PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Esa Kettu (ranked 1174 p4p, 145 weight class) and Finn The Human (ranked 1345 p4p, 165 weight class). The Human comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Adventure Time kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Kettu
vs
The Human

179 cm
25
159 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

175 cm
24
164 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Freebok (85% Laundry)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Esa Kettu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Finn The Human!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Anni Minnemäki and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Human misses with a body shot.
Kettu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but The Human moves away.
The Human tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kettu uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from The Human.
The Human pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The fighters circling - Kettu throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kettu has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Kettu there as he acknowledges the shot.
The Human missing with a left hand there. Kettu was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

The Human has taken the fight to the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kettu.
Kettu tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kettu creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Kettu breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The Human sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Kettu throws out a loose jab but The Human uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kettu throws a lazy right hand but The Human sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The Human steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Kettu.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kettu lands a leg kick that knocks The Human off balance momentarily.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by The Human.
A telegraphed right hand from Kettu misses the target.
Kettu pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kettu moves out of range of the strikes.
The Human throws a predictable looking body shot
and Kettu counters with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Human lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The Human misses with a low kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Kettu - that will leave a mark!
The Human throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kettu counters with a straight right hand.
The Human takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Kettu throws a head kick that misses.
Kettu chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A telegraphed right hand from The Human misses the target.
Kettu was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
The Human tries to clinch up but Kettu circles away and keeps his distance.
An attempted straight right counter from Kettu misses the target.
Kettu slips a jab from The Human.
The Human is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kettu.
The Human might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
The Human is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Kettu wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The Human misses with an uppercut. Kettu saw that one coming.
The Human has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kettu finds it's way round the side to connect with The Human's head.
The Human shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Kettu throws a body punch but The Human moves out of range.
Kettu looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
The Human shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Kettu swinging wildly here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kettu turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The Human lands a nice shot that snaps Kettu's head back.
The fighters circling - The Human throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kettu, right into the meat.
Finn The Human seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Human missing with a left hand there. Kettu was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The Human slips a jab and a cross from Kettu.
A big left from The Human misses.
A telegraphed right hand from The Human misses the target.
Decent striking displayed by Kettu there.
Kettu takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Kettu throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
The Human misses with a low kick.
The Human misses with a wild body shot.
Kettu was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
The Human takes one on the chin but seems OK.
The Human on the wrong end of a nice hook.
The Human misses with a lunging right hand
and Kettu counters with a stiff right hand.
The Human throws a lazy right hand but Kettu sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kettu lands a nice hook to The Human's body. The Human takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Kettu lands a jab to the nose.
The Human misses the jab.
The Human is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kettu.
The Human misses with a right hand
and Kettu counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The Human throws a body punch but Kettu moves out of range.
The Human cracks Kettu with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Kettu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by The Human.
A head kick from Kettu lands but The Human takes it in his stride.
Kettu changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The Human takes a swing at Kettu's ribcage but misses.
Kettu was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Kettu takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Kettu cracks The Human with a good jab.
Kettu wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

The Human clinches with his opponent.
The Human blocks an uppercut.
The Human blocks a body shot from Kettu.
The Human taking a breather.

