PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stephan Letter (ranked 3178 p4p, 395 weight class) and Lars Hard (ranked 3400 p4p, 423 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Letter
vs
Hard

195 cm
19
215 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

197 cm
19
220 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Stephan Letter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Lars Hard!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Steve Montenegro and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Hard.
Letter connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Letter throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hard counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Stephan Letter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hard throws a big shot that misses.
Letter uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hard.
Hard slips a straight right by Letter.
Hard tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Letter was well out of range. Poor timing from Hard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Letter misses with a hook. Hard ducked under it nicely.
Hard throws out a counter right but Letter avoids it with no problem.
Letter misses with a wild combination.
Letter throws an off balance right hand
and Hard counters with a straight right hand.
Letter misses with a jab to the body
letting Hard counter with a right hand.
Letter definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Letter avoids the body shot from Hard.
It looked like Letter wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Hard thows a left - swing and a miss!
Letter takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hard walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Hard moves away from the strike by Letter.
Hard lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Letter closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Hard! Letter dives in looking to finish! Hard is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Stephan Letter!
A very excited looking Stephan Letter made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.