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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bancroft Rothschild (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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.
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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, Bancroft Rothschild!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, James Jones!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Anthony Taglia and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones throws a looping overhand right but Rothschild ducks down to avoid it.
Jones swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jones throws a jab but it's blocked by Rothschild.
Jones sizes up Rothschild with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Jones moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Jones keeps the fight on the outside.
Rothschild checks a low kick from Jones.
James Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A telegraphed right hand from Jones misses the target.
Jones misses with a wild combination.
Jones listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Jones throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rothschild sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rothschild cracks Jones with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rothschild throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Rothschild avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jones misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jones on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rothschild. Rothschild obviously looking to wear him down.
Jones looks gassed!
Jones tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Rothschild connects with a solid leg kick.
Rothschild defending well as Jones loads up on a big left hand.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Rothschild.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rothschild lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Rothschild clinches with his opponent.
Rothschild lands a good knee to the midsection. Jones won't want to take too many of those.
Jones takes an elbow to the forehead.
Rothschild unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rothschild scores a nice knee to the body.
Rothschild with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rothschild connects with a knee to the head.
Jones looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Rothschild scores a nice knee to the body.
The is referee keeping an eye on Rothschild - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Rothschild lands an elbow inside that Jones shrugs off.
Rothschild landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jones breaks the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick from Rothschild lands but Jones takes it in his stride.
Jones chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rothschild can pounce on him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rothschild tries a head kick but it misses.
Rothschild dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rothschild throws a nice outside leg kick.
Rothschild clinches.
Rothschild misses with a knee to the head.
Rothschild will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Jones up against the cage.
Jones wants to break free but Rothschild has control.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rothschild.
Jones blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rothschild with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rothschild landing knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rothschild lands a knee to the head.
Rothschild misses with a knee strike.
Rothschild lands a good knee to the midsection. Jones won't want to take too many of those.
Jones working hard to break the clinch.
Rothschild throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jones blocks it with crossed arms.
Rothschild scores with a knee to the head.
Jones working hard to break the clinch.
Rothschild lands a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Rothschild.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Rothschild is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Rothschild missing with knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Jones takes a knee to the side of the body.
Jones blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jones takes an elbow to the temple.
Rothschild unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jones lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A short right from Rothschild.
Jones is trying to break the clinch but Rothschild has him pressed against the cage.
Jones is trying to break the clinch but Rothschild is controlling him.
Jones is looking to break free of the clinch but Rothschild has double underhooks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rothschild scores with a knee to the head.
Jones wants to stall.
Jones is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
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!
Jones misses with a double jab.
Jones swinging wilding here.
Jones misses with a body shot.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Rothschild, right into the meat.
Bancroft Rothschild is winning the standup battle so far.
Rothschild ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A jab from Jones finds it's way through Rothschild's defenses.
Rothschild moves out of range of the strikes.
Jones misses with a body shot
and Rothschild counters with a body kick.
A head kick from Rothschild lands but Jones takes it in his stride.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Rothschild is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Rothschild creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jones's defenses.
Jones is breathing heavily.
Rothschild landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rothschild with a knee to the head.
Jones takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jones is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rothschild lands an elbow inside.
Jones is still on wobbly legs! Can Rothschild finish him?
Rothschild throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jones seems to have recovered his senses.
Rothschild tries a knee to the head but Jones blocks it.
Rothschild tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rothschild working aggressively here.
Jones working hard to break the clinch.
Rothschild lands a shoulder strike.
A bit of stalling here from Rothschild.
Jones can't break the clinch.
Rothschild looking to throw knees to the head but Jones is blocking nicely.
Jones tries to break the clinch but Rothschild is controlling the position.
Rothschild blocks an uppercut.
Jones working hard to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Jones can't break the clinch.
Rothschild prevents Jones from breaking the clinch.
Rothschild stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Rothschild lands with a left to the head.
Rothschild with a knee to the head.
Rothschild with a knee to the head.
Jones is trying to break free.
Rothschild lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rothschild leaning against his opponent.
Jones trying to control the position but instead, Rothschild has worked for underhooks and has pushed Jones into the cage.
Rothschild with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for Rothschild to work.
