PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Pascal Letaivu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Heath Granger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Granger has chosen Seed 2.0 - Roots as his entrance music. Pascal Letaivu could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Heath Granger's chin.

Letaivu
vs
Granger

170 cm
19
146 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

175 cm
21
156 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pascal Letaivu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Heath Granger!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Alan Glass and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Letaivu throws a jab when Granger was well out of range.
Letaivu lands a body shot.
Good leg kick by Granger there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A jab from Letaivu misses.
Decent striking displayed by Letaivu there.
Letaivu with a hook.
Letaivu throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Granger throws a counter combo.
Letaivu tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Granger was well out of range. Poor timing from Letaivu.
Letaivu ducks under a wild hook from Granger.
Letaivu tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Granger manages to circle out of the way.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Granger uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Letaivu.
Letaivu ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Letaivu tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Granger tries to clinch up.
Granger doesn't manage to clinch there - Letaivu circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Granger tries to close the distance and clinch up but Letaivu swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Letaivu gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Letaivu has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Team Migraine in the buildup to the fight.
Pascal Letaivu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Granger checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Letaivu scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Granger doesn't seem bothered though.
Letaivu swats away the attempt to clinch by Granger.
Letaivu loads up on a big right hand but Granger slips the punch.
Good work by Letaivu as he checks the leg kick.
Letaivu throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Granger sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Granger throws a hook to the side of Letaivu's head but Letaivu sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Granger ducks under a wild hook from Letaivu.
Letaivu swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Granger uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Letaivu.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Granger looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Letaivu lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Letaivu lands a slapping body shot.
Letaivu jabs Granger right on the nose. Granger blinks but takes it well.
Letaivu cracks a nice hook into Granger's ribs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Letaivu throws a shot to the body.
Letaivu just misses with a punch to the body.
Granger is looking for the big counter here.
Letaivu loads up on a big right hand but Granger slips the punch.
Granger wants to clinch.
Granger ducks under a wild hook from Letaivu.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Granger ducks under a wild hook from Letaivu.
Letaivu chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Granger can pounce on him.
Donk. Letaivu catches Granger right on the button with a cross.
Granger fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Letaivu manages to avoid it.
Letaivu wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Granger throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Letaivu misses the shot to the body.
Nice defenses there by Granger.
As Letaivu backs off Granger throws a huge counter combo but Letaivu manages to avoid it all.
Granger is looking to chop away at Letaivu's legs.
Letaivu lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Letaivu checks a leg kick.
Letaivu misses the jab.
Letaivu misses with an uppercut.
Letaivu just misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Granger swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Granger steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Letaivu.
Letaivu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Granger throws a series of punches but Letaivu moves out of range.
Letaivu throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Granger instigates a clinch.
Letaivu lands a left hand that snaps the head of Granger backwards.
Granger is trying to maintain a safe position but Letaivu gets an underhook and turns Granger into the cage.

Letaivu's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Letaivu lands with an uppercut that bounces Granger off the cage and back into range.
Granger scores with a nice head shot.
A low kick from Granger misses
and Letaivu counters with a nice body shot.
Letaivu just misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pascal Letaivu dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Granger looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Letaivu misses with a hook to the body
and Granger counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Granger lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Letaivu backs up against the cage.
Letaivu misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Granger.
Granger throws a chopping leg kick but Letaivu manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Granger misses the jab.
Letaivu with a nice cross.
Heath Granger is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
No joy there for Letaivu, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Granger swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Granger just misses with a punch to the body.
Letaivu is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Granger can do to turn this around?
Letaivu throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Letaivu scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Granger. Letaivu does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Granger defending well as Letaivu loads up on a big left hand.
Letaivu throws the left hand but Granger avoids the punch easily.
Granger throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Letaivu misses with a series of wild punches.
Letaivu throws a looping overhand right but Granger ducks down to avoid it.
Letaivu takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Letaivu throws a shot from downtown. Granger moves away and avoids it.
Granger throws a counter combo.
Letaivu connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A good leg kick by Granger.
Letaivu throws out a loose jab but Granger uses good head movement to avoid it.
Granger tries to counter with a clinch but Letaivu shakes him off and moves away.
Granger on the wrong end of a nice hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Granger throws a jab but it's blocked by Letaivu.
Letaivu appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Letaivu misses the jab.
Granger uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Letaivu.
Letaivu just misses with a punch to the body.
Pascal Letaivu is winning the standup battle so far.
Letaivu throws a body punch but Granger moves out of range.
Letaivu scores with a shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A slow jab from Letaivu misses its intended target.
Granger slips a jab from Letaivu.
Letaivu jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Granger misses with a straight left.
Granger throws a half hearted mid kick.
Letaivu throws a body shot but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Letaivu lands with an overhand left.
Letaivu swings for the body but Granger moves out of range.
Letaivu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Granger misses with a wild combination.
Granger with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A left and a right from Letaivu both land. Nice combination.

