PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Tim Roth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oliver Buddington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buddington has chosen Smoking man - Burning lungs as his entrance music. Tim Roth has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Roth
vs
Buddington

182 cm
20
203 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

188 cm
18
201 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Excellent MT
Solid chin

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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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tim Roth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Oliver Buddington!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Steven Brown and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roth swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've been informed that Buddington has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Roth checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Roth dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Roth lunges at Buddington with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Buddington's hand.
Roth misses with a looping left.
Buddington throws a looping overhand right but Roth ducks down to avoid it.
Roth swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Buddington checks a low kick from Roth.
Buddington throws a head kick but Roth moves out of range.

Buddington takes the fight into the clinch.
Buddington unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Buddington avoids a wild elbow strike from Roth.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Buddington.
Buddington throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Roth blocks it with crossed arms.
Buddington pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Roth makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Buddington working aggressively here.
Buddington missing with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buddington tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Buddington tries a knee to the head but Roth blocks it.
Roth tries a body shot but Buddington blocks it.
Roth prevents a body shot from Buddington.
Buddington with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Roth misses with a short punch on the inside.
Roth tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Buddington's elbow.
Roth stalling in the clinch but Buddington improves position.
Buddington doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Roth can't find room to land a body shot as Buddington controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Roth.
Roth is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Buddington tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Buddington pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Roth is looking to clinch but Buddington is avoiding it.
Roth checks a leg kick.
Buddington just misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buddington tries to score with a low kick but Roth moves his leg out of the way.
Roth has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Roth doesn't manage to clinch there - Buddington circles away.
Roth connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Buddington momentarily.

Buddington walks into a big right hand from Roth and goes down! The referee sends Roth to a neutral corner as Buddington gets back to his feet. He looks OK so we're back under way.

It looks like Oliver Buddington has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Roth avoids the body shot from Buddington.

Roth darts in and clinches Buddington up against the ropes.
Buddington leaning against his opponent.
Roth misses with a body punch.
Roth lands a body punch in the clinch.
Roth lands a hook that snaps the head of Buddington backwards.
Buddington avoids a wild elbow strike from Roth.
Roth lands a right hand that snaps the head of Buddington backwards.
Roth scores with a shot to the side of Buddington's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Roth misses with a hook to the ribs.
Buddington tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Buddington avoids the elbow strike from Roth, against the ropes.
Buddington misses with an elbow strike.
Buddington throws an elbow but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tim Roth should take that round, based on the knockdown.
The cut man is working on Oliver Buddington's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Roth misses with a hook. Buddington ducked under it nicely.
Buddington avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Buddington misses with a low kick as Roth jumps back.
Roth checks a leg kick.
Buddington walks into a straight right hand from Roth.
Buddington misses with a head kick.
Roth blocks a low kick nicely.
Roth fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Roth connects with an inside leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Roth looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Roth misses with a head kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Roth clinches with his opponent.
Nice body punch from Buddington - that landed with a thud.
Roth is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Buddington can do to turn this around?
Roth misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tim Roth has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Roth throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Buddington misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buddington will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Roth up against the ropes.
Roth goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Roth lands a body shot in the clinch.
Roth blocks the elbow strike.
Roth tries a body shot but Buddington blocks it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Roth as Buddington tries to tie him up.
Good body shot from Roth.
Buddington is breathing heavily.
Roth tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Roth misses with a body punch.
Buddington misses with a knee strike.
Buddington looking to throw knees to the head but Roth is blocking nicely.
Roth scores with a nice hook to the head.
Roth lands a body punch in the clinch.
Roth tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Roth scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roth lands a nice shot to the body.
Roth throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Buddingtons head.
Nice elbow from Roth.
Roth lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Roth misses with an elbow strike.
A short right from Roth on the inside.

Buddington is rocked!
Buddington avoids the elbow strike from Roth, against the ropes.
Buddington is still on wobbly legs! Can Roth finish him?
Buddington is trying to maintain a safe position but Roth gets an underhook and turns Buddington into the ropes.
Buddington seems to have recovered his senses.
Roth scores with a hook to the body.
Roth gets through Buddington's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Roth.
Roth doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A right handed body shot lands from Roth.
Roth is leaning against Buddington and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Roth stalling.
Roth working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Roth lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tim Roth dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Oliver Buddington's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Roth lands a leg kick that knocks Buddington off balance momentarily.
Roth cracks Buddington with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Buddington is sitting up but I can't see if he's OK from my position. The referee's count has reached 5,6,7 and Buddington is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9,10! He's out! Buddington could not beat the count!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:10 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Tim Roth!
After the big win, Tim Roth made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Bad Man Clothing (Nothing Over $40) and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
Oliver Buddington was interviewed post fight and said 'Lucky.. he was just lucky.'.