PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rey Rosales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pierre Letot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pierre Letot will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Rosales
vs
Letot

152 cm
18
278 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

194 cm
25
264 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Hates pizza

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rey Rosales!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Pierre Letot!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Paul Aken and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Rosales looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Letot!
Rosales throws an elbow but Letot slips to the side and avoids it well.
Letot gets back to half guard.
Rosales working Letot over with strikes.
Letot throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Ground and pound from Rosales.
Letot tries to kick Rosales off but Rosales keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Letot avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Rosales.
Letot is trying to stand back up but Rosales is controlling him

Letot looking for submissions off his back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Letot avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Rosales.
Rosales could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Well, if Rosales is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

Letot looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Letot is trying to stand back up but Rosales is controlling him
Letot keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Letot wants to get back to full guard.
Letot missing with punches from the bottom.

Letot has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Rosales is on him like a limpet, forcing Letot back against the cage.
Rosales drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Letot manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Letot moves into range and clinches up with Rosales.

Letot breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Letot dips to his left and cracks Rosales with an uppercut!
Rosales tries to close the distance and clinch up but Letot swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Rosales.
Letot lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Rosales shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Letot pinned against the cage. Letot gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Letot let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rey Rosales. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rosales throws a lazy body kick
and Letot counters with a lovely straight right hand!

It looks like Rey Rosales has been cut.
Letot swats away the attempt to clinch by Rosales.
A bone on bone clash there as Rosales blocks the leg kick.
Rosales tries to close the distance and clinch up but Letot swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Letot forces Rosales back against the cage and clinches.
Letot leaning against his opponent.
Letot lands a body shot in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Letot manages to break the clinch.
Rosales doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Rosales is breathing heavily.
Letot throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Rosales takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Letot drops Rosales with a big left hand! Rosales is injured, injured bad! Letot jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pierre Letot!