PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dominick Rivaldi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bancroft Rothschild (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rivaldi comes into the arena with Joker's Wild blaring out of the sound system. Rothschild has chosen The Light as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Rivaldi
vs
Rothschild

180 cm
36
191 lbs
26 - 12 - 3

188 cm
36
192 lbs
34 - 17 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Powerful

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 26 - 12 - 3, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dominick Rivaldi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bancroft Rothschild!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Franklyn Lucas and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rothschild takes a swing at Rivaldi's ribcage but misses.
Rivaldi looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Rivaldi throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Rothschild stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Rothschild throws a big shot that misses.
Rothschild throws the left hand but Rivaldi avoids the punch easily.
Rothschild has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Rivaldi.
Rothschild takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Rothschild thumps Rivaldi with a low kick.
Rothschild slips a jab from Rivaldi.
Rivaldi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rothschild fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rivaldi manages to avoid it.
Rivaldi lands a high kick!
Rothschild moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rothschild uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rivaldi.
Rothschild moves out of range as Rivaldi strikes.
The fighters circling - Rothschild throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rothschild throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rothschild takes a kick to the side of the head.
Rothschild scores with a jab to the body.
Rivaldi throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rothschild waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rivaldi.
Rothschild will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rothschild looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Rothschild checks the leg kick.
Rivaldi chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Rivaldi tries a head kick but it misses.
Rothschild throws a head kick but Rivaldi moves out of range.
Rivaldi displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Rothschild fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rothschild thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Rivaldi if he has to take too many more of those.
Rothschild lands a head shot.
Rothschild chopping away at his opponent's legs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rothschild feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Rivaldi's calf.
Rivaldi takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Rothschild misses with an uppercut. Rivaldi saw that one coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rothschild throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rothschild throws out a loose jab but Rivaldi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rivaldi looks to clinch
and Rothschild counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Rothschild fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rothschild lands a lovely overhand right.
Rothschild tries to clinch there but Rivaldi circles away.
Rothschild slips under a jab.
Rothschild tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rothschild looks to land a right hand but Rivaldi moved out of range.
Rothschild lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Rivaldi wants to clinch.
Rothschild has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Nice defenses there by Rothschild.
Rothschild avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rothschild circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rivaldi bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Bancroft Rothschild seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rivaldi checks a leg kick nicely.
Rivaldi's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Rothschild connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Rivaldi scrambles back to his feet.
Rivaldi throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Rivaldi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rothschild throws out the jab.
Rivaldi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rothschild sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sloppy strikes from Rivaldi. Those never looked like landing.
Rothschild lands a front kick.
Rothschild tries to land a front kick but Rivaldi steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Rivaldi takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Rivaldi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rothschild moves away.
Rivaldi throws a hook to the side of Rothschild's head but Rothschild sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nice straight punches there by Rivaldi. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Rivaldi.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rivaldi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rothschild.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rivaldi slips under a jab.
Rivaldi defending well as Rothschild loads up on a big left hand.
Rothschild attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

Rothschild clinches up against the cage.
Rothschild tries a body shot but Rivaldi blocks it.
Rothschild has Rivaldi pressed against the cage, preventing Rivaldi from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Rothschild throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rothschild blocking some punches.
Rothschild tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Rivaldi breaks from the clinch.
Rothschild tries a head kick but it misses.
Rothschild attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Rivaldi slips under a jab from Rothschild.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rivaldi takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Rivaldi looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Rivaldi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Rothschild throws a leg kick but Rivaldi sees it coming and checks it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

A punch combination from Rivaldi misses.
Rivaldi throws a body punch but Rothschild moves out of range.
Rivaldi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Rivaldi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rivaldi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rivaldi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bancroft Rothschild seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rothschild is looking to slow Rivaldi down with leg kicks.

Rivaldi moves into the clinch.
Rivaldi misses with a punch on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rothschild throws an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rothschild just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rivaldi's brow.
Rothschild throws an elbow that misses.
Rivaldi managing to block the knees to the body from Rothschild.

Rivaldi manages to break the clinch.
Rothschild lands a nice hook to Rivaldi's body. Rivaldi takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Rivaldi is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Rothschild throws a body punch but Rivaldi moves out of range.
Rivaldi takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rothschild tries a low kick but Rivaldi avoids it.
Rothschild moves away from the strike by Rivaldi.
Good exchange - Rivaldi coming out on top.
A jab from Rivaldi misses.
Rivaldi misses with a hook.
Rothschild with a hook.
Rothschild thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Rivaldi if he has to take too many more of those.

Rothschild takes the fight into the clinch.
Rothschild misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rivaldi.

