PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Esa Kettu (ranked 2047 p4p, 1354 weight class) and Middle Finger (ranked 224 p4p, 183 weight class). Finger has chosen Side to Side as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Kettu
vs
Finger

179 cm
39
155
28 - 22 - 3

176 cm
26
158
12 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 22 - 3, fighting out of New York, Esa Kettu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Middle Finger!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Kenichi Hosakawa and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kettu throws a hook but Finger blocks it.
Finger throws out a counter right but Kettu avoids it with no problem.
Kettu ducks under a wild hook from Finger.
Kettu lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Kettu fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Kettu just misses with a punch to the body.
Finger is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Nice body punch from Kettu.
Finger misses with a hook. Kettu ducked under it nicely.
Kettu is looking for a counter combo.
Kettu misses with a body shot.
Finger lands a nice shot that snaps Kettu's head back.
Middle Finger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Finger throws an off balance right hand
and Kettu counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kettu dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kettu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Finger moves away.
Kettu misses with a two punch combination.
Kettu blocks a jab.
Kettu was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Nice body punch from Finger.
Finger lands with a shot to the body.
Finger darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Finger throws a lazy right hand but Kettu sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kettu uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Finger.
A left lands for Finger.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kettu lands a nice shot to the body.
Kettu throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A telegraphed right hand from Finger misses the target.
A counter left hand to the body from Kettu misses its target.
A swing and a miss from Finger.
Kettu swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Finger 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.
Finger works Kettu's body with a nice hook.
Kettu scores with a decent looking hook.
Kettu scores with a body shot.
Finger connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Kettu momentarily.
Finger bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Kettu's head backwards.
Finger swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kettu swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Kettu takes a swing at Finger's ribcage but misses.
Kettu throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Finger misses with a hook.
A slow jab from Finger misses its intended target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kettu slips a straight right by Finger.
Kettu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A counter left hand to the body from Kettu misses its target.
Finger misses with a straight right.
Finger throws the left hand but Kettu avoids the punch easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finger looks to throw the jab but Kettu is out of range.
Kettu takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Finger keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Finger lands a nice hook to Kettu's body. Kettu takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Kettu scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

