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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Claudio Benedetti (ranked 4920 p4p, 1841 weight class) and Theodore Rothschild (ranked 453 p4p, 250 weight class). Benedetti comes into the arena with Atrevete te blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Theodore Rothschild enters the ring!
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Insanely flexible
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Claudio Benedetti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Theodore Rothschild!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Sosuke Kotani and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice inside leg kick there by Rothschild. That's going to slow Benedetti down.
Rothschild takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
It looks like Theodore Rothschild has been cut.
Rothschild defending well as Benedetti loads up on a big left hand.
Rothschild keeps Benedetti at a distance using the push kick.
Benedetti darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
We've been informed that Rothschild 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.
Benedetti misses with an uppercut
and Rothschild counters with a nice uppercut.
No joy there for Benedetti, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rothschild throws out a counter right but Benedetti avoids it with no problem.
Rothschild clinches up against the ropes.
Rothschild lands a shoulder strike.
Benedetti misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Benedetti fails to land.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Benedetti swings wildly with an uppercut but Rothschild uses good head movement to avoid it.
Benedetti tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Benedetti misses with a punch on the inside.
Rothschild lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rothschild escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rothschild uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Benedetti.
Rothschild tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Benedetti paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Donk. Benedetti catches Rothschild right on the button with a cross.
Rothschild connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benedetti cracks Rothschild with a right hand to the side of the head.
Benedetti looks to score with a jab to the body but Rothschild is just out of range.
Rothschild swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Benedetti.
Rothschild throws a push kick but Benedetti slaps the foot to one side.
Rothschild throws a wild body kick that Benedetti sees coming a mile off.
Benedetti jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Benedetti swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Rothschild counters with a slapping leg kick.
Rothschild swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Benedetti has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Finch Gym in the buildup to the fight.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Rothschild.
Rothschild slips a jab from Benedetti.
Benedetti looks to land a right hand but Rothschild moved out of range.
Rothschild is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Benedetti with a body shot.
Benedetti misses with a hook.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Benedetti, as that shot connected.
Benedetti throws a lazy right hand but Rothschild sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Benedetti misses with a right hand
and Rothschild counters with a good, hard body kick but Benedetti shrugs it off.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rothschild defending well as Benedetti loads up on a big left hand.
Benedetti misses with a left hand
and Rothschild counters with a slapping leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti misses with an uppercut
and Rothschild counters with a nice kick to the body.
Rothschild gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
That has opened up Theodore Rothschild's cut even more.
A big right from Benedetti misses.
Benedetti is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Rothschild throws out a leg kick but Benedetti moves out of range and Rothschild only half commits.
Rothschild thumps Benedetti with a low kick.
Rothschild looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Rothschild needs to keep his hands up - Benedetti had a free shot at his head there.
Rothschild steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Benedetti.
Rothschild scores with a decent looking hook.
Rothschild scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Benedetti throws a left and a right that both miss
and Rothschild counters with a stiff right hand.
Rothschild throws a head kick that Benedetti semi-blocks.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rothschild steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Benedetti.
Rothschild moves out of range as Benedetti strikes.
Both fighters circling a little - Rothschild finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Rothschild tests Benedetti's chin there with a solid looking shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Theodore Rothschild will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Theodore Rothschild's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Rothschild bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Benedetti throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rothschild sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Benedetti misses with an uppercut. Rothschild saw that one coming.
Benedetti waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rothschild.
Rothschild throws a low kick but it's checked well by Benedetti.
Rothschild scores with a shot to the body.
Rothschild dodges the punch combination from Benedetti.
Rothschild defending well as Benedetti loads up on a big left hand.
Benedetti throws a hook to the side of Rothschild's head but Rothschild sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rothschild feints a counter leg kick.
Benedetti jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Benedetti backing away here, and Rothschild unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Benedetti swinging wildly here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rothschild rushes Benedetti and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Rothschild blocks an uppercut.
