PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Abaddon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bancroft Rothschild (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rothschild comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Light kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Abaddon
vs
Rothschild

182 cm
26
190 lbs
18 - 6 - 0

188 cm
28
192 lbs
25 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Anthony Abaddon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bancroft Rothschild!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Thiago Cunha and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Abaddon looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Abaddon ducks under a wild hook from Rothschild.
Abaddon throws a head kick but Rothschild moves out of range.
Abaddon throws a sloppy head kick and Rothschild moves out of range easily.
Rothschild throws a half hearted mid kick.
Abaddon throws a jab when Rothschild was well out of range.
Rothschild throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Rothschild throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Abaddon counters with a straight right hand.
Rothschild lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Abaddon misses with a straight left.
Abaddon takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Rothschild ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Abaddon moves away.
Rothschild throws a series of punches but Abaddon moves out of range.
Bancroft Rothschild seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rothschild doesn't manage to clinch there - Abaddon circles away.
Abaddon scores with a jab to the head.
Rothschild fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rothschild buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Rothschild throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Abaddon goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Good standup being displayed there by Rothschild as he connects with a hook.
Rothschild just misses with a punch to the body.
Rothschild ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rothschild misses with a lunging right hand
and Abaddon counters with a nice body kick.
Nice cross by Abaddon.
Abaddon tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Rothschild scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Rothschild checks the leg kick nicely there.
Rothschild lands a nice looking kick to the body. Abaddon takes a step back to recover.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Abaddon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rothschild.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rothschild throws a sloppy head kick and Abaddon moves out of range easily.
Abaddon takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Abaddon looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Rothschild. That's going to slow Abaddon down.
An inside leg kick from Rothschild misses.
Rothschild checks a leg kick.
Abaddon fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Rothschild.
Abaddon steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Rothschild. That one must have hurt.
Abaddon misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Abaddon throws a chopping leg kick but Rothschild manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Rothschild fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Rothschild scores with a jab. Abaddon acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rothschild feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Abaddon's calf.
Rothschild tries to clinch there but Abaddon circles away.
Rothschild lands a glancing blow to the side of Abaddon's head.
Rothschild finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Rothschild throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rothschild misses with a wild body shot.
Abaddon fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Rothschild checks it well.
Rothschild throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Rothschild blocks a low kick nicely.
Rothschild connects with the punch.
Rothschild throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Rothschild connects with a right hand. Abaddon shakes it off.
Rothschild checks a low kick from Abaddon.
Rothschild misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rothschild lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Abaddon throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Abaddon checks a leg kick.
Rothschild doesn't manage to clinch there - Abaddon circles away.
Rothschild fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Abaddon.
Rothschild scores with a body shot.
Abaddon takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Abaddon misses with a low kick.
Rothschild misses with a body kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rothschild ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rothschild cracks Abaddon with a good jab.
Abaddon throws a looping overhand right but Rothschild ducks down to avoid it.
Rothschild throws a body punch but Abaddon moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bancroft Rothschild dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Abaddon throws a sloppy body shot
and Rothschild counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rothschild throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Abaddon on the side of the head.
Abaddon avoids the body shot from Rothschild.
Rothschild tries a head kick but it misses.
Rothschild walks into a stiff left hand from Abaddon.
Abaddon throws the kick towards the body but Rothschild avoids it.
Some bone on bone action there as Abaddon checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Rothschild tests Abaddon's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Rothschild thuds his shin into the meat of Abaddon's side.
Rothschild lands with a slapping head kick.
Rothschild misses with an uppercut. Abaddon saw that one coming.
Bancroft Rothschild seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rothschild throws out a leg kick but Abaddon moves out of range and Rothschild only half commits.
Rothschild misses with a body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Rothschild throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rothschild ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Abaddon moves away.
Rothschild shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Rothschild checks a leg kick.
Abaddon tries a head kick but it misses.
Rothschild blocks a head kick by Abaddon.
Rothschild misses with a body kick.
Abaddon misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Abaddon throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Abaddon keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Rothschild swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Abaddon will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Rothschild tries to clinch but Abaddon is having none of it.
A solid body kick from Abaddon.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abaddon throws a head kick that misses.
Rothschild blocks a low kick nicely.
Rothschild misses the shot to the body.
Rothschild moves out of range of the body kick from Abaddon.
Rothschild looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Abaddon throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rothschild connects with an inside leg kick.
Rothschild uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Abaddon.
Rothschild lands a leg kick that knocks Abaddon off balance momentarily.
Abaddon drops his hands momentarily and Rothschild takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rothschild displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Abaddon on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Abaddon is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rothschild blocks a leg kick.
Rothschild throws a head kick that half lands.
Rothschild tries to score with a low kick but Abaddon moves his leg out of the way.
Rothschild throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Rothschild thuds a left hand into Abaddon's body.
Rothschild fails with an attempt to clinch.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rothschild.
Abaddon tries a head kick but it misses.
Rothschild feints and then cracks Abaddon's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Abaddon down.
Rothschild is looking to clinch.
Abaddon throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rothschild throws the kick towards the body but Abaddon avoids it.
Rothschild throws a push kick but Abaddon slaps the foot to one side.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abaddon throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Abaddon takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Rothschild thumps Abaddon with a low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rothschild. Abaddon does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rothschild is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Abaddon rather than just go for the knockout.
Abaddon finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Good leg kick by Abaddon there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Abaddon scores with a jab to the body.
Rothschild ducks under a wild hook from Abaddon.
Rothschild waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Abaddon.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rothschild misses with a low kick as Abaddon jumps back.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Abaddon.
Rothschild misses with a double jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bancroft Rothschild showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

