PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thiago Thiago (ranked 623 p4p, 85 weight class) and Stephan Letter (ranked 628 p4p, 86 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Thiago
vs
Letter

193 cm
28
215 lbs
14 - 8 - 0

195 cm
24
215 lbs
14 - 5 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Conviction

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

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 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thiago Thiago!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Stephan Letter!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Sergei Dronov and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Letter misses with a left hand
and Thiago counters with a good low kick that Letter was not able to check.
Letter scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Thiago staying out of range there.
Letter throws a lazy head kick
and Thiago counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Letter throws a big shot that misses.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Letter - that will leave a mark!
Thiago cracks Letter with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Letter scores with a head kick.
Letter throws a shot from downtown. Thiago moves away and avoids it.
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!
Nice body kick from Thiago.
Letter swings away with a body shot that misses
and Thiago connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Letter thows a left - swing and a miss!
Thiago is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Thiago. Letter does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab from Letter.
Letter lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Thiago circles away quickly and effectively.
Thiago slips under a jab.
Letter misses with a body kick.
Thiago blocks a head kick by Letter.
Thiago quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Letter swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Thiago on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Thiago looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Letter swinging wildly here.
A chopping leg kick lands by Thiago.
A slow jab from Letter misses its intended target.
Thiago throws the kick towards the body but Letter avoids it.
Letter 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Letter scores with a body shot.
Letter misses with a left hand
and Thiago counters with a nice uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Letter. Thiago does a little dance to reset his feet.
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!
Thiago lands a really nice looking cross but Letter seems unphased.
Thiago ducks under a wild hook from Letter.
A left lands for Letter.
Thiago throws a low kick but it's checked well by Letter.
Letter takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Thiago lands a right hook to the body.
Letter throws a series of strikes that have Thiago backpedaling.
Thiago takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Thiago misses with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Letter misses with a body shot.
It looked like Thiago wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Letter misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Thiago counters with a thumping low kick.
Thiago scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Letter fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Thiago.
Letter fails to land with a series of punches.
Letter takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Thiago steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Letter.
Thiago half committed to a counter leg kick.
Letter scores with a head kick. Thiago tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Letter swings away with a body shot that misses
and Thiago counters with a nice body shot.
Letter looks winded!
Thiago buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thiago looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thiago lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Letter falls off balance throwing a combination
and Thiago counters with a right hand from hell and Letter is out cold! A vicious knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Thiago Thiago!
After winning the bout, Thiago Thiago thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.