Rothschild connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jones's face.
Jones has had enough of the clinch but Rothschild keeps him there for the moment.
Jones blocks an elbow strike from Rothschild.
Rothschild misses with an elbow strike.
Rothschild is pushing Jones up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Jones blocking some punches.
Rothschild misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jones.
Rothschild misses with an elbow strike.
That's four 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 landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rothschild lands a damaging elbow.
Rothschild with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jones has had enough of the clinch but Rothschild keeps him there for the moment.
Jones looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Rothschild lands a damaging elbow.
Rothschild misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jones.
Rothschild lands a knee to the body.
Jones is trying to break free.
Rothschild misses with a knee strike.
Jones can't break the clinch.
Rothschild with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rothschild tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jones avoids it.
Jones is trying to break free.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bancroft Rothschild dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Jones jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Jones might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Jones keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rothschild.
Jones misses with a shot to the body
and Rothschild counters with a slapping leg kick.
Rothschild blocks a jab.
Jones misses the shot to the body.
Rothschild throws a low kick but Jones avoids it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rothschild.
Jones throws a jab when Rothschild was well out of range.
Jones's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Rothschild throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rothschild tried to score with a low kick but Jones checks it.
Jones ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Rothschild feints and then cracks Jones's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Jones down.
Rothschild tried to score with a low kick but Jones checks it.
Jones throws a lazy right hand but Rothschild sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rothschild uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jones.
Jones misses with a wild body shot.
Rothschild swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rothschild takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rothschild sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rothschild displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jones throws out the jab.
Rothschild checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Rothschild swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jones misses with a few strikes there.
Jones is looking to chop away at Rothschild's legs.
Jones lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Jones.
A jab from Jones misses.
Rothschild throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rothschild slips under a jab from Jones.
Jones throws a body punch but Rothschild moves out of range.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Rothschild - that will leave a mark!
Jones takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Jones looks to throw the jab but Rothschild is out of range.
Jones misses with a straight left.
Rothschild scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A nice inside leg kick there by Rothschild. That's going to slow Jones down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A head kick misses from Rothschild.
Rothschild moves into the clinch.
Rothschild tries to land knees in the clinch but Jones avoids the damage to the body.
Jones takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jones tries to break the clinch but Rothschild is controlling the position.
Jones on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jones tries to break free but Rothschild pushes him back against the cage.
Rothschild prevents Jones from breaking the clinch.
Rothschild connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jones's face.
Rothschild keeps control of Jones as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rothschild tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rothschild just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jones's brow.
Rothschild throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rothschild lands a right hand.
Jones is trying to break the clinch but Rothschild has him pressed against the cage.
Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jones throws a hook but Rothschild blocks it.
The fighters circling - Jones throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rothschild clinches up with Jones and pushes him back against the cage.
Jones avoiding damage as Rothschild throws knees to the body.
Jones working hard to break the clinch.
Jones tries to break free but Rothschild pushes him back against the cage.
Rothschild tries a knee to the head but Jones blocks it.
Jones tries to break free but Rothschild pushes him back against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rothschild.
Rothschild misses with a knee strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Jones breaks the clinch.
Jones misses with a straight right.
Jones throws an overhand right that lands on Rothschild's shoulder, as Rothschild tries to avoid the shot.
Rothschild steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jones.
A low kick from Jones misses
and Rothschild makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Rothschild dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rothschild is looking to wear down Jones with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Jones throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Rothschild moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Jones with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Rothschild to score with a decent uppercut.
Rothschild avoids the body shot from Jones.
A swing and a miss from Jones.
Jones misses with a jab to the body
and Rothschild moves into the clinch.
Rothschild lands an elbow just above Jones 's eye.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rothschild.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Rothschild connects with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bancroft Rothschild clearly takes that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Rothschild with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rothschild just leaning against Jones, taking a breather.
Rothschild trying to land knees to the body.
Jones wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jones wants to break free but Rothschild has control.
Rothschild lands a knee to the body.
Rothschild working Jones over with knees to the body.
Rothschild with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jones dodges an elbow strike from Rothschild.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rothschild.
Rothschild has a couple of punches blocked by Jones.
