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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Andy Rothschild (ranked 3215 p4p, 347 weight class) and Dum Debble (ranked 2390 p4p, 275 weight class). Rothschild's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Iron Maiden- Wrathchild. 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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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Andy Rothschild!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dum Debble!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Anthony Taglia and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Debble misses the jab.
Debble has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Rothschild is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Rothschild takes one to the side of the head.
The fighters circling - Debble throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rothschild slips under a jab.
Debble shoots for a double leg takedown but Rothschild sprawls well. He's pushed Debble's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Rothschild steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Debble.
A quick step to the side and Rothschild tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rothschild tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nice defenses there by Rothschild.
Debble swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Debble shoots in looking for a takedown. Rothschild tries to sprawl out of it but Debble keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Rothschild manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Debble tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Debble slips a jab from Rothschild.
Debble works Rothschild's body with a nice hook.
Debble shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A counter left hand to the body from Rothschild misses its target.
Andy Rothschild has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dum Debble.
Debble shoots in for a double leg but Rothschild sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
It looked like Rothschild was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Debble.
Debble misses the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rothschild misses with a low kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rothschild.
A big right from Debble misses.
Dum Debble seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rothschild lands a jab to Debble's midsection.
Debble tries for a takedown but Rothschild circles away easily
and Rothschild counters with a low kick, right behind Debble 's knee.
Debble swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Debble lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Rothschild throws out a leg kick but Debble moves out of range and Rothschild only half commits.
Rothschild avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Debble connects with a right hand. Rothschild shakes it off.
Rothschild takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Rothschild tried to score with a low kick but Debble checks it.
A jab from Debble misses.
Debble tries to score a power double leg takedown but Rothschild sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Debble somewhat.
Rothschild wants to slow Debble down by chopping away at his legs.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Debble closes this distance looking for a takedown but Rothschild circles away.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Rothschild.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Debble.
Rothschild throws a hook to the side of Debble's head but Debble sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Debble dives in for a single leg takedown but Rothschild sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Debble connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Rothschild momentarily.
Rothschild walks into a straight right hand from Debble.
A left lands for Rothschild.
Rothschild misses with a low kick as Debble jumps back.
A low kick from Rothschild misses
and Debble counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rothschild tries to land a front kick but Debble steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Debble now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Debble 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.
Debble scores with a decent looking hook.
Debble just misses with a punch to the body.
Debble is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Rothschild had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Debble is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rothschild.
Debble fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Rothschild keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Debble.
Debble shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Rothschild sprawls well. Rothschild wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Debble gets slowly back to his feet.
Debble looks to throw the jab but Rothschild is out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rothschild finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Andy Rothschild is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Debble ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Debble misses with a straight right.
Debble takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Rothschild lands with a nice body punch.
Rothschild turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Good leg kick by Rothschild there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Rothschild keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rothschild connects with a body shot that sends Debble's belly button to the back.
Debble checks the leg kick.
Debble keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Debble connects with a body shot that sends Rothschild's belly button to the back.
Rothschild lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Some bone on bone action there as Debble checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Debble defending well as Rothschild loads up on a big left hand.
Debble throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rothschild bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Debble wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Debble walks into a straight right hand from Rothschild.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rothschild scores with a nice strike.
Rothschild fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Debble on the side of the head.
Debble on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rothschild. Rothschild obviously looking to wear him down.
Debble throws a looping overhand right but Rothschild ducks down to avoid it.
Rothschild looks to score with a jab to the body but Debble is just out of range.
Debble throws a predictable looking body shot
and Rothschild connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rothschild tried to score with a low kick but Debble checks it.
Rothschild keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Debble with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Rothschild to score with a decent uppercut.
Rothschild will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Debble shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Rothschild as he avoids it easily.
The fighters circle momentarily. Debble darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Debble shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Rothschild sprawls well. Rothschild wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Debble gets slowly back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Debble misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rothschild.
Rothschild is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Debble tries for a takedown but Rothschild sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Andy Rothschild will probably get the nod.
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.
An inside leg kick lands from Rothschild.
Debble misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rothschild.
Rothschild looks to throw the jab but Debble is out of range.
Andy Rothschild is winning the standup battle so far.
Rothschild throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rothschild ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Rothschild takes a swing at Debble's ribcage but misses.
Debble swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rothschild drops his hands momentarily and Debble takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A shot to the liver by Debble. Beautiful body shot.
Debble shoots and misses
enabling Rothschild to counter with a crisp jab.
Debble throws the left hand but Rothschild avoids the punch easily.
A punch lands to the side of Debble 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Debble missing with a left hand there. Rothschild was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rothschild uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Debble.
Rothschild is looking to score with low kicks.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rothschild catches Debble with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Good leg kick by Rothschild there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Debble shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Debble misses with a body shot.
Rothschild swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rothschild throws a shot from downtown. Debble moves away and avoids it.
Debble's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Debble throws a hook but Rothschild blocks it.
Debble takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Rothschild digs a good hook to Debble's body.
Debble moves out of range of the strikes.
Rothschild connects with a body shot that sends Debble's belly button to the back.
Rothschild jabs at Debble's body.
Debble just misses with a punch to the body.