Rivaldi manages to break the clinch.
Rothschild tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rivaldi lands a nice shot that snaps Rothschild's head back.
Rivaldi throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Rothschild tries to work over Rivaldi's front leg with a kick but Rivaldi checks it.
Rothschild throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rothschild wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Rothschild pivots, looking for a leg kick but Rivaldi is out of range and Rothschild settles back down.
Rothschild turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Rivaldi avoids the head kick by Rothschild.
Rivaldi motions for Rothschild to come forward. Rivaldi throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Rothschild throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rivaldi scores with a hook.
Rivaldi swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Rothschild.
Good exchange - Rivaldi coming out on top.
Rivaldi tries a low kick but Rothschild avoids it.
Rivaldi staying out of range there.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Rivaldi goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Rivaldi misses with a head kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rothschild. Rivaldi does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rothschild throws a jab when Rivaldi was well out of range.
Rothschild getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Rothschild looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A low kick from Rothschild is predictable there
and Rivaldi counters with a leg kick.
Rothschild throws a body kick that misses.

Rothschild moves into the clinch successfully.
Rivaldi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rothschild backwards.
Rothschild blocks a body shot from Rivaldi.
Rothschild tries to land a knee to the head but Rivaldi blocks with his arms.

Rivaldi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rothschild tries to close the distance and clinch but Rivaldi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rivaldi stalks Rothschild and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Rothschild's face. Rothschild staggers backwards, shaken.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rothschild scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Rivaldi throws a looping overhand right but Rothschild ducks down to avoid it.
Rivaldi throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Rivaldi wants to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rothschild tries to close the distance and clinch but Rivaldi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rothschild misses the shot to the body.
Rivaldi is looking to slow Rothschild down with leg kicks.

Rivaldi clinches with his opponent.
Rivaldi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rothschild backwards.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rivaldi.
Rivaldi misses with a punch on the inside.

Rivaldi breaks the clinch.
Rivaldi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rothschild tries to clinch up but Rivaldi circles away and keeps his distance.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A solid leg kick lands there for Rivaldi.
Rivaldi tries to score with a low kick but Rothschild moves his leg out of the way.
Rothschild avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rothschild misses with an attempted mid kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dominick Rivaldi dominated that second round.
That's time! Rivaldi's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Rothschild uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rivaldi.
Rivaldi scores with a shot to the body.
Rivaldi checks a leg kick nicely.
Rivaldi walks into a stiff left hand from Rothschild.
Rothschild lands a jab to the nose.
Rivaldi finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Rothschild thows a body shot but no joy.
Rivaldi lands a nice leg kick that just misses Rothschild's sensitive parts.
Rivaldi works over Rothschild's head and body with a nice combination.
Rothschild misses with a low kick.
Rivaldi checks the leg kick nicely there.
Rivaldi connects with a looping right hand.
Rothschild tried to score with a low kick but Rivaldi checks it.
Rothschild connects with a crisp jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rivaldi darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Rothschild pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rothschild swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Rothschild misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rivaldi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rothschild.
Rivaldi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rivaldi checks a leg kick.
Decent striking displayed by Rivaldi there.
Rothschild gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
An inside leg kick from Rothschild misses.
That kick from Rivaldi tenderised Rothschild's leg. Rothschild is trying to keep his angry face on.
Rivaldi throws out a leg kick but Rothschild moves out of range and Rivaldi only half commits.
Rivaldi cracks Rothschild with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Rothschild on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Rothschild tests Rivaldi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
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!
A jab from Rivaldi does it's job there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rothschild swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A thudding body kick lands there by Rivaldi!
Rothschild takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Rivaldi wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Rivaldi lands with a straight right. Rothschild didn't see that one coming.
Rivaldi looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Rothschild misses with an attempted mid kick.
Rivaldi fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Rivaldi moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Rothschild throws a body punch but Rivaldi moves out of range.
Rivaldi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rothschild lands a glancing blow to the side of Rivaldi's head.
Rothschild walks into a straight right hand from Rivaldi.
Rothschild throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The fighters circling - Rivaldi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rothschild tries to land a front kick but Rivaldi steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Rothschild throws the left hand but Rivaldi avoids the punch easily.
Rothschild throws out a loose jab but Rivaldi uses good head movement to avoid it.
An inside leg kick lands from Rivaldi.
Rivaldi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rothschild on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A left lands for Rivaldi.
Rothschild doesn't manage to clinch there - Rivaldi circles away.
Rothschild throws a big shot that misses.
Rivaldi jabs at Rothschild's body.
Rivaldi pushes Rothschild away with a front kick.
Rivaldi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rivaldi lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Rivaldi.
Rivaldi looks to land a left hand but Rothschild moved out of range nicely.
Rivaldi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rothschild throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rivaldi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A left lands for Rivaldi.
Rivaldi throws a wild body kick that Rothschild sees coming a mile off.

Rivaldi closes the distance and clinches.

Rivaldi breaks from the clinch.
Rivaldi moves out of range as Rothschild strikes.
Rivaldi tries to work over Rothschild's front leg with a kick but Rothschild checks it.
A cross from Rothschild lands.
Rothschild misses with a low kick.
Rothschild attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Rothschild lands with a good body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rivaldi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rivaldi blocks the body kick.
Rivaldi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Rothschild manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rothschild defending well as Rivaldi loads up on a big left hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dominick Rivaldi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Rivaldi 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 John Kavanagh scores the fight 29:28
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dominick Rivaldi!
Our winner, Dominick Rivaldi, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.