PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stephan Letter (ranked 267 p4p, 37 weight class) and Jamison Cassidy (ranked 469 p4p, 75 weight class). Cassidy has chosen Space Oddity by David Bowie as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Letter
vs
Cassidy

195 cm
22
215 lbs
11 - 2 - 0

186 cm
22
213 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Determined

Zenith Nutrition (160q/$200)

Conviction
Urban Fighter

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 11 - 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 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jamison Cassidy!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Damien Edna and Francis DeMontford.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Letter staying out of range there.
Letter throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Letter throws a lazy right hand but Cassidy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Letter scores with a body shot.
Cassidy swings widly with a right hand
and Letter counters with a three punch combo that has Cassidy backing up. Cassidy nods at Letter to acknowledge the strikes.
Letter misses the jab.
Cassidy throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Letter on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Cassidy shoots in but no luck this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cassidy fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Letter misses with a looping right.
Cassidy looks to land a right hand but Letter moved out of range.
Nice shot lands for Letter.

It looks like Jamison Cassidy has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cassidy lands with a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Letter throws a hook but Cassidy avoids it easily.
A big left from Letter misses.
Letter keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Letter seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Cassidy misses with a takedown
and Letter counters with a stiff right hand.
Cassidy jabs at Letter's body.
Cassidy tries to clinch up
and Letter counters with a nice uppercut.
Cassidy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cassidy thumps Letter with a low kick.
Cassidy works Letter's body with a nice hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Letter avoids the body shot from Cassidy.
Cassidy throws a good cross that connects.
Cassidy clobbers Letter with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Cassidy is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Letter rather than just go for the knockout.
Cassidy tries a low kick but Letter avoids it.
Cassidy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Letter appears to be looking for a big counter.
Letter missing with a left hand there. Cassidy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cassidy misses with an uppercut
and Cassidy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cassidy moves out of range of the strikes.
Cassidy connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Letter gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Cassidy throws a quick inside leg kick.
Cassidy slips a straight right by Letter.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Letter.
Cassidy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Stephan Letter is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cassidy misses with a lunging right hand
and Letter cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cassidy misses with a hook to the body
and Letter counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cassidy fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Letter.
Letter looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Letter throws a hook to the side of Cassidy's head but Cassidy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cassidy feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Letter's calf.
Cassidy misses with a jab to the body
and Letter connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Letter fails to land with a series of punches.
Cassidy looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Letter is fending him off so far but Cassidy persists. Nope, Letter circles away and we're back to standing.
Stephan Letter has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jamison Cassidy.
The fighters circling - Letter throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A telegraphed right hand from Cassidy misses the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cassidy fails with the takedown
and Cassidy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cassidy tries to clinch but Letter moves out of range.
Cassidy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Letter throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cassidy misses with a leg kick
and Letter counters with a straight right hand.

Cassidy is rocked!
Cassidy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Letter throws an overhand right that lands on Cassidy's shoulder, as Cassidy tries to avoid the shot.
Cassidy looks to score with a jab to the body but Letter is just out of range.
Cassidy wants to clinch up but Letter keeps it at a distance.
Letter swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Cassidy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stephan Letter dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jamison Cassidy's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Cassidy closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Letter quickly recovers to half guard.

Cassidy is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Letter is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cassidy can do to turn this around?

Cassidy is trying to work for a kimura but Letter is defending well.
Cassidy throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Letter to regain full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Letter is looking to stand up but Cassidy isn't so interested in that idea.
Cassidy tries to free his leg and advance position but Letter is retaining full guard.
Cassidy throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cassidy throwing strikes from guard but Letter blocks nicely.
Cassidy wants to control from the top but Letter keeps moving.
Cassidy looking to sit in guard and control but Letter gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Letter postures up.

Cassidy looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Cassidy working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Letter has passed into half guard!

Letter postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Cassidy to stand up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cassidy throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Letter counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Letter scores with a crisp jab that stopped Cassidy in his tracks.

Letter lands a big uppercut and Cassidy crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Cassidy looks OK. Letter waves Cassidy back to his feet!
Cassidy is still on wobbly legs! Can Letter finish him?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Letter lands a brutal uppercut that launches Cassidy off his feet! Cassidy tumbles to the floor, barely conscious - the referee jumps in to save him from a beating! Wow, what an ending!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Stephan Letter!
Stephan Letter seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.