Rothschild connects with a leg kick. Debble looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Debble 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 throws a low kick but Debble avoids it.
Rothschild takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Debble connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Debble might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Rothschild has got the better of the exchanges.
A lazy left from Debble finds it's target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rothschild fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Rothschild thows a leg kick but Debble checks it
and Debble counters with a straight right hand.
Debble throws a hook but Rothschild blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rothschild swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Rothschild listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Rothschild changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Debble misses with a takedown attempt - Rothschild sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Andy Rothschild has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dum Debble.
Debble is breathing heavily.
Nice body punch from Rothschild.
Rothschild uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Debble.
Rothschild connects with a single shot there.
Rothschild dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Debble closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Rothschild did well to prevent Debble getting side control.
Debble wants to control but Rothschild is keeping him busy.
Rothschild is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Rothschild gets back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Debble trying to control the position from guard on top but Rothschild is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Debble stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Rothschild swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Debble wants to control from the top but Rothschild keeps moving.
Debble is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Debble controlling from the top position.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Debble looking to pass the guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Rothschild keeping moving, preventing Debble from controlling successfully.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Debble slips under a jab.
Debble with the counter takedown but Rothschild avoids it easily.
Rothschild with a jab.
Debble keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rothschild dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rothschild motions for Debble to come forward. Rothschild throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
And Debble tries to counter it with a takedown but Rothschild pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Rothschild scoring well with a low kick there.
Debble moves out of range of the strikes.
An inside leg kick lands from Rothschild.
Rothschild misses with a leg kick.
Debble shoots in for a takedown but Rothschild shows good takedown defense.
Rothschild tries to work over Debble's front leg with a kick but Debble checks it.
Rothschild ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Debble moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andy Rothschild dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Rothschild buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Debble misses with a right hand
and Rothschild counters with a nice low kick that buckles Debble's knee momentarily.
Rothschild motions for Debble to come forward. Rothschild throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A decent looking cross lands there for Rothschild.
Debble takes one to the chin there.
Rothschild cracks Debble with a right hand to the side of the head.
Debble swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Debble jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Debble checks a leg kick.
Debble fails with the takedown.
Debble throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rothschild counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rothschild fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Debble has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Debble scores with a jab to the body.
Debble throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rothschild lands with an uppercut that bounces Debble off the cage and back into range.
Debble closes this distance looking for a takedown but Rothschild circles away.
Debble takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Debble tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rothschild was well out of range. Poor timing from Debble.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rothschild misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rothschild shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Rothschild stuffs the takedown attempt from Debble. Debble gets slowly back to his feet.
Andy Rothschild has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dum Debble.
Horrible takedown attempt by Debble or perhaps it was just good defense by Rothschild, which made it look bad.
Rothschild catches Debble with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Rothschild thumps Debble with a low kick.
Rothschild throws a shot to the body.
Rothschild misses with an uppercut. Debble saw that one coming.
Debble throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rothschild sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A counter left hand to the body from Rothschild misses its target.
Rothschild displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Debble throws out the jab.
A good leg kick by Rothschild.
Rothschild misses with a two punch combination.
Rothschild motions for Debble to come forward. Rothschild throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Debble takes a head kick and keeps coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Debble shoots in looking for a takedown but Rothschild manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Debble's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
A chopping leg kick lands by Rothschild.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Rothschild. Debble shrugs it off though.
Rothschild throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rothschild is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Some wild striking there from Rothschild.
Rothschild scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Rothschild is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Debble can do to turn this around?
A solid leg kick lands there for Rothschild.
Rothschild tries a low kick but Debble avoids it.
Debble misses with a body shot.
Rothschild misses with a low kick.
Rothschild fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Debble has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Debble moves forwards but Rothschild connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Rothschild misses with a hook to the body
enabling Debble to counter with a crisp jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Debble shoots in but no luck this time.
A little feinted left hand from Rothschild on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Rothschild ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Debble moves away.
Rothschild uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Debble.
Debble moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Jab, jab by Rothschild - just one landing.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Debble.
Dum Debble has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rothschild lands with a straight right. Debble didn't see that one coming.
Andy Rothschild is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Debble takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Rothschild lands a nice shot to the body.
Debble throws a hook but Rothschild avoids it easily.
Rothschild scores with a nice strike.
Rothschild fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Debble manages to avoid it.
Debble will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Rothschild scores with a decent looking hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Debble looks to land a right hand but Rothschild moved out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rothschild jabs Debble to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Rothschild lands a nice leg kick that just misses Debble's sensitive parts.
Debble scores with a jab to the head.
Debble misses with a hook to the body
and Rothschild counters with a low kick, right behind Debble 's knee.
Rothschild swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Debble has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Rothschild lands with an uppercut that bounces Debble off the cage and back into range.
Debble scores with a jab. Rothschild acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Debble walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Rothschild misses with a low kick.
Rothschild moves away from the strike by Debble.
Rothschild attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Debble throws a hook but Rothschild avoids it easily.
A slow jab from Debble misses its intended target.
Rothschild cracks Debble with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Debble takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Rothschild cracks Debble with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
And that's the end of the fight!
Andy Rothschild showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Rothschild, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 David Schapiro scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Andy Rothschild!
Andy Rothschild decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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