A looping hook to the body misses from Rothschild. Abaddon does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rothschild pivots, looking for a leg kick but Abaddon is out of range and Rothschild settles back down.
Rothschild avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rothschild blocks a jab.
Rothschild pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rothschild misses with a straight left.
An inside leg kick from Rothschild misses.
Rothschild blocks a head kick by Abaddon.
Rothschild throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Abaddon stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Rothschild blocks a head kick by Abaddon.
Rothschild fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rothschild fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Abaddon.
Abaddon lands with a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rothschild misses with a low kick.
Abaddon throws a sloppy head kick and Rothschild moves out of range easily.
Abaddon throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Rothschild throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Abaddon closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A telegraphed right hand from Rothschild misses the target.
Rothschild takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Rothschild tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A swing and a miss from Abaddon.
Abaddon moves out of range of the leg kick from Rothschild.
Abaddon chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rothschild can pounce on him.
A head kick misses from Rothschild.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rothschild throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Abaddon stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Rothschild throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Rothschild with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Rothschild closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Abaddon lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Abaddon is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Rothschild takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Abaddon makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Abaddon unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rothschild lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Abaddon lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Abaddon.
Rothschild managing to block the knees to the body from Abaddon.
Abaddon tries to land knees in the clinch but Rothschild avoids the damage to the body.
Abaddon is trying to break free.
Abaddon tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Abaddon missing with knees to the body.
Abaddon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Abaddon lands a nice elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abaddon tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rothschild lands with a short shot to the head.
Abaddon pushes off an throws an elbow but Rothschild leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Abaddon creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rothschild's defenses.
Rothschild tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rothschild misses with a punch to the body.
A shot in the inside from Rothschild.
Abaddon lands a damaging elbow.
Abaddon trying to land knees to the body.
Rothschild softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Rothschild creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Abaddon tries to work over Rothschild's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rothschild with a knee to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rothschild creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Abaddon takes an elbow to the forehead.
Rothschild lands an elbow that stopped Abaddon in his tracks for a moment.
Abaddon using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rothschild avoiding damage as Abaddon throws knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rothschild lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Abaddon tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Abaddon scores with a shoulder strike.
Abaddon throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rothschild avoiding damage as Abaddon throws knees to the body.
Abaddon goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Abaddon tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Abaddon lands a nice shot to the body.
Rothschild lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Rothschild misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Abaddon.
Abaddon missing with knees to the body.
Anthony Abaddon has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Abaddon is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rothschild is defending well for now.
Abaddon lands an elbow that stopped Rothschild in his tracks for a moment.
Abaddon misses with a hook to the ribs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Abaddon on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rothschild with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rothschild struggles to land a body shot inside as Abaddon controls his hands.
Rothschild works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rothschild.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Anthony Abaddon did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Abaddon throws the kick towards the body but Rothschild avoids it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Rothschild.
Rothschild connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Rothschild connects with an inside leg kick.
Rothschild throws a nice outside leg kick.
Rothschild throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Rothschild tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Abaddon was well out of range. Poor timing from Rothschild.
Abaddon misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Abaddon plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Rothschild lands with a good body shot.
Abaddon throws a hook but Rothschild avoids it easily.
