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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stephan Letter (ranked 920 p4p, 136 weight class) and Caul Rogba (ranked 1296 p4p, 184 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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224 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Stephan Letter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Caul Rogba!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Steve Montenegro and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rogba throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rogba takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Letter defending well as Rogba loads up on a big left hand.
Letter takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Rogba thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rogba has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Rogba ducks under a wild hook from Letter.
Rogba throws a right hand that misses
and Letter counters with a three punch combo that has Rogba backing up. Rogba nods at Letter to acknowledge the strikes.
Rogba is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rogba. Letter does a little dance to reset his feet.
Letter swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rogba throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Letter stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Rogba misses with a hook to the body
and Letter counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice cross by Letter.
Letter bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Rogba's head.
Rogba waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Letter.
It looked like Letter was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Letter slips a straight right by Rogba.
Rogba on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Rogba lands with a good body shot.
Rogba just misses with a punch to the body.
Letter avoids the body shot from Rogba.
Rogba misses with a hook
and Letter counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Letter lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rogba circles away quickly and effectively.
It seemed like Rogba was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
We've been told by Letter's head coaches at Zero Tolerance that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Rogba misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Letter.
Rogba throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Letter counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rogba misses with a series of wild punches.
Letter swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A jab from Rogba misses.
Letter was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Rogba displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Letter throws out the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Letter defending well as Rogba loads up on a big left hand.
Rogba throws a jab but it's blocked by Letter.
Rogba jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rogba scores with a crisp jab that stopped Letter in his tracks.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rogba throws a predictable looking body shot
letting Letter counter with a right hand.
Letter bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Rogba's head backwards.
Rogba throws a jab when Letter was well out of range.
Letter throws a right hand that misses
and Letter takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rogba throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
It looked like Letter was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Rogba.
Letter takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Letter walks into a straight right hand from Rogba.
Rogba looks to land a right hand but Letter moved out of range.
Rogba swings widly with a right hand
and Letter counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rogba is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rogba tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Letter was well out of range. Poor timing from Rogba.
Rogba is still on wobbly legs! Can Letter finish him?
Rogba throws a poor cross that misses
letting Letter counter with a right hand.
A big left from Rogba misses.
Caul Rogba seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rogba ducks under a wild hook from Letter.
Rogba misses with a right hand
and Letter counters with a crisp right that sends Rogba to the canvas! Letter follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Stephan Letter!
Stephan Letter thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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