PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Blaze Seagrave (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tuomas Keto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Seagrave's entrance music is Waitin on Hank - Dry County. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Seagrave
vs
Keto

181 cm
23
170 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

183 cm
20
183 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

Win Nutritional
Syndicate Drugs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Blaze Seagrave!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tuomas Keto!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Keto avoids a punch combination nicely.
Keto cracks Seagrave with a good jab.
Keto throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Seagrave's waist but Seagrave gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Keto off to one side.
Keto tries a low kick but Seagrave avoids it.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Keto is defended easily by Seagrave.
Seagrave tries to work over Keto's front leg with a kick but Keto checks it.
Keto slips a jab and a cross from Seagrave.
Seagrave looks to land a body kick but Keto moved away.
Seagrave throws a sloppy head kick and Keto moves out of range easily.
No luck for Keto with that takedown attempt.
Blaze Seagrave has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tuomas Keto.
Seagrave goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Seagrave throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Seagrave throws the kick towards the body but Keto avoids it.
Seagrave throws a body kick that misses.
Seagrave throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Seagrave lands an impressive looking overhand right. Keto doesn't seem phased though.
Keto connects with a crisp jab.
Seagrave displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Keto.
Seagrave drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Seagrave misses with a jab, cross combination.
Blaze Seagrave seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Keto scores with a takedown into Seagrave's guard.
Seagrave wants to sweep but no luck.
Keto stops Seagrave from standing up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Keto stopping the sweep attempt from Seagrave.
Keto is standing up over Seagrave. Seagrave looks to escape but Keto dives into side control.
Keto lands an elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keto is looking to take a break and control but Seagrave is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Keto tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Keto has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Seagrave wants to get back to his feet but Keto drags him back down.
Keto is looking to take a break and control but Seagrave is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Seagrave wants to get back to his feet but Keto drags him back down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keto is looking to take a break and control but Seagrave is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Seagrave throws a nice looking combination but Keto bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
No joy there for Seagrave, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Keto shoots in for a takedown but Seagrave shows good takedown defense.
Seagrave wants to land a leg kick but Keto is out of range.
Keto checks a low kick from Seagrave.
A head kick misses from Seagrave.
Seagrave uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Keto.
A chopping leg kick lands by Keto.
Seagrave checks a leg kick nicely.
Seagrave swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Horrible takedown by Keto or perhaps it was just good defense by Seagrave which made him look bad.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Seagrave gets caught flat footed, as Keto shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Keto looking to pass the guard.
Seagrave trying to control the position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Keto with a flurry of punches that miss.
Keto tries to free his leg and advance position but Seagrave is retaining full guard.
Seagrave trying to control the position.
Seagrave keeping moving, preventing Keto from controlling successfully.
Keto preventing the sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tuomas Keto dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Keto shoots in but Seagrave avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Seagrave looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Seagrave throws a wild body kick that Keto sees coming a mile off.

Keto shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Keto showed some decent athleticism there.
Keto wants to free his trapped foot but Seagrave is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Seagrave tries to kick Keto off in order to stand up. Keto Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Seagrave is looking for a sweep.
Seagrave is working hard here to advance position.

Keto tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Seagrave is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Keto asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Seagrave stops Keto from passing to mount.
Seagrave controls the position for a moment.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Seagrave feints and then cracks Keto's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Keto down.
Keto has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Seagrave.
Keto tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Seagrave swivels and escapes.
Keto checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seagrave cracks Keto with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Seagrave misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Seagrave looks to land a combination but Keto avoids it well.
Seagrave throws a half hearted mid kick.
Seagrave stuffs the takedown attempt from Keto. Keto gets slowly back to his feet.
Blaze Seagrave has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tuomas Keto.
Seagrave tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Keto is able to avoid easily.
Seagrave scores with a three punch combo!
Keto throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A shot to de liver by Keto. Beautiful body shot.
Seagrave throws a right hand that Keto ducks under and follows up with a left that Keto also avoids with ease.
Seagrave throws a front kick aimed at Keto's knee but Keto avoids it well.
Seagrave just misses with a punch to the body.
Seagrave stuffs the takedown attempt from Keto. Keto gets slowly back to his feet.
Seagrave looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keto connects with a body shot.
Seagrave throws a series of punches but Keto avoids them all with ease.
Keto throws a body punch but Seagrave moves out of range.
Seagrave lands a jab to Keto's midsection.
Blaze Seagrave is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Seagrave pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Seagrave lands a nice leg kick that just misses Keto's sensitive parts.
Keto waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Seagrave.
Seagrave misses with a double jab.
Seagrave throws a right and a left that both miss.
Keto dives in and grabs Seagrave's left leg, looking for a takedown. Seagrave pushes down on Keto's head and hops out.
Seagrave lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Keto circles away quickly and effectively.

Keto scores with a takedown into Seagrave's guard.
Keto won't allow Seagrave to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Seagrave pushes Keto off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Keto avoids the head kick by Seagrave.
Seagrave fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Keto throws a front kick aimed at Seagrave's knee but Seagrave avoids it well.

Keto gets a takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Seagrave is trying to stand back up but Keto is controlling him
Keto is trying to control. Seagrave wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Keto missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Keto is figuring out what he wants to do next.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Tuomas Keto will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

A head kick misses from Seagrave.
Seagrave misses with a double jab.
Seagrave lands a head kick!
Seagrave fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Keto looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Seagrave throws a head kick but Keto moves out of range.
Seagrave uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Keto.
Seagrave looks to land a combination but Keto avoids it well.