Kettu manages to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Human tries to close the distance and clinch but Kettu swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kettu lands an overhand right.
The Human throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kettu jabs at The Human's body.
The Human tries to clinch but Kettu moves away
and Kettu counters with a good low kick that The Human was not able to check.
Kettu scores with a leg kick.
Kettu connects with a good right hand that stumbles The Human. The Human circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
The Human with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The Human throws an overhand right that lands on Kettu's shoulder, as Kettu tries to avoid the shot.
Kettu is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Some wild striking there from Kettu.
The Human misses with an uppercut.
Kettu waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract The Human.
Kettu displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as The Human throws out the jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kettu connects with a body shot that sends The Human's belly button to the back.
The Human throws a hook but Kettu blocks it.
The Human chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kettu can pounce on him.
The Human misses with an uppercut. Kettu saw that one coming.
The Human jabs Kettu right on the nose. Kettu blinks but takes it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Esa Kettu dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Kettu has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from The Human finds it's way round the side to connect with Kettu's head.
The Human walks into a jab.
The Human scores with a decent looking hook.
Kettu moves out of range as The Human strikes.
Kettu lands a nice shot to the body.
The Human throws a hook but Kettu avoids it easily.
Kettu works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from The Human. Kettu does a little dance to reset his feet.
The Human swings widly with a right hand
and Kettu connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nice uppercut lands for The Human. That snapped Kettu's head back.
The Human waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kettu.
The Human's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Human is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Kettu.
A jab from The Human misses.
It looked like Kettu wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from The Human in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
The Human throws a lazy right hand but Kettu sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Kettu misses the target.
The Human takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Kettu throws a big shot that misses.
The Human 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.
The Human connects with a good right hand that stumbles Kettu. Kettu circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
The Human misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kettu tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but The Human was well out of range. Poor timing from Kettu.
The Human lands the left hand.
Esa Kettu is winning the standup battle so far.
Kettu works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
The Human misses the body punch
and Kettu counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kettu feints a jab promting The Human to slip. Kettu then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. The Human slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Kettu connects with a crisp jab.
The Human takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Good shot there by The Human.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Kettu. The Human shrugs it off though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kettu thumps The Human with a low kick.
The Human throws out a loose jab but Kettu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kettu moves away from the strike by The Human.
A swing and a miss from The Human.
The Human throws an off balance right hand
and Kettu counters with a nice body shot.
The Human misses with an uppercut.
Kettu scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Good shot there by Kettu.
A big right from The Human misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kettu bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kettu on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Kettu punishes The Human's body with a nice straight punch.
The Human lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
The Human misses with a lunging right hand
and Kettu counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kettu is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that The Human can do to turn this around?
Nice uppercut there from The Human.
Kettu scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The Human misses with a body shot.
Kettu throws a shot to the body.
The Human looks to throw the jab but Kettu is out of range.
Kettu drops his hands momentarily and The Human takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Kettu works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
The Human misses with an uppercut. Kettu saw that one coming.
Kettu looks to score with a jab to the body but The Human is just out of range.
The Human misses with an uppercut.
A quick step to the side and Kettu tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kettu lands with a thumping leg kick.
The Human fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Kettu on the side of the head.
The Human doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Human uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
The Human tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kettu manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The Human has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Kettu uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from The Human.
The Human connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Kettu momentarily.

Kettu is rocked!
Kettu buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Oh Kettu is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The Human missing with a left hand there. Kettu was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kettu lands a nice hook to The Human's body. The Human takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The Human misses with a left hand
and Kettu counters with a nice kick to the body.
The Human blocks a head kick by Kettu.
The Human fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kettu manages to avoid it.
Kettu ducks right into an uppercut from The Human.
The Human is breathing heavily.
The Human misses with a looping right.
Kettu takes a swing at The Human's ribcage but misses.
The Human throws a low kick but Kettu moves out of range easily.
The Human waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kettu.
The Human rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kettu bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of The Human's head.
Kettu uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Kettu seems to have got his legs back now.
Kettu lands with an uppercut that bounces The Human off the cage and back into range.
Kettu takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Kettu thuds a left hand into The Human's body.
The Human looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Kettu throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
The Human looks to score with a jab to the body but Kettu is just out of range.
And Kettu counters with a quick kick to the body but The Human blocks it.
Nice defenses there by Kettu.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kettu slips a straight right by The Human.
The Human swings for the body but Kettu moves out of range.
Good leg kick by The Human there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The Human misses with a straight right.
Kettu scores with a nice head shot.
The Human takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
The Human blocks the body kick.
The Human shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Kettu fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A jab from Kettu misses.
The Human stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kettu.
Kettu defending well as The Human loads up on a big left hand.
The fighters circling - The Human throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The Human bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Kettu's head backwards.
Kettu avoids the body shot from The Human.
Kettu was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

