PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Sortek Redfist (ranked 3386 p4p, 5247 weight class) and Theodore Rothschild (ranked 432 p4p, 574 weight class). Redfist's entrance music is Earl Sweatshirt-Chum. A fine choice. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Redfist
vs
Rothschild

188 cm
47
213
53 - 29 - 2

190 cm
36
215
18 - 5 - 2

World class boxer
Very quick

World class MT
Good gas tank

Conquer

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 53 - 29 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Sortek Redfist!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 5 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Theodore Rothschild!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Alexandre Firmino and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Redfist throws a jab when Rothschild was well out of range.
Redfist on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Rothschild scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Nice defenses there by Rothschild.
Rothschild's jab looks to have found its range, popping Redfist under the eye.
Redfist sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
A big right from Redfist misses.
Sloppy strikes from Redfist. Those never looked like landing.
Rothschild catches Redfist with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Redfist throws a jab when Rothschild was well out of range.
Redfist throws a head kick but Rothschild moves out of range.
Rothschild avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A slow jab from Redfist misses its intended target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rothschild keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Redfist.
Rothschild lands a glancing blow to the side of Redfist's head.
Redfist takes one to the chin there.
Rothschild lands a nice leg kick that just misses Redfist's sensitive parts.
Jab from Rothschild.
Rothschild avoids the body shot from Redfist.
Rothschild connects with a solid leg kick.
A head kick misses from Redfist.

Rothschild closes the distance and pushes Redfist back into the ropes.

Rothschild's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Rothschild darts in and clinches Redfist up against the ropes.
Rothschild lands a right hand.

Rothschild's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Redfist has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Dillo's Deadly Dojo in the buildup to the fight.
Redfist throws out a loose jab but Rothschild uses good head movement to avoid it.
Redfist pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rothschild lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Rothschild scores with a leg kick.
Rothschild bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Redfist's head.
Redfist throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rothschild dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Redfist. That did some damage!
Rothschild is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Redfist had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Redfist uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Rothschild has time to react.

It looks like Theodore Rothschild has been cut.
Redfist pulls out of a head kick attempt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Redfist throws a lazy head kick
and Rothschild counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rothschild ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Redfist doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Rothschild scores with a jab to the body.
Rothschild has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Redfist walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Rothschild blocks a head kick by Redfist.
Rothschild lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Rothschild lunges at Redfist with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Redfist's hand.
Rothschild throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Redfist on the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rothschild dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rothschild misses with the combination.
Rothschild fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Rothschild.
Decent striking displayed by Rothschild there.
A decent looking cross lands there for Rothschild.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Rothschild.
Redfist has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Redfist there as he acknowledges the shot.
Redfist chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rothschild can pounce on him.
Rothschild jabs Redfist right on the nose. Redfist blinks but takes it well.
Redfist throws a hook but Rothschild blocks it.
Rothschild throws a body punch but Redfist moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Redfist. Rothschild does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rothschild defending well as Redfist loads up on a big left hand.
A swing and a miss from Redfist.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Rothschild moves out of range as Redfist strikes.
Redfist plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Rothschild chopping away at his opponent's legs.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Theodore Rothschild dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Theodore Rothschild's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A punch combination from Rothschild misses.
Rothschild lands a jab.
Rothschild connects with a high kick.

Rothschild gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Redfist fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rothschild misses with a body punch.
Redfist working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Redfist is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Redfist.

Redfist breaks from the clinch.
Redfist tries to move into range but Rothschild moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

Rothschild moves into the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Redfist fails to land.
Redfist tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rothschild misses with a hook to the ribs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Redfist lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rothschild blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rothschild lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rothschild blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Rothschild breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rothschild lands a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Redfist throws a head kick but Rothschild moves out of range.
Redfist needs to keep his hands up - Rothschild had a free shot at his head there.
Rothschild lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Rothschild lands an overhand right.
Rothschild dips to his left and cracks Redfist with an uppercut!
Rothschild has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Redfist throws a head kick but Rothschild moves out of range.
Redfist misses with a looping left.
Sortek Redfist seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rothschild dodges the punch combination from Redfist.
Nice cross by Redfist.
Rothschild lands a really nice looking cross but Redfist seems unphased.

Rothschild closes the distance and clinches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Redfist pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rothschild avoids the head kick by Redfist.
Rothschild sizes up Redfist with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Rothschild 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 blocks a low kick nicely.
A little jabbing left from Rothschild on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Redfist swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Rothschild lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

Rothschild closes the distance and clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rothschild lands a hook that snaps the head of Redfist backwards.
Redfist tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rothschild misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rothschild working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Good body shot from Rothschild.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rothschild lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Redfist.
Rothschild presses Redfist against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Rothschild lands a body shot.
Rothschild lands a shot to the body.
Redfist using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rothschild has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rothschild lands with a light punch inside.
Rothschild is working Redfist over against the ropes.

Rothschild breaks from the clinch.

Rothschild has taken the fight to the clinch.
A short left from Rothschild.
Still in the clinch, Rothschild scores with a nice short uppercut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rothschild lands a shoulder strike.
Rothschild gets through Redfist's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rothschild lands a left hand.
Theodore Rothschild seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Rothschild works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Rothschild lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Theodore Rothschild showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Theodore Rothschild's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Rothschild keeps Redfist at a distance using the push kick.
Sortek Redfist has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rothschild keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rothschild uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Theodore Rothschild seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Redfist throws a body shot but no joy.
A jab from Rothschild finds it's way through Redfist's defenses.
Redfist takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Rothschild lands with a shot to the body.
Rothschild jabs Redfist to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Redfist gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Rothschild.
Redfist throws a nice outside leg kick.
Rothschild chopping away at his opponent's legs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Redfist misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A left lands for Rothschild.
Redfist on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rothschild. Rothschild obviously looking to wear him down.

Rothschild has closed the distance and engaged Redfist in a clinch.
Rothschild lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Redfist backwards.
Rothschild throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Redfists head.

Redfist is rocked!
Rothschild lands a shoulder strike.
Oh Redfist is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rothschild lands with a short shot to the head.
Rothschild lands a left hand that snaps the head of Redfist backwards.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Redfist missing with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rothschild blocking some punches.
Redfist looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Rothschild softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rothschild.
Rothschild lands a body shot in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rothschild.
Rothschild working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Rothschild breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rothschild works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Redfist walks straight into devastating uppercut and drops to the floor, clearly wobbled! Can he beat the count? 4,5,6,7... he's up! And he's down again! The ref steps in and calls an end to the fight! What a punch that was!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Theodore Rothschild!
Sortek Redfist spoke after the fight, saying 'You win or you learn. 148'.