PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Nick Shamrock (ranked 176 p4p, 23 weight class) and Pascal Letaivu (ranked 513 p4p, 64 weight class). Shamrock's entrance music is One Winged Angel by The Black Mages. A fine choice. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Shamrock
vs
Letaivu

170 cm
29
148 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

170 cm
24
146 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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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 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Nick Shamrock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pascal Letaivu!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Yves DeLean and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shamrock feints a jab promting Letaivu to slip. Shamrock then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Letaivu slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Shamrock takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Letaivu avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Shamrock throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Letaivu keeps the fight on the outside.
Shamrock lands a jab-cross combination.
Shamrock throws a body shot but no joy.
Letaivu stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Shamrock.
Letaivu dodges the punch combination from Shamrock.
Shamrock connects with a leg kick. Letaivu looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Letaivu throws a body punch but Shamrock moves out of range.
Letaivu waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Shamrock.
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!
A decent looking cross lands there for Shamrock.
A nice leg kick lands there from Shamrock.
Shamrock fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Letaivu manages to avoid it.
Letaivu looks to throw the jab but Shamrock is out of range.
Shamrock throws a big shot that misses.
Letaivu swings away with a body shot that misses
and Shamrock counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shamrock walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Letaivu checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Shamrock paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Shamrock takes a swing at Letaivu's ribcage but misses.
Letaivu takes a jab right on the kisser.
Letaivu throws a body shot but no joy.
Shamrock with a hook.
Shamrock listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Shamrock tries to move into range but Letaivu moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Letaivu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Shamrock.
Shamrock with a jab.
Good exchange - Shamrock coming out on top.
Shamrock looks to score with a jab to the body but Letaivu is just out of range.
Letaivu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nick Shamrock seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shamrock is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Letaivu.
Letaivu takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Letaivu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shamrock moves away.
Shamrock connects with a jab.
Shamrock fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Letaivu manages to avoid it.
Letaivu slips under a jab from Shamrock.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Letaivu swings widly with a right hand
and Shamrock connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Shamrock throws a leg kick but Letaivu moved away.
A big right from Letaivu misses.
Letaivu lands an overhand right.
Shamrock lands with a cross.
Shamrock is looking to slow Letaivu down with leg kicks.
Letaivu takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Letaivu looks to throw the jab but Shamrock is out of range.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Shamrock!
Letaivu throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Shamrock sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Letaivu throws a lazy right hand but Shamrock sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The fighters circling - Letaivu throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Letaivu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shamrock moves away.
It looked like Shamrock was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Shamrock ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

Shamrock moves into the clinch.
Letaivu misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Letaivu.
Shamrock struggles to land a body shot inside as Letaivu controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from Shamrock fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock scores with a nice hook to the head.
Shamrock misses with a hook to the ribs.
Shamrock lands with a left to the head.
Shamrock scores with a shot to the side of Letaivu's head.
Shamrock lands a nice uppercut.
Shamrock lands a nice uppercut.
Shamrock scores with a shot to the side of Letaivu's head.
Shamrock lands a hook that snaps the head of Letaivu backwards.
Shamrock lands with a right to the head.
Letaivu looking to slow down the pace here.

Letaivu breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Shamrock needs to keep his hands up - Letaivu had a free shot at his head there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Letaivu swats away the attempt to clinch by Shamrock.
Shamrock is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Shamrock uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Letaivu.
Letaivu showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Shamrock.
Letaivu misses with a looping left.
Shamrock fires out a quick counter leg kick but Letaivu just manages to avoid it.
Shamrock looks to score with a jab to the body but Letaivu is just out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Letaivu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Shamrock.
A nice leg kick lands there from Shamrock.
Shamrock throws a nice inside leg kick.
Letaivu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shamrock moves away.
Nice defenses there by Shamrock.
Shamrock scoring well with a low kick there.
Letaivu lands with a nice combination. Shamrock backs away looking to recover.
Letaivu takes a swing at Shamrock's ribcage but misses.
Letaivu takes one to the side of the head.
Letaivu throws a hook but Shamrock blocks it.
Letaivu scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Shamrock with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Letaivu thows a left - swing and a miss!
Letaivu throws a shot to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Shamrock throws a big shot that misses.
Letaivu throws out a counter right but Shamrock avoids it with no problem.

Shamrock instigates a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Letaivu fails to land.
Letaivu misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nick Shamrock dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

A telegraphed right hand from Shamrock misses the target.
Letaivu steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Shamrock.
Shamrock on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Letaivu moves away from the strike by Shamrock.
Shamrock is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Shamrock pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Shamrock moves into range and clinches up with Letaivu.
Letaivu is trying to maintain a safe position but Shamrock gets an underhook and turns Letaivu into the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Shamrock.
Good body shot from Letaivu.
Letaivu's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Letaivu makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Shamrock scores with a shoulder strike.
Shamrock misses with a body punch.
Letaivu manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Letaivu working aggressively here.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Letaivu in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Shamrock fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Letaivu.
Shamrock has a couple of punches blocked by Letaivu.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Letaivu.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shamrock lands a body shot in the clinch.
Letaivu blocks a body shot from Shamrock.
Shamrock lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Letaivu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Shamrock misses with a hook from the clinch.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A short right from Shamrock.
Shamrock is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Letaivu can do to turn this around?
Shamrock goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Shamrock tries to work over Letaivu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Letaivu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Shamrock misses with a hook to the ribs.
Letaivu blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Letaivu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Shamrock tries to work over Letaivu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Letaivu manages to break the clinch.
Letaivu keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Shamrock.
Shamrock misses with a double jab.
A big right from Letaivu misses.
A left lands for Letaivu.
Letaivu rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Shamrock counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock lands a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Letaivu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Shamrock throwing a counter right hand but Letaivu manages to avoid it.
Shamrock scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Shamrock takes a swing at Letaivu's ribcage but misses.
Letaivu doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Letaivu throws a leg kick but Shamrock checks it.
A telegraphed right hand from Letaivu misses the target.
Shamrock lands with a nice body punch.
Letaivu moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Nice defenses there by Shamrock.
Nick Shamrock is winning the standup battle so far.
Letaivu misses with a wild body shot.
Letaivu rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Shamrock counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Letaivu takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Letaivu lands with a straight right. Shamrock didn't see that one coming.
Letaivu has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Shamrock misses with a leg kick
and Letaivu counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Shamrock thinking.
Letaivu throws the left hand but Shamrock avoids the punch easily.
Letaivu takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Shamrock scores with a jab to the jaw.
Shamrock lands with a straight right. Letaivu didn't see that one coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock takes a swing at Letaivu's ribcage but misses.
Shamrock misses with a jab to the body
and Letaivu counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Shamrock misses with a looping right.
Shamrock throws a looping overhand right but Letaivu ducks down to avoid it.
Shamrock lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Shamrock, right into the meat.

