PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kung Lao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bancroft Rothschild (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lao comes to the cage accompanied by Mortal Kombat. Bancroft Rothschild has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Lao
vs
Rothschild

181 cm
23
203 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

188 cm
19
201 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Good kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kung Lao!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bancroft Rothschild!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Alyssa Summers and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lao keeps Rothschild at a distance using the push kick.
Lao showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rothschild.
Kung Lao seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lao lets loose with a powerful body kick. Rothschild will feel that in the morning.
Lao throws a hook but Rothschild blocks it.
Rothschild throws the kick towards the body but Lao avoids it.
A swing and a miss from Lao.
A chopping leg kick lands by Lao.
Lao throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Rothschild on the side of the head.
Lao waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Rothschild.

Rothschild closes the distance and clinches.
Lao looking to stall.
Lao lands a shoulder strike.
Lao misses with a punch on the inside.
Lao wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lao tries to land knees in the clinch but Rothschild avoids the damage to the body.
Rothschild looking to stall.
Rothschild pressing his opponent against the cage.
Rothschild missing with knees to the body.
Lao tries to stall but Rothschild uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Lao misses with a knee strike.
Lao tries to break the clinch but Rothschild is controlling the position.
Rothschild using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lao has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rothschild working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lao trying to stall but Rothschild improves his position.
A short body shot lands from Rothschild as the two fighters clinch.
Lao missing with knees to the body.
Rothschild connects with a knee to the head.
Rothschild looking to stall.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Lao.
Rothschild is pushing Lao up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A head punch on the inside from Rothschild fails to land.
Lao is trying to break the clinch but Rothschild has him pressed against the cage.
Rothschild controlling the action here for a moment.
Lao wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lao pushes off an throws an elbow but Rothschild leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Lao misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rothschild.
Lao digs a right hand into Rothschild's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Rothschild's gas tank.
Lao lands an elbow that stopped Rothschild in his tracks for a moment.
Still in the clinch, Rothschild scores with a nice short uppercut.
Lao wants to break free but Rothschild has control.
Lao blocking some punches.
Lao is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rothschild is keeping busy.
Lao has a couple of punches blocked by Rothschild.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lao wants to get back to striking at distance but Rothschild won't allow it.
Rothschild using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lao has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lao lands a nice shot to the body.
Rothschild blocks an elbow strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Lao.
Rothschild using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lao has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lao misses with an elbow strike.
Rothschild on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rothschild misses with a knee strike.
Rothschild avoiding damage as Lao throws knees to the body.
Lao is breathing heavily.

Lao pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Rothschild has closed the distance and engaged Lao in a clinch.
Lao tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lao takes a knee right on the jaw!
Lao is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lao is trying to maintain a safe position but Rothschild gets an underhook and turns Lao into the cage.
Rothschild makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rothschild lands with a short shot to the head.
Lao wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rothschild avoiding damage as Lao throws knees to the body.
Rothschild lands a knee to the body.
A short right from Rothschild on the inside.
Rothschild unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lao lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rothschild lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lao is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rothschild is keeping busy.
Rothschild scores with a shoulder strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rothschild scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rothschild scores with a shoulder strike.
Lao tries a knee to the head but Rothschild blocks it.
Rothschild working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Rothschild gets through Lao's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rothschild scores a nice knee to the body.
Rothschild lands a knee to the body.
Rothschild lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Lao tries a knee to the head but Rothschild blocks it.
Rothschild with a knee to the head.
Rothschild misses with a knee strike.
Rothschild lands a shoulder strike.
Rothschild using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lao has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rothschild lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lao backwards.
Rothschild lands a body punch in the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rothschild.
Knees to the body from Rothschild.
Lao avoids a wild elbow strike from Rothschild.
Rothschild landing knees to the head.
Rothschild throws a knee to the head but misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rothschild.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rothschild lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rothschild with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lao missing with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rothschild pushes Lao back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lao wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rothschild has him pressed against the cage.
Rothschild pushes Lao back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lao has had enough of the clinch but Rothschild keeps him there for the moment.
Rothschild misses with a knee strike.
Rothschild unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lao lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lao tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rothschild is struggling to control the position.
Lao using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rothschild has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rothschild lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Lao or not.
Rothschild with a knee to the head.
Rothschild lands a left hand that snaps the head of Lao backwards.
Rothschild takes an elbow to the forehead.
Rothschild lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lao backwards.
Lao wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rothschild avoiding damage as Lao throws knees to the body.
Lao letting Rothschild take a breather here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lao throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rothschild blocks it with crossed arms.
Rothschild using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lao has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Lao tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Still in the clinch, Rothschild scores with a nice short uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Rothschild.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bancroft Rothschild dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Rothschild lands with a straight right. Lao didn't see that one coming.
Lao throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rothschild throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rothschild throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A solid body kick from Lao.
Lao lands with a slapping head kick.
Rothschild tries to clinch up.
Rothschild throws a right and a left that Lao avoids nicely.
Lao lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Rothschild scores with a jab.
Bancroft Rothschild is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rothschild blocks the body kick.
Lao scoring well with a low kick there.
A head kick misses from Lao.
Rothschild looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Lao checks a leg kick.
Lao throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Rothschild just misses with a punch to the body.
Lao plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rothschild keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rothschild walks forward, straight into a front kick from Lao.
Lao throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Lao.
Lao looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Rothschild takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Rothschild takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Lao throws a sloppy head kick and Rothschild moves out of range easily.
Lao lands a head kick!
Rothschild takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Rothschild on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Lao keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rothschild.
Rothschild takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Lao throws a sloppy head kick and Rothschild moves out of range easily.
Rothschild takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Lao lands with a thumping leg kick.