Rothschild misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Benedetti.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rothschild tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Benedetti's elbow.
Benedetti misses with a punch on the inside.
Rothschild misses with a punch on the inside.
Benedetti swings wildly with an uppercut but Rothschild uses good head movement to avoid it.
Benedetti misses with a punch on the inside.
Benedetti misses with a hook from the clinch.
Benedetti blocks a body shot from Rothschild.
Rothschild lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Benedetti backwards.
Rothschild blocks an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Benedetti scores with a nice short uppercut.
Benedetti blocks a body shot from Rothschild.
Rothschild blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Benedetti fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rothschild.
Rothschild lands a body shot.
Rothschild scores with a shoulder strike.
Benedetti misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rothschild tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Benedetti tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Benedetti misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rothschild is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rothschild has Benedetti pressed against the ropes, preventing Benedetti from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Rothschild blocks an uppercut.
Rothschild misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rothschild lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rothschild can't find room to land a body shot as Benedetti controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Benedetti.
A head punch on the inside from Benedetti fails to land.
Rothschild lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rothschild lands a left hand that snaps the head of Benedetti backwards.
Rothschild misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Benedetti has a couple of punches blocked by Rothschild.
Benedetti breaks from the clinch.
Benedetti throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rothschild makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Benedetti really felt that one!
Claudio Benedetti is winning the standup battle so far.
Rothschild rushes Benedetti and presses him up against the ropes.
Benedetti throws a punch but it's blocked by Rothschild.
Benedetti swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rothschild scores with a hook to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rothschild swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Benedetti throws a head punch that misses.
Rothschild lands a shot to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Theodore Rothschild will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Theodore Rothschild's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Rothschild is looking to land body kicks.
A little feinted left hand from Benedetti on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Claudio Benedetti has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Benedetti swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Benedetti has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Rothschild.
Benedetti swings widly with a right hand
and Rothschild counters with a straight right hand.
Rothschild with the inside leg kick.
Rothschild lands with a nice body kick.
Benedetti slips under a jab.
An attempted straight right counter from Benedetti misses the target.
A clash of legs there as Rothschild blocks the low kick.
Rothschild throws a push kick but Benedetti slaps the foot to one side.
A low kick lands for Benedetti.
Benedetti misses with a kick to the body
and Rothschild counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rothschild scores with the left hand. Benedetti knows he should have avoided that one.
Rothschild tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rothschild wants to clinch.
Benedetti throws a hook to the side of Rothschild's head but Rothschild sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rothschild keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Benedetti.
Benedetti throws a push kick but Rothschild slaps the foot to one side.
Rothschild lands with an uppercut that bounces Benedetti off the ropes and back into range.
Rothschild throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Danga de danga de dang - Rothschild scores with a four punch combination!
Rothschild fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Rothschild scores with a leg kick.
Rothschild ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Rothschild has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Benedetti scores with a nice right hand.
Rothschild staying out of range there.
Benedetti moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Good leg kick by Rothschild.
Benedetti has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Rothschild.
Rothschild moves forwards but Benedetti connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Benedetti looks to land a left hand but Rothschild moved out of range nicely.
Rothschild digs a good hook to Benedetti's body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Benedetti throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Rothschild ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Rothschild.
Rothschild scores with a jab to the body.
Benedetti scores with a jab to the jaw.
Rothschild throws the kick towards the body but Benedetti avoids it.
A jab from Benedetti misses.
Rothschild throws a leg kick that is checked
and Benedetti connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rothschild thumps Benedetti with a low kick.
Rothschild uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Benedetti.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rothschild connects with the punch.
Benedetti is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Benedetti takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Benedetti throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rothschild counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rothschild gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Benedetti counters with a stiff right hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
Theodore Rothschild comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Rothschild has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Yuuki Gou scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 28:30
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Theodore Rothschild!
In defeat, Claudio Benedetti stepped up to the mic, saying '"te voy inyectar con la bacteria"'.
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