PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Yourn Rotterdam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fair Child (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rotterdam comes to the cage accompanied by Avicii-Levels. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Rotterdam
vs
Child

193 cm
33
204 lbs
22 - 16 - 0

189 cm
23
197 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Balco Boys - Hilo

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 22 - 16 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Yourn Rotterdam!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Fair Child!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Konstantin Menshow and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Rotterdam moves into the clinch.
Child misses with an elbow over the top.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rotterdam just misses with a elbow thrown towards Child's brow.
Rotterdam lands an elbow that stopped Child in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Fair Child has been cut.
Rotterdam blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Child misses with a short punch on the inside.
Child unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rotterdam lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Child throws a knee to the head but misses.
Child struggles to land a body shot inside as Rotterdam controls his hands.

Rotterdam breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Yourn Rotterdam seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Child fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Child misses with a wild body shot.
A big right from Child misses.
Rotterdam lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Child moves out of range of the strikes.
Good standup being displayed there by Rotterdam as he connects with a hook.
Child looks to land a left hand but Rotterdam moved out of range nicely.
Rotterdam uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Rotterdam on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Rotterdam connects with an inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rotterdam stuns Child with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

Rotterdam fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Child, pushing him back against the cage.
Rotterdam throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A short right from Rotterdam on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Child.
Child goes for a takedown in the clinch but Rotterdam prevents it.
Child tries to land knees in the clinch but Rotterdam avoids the damage to the body.
Rotterdam tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Child blocks a body shot from Rotterdam.
Rotterdam avoiding damage as Child throws knees to the body.
Child misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Child tries to throw a body punch but Rotterdam avoids it by throwing Child back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Rotterdam fails to land.
Child trying to land knees to the body.
Rotterdam swings wildly with an uppercut but Child uses good head movement to avoid it.
Child fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rotterdam is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Child to keep the fight standing.
Rotterdam lands a left hand that snaps the head of Child backwards.
Rotterdam lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Child backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rotterdam has had enough of the clinch but Child keeps him there for the moment.
Rotterdam lands an elbow that stopped Child in his tracks for a moment.
Rotterdam lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Rotterdam lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rotterdam tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Child with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rotterdam lands an elbow inside.

That has opened up Fair Child's cut even more.
Child misses with a punch to the body.
Child lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Rotterdam.
Rotterdam fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rotterdam lands a hook that snaps the head of Child backwards.
Child blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rotterdam lands a left hand.
Child tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rotterdam blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rotterdam managing to block the knees to the body from Child.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rotterdam lands a shoulder strike.
Child tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rotterdam avoids it.
Rotterdam lands an elbow inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rotterdam.
Child throws an elbow but it misses.
Child trying to land knees to the body.
Child wants to get back to striking at distance but Rotterdam won't allow it.
Rotterdam lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rotterdam.

The cut above Fair Child's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Child misses with some punches.

Rotterdam pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice uppercut there from Rotterdam.
Child chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Child connects with a high kick.
Rotterdam on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Child. Child obviously looking to wear him down.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good exchange - Child coming out on top.
Rotterdam listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Child throws a shot from downtown. Rotterdam moves away and avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rotterdam lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Child throws a body punch but Rotterdam moves out of range.
Child throws a half hearted mid kick.
Child bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Child displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rotterdam throws out the jab.
Child moves out of range of the body kick from Rotterdam.
Child tries for a takedown but Rotterdam sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Yourn Rotterdam has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fair Child.
Good exchange - Rotterdam coming out on top.

Fair Child's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Child takes a jab right on the kisser.
Child takes one to the side of the head.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Yourn Rotterdam!
During a confident post fight interview, Yourn Rotterdam thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.