PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Rico Dominguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Mayer De Rothschild (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dominguez comes to the cage accompanied by Renegades of Funk. De Rothschild has chosen Money as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Dominguez
vs
Mayer De Rothschild

167 cm
30
146 lbs
21 - 11 - 3

175 cm
37
147 lbs
29 - 15 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Milwaukee's Best 160

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 21 - 11 - 3, fighting out of New York, Rico Dominguez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, James Mayer De Rothschild!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dominguez misses with a body kick.
Dominguez misses with a looping left.
De Rothschild ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dominguez moves away.
Dominguez just misses with a punch to the body.
Dominguez is looking to slow De Rothschild down with leg kicks.
Dominguez throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and De Rothschild counters with a nice leg kick.
Dominguez throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Dominguez throws a body punch but De Rothschild moves out of range.
Rico Dominguez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dominguez blocks the body kick.
De Rothschild throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
De Rothschild has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Dominguez throws a big shot that misses.
Dominguez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dominguez fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Rothschild ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
De Rothschild moves into range and connects with a jab.
We've been told by Dominguez's head coaches at The Beast that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Dominguez tries a head kick but it misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dominguez. De Rothschild does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dominguez misses with a wild body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Dominguez. That's going to slow De Rothschild down.
Dominguez doesn't manage to clinch there - De Rothschild circles away.
Dominguez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. De Rothschild sees it coming and avoids it easily.
De Rothschild scores with a kick to the midsection.
De Rothschild slips under a jab from Dominguez.
De Rothschild tries to work over Dominguez's front leg with a kick but Dominguez checks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. De Rothschild manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dominguez fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt De Rothschild.
De Rothschild scores with a shot to the body.
Dominguez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dominguez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dominguez tries to close the distance and clinch up but De Rothschild swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That kick from Dominguez tenderised De Rothschild's leg. De Rothschild is trying to keep his angry face on.
Dominguez throws a hook but De Rothschild blocks it.
De Rothschild keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A slapping leg kick lands for De Rothschild.
Dominguez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. De Rothschild manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Dominguez clinches.
Dominguez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dominguez misses with the head strike.
Dominguez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dominguez throws a knee to the head but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dominguez just misses with a elbow thrown towards De Rothschild's brow.
Dominguez misses with a short punch on the inside.

De Rothschild pulls guard successfully.
Dominguez postures up.
Dominguez trying to control the position from guard on top but De Rothschild is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
De Rothschild not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Rothschild bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Dominguez's guard.
De Rothschild is stalling in the full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dominguez looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Dominguez rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting De Rothschild counter with a right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dominguez takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Rico Dominguez will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Dominguez lands with a thumping leg kick.
De Rothschild tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dominguez throws a half hearted mid kick.
De Rothschild misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dominguez.
Dominguez throws a leg kick
and De Rothschild counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Dominguez throws a half hearted mid kick.
De Rothschild checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
De Rothschild cracks a nice hook into Dominguez's ribs.
Dominguez throws a body kick that misses.
De Rothschild takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Dominguez avoids the head kick by De Rothschild.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dominguez takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Dominguez thows a body shot but no joy.
Dominguez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dominguez tries to clinch but De Rothschild moves out of range.
De Rothschild shoots in looking for a takedown. Dominguez tries to sprawl out of it but De Rothschild keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Dominguez manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Dominguez scores with a nice right hand.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dominguez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
De Rothschild steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dominguez.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez misses with a looping right.
De Rothschild moves out of range of the strikes.
Rico Dominguez is winning the standup battle so far.
A left lands for Dominguez.
Dominguez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by De Rothschild.
Dominguez slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Dominguez throws a half hearted mid kick.
De Rothschild fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Dominguez misses with a hook. De Rothschild ducked under it nicely.
De Rothschild ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Dominguez blocks a jab.
De Rothschild takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Rothschild uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dominguez.
Dominguez throws an ugly left hook that misses
and De Rothschild counters with a big head kick but Dominguez shrugs it off.
Dominguez avoids a kick to the body.
Dominguez moves in looking to clinch but De Rothschild pushes him off.
De Rothschild is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Dominguez.
De Rothschild avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dominguez loads up on a big right hand but De Rothschild slips the punch.
De Rothschild is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Dominguez rather than just go for the knockout.
De Rothschild shoots for a double leg takedown but Dominguez sprawls well. He's pushed De Rothschild's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Dominguez throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent De Rothschild stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

Dominguez closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Rothschild will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Dominguez up against the cage.
Dominguez trying to land knees to the body.
De Rothschild scores with a shot to the side of Dominguez's head.
Dominguez lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of De Rothschild backwards.
Dominguez with a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

De Rothschild breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
De Rothschild throws a body punch but Dominguez moves out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
De Rothschild ducks under a wild hook from Dominguez.
De Rothschild keeps the fight on the outside.
Dominguez scores with a jab. De Rothschild acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rico Dominguez dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Dominguez tries to clinch but De Rothschild moves away
and De Rothschild counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dominguez throws a right hand that misses
and De Rothschild counters with a good, hard body kick but Dominguez shrugs it off.
Dominguez tries to clinch but De Rothschild moves away
letting De Rothschild counter with a right hand.
De Rothschild uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dominguez.
Dominguez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dominguez misses with a jab, cross combination.

De Rothschild throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Dominguez was covering up waiting for the punch and De Rothschild finishes the takedown easily into guard.
De Rothschild postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Dominguez wants to sweep here but De Rothschild controlling him for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Rothschild trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
De Rothschild loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
De Rothschild not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
De Rothschild stopping the sweep attempt from Dominguez.
Dominguez not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Rothschild working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
De Rothschild trying to control the position from guard on top but Dominguez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
De Rothschild is working Dominguez over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
De Rothschild wants to control from the top but Dominguez keeps moving.
Dominguez is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Dominguez swings for the body but De Rothschild moves out of range.
De Rothschild moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Rothschild checks the leg kick.
De Rothschild avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dominguez throws a sloppy head kick and De Rothschild moves out of range easily.
De Rothschild slips a straight right by Dominguez.
James Mayer De Rothschild has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dominguez takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Dominguez.
De Rothschild avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dominguez throws a nice outside leg kick.
Dominguez throws a hook but De Rothschild avoids it easily.
De Rothschild uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dominguez.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez misses with a wild body shot.
Dominguez misses with a hook
and De Rothschild counters with a nice body shot.
De Rothschild feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Dominguezs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Dominguez displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from De Rothschild.
Dominguez throws a body kick that misses.
Dominguez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dominguez looks to land a right hand but De Rothschild moved out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dominguez thows a left - swing and a miss!

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to James Mayer De Rothschild.
I think Dominguez has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rico Dominguez!
After winning the bout, Rico Dominguez thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.