Rothschild misses with a wild combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rothschild throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Rothschild looks for the body kick but Abaddon saw that one coming.
Abaddon takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Abaddon avoids a kick to the body.
Rothschild throws a leg kick but Abaddon sees it coming and moves out of range.
Rothschild fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Abaddon checks it well.
Rothschild looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Abaddon checks the leg kick nicely there.
Rothschild connects with the punch.
Abaddon throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Abaddon chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abaddon tries to land a leg kick but Rothschild saw it coming and moves away.
Abaddon circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rothschild misses with a body shot.
Rothschild displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Abaddon throws out the jab.
Abaddon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rothschild lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Abaddon throws out a powerful jab.
Rothschild lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rothschild throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Abaddon counters with an outside leg kick.
Rothschild goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Abaddon looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abaddon throws a low kick but it's checked well by Rothschild.
Abaddon throws a hook but Rothschild avoids it easily.
Rothschild blocks a head kick by Abaddon.
Abaddon on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rothschild. Rothschild obviously looking to wear him down.
Abaddon takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
A swing and a miss from Abaddon.
Rothschild misses with the combination.
Abaddon throws a jab when Rothschild was well out of range.
Abaddon pivots, looking for a leg kick but Rothschild is out of range and Abaddon settles back down.
Abaddon gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Rothschild lets loose with a powerful body kick. Abaddon will feel that in the morning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abaddon misses with a looping right.
Abaddon lands a nice looking body kick.
Rothschild lands a head shot.
Abaddon throws a leg kick
and Rothschild counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rothschild with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Rothschild takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Abaddon has Rothschild up against the cage in a clinch.
Abaddon misses with a knee strike.
Abaddon looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Abaddon avoids the elbow strike from Rothschild, against the cage.
Rothschild lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Rothschild tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Abaddon's elbow.
Abaddon digs a right hand underneath Rothschild's ribcage. Rothschild let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A head punch on the inside from Rothschild fails to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Bancroft Rothschild will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Rothschild moves out of range of the body kick.
Rothschild blocks a low kick nicely.
Abaddon uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rothschild.
Abaddon circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rothschild attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Rothschild throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Abaddon on the side of the head.
Abaddon misses with an attempted mid kick.
Abaddon throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Rothschild swings for the body but Abaddon moves out of range.
Abaddon showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rothschild.
Abaddon throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rothschild scores with a sloppy right hand. Abaddon should have avoided that one.
Abaddon misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Rothschild darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Abaddon scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Rothschild misses with a body kick.
Rothschild throws a nice inside leg kick.
Abaddon throws the left hand but Rothschild avoids the punch easily.
Rothschild misses with a body kick.
Rothschild tried to score with a low kick but Abaddon checks it.

Abaddon moves into range and clinches up with Rothschild.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rothschild just misses with a elbow thrown towards Abaddon's brow.
Rothschild avoids a wild elbow strike from Abaddon.
Abaddon landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rothschild lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Abaddon is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rothschild is defending well for now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rothschild blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Abaddon struggles to land a body shot inside as Rothschild controls his hands.
Abaddon is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rothschild is defending well for now.
Rothschild lands a nice uppercut.
Rothschild lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Rothschild misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rothschild lands a hook to the side of the head.
Abaddon tries a body shot but Rothschild blocks it.
Abaddon takes a shot to the head.

Abaddon is rocked!
Rothschild lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Oh Abaddon is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rothschild creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Abaddon with a big uppercut! Abaddon tries to clinch up but Rothschild pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Abaddon to the mat! Abaddon covers up and Rothschild unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Bancroft Rothschild!
Bancroft Rothschild thanked the fans post fight for their support.