PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Benn Rotthwell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Russian Boy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Rotthwell might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to U2 - Bloody sunday. Boy has chosen Миша Маваши - & as his entrance music. 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.

Rotthwell
vs
Boy

192 cm
27
265 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

192 cm
21
245 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Benn Rotthwell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Russian Boy!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Illya Tyunina and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slow jab from Boy misses its intended target.
Rotthwell takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Russian Boy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rotthwell bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Boy misses with a looping left.
Boy misses with a few strikes there.
Rotthwell swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Boy misses with a body shot.
Boy keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

It looks like Benn Rotthwell has been cut.
A lazy left from Boy finds it's target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Boy wants to clinch up but Rotthwell keeps it at a distance.
Boy misses with a shot to the body
and Rotthwell makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Boy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Boy works over Rotthwell's head and body with a nice combination.
Rotthwell is breathing heavily.
Boy avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boy just misses with a punch to the body.
Rotthwell blocks a jab.
Rotthwell misses with a wild body shot.
Boy fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Rotthwell on the side of the head.

Boy clinches with his opponent.
Rotthwell's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Benn Rotthwell's cut is getting worse.
Boy lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Boy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Boy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Boy throws a series of punches but Rotthwell moves out of range.
Rotthwell tries to move into range but Boy moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Boy wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Boy throws a hook but Rotthwell blocks it.
Rotthwell takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Rotthwell swings for the body but Boy moves out of range.
Rotthwell throws a hook but Boy blocks it.
Boy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rotthwell.
Boy's corner calls for a 1-2. Boy obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Boy misses with a kick to the body.
Boy misses with a straight right.
Rotthwell fails to land with a series of punches.
Some wild striking there from Boy.
Boy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boy with a jab.
Rotthwell lands a two punch combo.
Boy tests Rotthwell's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Benn Rotthwell's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

Boy pushes Rotthwell up against the cage in a clinch.

Boy manages to break the clinch.

Boy moves into the clinch.
Boy keeps control of Rotthwell as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Boy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice shot by Boy.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Boy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Boy getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boy misses with a few strikes there.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Boy.
Boy throws out a powerful jab.

Jeez, Benn Rotthwell's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

Rotthwell tries to keep at a distance but Boy has taken the fight into the clinch.

Boy breaks from the clinch.
Rotthwell throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Boy has Rotthwell up against the cage in a clinch.
A short uppercut from Boy.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Boy breaks the clinch.
Rotthwell takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Benn Rotthwell's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Russian Boy!
A relieved looking Russian Boy thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.