Rothschild moves into range and clinches up with Lao.
Rothschild prevents Lao from breaking the clinch.
Lao wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rothschild stalling in the clinch.
Rothschild looking to slow down the pace here.
Bancroft Rothschild seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Rothschild unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lao lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lao blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lao lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Lao breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rothschild tries to clinch there but Lao circles away.
Rothschild scores with a jab.
Lao pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Lao throws a head kick but Rothschild moves out of range.
A good leg kick by Lao.
Lao throws a half hearted mid kick.
Lao throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rothschild fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Lao looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Rothschild checks a leg kick.
Lao thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Rothschild if he has to take too many more of those.
Rothschild takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A thudding body kick lands there by Lao!
Lao misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lao misses with the body kick
and Rothschild counters with a flying knee. Nice.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lao tries a head kick but it misses.

Rothschild forces Lao back against the cage and clinches.
Rothschild avoiding damage as Lao throws knees to the body.
Rothschild lands an elbow that stopped Lao in his tracks for a moment.
Lao misses with a knee strike.
Rothschild connects with a knee to the head.
Rothschild lands a left hand.
Lao is trying to break the clinch but Rothschild has him pressed against the cage.
Lao avoiding damage as Rothschild throws knees to the body.
Rothschild displaying some good clinch control by pressing Lao up against the cage.
Lao working aggressively here.
Rothschild missing with knees to the body.
Rothschild working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Lao wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rothschild has him pressed against the cage.
Rothschild on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lao is looking to break free of the clinch but Rothschild has double underhooks.
Still in the clinch, Rothschild scores with a nice short uppercut.
Rothschild throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rothschild with a knee to the head.
Rothschild using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rothschild's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Rothschild lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rothschild lands a left hand that snaps the head of Lao backwards.
Rothschild looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rothschild avoiding damage as Lao throws knees to the body.
Lao misses with a punch to the body.
Rothschild displaying some good clinch control by pressing Lao up against the cage.
Rothschild cracks Lao with a nice body shot.
Rothschild just leaning against Lao, taking a breather.
Rothschild wants to stall.
Rothschild prevents Lao from breaking the clinch.
Lao wants to break the clinch but can't.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rothschild.
Rothschild on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rothschild lands a knee to the body.
Rothschild scores a nice knee to the body.
Rothschild has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Lao.
Lao takes a knee right on the jaw!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rothschild prevents Lao from breaking the clinch.
Rothschild using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rothschild managing to block the knees to the body from Lao.
Rothschild lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rothschild lands with a right to the head.

Lao's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kung Lao dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Lao throws a head kick that misses.
Rothschild tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lao was well out of range. Poor timing from Rothschild.
Kung Lao is winning the standup battle so far.
Rothschild takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Lao looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Lao misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rothschild takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

Rothschild rushes Lao and presses him up against the cage.
Rothschild on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lao's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Lao wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rothschild has him pressed against the cage.
Rothschild lands a left hand.
A short right from Rothschild.
Rothschild lands with a right to the head.

Lao's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rothschild throws a shot from downtown. Lao moves away and avoids it.

Rothschild has managed to clinch.
Lao with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Stalling in the clinch from Rothschild.
Lao missing with knees to the body.
Rothschild landing knees to the body.
Rothschild works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Good body shot from Rothschild.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rothschild softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A knee to the head by Rothschild.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rothschild creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rothschild holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Rothschild using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lao has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lao wants to get back to striking at distance but Rothschild won't allow it.
Lao looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Lao tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rothschild creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rothschild crunches a lovely knee into Lao's ribcage.
Come on Rothschild - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Lao is trying to break free.
Stalling in the clinch from Rothschild.
Lao is trying to maintain a safe position but Rothschild gets an underhook and turns Lao into the cage.
Rothschild avoiding damage.
Rothschild blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rothschild taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Lao throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Lao on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Lao throws an elbow but misses.
Rothschild throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lao blocks it with crossed arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Rothschild dodges an elbow strike from Lao.
Lao tries to land knees in the clinch but Rothschild avoids the damage to the body.
Lao misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rothschild lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rothschild with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Lao dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Lao takes a knee right on the jaw!
Lao is leaning against Rothschild and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Lao just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rothschild's brow.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rothschild creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Lao's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lao swats away the attempt to clinch by Rothschild.