Rothschild landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rothschild misses with a knee to the head.
Rothschild tries to land knees in the clinch but Jones avoids the damage to the body.
Rothschild has Jones pressed against the cage, preventing Jones from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Rothschild landing knees to the body.
Jones is trying to force a seperation but Rothschild has the dominant position.
Rothschild scores with a nice hook to the head.
Jones has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rothschild tries a knee to the head but Jones blocks it.
Rothschild lands an elbow that stopped Jones in his tracks for a moment.
Rothschild misses with a knee strike.
Rothschild is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jones can do to turn this around?
Jones blocks an elbow strike from Rothschild.
Rothschild lands a nice knee to the body.
Rothschild landing knees to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Jones wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rothschild misses with a knee strike.
Jones blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jones working hard to break the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rothschild.
Jones has had enough of the clinch but Rothschild keeps him there for the moment.
Rothschild misses with a knee strike.
Rothschild is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jones is defending well for now.
Jones has had enough of the clinch but Rothschild keeps him there for the moment.
Rothschild with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rothschild doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Rothschild tries a knee to the head but Jones blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones tries to break free but Rothschild pushes him back against the cage.
Jones wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rothschild has him pressed against the cage.
Rothschild keeps control of Jones as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rothschild crunches a lovely knee into Jones's ribcage.
Rothschild tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jones avoids it.
Jones is trying to break the clinch but Rothschild is controlling him.
Jones working hard to break the clinch.
Rothschild tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jones takes a knee to the side of the body.
Jones is trying to break the clinch but Rothschild has him pressed against the cage.
Jones wants to get back to striking at distance but Rothschild won't allow it.
Rothschild comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's four 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 is working Jones over against the cage.
Bancroft Rothschild has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Rothschild comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rothschild stalls.
Rothschild tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jones can't break the clinch.
Jones is trying to break free.
Rothschild with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rothschild misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jones.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Rothschild connects with a knee to the head.
Jones taking a breather.
Rothschild trying to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bancroft Rothschild had his way with James Jones in that round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Jones misses with a looping left.
Rothschild scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Rothschild throws a nice inside leg kick.
Jones swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jones fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jones missing with a left hand there. Rothschild was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rothschild avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jones misses with a shot to the body
and Rothschild counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Jones is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Rothschild gets a clinch.
Rothschild scores with a knee to the head.
Jones wants to break free but Rothschild has control.
Rothschild lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
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.
Rothschild misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jones.
Rothschild keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jones's efforts to push away.
Rothschild lands a hook that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rothschild dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Rothschild tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jones avoids it.
Rothschild keeps control of Jones as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nice body punch from Rothschild.
Jones on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rothschild lands an elbow inside.
Rothschild tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jones is trying to force a seperation but Rothschild has the dominant position.
Rothschild working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Rothschild is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jones is defending well for now.
Jones is trying to break the clinch but Rothschild is controlling him.
Rothschild effectively controlling the action here.
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.
A knee to the head by Rothschild.
Jones tries to break the clinch but Rothschild is controlling the position.
Rothschild lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
Rothschild is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jones is defending well for now.
Jones wants to get back to striking at distance but Rothschild won't allow it.
Jones is trying to break free.
Bancroft Rothschild is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rothschild landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rothschild tries to land knees in the clinch but Jones avoids the damage to the body.
Jones wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rothschild tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for Rothschild to work.
Jones escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rothschild connects with a looping right hand.
Jones misses the jab.
Nice shot by Jones.
Jones takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Jones digs a good body shot into Rothschild's ribs.
Rothschild defending well as Jones loads up on a big left hand.
Jones takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Jones fails to land with a series of punches.
Jones throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rothschild closes the distance and clinches.
Rothschild landing knees to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rothschild comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
James Jones has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rothschild with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jones has had enough of the clinch but Rothschild keeps him there for the moment.
Jones takes an elbow to the temple.
Rothschild pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Jones's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A knee to the head by Rothschild.
Rothschild lands a damaging elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Jones fails to land.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bancroft 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 50:45
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 50:45
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bancroft Rothschild!
Bancroft Rothschild retains his middleweight title!
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