PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Amin Sax (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Austin Letto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sax comes to the cage accompanied by Infected Mushroom - Smashing The Opponent. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sax
vs
Letto

181 cm
45
190 lbs
28 - 40 - 1

185 cm
26
190 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Experienced

Beaver Jooce!

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 28 - 40 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Amin Sax!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Austin Letto!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Steve Smith and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sax shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

Sax seems to be looking for submissions.
Sax prevents Letto from improving his position.

Sax looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Letto trying to control from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sax controlling the pace.
Letto on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Sax is nestled in close to Letto, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sax seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Letto does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Letto is looking to improve his position.
Sax has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Sax is looking for a kimura here.
Letto wants to control but Sax is keeping busy.
Sax trying to control from half guard but Letto is working away.
Letto wants to get back to full guard.

Sax is looking for a kimura but Letto is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Sax to get the leverage.
Letto is looking to control Sax's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Letto avoid being mounted?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Letto tries to get to full guard but Sax has control of the leg.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Letto is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Sax scores with a couple of nice shots.

Sax seems to be looking for submissions.

Sax is working for a kimura but Letto is defending it quite comfortably.
Sax takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sax moves into full mount! Letto won't be happy about that!
Letto working to try and regain half guard.
Sax fails to advance to Letto's back.
Sax takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Letto is desperately trying to improve his position but Sax has a good base and remains in mount.

Sax swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Letto is now in Sax's guard. A big mistake from Sax there, giving up the dominant position!
Sax bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Letto's guard.

Sax is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Sax trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Sax controls from within his opponent's guard.
Letto keeping full guard, as Sax tries to pass.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sax wants to control from the top but Letto keeps moving.

Letto is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Sax defends well.
Letto is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Sax trying to control the position from guard on top but Letto is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sax passes Letto's left leg - he's now in half guard.

Sax is looking for a kimura here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Amin Sax dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Sax gets a takedown into half guard.
Sax scoring with strikes to the body and head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sax prevents Letto from improving his position.
We've been informed that Letto has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Sax trying to control from half guard but Letto is working away.
Sax is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Letto can do to turn this around?

Sax is working for a kimura but Letto is defending it quite comfortably.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sax is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Letto has a hand on Sax's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Sax takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Letto really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Sax controlling from mount.
Letto wants to control but Sax is having none of it.
Letto is trying to escape the mount.
Sax lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Letto is trying to escape the mount.
Letto tries to hold on but Sax postures up.
Letto tries to reverse the position but Sax maintains control.
Sax breaks from Letto's wrist control and lands an elbow.

Letto is rocked!
Sax connects with a bit shot that sees Letto covering up! More strikes from Sax and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Sax is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Amin Sax!
A very excited looking Amin Sax made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.