PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stephan Letter (ranked 662 p4p, 105 weight class) and Harold Zoid (ranked 1026 p4p, 161 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Letter
vs
Zoid

195 cm
21
215 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

187 cm
22
225 lbs
12 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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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 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Stephan Letter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Harold Zoid!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Alyssa Summers and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Letter slips under a jab.
Zoid throws a poor cross that misses
and Zoid takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Zoid misses with a shot to the body
and Letter counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Letter works the jab nicely.
Zoid uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Letter.
Zoid closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Zoid throws a jab but it's blocked by Letter.
Letter swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Zoid throws a nice outside leg kick.
Zoid walks into a jab.
Zoid throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
It looked like Letter wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice leg kick lands there from Zoid.
Letter seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Zoid tries to clinch
and Zoid takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Letter throws a lazy uppercut
and Letter takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Zoid throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Zoid throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Letter counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Zoid fails with an attempt to clinch.
Zoid tries to close the distance and clinch but Letter swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A counter left hand to the body from Letter misses its target.
Zoid thows a leg kick but Letter checks it
and Letter counters with a straight right hand.
Letter checks a leg kick.
Letter swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Zoid misses with a left hand
and Letter counters with a nice uppercut.

Zoid is rocked!
Letter fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Zoid looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Letter throws out a loose jab but Zoid uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zoid attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
An attempted straight right counter from Letter misses the target.
Letter misses with a straight left.
Letter avoids a punch combination nicely.
It looked like Letter wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Zoid does it's job there.
Zoid throws a leg kick that is checked
and Letter counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Letter is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Zoid.
We've been informed that Zoid has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Zoid scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Zoid tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Zoid throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Letter appears to be looking for a big counter.
Zoid scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Zoid closes the distance looking to clinch
and Letter counters with a left to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Letter avoids the body shot from Zoid.
It looked like Letter wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A low kick from Zoid is predictable there
and Letter counters with a nice body shot.
Zoid avoids the body shot from Letter.
Zoid throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Letter is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Letter tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Zoid wants to clinch up but Letter keeps it at a distance.
Letter rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Letter takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Letter looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Zoid closes the distance looking to clinch
and Zoid takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Letter waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Zoid.
Letter throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Zoid throws a sloppy head kick
and Letter makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Zoid lands with a thumping leg kick.
Letter lands a lovely overhand right.
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!
Zoid looks to clinch
and Letter counters with a nice uppercut.
Letter cracks Zoid with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Zoid falls to his knees and Letter doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Stephan Letter!
A very excited looking Stephan Letter 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.