PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Papa Shango (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zhen Long (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zhen Long acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Shango
vs
Long

189 cm
23
195 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

181 cm
26
190 lbs
5 - 8 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Papa Shango!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Zhen Long!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shigeki Sano and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Long gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Long blocks a body shot from Shango.
Long throws a knee to the head but misses.
Shango looking to stall.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Long using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Shango has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Shango tries to break the clinch but Long is controlling the position.
A knee to the head by Long.
A knee to the head by Long.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but Shango blocks with his arms.
Long using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Long with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Long landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Shango tries to break free but Long pushes him back against the cage.
Shango is struggling to control the position.
Long lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Long connects with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Long.
Long scores with a knee to the head.
Long keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Shango's efforts to push away.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but Shango blocks with his arms.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Long as Shango tries to tie him up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shango tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Long just stands there and leans against the cage.
Long avoids a wild elbow strike from Shango.
Shango is trying to force a seperation but Long has the dominant position.
Shango fails to pull guard.

Shango successfully pulls guard.
Shango pulls Long in close to prevent any damage.

Long avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Long looks gassed!

Shango working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Long doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Long manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Shango is looking for a triangle but Long pushes his legs off easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Shango looking for a guillotine here but Long defends easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shango trying to control the position here.
Shango looking to control.

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.

Shango escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Long gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Shango controlling Long's posture.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Papa Shango dominated that round.
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.

The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Long checks the leg kick nicely there.
Long throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Long throws out a powerful jab.
Long lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Shango wants to clinch but Long slips to the side
and Long counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Shango throws a sloppy head kick
and Long counters with a thumping low kick.
Long doesn't manage to clinch there - Shango circles away.
Long staying out of range there.
Long lands with a thumping leg kick.

Long instigates a clinch.
Long is breathing heavily.
Long using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Shango has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Shango goes for a takedown attempt but Long pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Papa Shango is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Long tries to clinch up but Shango circles away and keeps his distance.
Shango is looking to clinch.
Shango clinches but Long breaks the clinch
and Long counters with a stiff right hand.

Shango closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Long to the mat! Long manages to get full guard.

Shango thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Shango drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Shango jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Long throws his legs up looking for a submission but Shango uses it to pass to side control.

Shango has an Americana. Long didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Shango is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Shango hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Papa Shango!