PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dan Barstow (ranked 6043 p4p, 4560 weight class) and Stephen Otsen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Barstow
vs
Otsen

188 cm
20
277
2 - 2 - 0

189 cm
25
252
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dan Barstow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Stephen Otsen !
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Winston Alpacca and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barstow misses with a series of wild punches.
Barstow throws a nice looking combination but Otsen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Otsen misses with a looping left.
Otsen gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Otsen takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

It looks like Stephen Otsen has been cut.
Otsen walks into a jab.
Barstow throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Otsen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Barstow.
Otsen throws out a counter right but Barstow avoids it with no problem.
Otsen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Barstow.

Otsen tries to keep at a distance but Barstow has taken the fight into the clinch.
Barstow is looking to control Otsen 's arms but Otsen gets an underhook and turns him. Now Barstow has his back to the cage.
Otsen gets underhooks to prevent Barstow's takedown attempt.
Otsen has a couple of punches blocked by Barstow.
Otsen scores with a nice hook to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short right from Otsen .

It looks like Dan Barstow has been cut.
Barstow wants to get back to striking at distance but Otsen won't allow it.
Barstow blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Otsen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Otsen .
Barstow tries to stall but Otsen uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barstow lands with a right to the head.
A short uppercut from Otsen .
Otsen working aggressively here.
Otsen gets underhooks to prevent Barstow's takedown attempt.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Otsen .
Barstow working aggressively here.
Barstow misses with a short punch on the inside.
Otsen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Barstow backwards.
Barstow scores with a nice hook to the head.
Otsen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Otsen scores with a nice hook to the head.
Barstow has been working on his balance at Cozad The Island, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Otsen .
Barstow swings wildly with an uppercut but Otsen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barstow taking a breather.
Otsen lands a hook to the side of the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Otsen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Otsen manages to break the clinch.

Barstow rushes Otsen and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Barstow has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Otsen after a bit of a struggle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dan Barstow. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Otsen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Barstow tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Otsen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Barstow tries to throw a body punch but Otsen avoids it by throwing Barstow back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Otsen fails to land.

Otsen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Barstow fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Otsen looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

Barstow takes the fight into the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Otsen .
Otsen has a couple of punches blocked by Barstow.
Barstow controlling the action here for a moment.
Otsen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Otsen throws a punch but it's blocked by Barstow.

Otsen 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Otsen clobbers Barstow with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Barstow lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Barstow.

Otsen closes the distance and pushes Barstow back into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Otsen breaks the clinch.
Stephen Otsen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Otsen cracks Barstow with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Barstow looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Otsen finish him?
Barstow looks to land a combination. Otsen sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Otsen shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Otsen steps in with a hook that catches Barstow right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Otsen follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Barstow looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Stephen Otsen !