PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between kerry Letters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cameron Braga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cameron Braga has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with kerry Letters's chin.

Letters
vs
Braga

172 cm
19
164 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

168 cm
18
156 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, kerry Letters!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cameron Braga!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Robert Twigg and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Letters shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Braga as he avoids it easily.
Cameron Braga seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Letters gets a clinch.
Letters is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Braga gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Braga is looking to break free of the clinch but Letters has double underhooks.
Letters keeps control of Braga as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Letters wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for kerry Letters. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Letters gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Braga is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Letters wants to pass to mount but Braga is defending the position.

Letters is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Braga is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Letters's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Letters's back!
Letters has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Braga tries to get the hooks in deep but Letters pushed the leg off.
Braga misses with an elbow to the head.

Braga is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Letters defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Letters holding both Braga 's hands and preventing any damage.
Braga not allowing Letters to control his hands.
Braga throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
Letters is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Braga is not going to allow Letters to sit and survive in this position.
Braga punches the canvas rather than the man.
Letters is really stuck here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Letters staying busy and making it hard for Braga to control.
Braga is hanging on to Letters's back as he tries to escape.
Letters breaks Braga's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Letters is breathing heavily.
Braga wants to sweep here but Letters controlling him for the moment.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Braga throws a sloppy head kick and Letters moves out of range easily.

Braga closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Braga prevents the takedown attempt.

Letters has Braga pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Letters pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Braga tumbling to the mat - Letters dives into Braga's guard.
Braga looking for a sweep. Not yet Braga, not yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Letters with a flurry of punches that miss.
Braga is trying to keep Letters in close.
Letters wants to pass the guard but Braga is keeping the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Letters wants to control from the top but Braga keeps moving.
Letters trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Braga trying to control the position.
Letters sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Braga's guard.
Braga wants to get back to full guard.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Letters drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Braga wants to sweep here but Letters controlling him for the moment.
Letters slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Braga looking for a sweep. Not yet Braga, not yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Braga is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Letters controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Letters has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

Letters is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Braga controlling the position.
Letters pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Braga is keeping the position for now.
Letters working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

kerry Letters dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Letters closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Braga did well to prevent Letters getting side control.
Letters throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Braga tries to roll over but Letters keeps him under control.
Letters looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Letters is looking to advance position but Braga won't allow it.
Braga is staying active underneath Letters, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Letters perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Braga trying to hold on to Letters's head to control him but Letters postures up.

Letters is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Braga is just riding it out for now. Letters eventually gives up the hold.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Letters slips a jab and a cross from Braga.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Braga tries to clinch but Letters moves away

so Letters counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Braga keeping moving, preventing Letters from controlling successfully.
Letters sitting in guard here, content to control.

Letters is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Braga tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Braga keeping full guard, as Letters tries to pass.
Braga looking to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Letters thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Braga is trying to control the position but Letters postures up.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Letters fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Braga throws a right and a left that Letters avoids nicely.
Letters looks to land a right hand but Braga moved out of range.
Braga stuffs the takedown.

Letters scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Letters looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Letters working away.
kerry Letters overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Letters tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Letters has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Letters throws an elbow but Braga slips to the side and avoids it well.

Letters is trying to get an arm triangle but Braga is defending well.
Braga can't do much from the bottom here.

Letters working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Letters postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Braga wants to control but Letters postures up.
Braga taking punishment in the form of punches.
Letters landing strikes.
Braga takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Letters working the head with strikes.
Letters lands a decent elbow from side control.
Braga tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Letters wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

Letters thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Letters wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Braga, who protects the arm well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

kerry Letters dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Braga stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Braga wants it to stay on the feet.
Letters shoots in but no luck this time.
Nice sprawl there from Braga as Letters shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for kerry Letters. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Braga lands with a nice combination. Letters backs away looking to recover.
Braga scores with a one two! Letters had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Braga lands a high kick!
Braga lands a nice looking kick to the body. Letters takes a step back to recover.
Letters takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Letters tries to clinch
and Braga counters with a series of strikes. Letters will be more careful next time no doubt.
Braga is looking to slow Letters down with leg kicks.
Braga looks to land a combination but Letters avoids it well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Braga defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Letters.
Braga leaves Letters with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Letters with a poor takedown
and Braga counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Letters circles away from the clinch attempt.
Braga defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Letters.
Braga throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Letters shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Braga defends it nicely.
Braga leaves Letters with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Braga dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Letters shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Braga counters with a nice uppercut.
Letters shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Braga as he jumps to the side.
Letters misses with a takedown attempt - Braga sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Letters doesn't manage to clinch there - Braga circles away.
Cameron Braga has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Braga is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Braga scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Letters fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Letters lands with an overhand left.
Braga lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Letters shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Braga as he jumps to the side.
Braga doesn't manage to clinch there - Letters circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Letters looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Braga tries to clinch

and Letters counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Braga is refusing to be controlled, as Letters sits in half guard.
Letters is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Braga is trying to get back to full guard.
Letters is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Braga is in trouble now - Letters has advanced to mount!
Letters controlling the pace for now.
Braga is trying desperately to improve position.
Letters lands a big elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Braga tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Letters punishing his opponent with strikes.
Letters sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Letters lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Letters looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Letters scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Letters lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Letters is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Braga has managed to escape the submission attempt.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Letters lands a big elbow.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to kerry Letters.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Letters, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:28
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:28
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... kerry Letters!