PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Scotty Bapp (ranked 294 p4p, 40 weight class) and Stephan Letter (ranked 432 p4p, 63 weight class). Scotty Bapp has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bapp
vs
Letter

225 cm
26
209 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

195 cm
28
215 lbs
20 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Park Place Pharmacy

Pit Bull Development

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 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Scotty Bapp!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Stephan Letter!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Sosuke Kotani and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Letter misses with the combination.
Letter lands with a straight right. Bapp didn't see that one coming.
Letter throws the left hand but Bapp avoids the punch easily.
Letter misses with a hook.
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.
Letter misses with a body punch
and Bapp counters with a straight right hand.
Letter defending well as Bapp loads up on a big left hand.
Letter throws a head kick that Bapp semi-blocks.
Letter misses with a double jab.
Some wild striking there from Letter.
Nice jab there from Letter.
Letter throws a sloppy head kick and Bapp moves out of range easily.
Letter misses with a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bapp looks to score with a jab to the body but Letter is just out of range.
Letter cracks Bapp with an open hand slap.
Letter throws a head kick that misses
and Bapp counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Bapp keeps the fight on the outside.
Bapp really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Letter misses with an uppercut. Bapp saw that one coming.
Letter uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bapp.
Letter throws a hook but Bapp blocks it.
A slow jab from Bapp misses its intended target.
Bapp pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Letter. Bapp does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bapp is looking to counter with head kicks.
Letter throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A punch combination from Letter misses.
Letter throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Bapp stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Bapp blocks a jab.
Bapp lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Bapp blocks a head kick by Letter.
Bapp is looking to counter with head kicks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A left lands for Bapp.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Letter tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Letter throws an off balance right hand

and Bapp counters with a crisp right hand that drops Letter! Bapp lets Letter back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

Letter is rocked!

It looks like Stephan Letter has been cut.
Letter blocks a head kick by Bapp.
Letter is still on wobbly legs! Can Bapp finish him?
Letter staying out of range there.
Letter seems to have recovered his senses.
Bapp ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Letter scores with a shot to the body.
Letter fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bapp manages to avoid it.
Letter misses with a hook
enabling Bapp to counter with a crisp jab.
Bapp looks to land a right hand but Letter moved out of range.
Letter fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bapp manages to avoid it.
Bapp drops Letter with a naaaaasty hook - Letter is in real trouble here! Bapp dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Scotty Bapp!
A relieved looking Scotty Bapp thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.