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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Rico Dominguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Mayer De Rothschild (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dominguez's entrance music is Renegades of Funk. A fine choice. De Rothschild has chosen Money as his entrance music. Rico Dominguez had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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146 lbs
25 - 16 - 3 |
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147 lbs
35 - 18 - 2 |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 16 - 3, fighting out of New York, Rico Dominguez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
35 - 18 - 2, fighting out of New York, James Mayer De Rothschild!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dominguez throws a hook but De Rothschild avoids it easily.
James Mayer De Rothschild seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Rothschild turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
De Rothschild scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Nice defenses there by De Rothschild.
Dominguez tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Dominguez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dominguez gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows De Rothschild to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Dominguez seems keen to control De Rothschild's posture.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dominguez wants to sweep but no luck.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dominguez is controlling De Rothschild's posture.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Rothschild trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Dominguez looking to control.
Dominguez keeping moving, preventing De Rothschild from controlling successfully.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Dominguez, right into the meat.
De Rothschild thuds a left hand into Dominguez's body.
Dominguez takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Dominguez scores with a hook.
De Rothschild swings widly with a right hand
and Dominguez counters with a body kick that stops De Rothschild in his tracks momentarily.
De Rothschild is looking to land body kicks.
De Rothschild shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Dominguez cracks De Rothschild with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Dominguez misses with a left hand
and De Rothschild counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Dominguez!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De Rothschild misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Rothschild trying to control the action but Dominguez is working from the bottom.
De Rothschild thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez struggling a bit here.
De Rothschild is looking to take a break and control but Dominguez is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Dominguez, as that shot connected.
Dominguez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
De Rothschild fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Dominguez checks it well.
De Rothschild looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez avoids the body shot from De Rothschild.
De Rothschild misses with a wild body shot.
Dominguez throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and De Rothschild counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Dominguez is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Dominguez lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Dominguez trying to control but De Rothschild is working from the bottom.
De Rothschild is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Mayer De Rothschild dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
De Rothschild scores with a jab to the head.
De Rothschild has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
De Rothschild tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
De Rothschild connects with a solid leg kick.
Dominguez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dominguez scores with a leg kick.
Dominguez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by De Rothschild.
Dominguez avoids a kick to the body.
De Rothschild throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dominguez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
De Rothschild shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Dominguez is refusing to be controlled, as De Rothschild sits in half guard.
Dominguez slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dominguez has his hands on De Rothschild's head, controlling the position.
Dominguez is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Dominguez bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in De Rothschild's guard.
De Rothschild lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Dominguez pulls De Rothschild in to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
De Rothschild postures up.
Dominguez pulls De Rothschild in close to his closed guard and prevents De Rothschild from doing any damage or advancing position.
De Rothschild postures up.
Dominguez tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez is trying to keep De Rothschild in close.
De Rothschild stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Dominguez swivels though and keeps the full guard.
De Rothschild throwing strikes but missing.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Dominguez throws a right hand that De Rothschild ducks under and follows up with a left that De Rothschild also avoids with ease.
De Rothschild plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
De Rothschild throws a head kick that misses.
De Rothschild takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A clash of legs there as Dominguez blocks the low kick.
De Rothschild's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Dominguez connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! De Rothschild scrambles back to his feet.
Rico Dominguez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez stuffs the takedown attempt from De Rothschild. De Rothschild gets slowly back to his feet.
Dominguez checks a leg kick.
Dominguez tries to clinch but De Rothschild moves out of range.
De Rothschild feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Dominguez's calf.
Dominguez blocks a low kick nicely.
Some bone on bone action there as Dominguez checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Nice defenses there by Dominguez.
Dominguez moves out of range of the body kick from De Rothschild.
Dominguez defending well as De Rothschild loads up on a big left hand.
De Rothschild with a hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De Rothschild looks to score with a jab to the body but Dominguez is just out of range.
Dominguez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
James Mayer De Rothschild seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dominguez misses with a head kick.
Dominguez scores with a leg kick.
De Rothschild fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Dominguez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from De Rothschild.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Mayer De Rothschild showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
De Rothschild tries to work over Dominguez's front leg with a kick but Dominguez checks it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dominguez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
De Rothschild throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A head kick misses from Dominguez.
De Rothschild scores with a shot to the body.
A combination from Dominguez does no damage.
Some bone on bone action there as Dominguez checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts De Rothschild, as that shot connected.
Dominguez lands with a shot to the body.
A bone on bone clash there as De Rothschild blocks the leg kick.
De Rothschild tries to score a power double leg takedown but Dominguez sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten De Rothschild somewhat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A slow jab from Dominguez misses its intended target.
Dominguez closes the distance and clinches.
De Rothschild lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dominguez makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dominguez lands a right hand.
De Rothschild dodges an elbow strike from Dominguez.
De Rothschild misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dominguez landing knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dominguez.
Dominguez scores with a nice hook to the head.
Dominguez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Dominguez blocks an uppercut.
Dominguez crunches a lovely knee into De Rothschild's ribcage.
De Rothschild takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
De Rothschild blocks the elbow strike.
De Rothschild misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dominguez.
De Rothschild blocks an elbow strike from Dominguez.
Dominguez lands a damaging elbow.
Dominguez has a couple of punches blocked by De Rothschild.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dominguez has a couple of punches blocked by De Rothschild.
A head punch on the inside from De Rothschild fails to land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Rothschild throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
De Rothschild lands a hook to the side of the head.
De Rothschild has had enough of the clinch but Dominguez keeps him there for the moment.
Dominguez pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Rico Dominguez has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Dominguez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dominguez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. De Rothschild is defending well for now.
De Rothschild lands a body shot.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dominguez just misses with a elbow thrown towards De Rothschild's brow.
De Rothschild blocks the elbow strike.
Dominguez blocks an uppercut.
Dominguez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dominguez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by De Rothschild.
De Rothschild goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dominguez.
De Rothschild misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from De Rothschild fails to land.
Dominguez misses with a knee strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Rothschild working aggressively here.
Dominguez makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Dominguez throws an elbow but it misses.
A frustrated look appears on De Rothschild's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Dominguez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
De Rothschild lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
De Rothschild is stalling here.
De Rothschild lands a takedown into guard.
De Rothschild stands and throws Dominguez's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Dominguez can't do much from the bottom here.
Dominguez is trying to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez is trying to control De Rothschild's posture but De Rothschild avoids it.
De Rothschild is looking to take a break and control but Dominguez is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Dominguez is looking for a sweep.
Rico Dominguez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
James Mayer De Rothschild is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Dominguez sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rico Dominguez showed his dominance in that final round.
I think De Rothschild has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Mayer De Rothschild!
After winning the bout, James Mayer De Rothschild thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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hype
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