PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Lucien Papen (ranked 6577 p4p, 4438 weight class) and Shigeru Otori (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Papen
vs
Otori

170 cm
24
158
1 - 1 - 0

178 cm
18
149
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lucien Papen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shigeru Otori!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shirou Masuda and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Otori bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Otori throws a nice head kick!
Otori plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Otori connects with a leg kick.
Otori turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Otori dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Papen. That did some damage!
Otori with a nice calf kick.
Papen throws a head kick but Otori moves out of range.
Papen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Otori moves away.
A slapping leg kick lands for Otori.
A low kick lands for Otori.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Papen takes a kick to the side of the head.
Shigeru Otori seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Otori throws a leg kick which misses Papen's front leg but catches the back leg as Papen tries to avoid it.
Otori scores with a kick to the body.
Otori scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Papen misses with a low kick.
Papen is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Papen chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Otori can pounce on him.
Otori lands with a slapping head kick.
Otori throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Papen's head.
Otori lands a leg kick that knocks Papen off balance momentarily.
Otori scores with a head kick.
Otori buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Papen chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Otori can pounce on him.
Otori lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Otori lands a nice leg kick that just misses Papen's sensitive parts.
Otori throws a head kick that Papen semi-blocks.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Otori connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Otori delivers a nice body kick.
A head kick from Otori lands but Papen takes it in his stride.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Otori. Papen shrugs it off though.
Papen walks forward, straight into a front kick from Otori.
Papen on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Otori. Otori obviously looking to wear him down.

Papen closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Otori's guard.
Papen scoring with punches to the head and body.
Papen postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Otori wants to stand up but Papen is controlling him.
Papen is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Otori is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Papen is controlling him.
Papen stands up over Otori, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Papen with a nice head shot there.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Otori can do anything to dispel that myth.
Papen lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Papen prevents Otori from getting back to his feet.
Papen lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Papen connects with a couple of short punches.
Papen working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Otori's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Otori being controlled here, momentarily.
Otori wants to get back to his feet but Papen is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Papen content to stall in guard here.
Otori has momentary wrist control but Papen slips an elbow through the middle.
Papen lands a couple of elbows.
Otori is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Papen is controlling him.
Papen slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Papen's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Otori is looking to stand up but Papen isn't so interested in that idea.
Papen is working Otori over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Papen slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Papen works over Otori with some ground and pound from guard.
Papen chips away with some ground and pound.
Otori has momentary wrist control but Papen slips an elbow through the middle.
Papen scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Papen has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Papen scoring with some ground and pound.
Papen is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Papen working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Papen landing with the ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Papen lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Papen lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Papen scoring with punches to the head and body.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Papen sitting in guard here, content to control.
Papen stops Otori from standing up.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Papen makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Papen scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Papen is working Otori over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Papen landing some decent shots from guard.
Papen keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Otori's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Shigeru Otori will probably get the nod.
That's time! Papen's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Otori pushes Papen away with a front kick.

Papen feints and as Otori raises his hands in defense, Papen changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Otori is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Papen is controlling him.
Papen chips away with some ground and pound.
Lucien Papen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Papen stops Otori from standing up.
Otori has momentary wrist control but Papen slips an elbow through the middle.
Papen is in close to Otori's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Papen slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Papen is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Papen with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Papen postures up and lands a big shot to Otori's brow.

Otori is rocked!
Papen won't allow Otori to get back to his feet.
Papen distracts Otori with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Papen lands a couple of elbows.
Otori is still in real trouble! Can Papen finish him?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Papen's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Papen looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Otori really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Papen. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Papen stops Otori from standing up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Papen working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Papen landing some decent shots from guard.
Otori can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Papen controls the pace.
Otori seems to have recovered his senses.
Otori has momentary wrist control but Papen slips an elbow through the middle.
Papen is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Papen postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Papen postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Papen with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Papen forces his way into half guard.
Papen stops Otori from getting back to his feet.
Papen is nestled in close to Otori, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Papen looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Otori with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Papen working Otori over with strikes.
Papen looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Papen scores with a big shot! Otori's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Otori! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lucien Papen!