PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Andy Rothschild (ranked 1903 p4p, 219 weight class) and Patrick Cleary (ranked 2852 p4p, 314 weight class). Rothschild's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Iron Maiden- Wrathchild. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Rothschild
vs
Cleary

180 cm
32
183 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

172 cm
33
183 lbs
16 - 11 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Sin City Allstars

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Andy Rothschild!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 11 - 2, fighting out of New York, Patrick Cleary!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Jorge Garcia and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cleary lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Rothschild at a distance.
Rothschild misses with a few strikes there.
Rothschild stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Cleary.
Cleary needs to keep his hands up - Rothschild had a free shot at his head there.
Nice uppercut there from Rothschild.
Cleary pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cleary misses with a shot to the body
and Rothschild counters with a good low kick that Cleary was not able to check.
Rothschild throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rothschild scores with a crisp jab that stopped Cleary in his tracks.
Cleary goes for a double leg but Rothschild avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Rothschild continues to drive forward.
Rothschild motions for Cleary to come forward. Rothschild throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cleary unleashes a big counter combination but Rothschild bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Cleary takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cleary tries to move into range but Rothschild moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Cleary takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Cleary throws a sloppy body shot
and Rothschild counters with a one-two to the body.
Rothschild takes a swing at Cleary's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cleary swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cleary walks into a left hand.
Rothschild is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Cleary.
Cleary moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Rothschild fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Cleary on the side of the head.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Cleary.
Cleary postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Cleary in side control, throwing shots but Rothschild defends.
Rothschild is looking for a sweep.
Rothschild taking a bit of punishment here - Cleary scoring with strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rothschild managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Cleary.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cleary misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Cleary is trying to move to mount but Rothschild reverses beautifully and ends up in Cleary's guard.
Cleary is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Cleary working for a triangle but Rothschild defends it easily.

Cleary looking for a guillotine here but Rothschild defends easily.
Cleary wants to sweep but no luck.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cleary is trying to keep Rothschild in close.

Cleary looking for a guillotine here but Rothschild defends easily.
Rothschild trying to stand up but can't free himself from Cleary's guard.
Cleary has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Cleary looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Rothschild has picked Cleary up and slammed him! Cleary can't keep hold of the triangle and Rothschild manages to pass to side control!
Cleary tries to buck Rothschild off but Rothschild is having none of it.
You can see the frustration on Cleary's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Cleary is trying to get back to half guard.

Rothschild decides to stand back up.
Rothschild throws a right and a left that both miss.
Cleary is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andy Rothschild dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Cleary is looking to slow Rothschild down with leg kicks.
Rothschild misses with a jab, cross combination.
A bone on bone clash there as Rothschild blocks the leg kick.
Rothschild was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Cleary uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rothschild.
Rothschild swinging wildly here.
Rothschild misses with a double jab.
Cleary changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Rothschild swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Cleary.
Rothschild slips under a jab from Cleary.
Cleary on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cleary throws a jab but it's blocked by Rothschild.
Cleary uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rothschild.
Rothschild jabs Cleary right on the nose. Cleary blinks but takes it well.
Rothschild throws a hook but Cleary blocks it.
Rothschild throws a combination. Cleary tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good exchange - Rothschild coming out on top.
Andy Rothschild is winning the standup battle so far.
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.
Cleary on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Rothschild walks into a jab.
Rothschild misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rothschild throws a leg kick which misses Cleary's front leg but catches the back leg as Cleary tries to avoid it.
Cleary showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rothschild.
Rothschild uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cleary.
Rothschild lands with a shot to the body.
Rothschild throws a hook to the side of Cleary's head but Cleary sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rothschild scores with a nice head shot.
Cleary is trying hard to land a takedown here. Rothschild sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rothschild throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rothschild is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cleary.
Cleary with the counter takedown but Rothschild avoids it easily.
Rothschild keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cleary just misses with a punch to the body.
As Cleary looks to move away, Rothschild throws a big counter combo but Cleary just gets out of the way.
Rothschild will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rothschild scores with a hook to the body. Cleary takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Cleary looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Cleary takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Cleary takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Cleary misses with a low kick.
Rothschild stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Rothschild wants it to stay on the feet.
Rothschild fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Cleary misses with a right hand
and Rothschild counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cleary lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Cleary shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Andy Rothschild has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Patrick Cleary.
Rothschild loads up on a big right hand but Cleary slips the punch.
Rothschild lands a nice shot that snaps Cleary's head back.
Rothschild just misses with a punch to the body.
Cleary avoids the body shot from Rothschild.
Rothschild uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Cleary has time to react.
A head kick misses from Cleary.
Rothschild is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cleary can do to turn this around?
Rothschild misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cleary.
Rothschild staying out of range there.
Cleary closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Rothschild connects with a single shot there.
Cleary connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cleary takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cleary misses with a series of wild punches.
Cleary walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Cleary keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rothschild.
Cleary with the counter takedown but Rothschild avoids it easily.
Cleary ducks right into an uppercut from Rothschild.
Cleary gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Rothschild makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Rothschild blocks a head kick by Cleary.
Rothschild throws a head kick that Cleary semi-blocks.
Rothschild scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Rothschild tries to bum rush Cleary with a series of wild strikes but Cleary uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rothschild paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andy Rothschild dominated that second round.
That's time! Rothschild's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!

