PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Coconut Bagaganja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Letto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Letto has chosen S.O.A.D. - Sugar as his entrance music. Ray Letto has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bagaganja
vs
Letto

200 cm
20
215 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

185 cm
20
220 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Coconut Bagaganja!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ray Letto!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Stewart Dunkirk and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Letto closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Bagaganja counter with a right hand.
Letto closes the distance looking to clinch
and Bagaganja counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Letto tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Bagaganja counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Letto darts in trying to clinch
and Bagaganja counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bagaganja is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Bagaganja connects with a high kick.
Letto closes the distance but Bagaganja moves to the side

and Bagaganja counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Letto is trying to break free.
Bagaganja has Letto pressed against the cage.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Bagaganja for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Bagaganja is working Letto over against the cage.
Letto letting Bagaganja take a breather here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Letto is trying to force a seperation but Bagaganja has the dominant position.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Coconut Bagaganja.
Letto wants to clinch but Bagaganja slips to the side
and Bagaganja makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Bagaganja lands with a slapping head kick.

It looks like Ray Letto has been cut.
Letto tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Bagaganja counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Bagaganja has Letto pressed against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bagaganja.
Letto blocking some punches.
Bagaganja stalling in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bagaganja gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Coconut Bagaganja.
Bagaganja circles away from the clinch attempt
and Bagaganja counters with a leg kick.

Bagaganja throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Letto was covering up waiting for the punch and Bagaganja finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Bagaganja will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Letto is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Bagaganja advances position into side control!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bagaganja throws a strike aimed at the side of Letto's head but Letto avoids it well.
Letto managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Bagaganja.
Bagaganja tries to score with some ground and pound. Letto controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Bagaganja creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Letto sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
An elbow from Bagaganja crashes against the mat.
Bagaganja has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Bagaganja throws a strike aimed at the side of Letto's head but Letto avoids it well.
Bagaganja throws a strike aimed at the side of Letto's head but Letto avoids it well.
Bagaganja throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Bagaganja throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Bagaganja throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
The strikes coming from Bagaganja are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Bagaganja misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Bagaganja working the body and head with strikes.
Bagaganja landing a few strikes.
Bagaganja scoring with punches and elbows.
Bagaganja tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Bagaganja working the body and head with strikes.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Letto can do anything to dispel that myth.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bagaganja lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Bagaganja is working Letto over with some ground and pound from side control.
Letto looks gassed!
Bagaganja lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Coconut Bagaganja dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ray Letto's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Bagaganja circles away from the clinch attempt
and Bagaganja counters with a left and a right that stings Letto.
Bagaganja fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Bagaganja circles away from the clinch attempt
and Bagaganja counters with a leg kick.
Letto moves to clinch but Bagaganja breaks away

and Bagaganja counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bagaganja throws a big right hand that misses.
Bagaganja throws a big right hand that misses.
Bagaganja distracts Letto with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Bagaganja postures up and lands a big shot to Letto's brow.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bagaganja accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Bagaganja working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Letto is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bagaganja lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Coconut Bagaganja overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bagaganja thows a big elbow that misses.
Bagaganja landing some decent shots from guard.
Bagaganja works over Letto with some ground and pound from guard.
Bagaganja works over Letto with some ground and pound from guard.
Bagaganja is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Bagaganja postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Bagaganja is working Letto over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Bagaganja postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bagaganja throws a big right hand that misses.
Bagaganja is pushing down on Letto's leg trying to pass to half guard. Letto is fighting to maintain full guard but Bagaganja has managed to sneak the leg through.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Bagaganja connects with a nice short shot to Letto's temple.
Bagaganja missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Letto keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Bagaganja not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Bagaganja throwing shots but Letto is blocking nicely.
Letto keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Bagaganja seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Bagaganja takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bagaganja not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Letto is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Bagaganja scores with a couple of nice shots.
Bagaganja takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Bagaganja lands strikes from half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Letto on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Bagaganja looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Letto with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Bagaganja looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Bagaganja passes the guard and advances to mount!
Bagaganja pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bagaganja looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Bagaganja fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bagaganja scoring with strikes but Letto is staying in there.
Bagaganja is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Letto can do to turn this around?
Bagaganja is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Bagaganja landing punches.
Bagaganja landing punches.
Bagaganja landing punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bagaganja lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Letto hang on?
Bagaganja cracks Letto with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Coconut Bagaganja dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ray Letto's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bagaganja, right into the meat.

Bagaganja closes the distance and clinches.
Bagaganja is stalling here.
Letto is looking to break free of the clinch but Bagaganja has double underhooks.
Letto is trying to break the clinch but Bagaganja is controlling him.

Bagaganja pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bagaganja throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Bagaganja instigates a clinch.

Bagaganja's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bagaganja tries a head kick but it misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Letto tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Bagaganja counters with a leg kick.
Letto closes the distance looking to clinch
and Bagaganja counters with a thumping low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Letto stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bagaganja.
Bagaganja lands with an uppercut that bounces Letto off the cage and back into rage.
Bagaganja circles away from the clinch attempt
and Bagaganja counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Letto 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.
Bagaganja lands with a thumping leg kick.
Bagaganja scores with a leg kick.
Bagaganja circles away from the clinch attempt

and Bagaganja moves into the clinch.
Bagaganja lands with a short shot to the head.
Come on Bagaganja - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Bagaganja makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Letto.
Bagaganja leaning against his opponent.
Bagaganja prevents Letto from breaking the clinch.
Bagaganja doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Bagaganja breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Letto closes the distance but Bagaganja moves to the side
and Bagaganja counters with an inside leg kick.
Letto ducks right into an uppercut from Bagaganja.
Letto tries to clinch but Bagaganja moves away
and Bagaganja counters with an outside leg kick.
Letto looks to clinch
and Bagaganja counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Letto is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Bagaganja has managed to clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Letto tries to break free but Bagaganja pushes him back against the cage.

Bagaganja escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Letto tries to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

Bagaganja shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Letto preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bagaganja postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bagaganja postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bagaganja working some strikes from top position.
Bagaganja postures up in Letto's guard and throws a big left but Letto blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bagaganja with a flurry of punches that miss.
Bagaganja is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Bagaganja thows a big elbow that misses.
Bagaganja throws a big right hand that misses.
Bagaganja landing with the ground and pound.
Bagaganja throwing strikes but missing.
Letto working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bagaganja.
Ray Letto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Coconut Bagaganja is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bagaganja forces his way into half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Coconut Bagaganja showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bagaganja has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 30:24
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:24
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Coconut Bagaganja!