kick but Benedetti moves out of range and Rothschild only half commits.
Rothschild tries to clinch up but Benedetti circles away and keeps his distance.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rothschild showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Benedetti.
Some wild striking there from Benedetti.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Theodore Rothschild.
I think Benedetti 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 28:28
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 28:28
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 29:27

The fight is ruled a majority draw!