The Human has closed the distance and engaged Kettu in a clinch.
Kettu prevents a body shot from The Human.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Esa Kettu dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Kettu throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
The Human fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kettu manages to avoid it.
Kettu is looking to counter punch.
The Human has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kettu.
Kettu scores with the left hand. The Human knows he should have avoided that one.
The Human misses with a hook
letting Kettu counter with a right hand.
The Human misses with a jab to the body
and Kettu counters with a straight right hand.
The Human fails in his attempt to clinch.
The Human takes one on the button.
A telegraphed right hand from The Human misses the target.
The Human throws a body shot but no joy.
Kettu thinks about countering with a body kick.
Kettu ducks under a wild hook from The Human.
Kettu ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
An attempted straight right counter from Kettu misses the target.
The fighters circle momentarily. The Human darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kettu scores with a shot to the body.
The Human swings widly with a right hand
and Kettu counters with a leg kick.
The Human connects with a looping right hand.
The Human misses with a hook. Kettu ducked under it nicely.
Kettu throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The Human throws a lazy right hand but Kettu sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Human misses with an uppercut
enabling Kettu to counter with a crisp jab.
The Human throws an off balance right hand
and Kettu counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The Human takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kettu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice uppercut there from Kettu.
The Human walks into a jab.
Kettu tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The Human is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
The Human 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.
The Human misses with a wild body shot.
The Human misses with a body shot.
Both fighters circling a little - Kettu finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Kettu steps to the side to avoid the strikes from The Human.
Kettu uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from The Human.
The Human throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kettu sees it coming and avoids it easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Human throws a right hand that misses
letting Kettu counter with a right hand.
Kettu scores with a kick to the midsection.
An inside leg kick from The Human misses.
Kettu fires out a quick counter leg kick but The Human just manages to avoid it.
Finn The Human has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Kettu - just one landing.
The Human misses with a lunging right hand
letting Kettu counter with a right hand.
The Human throws out a leg kick but Kettu moves out of range and The Human only half commits.
Kettu connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Kettu staying out of range there.
A low kick from The Human misses
enabling Kettu to counter with a crisp jab.
The Human on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Kettu ducks under a wild hook from The Human.
The Human tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kettu paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kettu was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
The Human throws the left hand but Kettu avoids the punch easily.
Kettu bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
The Human takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The Human takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Kettu lands a nice hook to The Human's body. The Human takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Kettu throws a quick head kick that skims the top of The Human's head.
A good leg kick by Kettu.
A cross from Kettu lands.
Nice defenses there by Kettu.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kettu connects with a single shot there.
The Human takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Kettu scores with the left hand. The Human knows he should have avoided that one.
The Human drops his hands momentarily and Kettu takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
The Human scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A swing and a miss from The Human.
Kettu with a hook.
Kettu moves out of range of the strikes.
Kettu slips under a jab.
The Human misses with an uppercut.
Kettu throws a series of punches but The Human avoids them all with ease.
Kettu works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
The Human connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The Human takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
The Human throws an off balance right hand
and Kettu cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The Human misses with a straight left.
Kettu keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Human looks to clinch
and Kettu counters with a straight right hand.
Nice uppercut lands for The Human. That snapped Kettu's head back.
The Human throws a jab but it's blocked by Kettu.
Kettu was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
The Human throws the left hand but Kettu avoids the punch easily.
The Human tries to move into range but Kettu moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The Human blocks a jab.
A left lands for The Human.
The Human is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kettu.
The Human misses the jab.
Kettu scores with a jab. The Human acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
The Human has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kettu finds it's way round the side to connect with The Human's head.
The Human takes one to the chin there.
A jab from The Human misses.
And Kettu counters with a quick kick to the body but The Human blocks it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The Human with a nice cross.
Kettu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by The Human.
The Human misses with a straight left.
The Human misses with a hook
and Kettu counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Esa Kettu showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Kettu, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Esa Kettu!
Esa Kettu seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.