PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Olav Klint (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ren Rothschild (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Klint comes to the cage accompanied by The Pixies - Tame . Rothschild has chosen Enter Shikari as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Klint
vs
Rothschild

173 cm
28
138 lbs
17 - 5 - 0

184 cm
25
136 lbs
8 - 6 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

The Adrenaline Matrix

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Olav Klint!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Ren Rothschild!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Anni Minnemäki and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Klint leaves Rothschild with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Rothschild shoots in but no luck this time.
Rothschild slips a jab and a cross from Klint.
Rothschild is looking to clinch but Klint is avoiding it.
Rothschild swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Klint on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Rothschild misses with a double jab
and Klint makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Rothschild really felt that one!
Klint scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Rothschild misses with a two punch combination.
Rothschild missing with a left hand there. Klint was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Klint takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Klint throws a jab when Rothschild was well out of range.
Rothschild throws a body punch but Klint moves out of range.
Rothschild misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rothschild throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rothschild shoots in and drives through. Klint sprawls well.
Olav Klint has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ren Rothschild.

Klint looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Rothschild looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Klint puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.

Klint stands up from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Klint shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Rothschild defends it nicely.
A slapping body kick lands there for Klint.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rothschild misses with a combination

and Klint counters with a single leg into guard. Rothschild didn't expect that.
Klint tries to stand but Rothschild is controlling from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rothschild is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Rothschild is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Rothschild bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Klint's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rothschild won't allow Klint to get back to his feet.
Klint is looking to stand back up but Rothschild counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Klint.

Klint has one foot on Rothschild's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Rothschild throws a head kick but Klint moves out of range.
Klint has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Rothschild finds it's way round the side to connect with Klint's head.
Klint fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rothschild manages to avoid it.
Rothschild fails with an attempt to clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Klint scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Klint ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rothschild moves away.
Klint rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rothschild moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Olav Klint dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Klint throws a jab when Rothschild was well out of range.
Klint ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rothschild moves away.
Some wild striking there from Rothschild.
Rothschild throws a quick inside leg kick.
Rothschild stuffs the takedown attempt from Klint. Klint gets slowly back to his feet.
Klint fails to land with a series of punches.
Klint shoots in and drives through. Rothschild sprawls well.

Rothschild closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Rothschild lands in his opponent's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Klint keeping moving, preventing Rothschild from controlling successfully.
Rothschild passes easily into side control. Nice work.

Rothschild tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Rothschild has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Klint taking a bit of punishment here - Rothschild scoring with strikes.
Klint regains half guard, as Rothschild was trying to land strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Klint pushes Rothschild off looking to stand but Rothschild dives back in and keeps control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rothschild not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Rothschild not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Klint kicks Rothschild off and gets back to his feet.
Klint fails to land with a series of punches.
Klint swats away the attempt to clinch by Rothschild.
Klint throws a right hand that Rothschild ducks under and follows up with a left that Rothschild also avoids with ease.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rothschild tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Klint paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Rothschild shoots in and bounces Klint off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Rothschild with a flurry of punches that miss.
Klint is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Klint is looking to stand back up but Rothschild counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Klint.
Rothschild throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Klint to regain full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rothschild pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Klint is keeping the position for now.
Rothschild passes Klint's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Rothschild prevents Klint from standing back up.

Rothschild seems to be looking for submissions.
Klint keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Rothschild seems to be looking for submissions.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Rothschild is trying to work for a kimura but Klint is defending well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Klint is looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ren Rothschild showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Rothschild closes the distance and pushes Klint back into the cage.
Rothschild trying to land knees to the body.
Rothschild lands an elbow that stopped Klint in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Olav Klint has been cut.
Rothschild tries to land knees in the clinch but Klint avoids the damage to the body.
Klint tries to pull guard but Rothschild forces him back to his feet, against the cage.

Klint jumps into guard, dragging Rothschild to the mat.
Klint preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Rothschild postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Klint is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Rothschild, into his guard.
Klint wanted to stand there but Rothschild had control of the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Klint won't allow Rothschild to sweep him here.
Klint tries to stand but Rothschild is controlling from the bottom.

Klint gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Rothschild walks into a straight right hand from Klint.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rothschild goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Rothschild looks to land a combination but Klint avoids it well.
Rothschild shoots in for a double leg but Klint sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Olav Klint is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
No joy there for Klint, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rothschild feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Klints jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Rothschild lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Klint backs up against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Klint slaps away a takedown attempt from Rothschild, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Rothschild looks to land a left hand but Klint moved out of range nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rothschild throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rothschild leaves Klint with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Rothschild fails with the takedown
and Rothschild takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Olav Klint has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ren Rothschild.
Klint throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Rothschild is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Rothschild misses with a combination
and Klint counters with a two punch combo.
Rothschild moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rothschild misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Klint throws a lazy uppercut
and Rothschild counters with a left to the body.
Rothschild is looking to clinch but Klint is avoiding it.
Rothschild takes one to the chin there.
Rothschild looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Ren Rothschild seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Klint throws a series of strikes that have Rothschild backpedaling.
Rothschild tries to close the distance and clinch up but Klint swats him away and circles back towards the center.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ren Rothschild comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Rothschild 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ren Rothschild!