Shamrock moves into the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Shamrock.
Letaivu lands a body punch in the clinch.
Shamrock lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Shamrock misses with a hook from the clinch.
Shamrock goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Letaivu tries a body shot but Shamrock blocks it.
Shamrock lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Nick Shamrock has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Shamrock lands a hook that snaps the head of Letaivu backwards.

Letaivu breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Letaivu misses with a looping left.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shamrock throws the left hand but Letaivu avoids the punch easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Letaivu throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Shamrock ducks right into an uppercut from Letaivu.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Letaivu checks a leg kick.
Shamrock scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Letaivu doesn't seem bothered though.
Letaivu throws a series of punches but Shamrock moves out of range.
Shamrock tries to close the distance and clinch up but Letaivu swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Letaivu throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Letaivu misses with a shot to the body
and Shamrock counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Letaivu throws a hook but Shamrock avoids it easily.
The fighters circling - Shamrock throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Letaivu walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Shamrock scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Letaivu doesn't seem bothered though.
Letaivu ducks under a wild hook from Shamrock.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Letaivu takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Danga de danga de dang - Shamrock scores with a four punch combination!
Shamrock thuds a left hand into Letaivu's body.
Letaivu misses with a straight right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nick Shamrock 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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Shamrock ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Shamrock misses with a hook to the body
and Letaivu counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Shamrock misses with a wild body shot.
Shamrock lands a nice leg kick that just misses Letaivu's sensitive parts.
Letaivu misses with an uppercut. Shamrock saw that one coming.
Shamrock lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Letaivu swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Shamrock is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
A jab from Shamrock misses.
Shamrock uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Shamrock misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Letaivu.
Letaivu now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Shamrock jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

Shamrock clinches up against the cage.
Shamrock blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Letaivu.
A body shot lands from Letaivu.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shamrock throws a punch but it's blocked by Letaivu.
Shamrock can't find room to land a body shot as Letaivu controls the action.
Shamrock tries a body shot but Letaivu blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shamrock lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Letaivu backwards.
Letaivu stalling in the clinch but Shamrock improves position.
Shamrock takes a shot to the head.
Shamrock goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Shamrock misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Letaivu blocks a body shot from Shamrock.
Letaivu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Letaivu lands a left hand.
Letaivu misses with the head strike.
Shamrock misses with a hook to the ribs.
Shamrock scores with a shot to the side of Letaivu's head.
Shamrock tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nice body punch from Shamrock - that landed with a thud.
Letaivu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Shamrock lands a body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Letaivu.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Shamrock.

Letaivu breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Shamrock blocks a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shamrock dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Letaivu. That did some damage!
Shamrock looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Shamrock throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That kick from Shamrock tenderised Letaivu's leg. Letaivu is trying to keep his angry face on.
Letaivu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Letaivu misses with a hook.
Shamrock throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Letaivu misses with a hook. Shamrock ducked under it nicely.
Letaivu avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Letaivu throws a poor cross that misses
and Shamrock counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Letaivu walks into a straight right hand from Shamrock.
Shamrock throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Shamrock listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Letaivu misses the jab.
Shamrock doesn't manage to clinch there - Letaivu circles away.
Shamrock rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Letaivu moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Letaivu wants to counter with a clinch but Shamrock pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Letaivu throws a jab but it's blocked by Shamrock.
Letaivu avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Shamrock lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Shamrock jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Letaivu misses with a body shot.
Letaivu throws a body punch but Shamrock moves out of range.
Shamrock throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Shamrock slips under a jab from Letaivu.
Pascal Letaivu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Letaivu takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Letaivu throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Shamrock uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Letaivu.
Letaivu ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Shamrock throws a hook but Letaivu blocks it.
Letaivu doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Shamrock swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Shamrock looks to land a left hand but Letaivu moved out of range nicely.
Shamrock avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Letaivu.
Shamrock buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Shamrock blocks a jab.
Shamrock misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Letaivu.
Shamrock misses with a body shot
and Letaivu counters with a straight right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shamrock takes a swing at Letaivu's ribcage but misses.
Shamrock fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Letaivu has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Letaivu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Shamrock.
Shamrock uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Letaivu has time to react.
Shamrock swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Shamrock, as that shot connected.
Shamrock will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Shamrock swings for the body but Letaivu moves out of range.
Shamrock keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Shamrock swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Shamrock cracks Letaivu with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nick Shamrock showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Shamrock 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nick Shamrock!
Nick Shamrock spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.