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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Beta Tua (ranked 21530 p4p, 21233 weight class) and Theodore Rothschild (ranked 551 p4p, 550 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Beta Tua!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 8 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Theodore Rothschild!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Topper Green and Ron Honeybunn.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Tua fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rothschild manages to avoid it.
Tua misses with an uppercut.
Rothschild looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Tua throws a low kick but it's checked well by Rothschild.
Rothschild looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Tua tests Rothschild's chin there with a solid looking shot.
It looks like Theodore Rothschild has been cut.
Tua scores with a nice body kick.
Beta Tua seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tua throws a jab when Rothschild was well out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tua swings widly with a right hand
and Rothschild counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Tua tries to move into range but Rothschild moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Tua tries to land a front kick but Rothschild steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Rothschild looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Tua jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rothschild looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Crunch! Tua slams his shin into Rothschild's torso.
Tua looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Rothschild lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tua is looking to slow Rothschild down with leg kicks.
Tua scores with a nice strike.
Tua throws a head kick that misses
and Rothschild counters with a straight right hand.
Rothschild misses with a leg kick.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Rothschild with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Tua to score with a decent uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tua tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rothschild was well out of range. Poor timing from Tua.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Beta Tua dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Theodore Rothschild's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Tua misses with a hook. Rothschild ducked under it nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Rothschild! But no joy.
A telegraphed right hand from Tua misses the target.
A countering left hand to the body from Rothschild misses.
Rothschild defending well as Tua loads up on a big left hand.
Nice body punch from Tua.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tua scores with a crisp jab that stopped Rothschild in his tracks.
Tua throws a lazy head kick
and Rothschild counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tua throws a sloppy head kick and Rothschild moves out of range easily.
Rothschild throws out a counter right but Tua avoids it with no problem.
Tua ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rothschild moves away.
Rothschild slips a jab from Tua.
A telegraphed right hand from Tua misses the target.
A nice side step and Rothschild releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Tua throws out a loose jab but Rothschild uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tua works the jab nicely.
That has opened up Theodore Rothschild's cut even more.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tua throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tua throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Rothschild on the side of the head.
Rothschild blocks a jab.
Rothschild now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Rothschild avoids a kick to the body.
Rothschild let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Tua tries to land a front kick but Rothschild steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tua misses with a body shot.
Rothschild is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Tua with a body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Beta Tua dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Theodore Rothschild's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Rothschild walks into a stiff left hand from Tua.
Tua pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rothschild appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Rothschild staying out of range there.
Tua misses with a head kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rothschild avoids a kick to the body.
Tua lands a head shot.
The cut above Theodore Rothschild's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tua rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rothschild counters with a nice uppercut.
Rothschild walks forward, straight into a front kick from Tua.
Rothschild moves out of range of the body kick from Tua.
A countering left hand to the body from Rothschild misses.
Rothschild takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Rothschild looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Rothschild avoids the body shot from Tua.
Tua throws a right hand that misses
and Tua takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tua misses with a kick to the body
enabling Rothschild to counter with a crisp jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tua. Rothschild does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rothschild is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Tua with a body shot.
A punch combination from Tua misses.
Rothschild doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Tua throws the left hand but Rothschild avoids the punch easily.
Tua is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rothschild can do to turn this around?
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tua throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rothschild sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rothschild moves out of range as Tua throws a body kick.
Rothschild swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Beta Tua clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Theodore Rothschild'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.
Rothschild misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tua.
Tua swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Tua takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Rothschild throws a sloppy body shot
and Tua counters with a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tua misses with a leg kick
and Rothschild connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tua misses with a straight right.
Rothschild swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Theodore Rothschild has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tua loads up on a big right hand but Rothschild slips the punch.
Tua shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Rothschild walks into a straight right hand and goes down! Tua rushes to a neutral corner so the count doesn't get delayed but Rothschild has made it back to his feet on 5. He's OK so we're back to the action.
Theodore Rothschild's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Theodore Rothschild's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Beta Tua!
Beta Tua retains his light heavyweight title!
Beta Tua seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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