It looks like Heath Granger has been cut.
Granger tries to clinch but Letaivu is having none of it.
Granger is looking to clinch but Letaivu is avoiding it.
Granger walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Letaivu checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Granger finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Granger misses with a lunging right hand
and Letaivu counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Granger fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Letaivu manages to avoid it.
Granger rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Letaivu moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Granger has taken the fight to the clinch.
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!
Granger doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A left hand lands to the body for Letaivu.
Letaivu has Granger pushed against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Letaivu.
A bit of stalling here from Granger.
Granger tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Letaivu avoids it.
Letaivu lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Granger or not.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Granger just misses with a elbow thrown towards Letaivu's brow.
Letaivu digs a right hand underneath Granger's ribcage. Granger let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Letaivu scores with a shot to the side of Granger's head.
Letaivu working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Granger is rocked!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pascal Letaivu dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Heath Granger's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Granger misses with a looping right.
Letaivu throws out a loose jab but Granger uses good head movement to avoid it.
Despite the aggression on Granger's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Letaivu scores with the left hand. Granger knows he should have avoided that one.
Letaivu misses with a body punch
and Granger counters with a two punch combo.
Letaivu lands a right hook to the body.
A shot to the liver by Granger. Beautiful body shot.
Letaivu throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Granger sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Granger moves away from the strike by Letaivu.
A big right from Letaivu misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Granger takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Letaivu cracks a nice hook into Granger's ribs.
A slow jab from Granger misses its intended target.
Letaivu throws a hook to the side of Granger's head but Granger sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Granger avoids the body shot from Letaivu.
Letaivu throws a body punch but Granger moves out of range.
Granger cracks Letaivu with an open hand slap.
Granger is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Letaivu.
Granger swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Letaivu counters with a straight right hand.
A jab from Granger does it's job there.
Granger slips under a jab from Letaivu.
Letaivu throws a series of punches but Granger avoids them all with ease.
Granger is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Granger blocks a jab.
The crowd cheers as Letaivu lands an impressive looking overhand right. Granger doesn't seem phased though.
Letaivu misses with the combination.
Heath Granger has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Letaivu missing with a left hand there. Granger was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Letaivu lands with a straight right. Granger didn't see that one coming.
Letaivu swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Letaivu connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Letaivu jabs Granger to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Granger fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Letaivu connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Granger is still on wobbly legs! Can Letaivu finish him?
Letaivu is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Granger.
Granger walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Letaivu throws a jab when Granger was well out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Granger scores with a crisp jab that stopped Letaivu in his tracks.
Letaivu moves away from the strike by Granger.
Granger throws a low kick but it's checked well by Letaivu.
Granger seems to have recovered his senses.
Letaivu throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Granger gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Letaivu throws a jab when Granger was well out of range.
Granger misses with a two punch combination.
Letaivu looks to land a left hand but Granger moved out of range nicely.
Granger is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Granger moves away from the strike by Letaivu.
Letaivu throws a right hand that misses
and Granger counters with a left to the body.
Granger misses with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Letaivu lands a right hook to the body.
Letaivu swinging wildly here.
Granger throws a nice head kick!
Letaivu cracks Granger with a good jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Letaivu swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Letaivu. Granger does a little dance to reset his feet.
Granger misses with a body shot
and Letaivu counters with a straight right hand.
Granger needs to keep his hands up - Letaivu had a free shot at his head there.
Granger tries to score with a low kick but Letaivu moves his leg out of the way.
Letaivu dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pascal Letaivu showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Letaivu has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pascal Letaivu!
An out of breath Pascal Letaivu thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.