Keto scores with a takedown into Seagrave's guard.
Keto trying to control but Seagrave is working from the bottom.
Keto sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Seagrave's guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Keto tries to pass the half guard into mount. Seagrave knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Seagrave is staying active underneath Keto, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

Seagrave is defending against the submission attempts here by Keto.

Seagrave manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Seagrave - that will leave a mark!
Keto will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seagrave misses with a head kick.
Seagrave scores with a kick to the midsection.
Keto blocks a head kick by Seagrave.
Keto displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Seagrave throws out the jab.
Seagrave throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Seagrave misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Keto shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Keto is trying to control. Seagrave wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Keto wants to pass to mount but Seagrave is defending the position.
Seagrave is refusing to be controlled, as Keto sits in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seagrave is positioning himself well to prevent Keto advancing to mount.
Seagrave is trying to control but Keto passes into side control!
Keto tries to move to mount but Seagrave blocks the move with his legs.
Seagrave is in a bad spot here and he knows it... just holding on for now.
The ground and pound from Keto seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Seagrave gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Seagrave pushes Keto off looking to stand but Keto dives back in and keeps control.
Keto is looking to advance position but Seagrave won't allow it.

Keto is looking for a kimura but Seagrave is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Keto to get the leverage.
Seagrave is looking to escape.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
A combination from Seagrave does no damage.
Keto moves out of range of the strikes.
Keto cracks a nice hook into Seagrave's ribs.
A lazy left from Keto finds it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Tuomas Keto just about did enough to take it.
That's time! Seagrave's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Keto lands a high kick!
Keto avoids the head kick by Seagrave.
Keto shoots for a takedown but Seagrave saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Keto takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Seagrave leaves Keto with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Seagrave thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Keto if he has to take too many more of those.
Keto avoids a punch combination nicely.

Keto decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Seagrave manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Keto avoids a punch combination nicely.
Keto just misses with a punch to the body.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Seagrave defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Keto.
Blaze Seagrave has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tuomas Keto.
Seagrave lands with a thumping leg kick.
Seagrave throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Seagrave fails to land with a series of punches.
Keto misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Seagrave throws a sloppy body shot
and Keto counters with a stiff right hand.
Seagrave throws a push kick but Keto slaps the foot to one side.
Seagrave looks to score with a jab to the body but Keto is just out of range.
Keto moves out of range as Seagrave throws a body kick.

Keto shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Keto was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Seagrave wants to control but Keto is having none of it.
Seagrave is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keto controlling from the full mount.
Seagrave is looking to get to half guard.
The referee warns Seagrave that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

Seagrave defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Keto.
Seagrave doing his best to control the position. Can he escape?
Keto looking to finish Seagrave with some ground and pound. This is bad for Seagrave!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seagrave tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Seagrave is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
A nice elbow there by Keto.

Keto with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Keto trying to control but Seagrave is having none of it.
Keto throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Keto trying to control but Seagrave is having none of it.

Keto looking to secure an arm triangle but Seagrave defends it well.
Seagrave is looking to improve his position but Keto isn't that keen on the idea.
Seagrave is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Keto lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Seagrave regains half guard.
Seagrave won't allow Keto to pass to mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tuomas Keto dominated that fourth round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!

No joy there for Seagrave, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Seagrave throws a right and a left that Keto avoids nicely.
Keto will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Keto tries for a takedown but Seagrave sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Seagrave looks to land a combination but Keto avoids it well.
Keto shoots in for a takedown but Seagrave shows good takedown defense.
Blaze Seagrave has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tuomas Keto.
Seagrave scores with a kick to the body.
Seagrave scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Keto doesn't seem bothered though.
A slapping body kick lands there for Seagrave.
Keto chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Seagrave can pounce on him.
Some wild striking there from Seagrave.
Seagrave connects with a high kick.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Seagrave pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Keto shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Seagrave pinned against the cage. Seagrave gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Seagrave!

Keto shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Seagrave kicks off Keto and gets to his feet.
Seagrave misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Keto has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Seagrave.
Keto shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Seagrave sprawls well. Seagrave wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Keto gets slowly back to his feet.
Seagrave feints and then cracks Keto's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Keto down.
Seagrave misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
No luck for Keto with that takedown attempt.
Seagrave is looking to wear down Keto with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Seagrave thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Keto if he has to take too many more of those.
Seagrave scores with a jab to the body.
Seagrave throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

Keto changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Seagrave looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

Keto is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Seagrave is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Seagrave gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Keto perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Seagrave wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seagrave trying to control from the bottom.
Keto trying to control from half guard but Seagrave is working away.
Keto prevents Seagrave from standing back up.

Keto is looking for a kimura but Seagrave is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Keto to get the leverage.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Seagrave goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Keto works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Tuomas Keto is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Keto closes the distance and clinches up with Seagrave, looking for a takedown. Keto pushes Seagrave against the cage but Seagrave circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
An inside leg kick from Keto misses.
Seagrave throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Seagrave throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Keto shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Keto showed some decent athleticism there.
Seagrave is trying to stand up here but Keto is controlling him well.
Keto keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Seagrave is looking for a sweep. Keto is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Blaze Seagrave has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Seagrave is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Keto pulls his head out easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Blaze Seagrave.
I think Keto has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 46:50
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 46:50
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 45:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tuomas Keto!
Tuomas Keto is the new welterweight champion!