PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mance Perfo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pierre Letang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Perfo
vs
Letang

178 cm
20
156 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

165 cm
27
145 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Knockout power

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mance Perfo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pierre Letang!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Robert Douchet and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Perfo pivots, looking for a leg kick but Letang is out of range and Perfo settles back down.

Letang darts in and clinches Perfo up against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Letang.
Letang taking a breather.

Letang lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.

Letang is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Perfo is looking to improve his position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Letang thows a huge punch but Perfo dodges it nicely.
Letang working over Perfo with some ground and pound. Perfo looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perfo trying to control here.
Perfo keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Letang wants to pass to mount but Perfo is defending the position.
Letang throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Letang working the head and body with strikes.
We've been hearing good reports from Perfo's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Letang working the head and body with strikes.

Letang is trying to work for a kimura but Perfo is defending well.
Perfo trying to control but Letang postures up.
Nice strikes from Letang there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Letang missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Letang thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Perfo's head.
Letang prevents Perfo from improving his position.
Perfo is trying to control but can't.
Letang thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Perfo's head.
Letang not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Perfo is trying to control but can't.
Perfo keeping control of the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Letang prevents Perfo from improving his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Perfo keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Letang is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Letang with the ground and pound but Perfo uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Letang trying to control the position from guard on top but Perfo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

Letang clinches.

Letang pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Nice cross by Perfo.
Perfo misses with a leg kick

and Letang counters with a takedown into side control.
Letang misses with the ground and pound.
Perfo manages to get back to half guard.
Letang throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Letang landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Letang throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Letang is working for a submission of some sort.
Letang tries to pass to full mount but Perfo defends it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pierre Letang dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Letang tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Perfo scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Perfo lands with a straight right. Letang didn't see that one coming.
Perfo tries a low kick but Letang avoids it.
Perfo scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Mance Perfo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Perfo connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Perfo walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Letang checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Perfo stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Perfo throws a quick inside leg kick.

Letang has managed to clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Letang.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Letang keeps control of Perfo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Letang effectively controlling the action here.
Perfo working hard to break the clinch.
Perfo is trying to force a seperation but Letang has the dominant position.
Come on Letang - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Perfo wants to break free but Letang has control.
A short body shot lands from Letang as the two fighters clinch.
Letang tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Perfo's elbow.
Perfo is trying to break the clinch but Letang is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Letang tries a body shot but Perfo blocks it.
Perfo is trying to break the clinch but Letang is controlling him.
Perfo trying to land knees to the body.
Letang stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

Letang breaks the clinch.
Perfo tries a head kick but it misses.

Letang rushes Perfo and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Perfo blocks a body shot from Letang.
Perfo tries to break free but Letang pushes him back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Letang throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Letang displaying some good clinch control by pressing Perfo up against the cage.

Letang jumps into guard, dragging Perfo to the mat.

Letang looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Perfo has picked Letang up and slammed him! Letang can't keep hold of the triangle and Perfo manages to pass to side control!
Letang can't do much from the bottom here.
Perfo tries to advance to mount but Letang denies him.
Letang is looking for a sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Letang is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Letang is not content to let Perfo control the position.
Letang is trying to control Perfo's posture but Perfo avoids it.
Perfo wants to lay and pray for a moment but Letang keeps working.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Perfo decides to take the fight back to the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mance Perfo dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Letang avoids the head kick by Perfo.

Letang takes the fight into the clinch.

Letang lands a takedown into guard.
Perfo looking for a sweep. Not yet Perfo, not yet.
Perfo has his hands on Letang's head, controlling the position.
Letang throwing strikes from guard but Perfo blocks nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Letang postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Perfo is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Letang, into his guard.
Perfo trying to control but Letang is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Letang tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Perfo will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Letang has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Perfo has passed into side control.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
A head kick from Perfo lands but Letang takes it in his stride.
Perfo's corner calls for a 1-2. Perfo obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Perfo.
No luck for Letang with that takedown attempt.
Perfo feints and then cracks Letang's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Letang down.
Perfo with a hook.
Letang tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Perfo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Letang closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Perfo lands a head kick. Letang smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Letang on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Perfo. Perfo obviously looking to wear him down.
Perfo thumps Letang with a low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Perfo. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Perfo.
Perfo throws a chopping leg kick but Letang manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Perfo thows a leg kick but Letang checks it

and Letang counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Letang.
Perfo wants to break free but Letang has control.
Perfo is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Letang breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Perfo connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Mance Perfo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Letang takes one to the chin there.
Perfo jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Perfo is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Perfo throws a nice inside leg kick.
Letang checks a low kick from Perfo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Letang moves into the clinch.
Letang just leaning against Perfo, taking a breather.
Letang blocks an uppercut.
Perfo is trying to force a seperation but Letang has the dominant position.
Perfo is trying to break free.
Letang is pushing Perfo up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Letang tries a body shot but Perfo blocks it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mance Perfo showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Perfo has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Peck scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mance Perfo!