PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dan Haley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bancroft Rothschild (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Rothschild's choice of entrance music: The Light. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Haley
vs
Rothschild

180 cm
29
186 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

188 cm
37
192 lbs
37 - 18 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Milwaukee's Best 160

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 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dan Haley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 37 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bancroft Rothschild!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Lou da Vinci and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haley blocks a low kick nicely.
Rothschild takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Haley shoots in and drives through. Rothschild sprawls well.
Haley scores with a jab to the head.
A punch lands to the side of Rothschild 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Haley misses with a wild body shot.
Haley lands with a good body shot.
Rothschild throws a leg kick

so Haley counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Haley throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
We've been hearing that Haley has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Haley throws a big right hand that misses.
Haley is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Rothschild looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Haley in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haley tries to free his leg and advance position but Rothschild is retaining full guard.
Haley is looking to work some ground and pound but Rothschild has wrist control.
Rothschild wants to sweep but no luck.
Haley stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Rothschild swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Haley is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Rothschild blocks the body kick.
Rothschild misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rothschild swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Haley dives in and grabs Rothschild's left leg, looking for a takedown. Rothschild pushes down on Haley's head and hops out.

Rothschild moves into the clinch.
Haley makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Haley tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Haley presses Rothschild against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Rothschild trying to land knees to the body.
Haley drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dan Haley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Haley scores with a shoulder strike.
Rothschild lands with a right to the head.
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!
Rothschild creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Haley throws a head punch that misses.
Haley tries a body shot but Rothschild blocks it.
Rothschild blocking some punches.
Haley working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Haley blocks an elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haley working aggressively here.
Haley lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rothschild backwards.
Haley is looking to take this one to the mat.
Rothschild gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Dan Haley has been cut.
Rothschild throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rothschild lands a damaging elbow.
Haley blocks the elbow strike.
Rothschild lands with a light punch inside.
A nice left hand lands by Haley.
Rothschild gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Haley lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rothschild blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Haley throws a head punch that misses.
Rothschild looking to throw knees to the head but Haley is blocking nicely.
Haley on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rothschild throws an elbow but it misses.
Rothschild swings wildly with an uppercut but Haley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Haley misses with an elbow strike.
Rothschild prevents a body shot from Haley.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rothschild prevents a body shot from Haley.

Haley lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Haley missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Haley stalling.
Rothschild is looking to control Haley's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Rothschild avoid being mounted?
Rothschild blocking the ground and pound attempt from Haley.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Haley trying to control the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan Haley dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dan Haley's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Haley takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Haley blocks the body kick.
Haley lands an overhand right.
Rothschild throws an overhand right that lands on Haley's shoulder, as Haley tries to avoid the shot.

Haley fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Rothschild to the ground. Haley is now in Rothschild's guard.
Rothschild utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Rothschild not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Haley scoring with some ground and pound.
Haley is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Rothschild avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haley looking to pass the guard.
Haley won't allow Rothschild to sweep him here.
Haley wants to control from the top but Rothschild keeps moving.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Haley is really struggling to control Rothschild but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Rothschild working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Haley.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rothschild preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Haley trying to control but Rothschild is working from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Dan Haley.
Haley with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Rothschild lands a nice shot to the body.
Rothschild checks a low kick from Haley.
Haley looks to land a body kick but Rothschild moved away.
Rothschild connects with a single shot there.
Haley throws a big shot that misses.
Rothschild scores with a hook.

Haley shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Well, if Haley is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Dan Haley overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rothschild is refusing to be controlled, as Haley sits in half guard.
Haley stalling.
Haley thows a huge punch but Rothschild dodges it nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Haley is trying to control the action in half guard but Rothschild is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

We're going to have a standup here because Dan Haley wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Rothschild throws the left hand but Haley avoids the punch easily.
A jab from Rothschild finds it's way through Haley's defenses.
Rothschild defending well as Haley loads up on a big left hand.
Rothschild throws a body kick that misses.
Rothschild throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Rothschild lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Rothschild takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Rothschild swings away with a leg kick that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rothschild tries to land a front kick but Haley steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Rothschild shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Haley eats them both and turns towards Rothschild to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Rothschild looks to land a right hand but Haley moved out of range.
Rothschild misses with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Dan Haley will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dan Haley's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

A combination from Rothschild does no damage.
A looping hook to the body misses from Haley. Rothschild does a little dance to reset his feet.
Haley lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Haley swings for the body but Rothschild moves out of range.
Haley is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rothschild.
Rothschild moves out of range as Haley throws a body kick.
Haley lands a slapping body shot.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Rothschild lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Haley has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Haley and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Haley catches Rothschild with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Haley takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Rothschild loads up on a big right hand but Haley slips the punch.
Rothschild checks a leg kick nicely.
Haley misses with a wild body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Haley looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Haley misses with a looping left.

Rothschild rushes Haley and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haley lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Haley scores with a nice hook to the head.
Rothschild throws an elbow but it misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rothschild just misses with a elbow thrown towards Haley's brow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rothschild.
A short right from Haley.
Haley throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rothschilds head.
Haley lands a nice uppercut.
Rothschild tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Haley lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Haley goes for a takedown attempt but Rothschild pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
An inside leg kick lands from Rothschild.
Haley thuds a left hand into Rothschild's body.
Rothschild does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Haley throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bancroft Rothschild has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haley blocks a jab.
Haley takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rothschild throws a nice inside leg kick.
Haley thuds a left hand into Rothschild's body.
Haley throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rothschild sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A big right from Rothschild misses.
Haley uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Rothschild stuffs the takedown attempt from Haley. Haley gets slowly back to his feet.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Rothschild checks a leg kick.
Haley looks to throw the jab but Rothschild is out of range.
Rothschild walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Haley checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Rothschild lands a front kick.
Rothschild throws a front kick aimed at Haley's knee but Haley avoids it well.
Rothschild misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haley blocks a head kick by Rothschild.
Haley throws a lazy right hand but Rothschild sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bancroft Rothschild seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Haley ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rothschild moves away.
Rothschild looks to score with a jab to the body but Haley is just out of range.
Rothschild misses with a body kick.
Nice sprawl there from Rothschild as Haley shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dan Haley. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Rothschild gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Haley to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Rothschild trying to control the position.
Dan Haley is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Haley wants to control from the top but Rothschild keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haley landing with the ground and pound.
Haley is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Rothschild keeping moving, preventing Haley from controlling successfully.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dan Haley showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Haley, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Dean Styles scores the fight 30:27
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dan Haley!
Dan Haley thanked the fans post fight for their support.