Rothschild closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Rothschild throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lao blocks it with crossed arms.
Lao takes a shot to the head.
Rothschild is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Rothschild on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Lao throws an elbow but misses.
Lao misses with a body punch.

Lao breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lao misses with a head kick.

Rothschild gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Rothschild pushes Lao back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rothschild misses with a knee strike.
Lao scores with a hook to the body.
Rothschild tries to land a knee to the head but Lao blocks with his arms.
Rothschild avoids the elbow strike from Lao, against the cage.
Rothschild blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lao misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rothschild slowing the pace effectively.
Lao on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rothschild using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lao has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rothschild crunches a lovely knee into Lao's ribcage.
Lao looking to stall.
Rothschild's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A left hand lands to the body for Rothschild.
Rothschild avoiding damage as Lao throws knees to the body.
Rothschild lands a hook that snaps the head of Lao backwards.
Rothschild throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lao blocks it with crossed arms.
Rothschild working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Rothschild misses with a knee strike.
Rothschild tries a knee to the head but Lao blocks it.

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.
Lao wants to get back to striking at distance but Rothschild won't allow it.
Lao is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rothschild lands an uppercut.
A short left from Rothschild.
A short left from Rothschild.
Lao blocks the elbow strike.
Rothschild stalling in the clinch but Lao improves position.
Rothschild misses with a hook from the clinch.

Lao manages to break the clinch.
Rothschild throws the left hand but Lao avoids the punch easily.
Lao connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Rothschild takes a kick to the side of the head.
Lao ducks under a wild hook from Rothschild.
Lao scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Lao is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Rothschild crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Lao - the referee stops the clock and Rothschild gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Lao. Rothschild manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Rothschild throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lao misses with a kick to the body.
Lao keeps the fight on the outside.
Lao tries a head kick but it misses.
Lao throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Rothschild's head.
Rothschild avoids the head kick by Lao.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bancroft Rothschild really dominated that round.
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.

Rothschild gets a clinch.
Rothschild effectively controlling the action here.
Rothschild misses with a knee to the head.
Lao misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lao throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Rothschild lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rothschild is looking to control Lao's arms but Lao gets an underhook and turns him. Now Rothschild has his back to the cage.

Lao manages to break the clinch.
Lao fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Rothschild.
Rothschild stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Lao.
Rothschild jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lao connects with a nice looking jab.
A head kick misses from Lao.
Rothschild looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lao throws a sloppy head kick and Rothschild moves out of range easily.
Lao throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Rothschild.
Lao goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Rothschild throws a head kick but Lao moves out of range.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
A punch combination from Rothschild misses.
A head kick misses from Rothschild.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lao throws a front kick that sends Rothschild stumbling back into the cage.
Lao throws a sloppy head kick

and Rothschild moves into the clinch.
Rothschild on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Rothschild.
Rothschild keeps control of Lao as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rothschild tries a knee to the head but Lao blocks it.
Lao stalling in the clinch but Rothschild improves position.
Lao is trying to break free.
Rothschild stalls.
Rothschild with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lao tries to break the clinch but Rothschild is controlling the position.
Lao working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Rothschild throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rothschild has a couple of punches blocked by Lao.
Lao throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rothschild tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Lao's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rothschild misses with the combination.
Rothschild on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Rothschild takes a swing at Lao's ribcage but misses.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Lao.

Rothschild clinches up against the cage.
Rothschild throws an elbow but it misses.
Rothschild blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rothschild lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Rothschild slows down the pace here.
Lao is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rothschild with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lao is looking to break free of the clinch but Rothschild has double underhooks.

Lao pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lao loads up on a big right hand but Rothschild slips the punch.
Rothschild throws a head kick but Lao moves out of range.
Rothschild fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lao throws a push kick but Rothschild slaps the foot to one side.
A slapping body kick lands there for Lao.
Lao misses with a kick to the body.
Rothschild looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Lao. That's going to slow Rothschild down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lao throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Lao avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lao misses with a head kick.
Lao circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lao throws the kick towards the body but Rothschild avoids it.

Rothschild pushes Lao up against the cage in a clinch.
Lao wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lao avoiding damage as Rothschild throws knees to the body.
Lao takes an elbow to the temple.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rothschild creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Lao is looking to break free of the clinch but Rothschild has double underhooks.
Rothschild misses with a knee strike.
Lao is trying to break the clinch but Rothschild has him pressed against the cage.
Knees to the body from Rothschild.
Lao is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rothschild is keeping busy.
Rothschild tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Lao manages to break the clinch.
Lao missing with a left hand there. Rothschild was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lao connects with a high kick.
Rothschild thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Rothschild misses the jab.
Rothschild throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lao digs a good body shot into Rothschild's ribs.

