PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stephan Letter (ranked 540 p4p, 80 weight class) and Onni Seppala (ranked 614 p4p, 90 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Seppala's choice of entrance music: Husky Rescue - summertime cowboy . Onni Seppala has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Letter
vs
Seppala

195 cm
24
215 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

194 cm
28
225 lbs
17 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Sin City Allstars
Zenith Nutrition (160q/$200)

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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 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Stephan Letter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Onni Seppala!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Paul Gruel and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Seppala misses with a leg kick
and Letter connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Letter throws a head kick that misses.
Letter has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Zero Tolerance in the buildup to the fight.
Letter misses with a looping right.
Letter shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

Seppala rushes Letter and presses him up against the cage.
Letter can't break the clinch.
Letter blocks a body shot from Seppala.
Letter lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Seppala backwards.
Seppala misses with a short punch on the inside.
Letter wants to break free but Seppala has control.
Letter throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Seppalas head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Letter pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Letter checks a leg kick.
Letter looks to land a right hand but Seppala moved out of range.
Seppala looks to land a right hand but Letter moved out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Letter will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Seppala throws out a counter right but Letter avoids it with no problem.
A big left from Letter misses.
Seppala throws an off balance right hand
and Letter connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Seppala misses with a lunging right hand
and Letter counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Letter checks a low kick from Seppala.
Seppala ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Seppala was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Letter moves out of range of the strikes.
Letter is looking for a counter combo.
Seppala misses with the combination.
Letter quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Letter lands a head kick!

It looks like Onni Seppala has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seppala scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Seppala throws a right hand that misses
and Letter connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Seppala clinches up against the cage.
Letter struggles to land a body shot inside as Seppala controls his hands.
Seppala misses with a hook to the ribs.
Seppala just leaning against Letter, taking a breather.
Letter misses with the head strike.
Seppala lands with a right to the head.

Letter breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Seppala looks to land a right hand but Letter moved out of range.
Letter is looking to counter punch.
Seppala feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Letters jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Letter swings widly with a right hand
and Letter takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Seppala throws a hook but Letter blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Seppala misses.
Letter misses with the combination.
Seppala tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Seppala throws a nice inside leg kick.
Seppala lands with a thumping leg kick.
Seppala throws a nice inside leg kick.
Seppala connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Letter comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Letter misses with the combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seppala shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Seppala blocks a leg kick.
Seppala throws a half hearted mid kick.
Seppala moves in looking to clinch but Letter pushes him off.
Seppala is looking to score with low kicks.
Letter is looking to counter punch.
Seppala moves to clinch but Letter breaks away
and Letter cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Letter drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Seppala throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Seppala throws a poor cross that misses
and Letter counters with a nice uppercut.
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 Onni Seppala's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Seppala rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Letter counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Nice cross by Seppala.
Letter looks to land a right hand but Seppala moved out of range.
Letter swings for the body but Seppala moves out of range.
Seppala throws a body punch but Letter moves out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Letter misses the target.
Letter gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Seppala scores with a nice right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Seppala feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Letter's calf.
Seppala throws a low kick but it's checked well by Letter.
Good exchange - Seppala coming out on top.

Seppala gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Seppala misses with the head strike.
Letter swings wildly with an uppercut but Seppala uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Letter creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Letter's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Seppala tries to clinch there but Letter circles away.
Letter throws a hook but Seppala avoids it easily.
Letter misses with a double jab.
Seppala avoids the head kick by Letter.
Letter drops his hands momentarily and Seppala takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Letter is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Seppala misses with an uppercut
and Letter counters with a nice uppercut.
Seppala fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Letter on the side of the head.
Letter throws a sloppy head kick and Seppala moves out of range easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Letter doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Seppala lands a nice looking body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Letter walks into a left hand.
Onni Seppala seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Seppala misses with a hook. Letter ducked under it nicely.
Letter has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Seppala throws the left hand but Letter avoids the punch easily.
Letter throws a big counter combination but Seppala scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Seppala takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Letter throws a right and a left that Seppala avoids nicely.
Seppala scores with a punch to the head.
Letter motions for Seppala to come forward. Letter throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Letter blocks a leg kick.
Seppala is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Letter.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Letter throws a low kick, looking for Seppala's leg but Seppala calmly moves out of range.
Seppala appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Letter scores with a sloppy right hand. Seppala should have avoided that one.
Letter misses with a double jab.
Letter rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Seppala counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Seppala tries to close the distance and clinch up but Letter swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Seppala moves in looking to clinch but Letter pushes him off.
Seppala feints and then cracks Letter's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Letter down.
A left lands for Seppala.
A big right from Letter misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Seppala! But no joy.
Seppala jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Seppala looks to score with a jab to the body but Letter is just out of range.
Letter appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Stephan Letter is winning the standup battle so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seppala lands a two punch combo.
Seppala throws out a loose jab but Letter uses good head movement to avoid it.
Letter rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Seppala moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Seppala throws out a counter right but Letter avoids it with no problem.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Seppala stuns Letter with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Seppala.
Seppala throws a body kick that misses.
Seppala throws a shot from downtown. Letter moves away and avoids it.
Letter throws a lazy head kick
and Seppala makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Letter really felt that one!
Seppala tries to clinch but Letter is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Seppala looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Letter throwing a counter right hand but Seppala manages to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Onni Seppala showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Onni Seppala's cut.
That's time! Letter's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!

Seppala misses with a body kick.
Letter swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Letter misses with an uppercut. Seppala saw that one coming.
Letter takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Letter swinging wildly here.
Letter keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Seppala.
Letter feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Letter takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A slow jab from Seppala misses its intended target.
Letter thinks about countering with a body kick.
Letter throws a shot from downtown. Seppala moves away and avoids it.
Seppala looks to land a right hand but Letter moved out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Letter has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Letter there as he acknowledges the shot.
Letter misses with a straight right.
Seppala throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Letter on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Seppala avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Seppala tries to counter by closing the distance.
Letter misses the jab.
Letter misses with the combination.
Seppala swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Letter catches Seppala with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

Seppala rushes Letter and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seppala lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Letter lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Seppala tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Seppala tries to work over Letter's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Letter has a couple of punches blocked by Seppala.
A right handed body shot lands from Letter.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Letter lands a hook to the side of the head.
Seppala working aggressively here.
Letter is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Letter taking a breather.
Letter stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Letter lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Seppala.

Seppala breaks from the clinch.
Seppala uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Letter.
Seppala steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Letter.
Seppala ducks under a wild hook from Letter.
Letter staying out of range there.
Letter is looking to counter punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Letter.
Letter uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Seppala.
Seppala on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Seppala moves out of range as Letter strikes.
Letter swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Seppala takes one to the chin there.

Seppala has Letter up against the cage in a clinch.
Letter lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Letter scores with a shoulder strike.
Seppala blocks an uppercut.
Letter slowing the pace effectively.
Letter working aggressively here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Letter scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Seppala lands a right hand.
Seppala misses with a punch on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Letter lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Letter fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Letter lands an uppercut.
Letter working aggressively here.
Letter holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Seppala misses with a hook to the ribs.

Seppala breaks the clinch.
Seppala ducks under a wild hook from Letter.
Seppala darts in trying to clinch
and Letter counters with a solid body kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Stephan Letter showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Letter has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Jeff Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stephan Letter!
A victorious Stephan Letter thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.