Rothschild checks a leg kick.
Rothschild throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rothschild is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cleary.
Cleary with the counter takedown but Rothschild avoids it easily.
Rothschild throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cleary sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rothschild defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Cleary.
Rothschild is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Rothschild displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Cleary.
A shot to the liver by Cleary. Beautiful body shot.
Rothschild fails to land with a series of punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rothschild lands with a shot to the body.
Rothschild lands a jab.
Cleary tries to score with a low kick but Rothschild moves his leg out of the way.
Rothschild throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cleary with the counter takedown but Rothschild avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cleary decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Patrick Cleary has got the better of the ground game so far.
Cleary wants to pass the guard but Rothschild is defending well.
Rothschild keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Rothschild is not content to let Cleary control the position.

Cleary is looking for a kimura but Rothschild is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Cleary to get the leverage.
Cleary not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Cleary misses with a head shot. Rothschild uses the momentum to regain guard.
Cleary throws an elbow that misses. Rothschild uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Cleary's guard. Nice move by Rothschild!

The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cleary tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Rothschild decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Cleary takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Cleary misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Andy Rothschild has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Patrick Cleary.
Cleary fails to land the takedown.
A little feinted left hand from Rothschild on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Cleary lands with a nice body punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rothschild avoids the head kick by Cleary.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rothschild takes a swing at Cleary's ribcage but misses.
Despite the aggression on Cleary's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Cleary throws a leg kick that misses.
Cleary throws a leg kick but Rothschild moved away.
Cleary is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Rothschild rather than just go for the knockout.
Cleary takes one to the chin there.
Rothschild lands with a thumping leg kick.
Cleary misses with a body kick.
Cleary throws a head kick but Rothschild moves out of range.
Andy Rothschild is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A bone on bone clash there as Rothschild blocks the leg kick.
Rothschild swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Rothschild misses with a wild body shot.
Cleary fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Rothschild avoids it really well and circles away.
Cleary throws a right hand that Rothschild ducks under and follows up with a left that Rothschild also avoids with ease.
An attempted straight right counter from Rothschild misses the target.
A punch combination from Rothschild misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rothschild throws a body shot but no joy.
Rothschild scores with a shot to the body.
Rothschild connects with a body shot.
Rothschild scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Cleary doesn't seem bothered though.
Rothschild's jab looks to have found its range, popping Cleary under the eye.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cleary throws a body shot but no joy.
Rothschild throwing a counter right hand but Cleary manages to avoid it.
Cleary keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rothschild.
Cleary with the counter takedown but Rothschild avoids it easily.
Cleary shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Rothschild counters with a two punch combo.
Rothschild throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Cleary on the side of the head.
Patrick Cleary has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rothschild fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Nice defenses there by Rothschild.
Rothschild is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rothschild. Cleary does a little dance to reset his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Andy Rothschild showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Rothschild has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Andy Rothschild!
A victorious Andy Rothschild thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.