PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Thor Berserk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Mayer De Rothschild (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Rothschild has chosen Money as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Berserk
vs
Mayer De Rothschild

170 cm
28
150 lbs
19 - 9 - 0

175 cm
38
147 lbs
30 - 16 - 2

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Perkele!
Hellbent

Milwaukee's Best Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thor Berserk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 16 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, James Mayer De Rothschild!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Berserk gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
De Rothschild blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

De Rothschild breaks from the clinch.
De Rothschild swats away the attempt to clinch by Berserk.
A head kick misses from De Rothschild.
Berserk fails in his attempt to clinch.
De Rothschild throws a body kick that misses.
De Rothschild tries to clinch there but Berserk circles away.
Berserk misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Berserk throws a solid leg kick but De Rothschild takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Berserk.

De Rothschild has taken the fight to the clinch.
Berserk scores with a nice hook to the head.
De Rothschild swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Berserk lands a left hand that snaps the head of De Rothschild backwards.
De Rothschild misses with a hook to the ribs.
Berserk has a couple of punches blocked by De Rothschild.
Berserk scores with a shot to the side of De Rothschild's head.
Berserk is pushing De Rothschild up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
De Rothschild tries a body shot but Berserk blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

De Rothschild gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Berserk regains guard.
Berserk seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

Berserk is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and De Rothschild defends well.
Berserk is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Berserk wants to hit a switch here but De Rothschild passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Berserk there!
Berserk is in all sorts of trouble here.
The referee warns Berserk that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
De Rothschild lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Rothschild with shots to the head and body - Berserk looks very uncomfortable down there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Rothschild with a couple of short strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
De Rothschild tries to control but Berserk wriggling away.
Berserk wants to hold on but De Rothschild pushes him away.
Berserk can't escape the position.
Berserk regains half guard.
De Rothschild is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
De Rothschild has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Berserk has a hand on De Rothschild's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. De Rothschild takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Rothschild has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Berserk's face.

De Rothschild jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Berserk manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Berserk managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by De Rothschild.
Berserk can't do much from the bottom here.
De Rothschild is chipping away with strikes.
Berserk tries to improve position but can't.
De Rothschild working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Berserk is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Berserk gets back to half guard.

De Rothschild is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Berserk is trying to get back to full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Berserk trying to control here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Mayer De Rothschild dominated that round.
That's time! Berserk's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

De Rothschild drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw De Rothschild working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
Berserk is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Berserk is trying to control the action in half guard but De Rothschild is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
De Rothschild trying to control from the bottom.
De Rothschild is controlling Berserk's position as best he can from this difficult position.
De Rothschild slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
De Rothschild trying to keep a closed guard but Berserk is proving a slippery customer.
De Rothschild looking for a sweep. Not yet De Rothschild, not yet.
De Rothschild keeping moving, preventing Berserk from controlling successfully.
De Rothschild tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Rothschild looking to control.

James Mayer De Rothschild has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
De Rothschild checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
De Rothschild tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Berserk counters with a straight right hand.
Berserk fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but De Rothschild is out of range.

De Rothschild moves into the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from De Rothschild.

De Rothschild has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Berserk clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Berserk tries to break free.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

De Rothschild tightening his grip on Berserk, looking for the choke.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Berserk is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
De Rothschild is not going to allow Berserk to sit and survive in this position.
Berserk tries to break free.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Berserk defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Berserk wants to escape the position.
De Rothschild not allowing Berserk to control his hands.

De Rothschild has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Berserk has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Berserk turns into De Rothschild and is now in his guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Rothschild is controlling Berserk's posture.
De Rothschild keeping moving, preventing Berserk from controlling successfully.
Berserk stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. De Rothschild swivels though and keeps the full guard.
De Rothschild not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
De Rothschild wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

OK we're going to have a standup here. James Mayer De Rothschild hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.

De Rothschild shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than De Rothschild was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Berserk manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Mayer De Rothschild showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Berserk clinches with his opponent.
De Rothschild struggles to land a body shot inside as Berserk controls his hands.
De Rothschild prevents a body shot from Berserk.
De Rothschild misses with a body punch.
De Rothschild scores with a nice hook to the head.

De Rothschild gets a trip takedown into half guard.

Berserk looking for submissions off his back.
Berserk is looking to improve his position.
De Rothschild is thwarting Berserk's attempts to control the position.
De Rothschild lands with a punch from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. De Rothschild connects with a nice short shot to Berserk's temple.
Berserk wants to control but De Rothschild is keeping busy.

Berserk is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but De Rothschild pulls his head out easily.

Berserk looking for submissions off his back.
De Rothschild is thwarting Berserk's attempts to control the position.
De Rothschild is trying to control. Berserk wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Thor Berserk has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berserk trying to control but De Rothschild postures up.

Berserk is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but De Rothschild pulls his head out easily.
Berserk gets back to full guard.

Berserk looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Berserk looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
De Rothschild trying to control but Berserk is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Rothschild preventing the sweep.
De Rothschild working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
De Rothschild postures up in Berserk's guard and throws a big left but Berserk blocks it.
De Rothschild is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
De Rothschild pushes down on Berserk's leg and manages to get into half guard.

Berserk looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

De Rothschild seems to be looking for submissions.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Berserk is looking to improve his position.

Berserk is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but De Rothschild pulls his head out easily.
De Rothschild slips a nice elbow through Berserk's hands, connecting with Berserk's forehead.
James Mayer De Rothschild has got the better of the ground game so far.
Berserk gets back to full guard.
James Mayer De Rothschild is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Berserk has an active guard here but De Rothschild has managed to pass into half guard.

Berserk looking for subs from the bottom but De Rothschild mounts him!

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to James Mayer De Rothschild.
I've got De Rothschild winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Mayer De Rothschild!
After the fight, James Mayer De Rothschild was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
Thor Berserk was interviewed post fight and said 'Let me quess. Another close decision lost.'.