Rothschild instigates a clinch.
Lao looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rothschild managing to block the knees to the body from Lao.
Rothschild tries to land a knee to the head but Lao blocks with his arms.
Rothschild is trying to stall.
Rothschild prevents a body shot from Lao.
Lao is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

Lao breaks the clinch.
Lao tries a head kick but it misses.

Rothschild pushes Lao up against the cage in a clinch.
Rothschild lands a nice shot to the body.
Rothschild managing to block the knees to the body from Lao.
Rothschild missing with knees to the body.
Rothschild lands a right hand.
Lao taking a breather.
Rothschild lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Rothschild unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lao lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Kung Lao 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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Rothschild tries to close the distance and clinch but Lao swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lao takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Lao looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Lao misses with a kick to the body.
Rothschild looks to score with a jab to the body but Lao is just out of range.

Rothschild moves into range and clinches up with Lao.
Lao misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rothschild.
Lao is looking to break free of the clinch but Rothschild has double underhooks.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rothschild.
Lao misses with a knee to the head.
Rothschild tries a knee to the head but Lao blocks it.
The referee calls for Rothschild to work.
Rothschild lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rothschild blocks an elbow strike.
Rothschild avoiding damage as Lao throws knees to the body.
Rothschild scores with a knee to the head.
Nice body punch from Rothschild.
Rothschild with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rothschild with a knee to the head.
Lao swings wildly with an uppercut but Rothschild uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rothschild fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rothschild keeps control of Lao as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Lao escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rothschild throws a right hand that Lao ducks under and follows up with a left that Lao also avoids with ease.
Lao on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Lao lands a right hook to the body.
Rothschild misses with a wild combination.
Lao dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lao pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lao uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Rothschild slips a jab from Lao.
Lao bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Lao misses with a head kick.

Rothschild moves into the clinch.
Rothschild lands a knee to the head.
Lao misses with an elbow over the top.
Rothschild stalling in the clinch but Lao improves position.
Rothschild tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lao wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rothschild has him pressed against the cage.
Lao wants to get back to striking at distance but Rothschild won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Lao is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lao is looking to break free of the clinch but Rothschild has double underhooks.
Lao takes a knee right on the jaw!
Lao working aggressively here.
Rothschild lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Lao.
Nice body punch from Rothschild.
Lao wants to break free but Rothschild has control.
Rothschild is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Rothschild lands a nice uppercut.
Rothschild blocks a body shot from Lao.
Rothschild landing knees to the head.
Lao lands a knee to the body.
Rothschild landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rothschild avoids the elbow strike from Lao, against the cage.
Rothschild keeps control of Lao as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rothschild with a knee to the head.
Rothschild lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lao is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rothschild is looking to control Lao's arms but Lao gets an underhook and turns him. Now Rothschild has his back to the cage.
Lao tries to land knees in the clinch but Rothschild avoids the damage to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Lao.
Rothschild misses with a knee to the head.

Lao pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Lao.
Nice shot lands for Rothschild.
Rothschild throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lao.
Lao throws a head kick but Rothschild moves out of range.

Rothschild forces Lao back against the cage and clinches.
Rothschild misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rothschild lands a body shot in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lao.
Rothschild throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Laos head.
Rothschild keeps control of Lao as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lao missing with knees to the body.
Rothschild stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Rothschild on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lao wants to get back to striking at distance but Rothschild won't allow it.
Rothschild cracks Lao with a nice body shot.
Lao can't break the clinch.
Lao takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rothschild with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Lao struggles to land a body shot inside as Rothschild controls his hands.
Rothschild with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rothschild fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Lao manages to break the clinch.
Rothschild avoids the head kick by Lao.

Rothschild gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Lao has had enough of the clinch but Rothschild keeps him there for the moment.
Lao tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rothschild landing knees to the head.
Rothschild leaning against his opponent.
Rothschild managing to block the knees to the body from Lao.
Rothschild on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rothschild lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Rothschild throws an elbow that misses.
Rothschild is struggling to control the position.
Lao wants to break free but Rothschild has control.
Lao lands a body punch in the clinch.
Rothschild avoiding damage as Lao throws knees to the body.
Rothschild on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lao is trying to break free.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Rothschild crunches a lovely knee into Lao's ribcage.
Rothschild lands a nice uppercut.
Rothschild scores a nice knee to the body.
Lao is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rothschild is keeping busy.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rothschild.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bancroft Rothschild comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Rothschild has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 47:48
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 47:49
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 47:48

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bancroft Rothschild!
Bancroft Rothschild is the new middleweight champion!