PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Herod Otto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kisuke Urahara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Otto comes to the cage accompanied by Anvil of Crom. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Otto
vs
Urahara

181 cm
25
224 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

190 cm
26
215 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

Great wrestler
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Herod Otto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kisuke Urahara!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Tiny Johnson and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Urahara tried to score with a low kick but Otto checks it.
Urahara tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Otto counters with a one-two to the body.
Urahara slips a jab and a cross from Otto.
Urahara tries to land a leg kick but Otto saw it coming and moves away.
Otto has a takedown stuffed.
Some bone on bone action there as Otto checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Otto staying out of range there.
Urahara dips to his left and cracks Otto with an uppercut!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Urahara instigates a clinch.
Otto is pushing Urahara up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

Otto manages to break the clinch.
Otto misses with a head kick.
Urahara lands a front kick.
Kisuke Urahara seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Urahara scoring well with a low kick there.

Otto gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Otto tries to work over Urahara's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Otto managing to block the knees to the body from Urahara.
Urahara using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Urahara misses with a hook to the ribs.
Urahara tries to land knees in the clinch but Otto avoids the damage to the body.
Otto wants to stall.
Urahara avoids the elbow strike from Otto, against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Urahara tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Otto throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Otto lands a left hand that snaps the head of Urahara backwards.
Urahara gets underhooks to prevent Otto's takedown attempt.
Otto creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The referee is keeping an eye on Otto - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Otto is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Urahara is defending well for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Urahara on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Urahara avoids a wild elbow strike from Otto.
Urahara tries to work over Otto's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Otto takes a shot to the head.
A short right from Urahara on the inside.
Urahara trying to land knees to the body.
A hook to the body from Urahara.
Urahara taking a breather.
Urahara throws a punch but it's blocked by Otto.
Urahara tries to work over Otto's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Otto tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Urahara avoids it.
Otto lands a right hand that snaps the head of Urahara backwards.
Urahara tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Otto tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Otto controlling the action here for a moment.
Urahara lands a nice knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Otto tries to land knees in the clinch but Urahara avoids the damage to the body.
Otto misses with an elbow over the top.
Urahara avoids a wild elbow strike from Otto.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Urahara connects with a nasty looking knee right to Otto's face.
Otto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Otto breaks the clinch.

Otto darts in and clinches Urahara up against the cage.
Urahara lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Otto lands a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Otto creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A frustrated look appears on Otto's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Otto lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Kisuke Urahara has been cut.
Otto misses with a knee to the head.
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 Herod Otto will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Kisuke Urahara's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Urahara throws a nice inside leg kick.
Urahara tries to clinch but Otto moves out of range.
Otto fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Urahara avoids it really well and circles away.
Otto takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Herod Otto is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Urahara connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Otto misses with a wild combination.
Otto is trying hard to land a takedown here. Urahara sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Otto shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Urahara as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Herod Otto. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Urahara tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Otto just misses with a punch to the body.
Kisuke Urahara is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Urahara lands a nice leg kick that just misses Otto's sensitive parts.
A left lands for Urahara.
Urahara fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Otto.
Urahara misses with a leg kick.

Otto has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Otto throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Urahara blocks it with crossed arms.
Urahara tries a knee to the head but Otto blocks it.
Otto lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Urahara lands a nice uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Urahara.
Urahara managing to block the knees to the body from Otto.
A short left from Otto.
Otto tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Urahara's elbow.
Otto is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Urahara is keeping busy.
Urahara prevents a takedown attempt there.
Urahara doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Otto misses with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Urahara using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Otto on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Urahara has a couple of punches blocked by Otto.
Otto misses with an elbow strike.
Urahara misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Urahara.
Urahara tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Urahara lands a left hand that snaps the head of Otto backwards.
Urahara gets underhooks to prevent Otto's takedown attempt.
Urahara trying to control the position but instead, Otto has worked for underhooks and has pushed Urahara into the cage.
Otto misses with some punches.
Otto blocking some punches.
Otto connects with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Otto.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Otto is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Otto displaying some good clinch control by pressing Urahara up against the cage.
Urahara wants to stall.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Urahara as Otto tries to tie him up.
Urahara lands a left hand.
Urahara blocks an elbow strike from Otto.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Otto.
Urahara's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Otto manages to break the clinch.
Urahara lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kisuke Urahara showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kisuke Urahara's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Urahara pounces like a tiger and cracks Otto with a vicious hook! Otto is down but not out! Urahara follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Kisuke Urahara!
An out of breath Kisuke Urahara thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.