PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Milo Papi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darwin France (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Papi comes to the cage accompanied by IZ ON. France has chosen bring me to life as his entrance music. Darwin France will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Papi
vs
France

173 cm
37
152 lbs
35 - 10 - 1

185 cm
28
158 lbs
25 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 35 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Milo Papi!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Darwin France!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Anthony Taglia and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice uppercut lands for France. That snapped Papi's head back.
Papi wants to clinch
and France counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
France blocks a head kick by Papi.
France keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Papi stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Papi wants it to stay on the feet.
France stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and France wants it to stay on the feet.
France circles away from the clinch attempt.
France is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Papi.
Papi tries to clinch up.
France throws a half hearted mid kick.
France throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Papi wants to clinch up but France keeps it at a distance.
Papi throws a looping overhand right but France ducks down to avoid it.
Papi keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
France connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Papi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. France manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
France keeps the fight on the outside.
Papi doesn't manage to clinch there - France circles away.
France is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Papi has managed to clinch.
Papi manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Papi throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
France throws a punch but it's blocked by Papi.

Papi breaks from the clinch.

Papi gets in close and instigates a clinch.
France working aggressively here.
Papi tries to work over France's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
France swings wildly with an uppercut but Papi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Papi holding his opponent close, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Papi lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt France or not.
A hook to the body from Papi.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Papi lands a hook that snaps the head of France backwards.
Papi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Papi lands a shot to the body.
France is trying to force a seperation but Papi has the dominant position.
Papi is working for takedown but France is calmly controlling the position for now.

Papi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Papi darts in trying to clinch
and France counters with a right hand to the body.
Papi wants to clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Papi misses with a punch to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Papi.
Papi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Papi tries for a takedown but France manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Milo Papi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
France wants to stall.
Papi scores with a hook to the body.

Papi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
France misses with a body punch
and Papi counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Milo Papi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Papi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Papi lands a jab to France's midsection.
France is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Papi fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Papi tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but France swivels and escapes.
Papi throws a nice outside leg kick.
Papi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
France ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Papi moves away.
Papi connects with a body shot that sends France's belly button to the back.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Papi gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
France throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
France preventing the sweep.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as France accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Papi utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Papi manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
France sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Milo Papi dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Papi tries to close the distance and clinch but France swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
France on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Papi misses with a body shot.
France throws a head kick that misses.
France avoids the body shot from Papi.
France swats away the attempt to clinch by Papi.
France misses with a looping left.
Papi throws the kick towards the body but France avoids it.
A telegraphed right hand from France misses the target.
Papi shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as France sprawls well. France wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Papi gets slowly back to his feet.
Papi has a takedown stuffed.
A head kick misses from France.
Papi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but France paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Papi tries to clinch but France moves out of range.
France throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Papi tries to clinch but France is having none of it.

Papi pushes France up against the cage in a clinch.
Papi has France pushed against the cage.

Papi breaks from the clinch.
Papi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Papi throws a right and a left that France avoids nicely.
Papi fails with an attempt to clinch.
France avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The crowd cheers as France lands an impressive looking overhand right. Papi doesn't seem phased though.
Papi wants to clinch up but France keeps it at a distance.
Papi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
France avoids the body shot from Papi.

Papi closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. France quickly recovers to half guard.
France has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Papi is nestled in close to France, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
France is pressing down on Papi's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Papi might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
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!
Papi working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of France's head.

France looking for a triangle here. Papi is fighting it but it looks tight! France pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Papi is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Darwin France!
Darwin France is the new featherweight champion!
An out of breath Darwin France thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.