It looks like Middle Finger has been cut.
Kettu is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Finger.
A jab lands there for Finger.
Kettu lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Kettu.
Kettu scores with a punch to the head.
A decent looking cross lands there for Finger.
The fighters circle momentarily. Kettu darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Finger throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kettu uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Finger.
Finger showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kettu.
Finger avoids the body shot from Kettu.
Nice defenses there by Finger.
Finger takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finger uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kettu.
Finger lands with a shot to the body.
Finger throws a lazy right hand but Kettu sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kettu slips a straight right by Finger.
A nice combination there by Kettu.
Finger scores with a hook.
Finger misses with a wild body shot.
Nice uppercut there from Kettu.
Finger throws a hook but Kettu avoids it easily.
A big right from Finger misses.
Finger is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Kettu had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Finger keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Finger misses the jab.
Kettu tries to bum rush Finger with a series of wild strikes but Finger uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Finger connects with the punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Finger throws a big shot that misses.
Kettu lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Finger throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kettu counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Kettu throws a right hand that Finger ducks under and follows up with a left that Finger also avoids with ease.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Finger throws a series of punches but Kettu avoids them all with ease.
Finger misses with a wild body shot.
A slow jab from Finger misses its intended target.
Finger throws a jab when Kettu was well out of range.
Finger lands a body shot.
Finger lands a jab.
Finger misses with a hook. Kettu ducked under it nicely.
Finger scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kettu doesn't seem bothered though.
Finger tries to bum rush Kettu with a series of wild strikes but Kettu uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kettu appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Kettu keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Finger.
Kettu throws a hook to the side of Finger's head but Finger sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kettu is looking to wear down Finger with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Kettu throws a body punch but Finger moves out of range.
Finger takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Finger misses with a hook. Kettu ducked under it nicely.
Finger missing with a left hand there. Kettu was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kettu lands a right hook to the body.
Kettu connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Finger fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Middle Finger will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Middle Finger's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Finger clobbers Kettu with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Kettu moves out of range as Finger strikes.
Middle Finger seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kettu throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Finger throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
It looked like Kettu wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Kettu throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Finger scores with a hook to the body. Kettu takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Kettu throws a series of punches but Finger moves out of range.
Kettu fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kettu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Finger moves away.
Finger swings widly with a right hand
and Kettu counters with a straight right hand.
Finger connects with a right hand. Kettu shakes it off.
Kettu steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Finger.
Finger misses with an uppercut. Kettu saw that one coming.
Kettu misses with an uppercut.
Kettu lands a right hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Finger uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kettu.
Kettu bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kettu doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Finger throws the left hand but Kettu avoids the punch easily.
Finger is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Kettu shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Finger eats them both and turns towards Kettu to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Finger lands a nice shot that snaps Kettu's head back.
Kettu cracks a nice hook into Finger's ribs.
Finger misses the jab.
Kettu uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Finger.
A counter left hand to the body from Kettu misses its target.
Finger throws a jab but it's blocked by Kettu.
Nice defenses there by Kettu.
Finger throws a jab when Kettu was well out of range.
Finger moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Finger tests Kettu's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A swing and a miss from Finger.
Kettu on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Kettu throws a looping overhand right but Finger ducks down to avoid it.
Finger lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
The fighters circling - Finger throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Finger jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finger throws a hook to the side of Kettu's head but Kettu sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Finger uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kettu.
Decent striking displayed by Finger there.
Finger misses with an uppercut.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Kettu throws a right and a left that Finger avoids nicely.
Kettu looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Kettu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Finger throws a shot from downtown. Kettu moves away and avoids it.
Finger uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kettu.
Kettu fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Finger throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kettu throws out a loose jab but Finger uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kettu moves out of range as Finger strikes.
An attempted straight right counter from Kettu misses the target.
Kettu moves into range and connects with a jab.
A jab from Kettu misses.
Kettu lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Finger circles away quickly and effectively.
Kettu moves out of range of the strikes.
Finger takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A jab from Finger misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finger misses with a body shot.
Finger lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Kettu scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Finger lands a nice looking body shot.
Finger fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Kettu looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Finger misses with a hook.
Finger lands a jab to Kettu's midsection.
Kettu works the jab nicely.
Finger connects with a body shot that sends Kettu's belly button to the back.
Kettu displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Finger throws out the jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Finger throws a body punch but Kettu moves out of range.
Finger moves out of range of the strikes.
A telegraphed right hand from Kettu misses the target.
Kettu tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Finger was well out of range. Poor timing from Kettu.
Kettu staying out of range there.
Finger takes one to the chin there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kettu ducks under a wild hook from Finger.
Nice shot lands for Finger.
Finger keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Finger scores with a shot to the body.
Finger fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kettu manages to avoid it.
A shot to the liver by Kettu. Beautiful body shot.
Finger ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kettu moves away.
Jab from Kettu.
Finger throws an overhand right that lands on Kettu's shoulder, as Kettu tries to avoid the shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Kettu misses the target.
Kettu misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Finger bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Good standup being displayed there by Finger as he connects with a hook.
Kettu slips under a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kettu throws a nice looking combination but Finger bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Finger fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Kettu takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kettu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Finger.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Middle Finger showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Middle Finger's cut.
That's time! Kettu's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Finger blocks a jab.
A countering left hand to the body from Finger misses.
Finger misses the shot to the body.
Kettu with a nice cross.
Finger swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Kettu counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Finger moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Finger moves away from the strike by Kettu.
Kettu has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Kettu slips a straight right by Finger.
Finger throws a lazy uppercut
letting Kettu counter with a right hand.
Finger misses with a body shot
and Kettu counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Finger moves out of range of the strikes.
Kettu throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kettu jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kettu displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Finger throws out the jab.
Kettu swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Finger connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Finger misses with a hook. Kettu ducked under it nicely.
Kettu appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Finger misses with a hook.
Kettu lands with a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kettu uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Finger.
Nice cross by Finger.
Finger avoids the body shot from Kettu.
Kettu takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Finger throws a right and a left that Kettu avoids nicely.
Finger looks to land a right hand but Kettu moved out of range.
Kettu tries to bum rush Finger with a series of wild strikes but Finger uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kettu staying out of range there.
Finger loads up on a big right hand but Kettu slips the punch.
Kettu misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Finger.
Finger just misses with a punch to the body.
Finger misses with a right hand
and Kettu counters with a right hand to the body.
Finger takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Finger connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Kettu's hands.
Kettu stuns Finger with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Kettu swings for the body but Finger moves out of range.
Finger clobbers Kettu with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Finger throws a shot from downtown. Kettu moves away and avoids it.
Esa Kettu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kettu moves out of range as Finger strikes.
Finger uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kettu.
Finger lands a body shot.
Kettu fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Kettu misses with a hook.
Finger uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kettu.
It seemed like Finger was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Kettu lands a nice shot to the body.
Kettu throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Finger connects with a jab.
Finger lands with a right hand.

Kettu is rocked!
Finger connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Oh Kettu is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Finger drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Kettu right on the button. Kettu goes down! Finger follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Finger gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Middle Finger!
A very excited looking Middle Finger 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.