PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Haislan Garcia (ranked 548 p4p, 63 weight class) and Pascal Letaivu (ranked 497 p4p, 59 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Garcia
vs
Letaivu

175 cm
30
155 lbs
19 - 7 - 1

170 cm
30
151 lbs
19 - 16 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Haislan Garcia!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pascal Letaivu!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Daniel Blasius and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Letaivu misses the jab.
Haislan Garcia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garcia lands with an uppercut that bounces Letaivu off the cage and back into range.
Letaivu keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Garcia.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Letaivu checks a leg kick.
Letaivu misses with a hook.
Garcia connects with a crisp jab.
Garcia slips a straight right by Letaivu.
Letaivu throws a hook but Garcia blocks it.
A shot to the liver by Letaivu. Beautiful body shot.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Garcia, as that shot connected.
Garcia uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Garcia checks a leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Garcia misses the target.

Letaivu instigates a clinch.
Letaivu blocking some punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garcia tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Letaivu lands with a short shot to the head.
Garcia lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Letaivu scores with a shoulder strike.
Letaivu is looking to control Garcia's arms but Garcia gets an underhook and turns him. Now Letaivu has his back to the cage.
Letaivu misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Letaivu digs a right hand into Garcia's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Garcia's gas tank.
Letaivu doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Letaivu goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Letaivu is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Garcia is defending well for now.
Letaivu misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Garcia.
Garcia misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Letaivu throws a head punch that misses.
Letaivu avoids a wild elbow strike from Garcia.
Garcia blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Letaivu can't find room to land a body shot as Garcia controls the action.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Garcia creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Letaivu tries to throw a body punch but Garcia avoids it by throwing Letaivu back against the cage.
Letaivu lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Garcia blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Garcia misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Letaivu lands a right hand that snaps the head of Garcia backwards.
Garcia throws a head punch that misses.
Garcia lands with a short shot to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Letaivu doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Letaivu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Garcia misses with a punch on the inside.
Letaivu lands with a left to the head.
Letaivu tries to throw a body punch but Garcia avoids it by throwing Letaivu back against the cage.
Letaivu blocking some punches.
Letaivu working aggressively here.
Letaivu pushes Garcia back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Good body shot from Letaivu.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Letaivu.

Garcia breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Letaivu avoids the body shot from Garcia.
Letaivu misses the body punch
and Garcia counters with a stiff right hand.
Letaivu misses with an uppercut. Garcia saw that one coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Letaivu drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Letaivu loads up on a big right hand but Garcia slips the punch.
Garcia lands with a straight right. Letaivu didn't see that one coming.
Letaivu takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Garcia, right into the meat.
A slow jab from Garcia misses its intended target.
Letaivu swinging wildly here.
Garcia is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Letaivu.
Garcia fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Letaivu checks it well.
Letaivu misses with a body shot.
Letaivu misses with a hook.
Garcia lands with a right hand.
Garcia is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
That kick from Garcia tenderised Letaivu's leg. Letaivu is trying to keep his angry face on.
Garcia is looking to chop away at Letaivu's legs.
Letaivu throws a jab when Garcia was well out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Letaivu checks a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Letaivu throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garcia missing with a left hand there. Letaivu was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Letaivu throws a low kick but Garcia avoids it.
It looked like Garcia was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Letaivu.
A looping hook to the body misses from Letaivu. Garcia does a little dance to reset his feet.
Garcia throws a lazy uppercut

and Letaivu counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Letaivu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Letaivu softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Garcia blocks a body shot from Letaivu.
Letaivu tries to work over Garcia's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Letaivu misses with a body punch.
A short body shot lands from Letaivu as the two fighters clinch.
Letaivu tries to throw a body punch but Garcia avoids it by throwing Letaivu back against the cage.
Garcia prevents a body shot from Letaivu.
Garcia throws an elbow but it misses.
Garcia misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Garcia.
Garcia blocks a body shot from Letaivu.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Pascal Letaivu will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Garcia connects with a single shot there.
Letaivu throws a series of punches but Garcia avoids them all with ease.
Haislan Garcia is winning the standup battle so far.
Garcia misses with a double jab.
Garcia attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Garcia throws a leg kick which misses Letaivu's front leg but catches the back leg as Letaivu tries to avoid it.
Letaivu throws a shot from downtown. Garcia moves away and avoids it.
Garcia lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Garcia ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Letaivu throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Garcia sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Letaivu displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Garcia throws out the jab.
Garcia waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Letaivu.
Letaivu scores with a hook to the body. Garcia takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Garcia bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Letaivu's head backwards.
Letaivu misses with a straight right.
Letaivu thows a leg kick but Garcia checks it
and Garcia cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Letaivu ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Letaivu blocks a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Letaivu misses with an uppercut.
Letaivu takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Garcia is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Garcia displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Letaivu throws out the jab.
It looks like Garcia has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Garcia on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Letaivu displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Garcia throws out the jab.
Letaivu misses with a left hand
and Garcia makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Garcia scores with a jab.
Garcia listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Garcia swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Letaivu throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Garcia on the side of the head.
A slow jab from Garcia misses its intended target.
A swing and a miss from Letaivu.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An inside leg kick lands from Garcia.
Garcia throws a head kick that half lands.
Letaivu getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot by Garcia.
Letaivu lands with a right hand.
Garcia throws a jab but it's blocked by Letaivu.
Letaivu uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Garcia has time to react.
Garcia ducks right into an uppercut from Letaivu.
Garcia jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Letaivu scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Letaivu scores with a body shot.
Garcia throws a sloppy body shot
and Letaivu connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Garcia is rocked!
Letaivu drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Garcia right on the button. Garcia goes down! Letaivu follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Letaivu gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pascal Letaivu!
Pascal Letaivu is the new featherweight champion!
Our winner, Pascal Letaivu, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.