PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tito Ortiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jani Ketola (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ortiz
vs
Ketola

188 cm
25
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

184 cm
23
203 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid 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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tito Ortiz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jani Ketola!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Marco Blurström and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ortiz ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ortiz showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ketola.
Ortiz dodges the punch combination from Ketola.
A jab from Ketola misses.
Ortiz keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ketola.
A telegraphed right hand from Ketola misses the target.
Ortiz ducks under a wild hook from Ketola.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
No joy there for Ketola, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ketola swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ortiz checks a leg kick nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ketola waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ortiz.
Ketola throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ortiz checks a leg kick nicely.
Ketola scores with a three punch combo!
Jani Ketola is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ketola fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ortiz has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Ketola tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Ortiz is able to avoid easily.
Ketola throws a low kick but Ortiz moves out of range easily.
Ortiz moves away from the strike by Ketola.
Ortiz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ketola.
Ketola throws a jab but it's blocked by Ortiz.
Ketola throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Ketola is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ortiz.
Ortiz takes one to the side of the head.
Ketola throws a nice looking combination but Ortiz bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ketola throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ortiz keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ketola.
Ortiz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ortiz ducks right into an uppercut from Ketola.
Ketola throws a right and a left that Ortiz avoids nicely.
Ketola throws a shot from downtown. Ortiz moves away and avoids it.
Ortiz slips under a jab from Ketola.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ketola stuffs the takedown.
Ketola misses with a hook. Ortiz ducked under it nicely.
Ketola scores with a leg kick.
Ortiz moves out of range of the strikes.
Ketola throws a big shot that misses.
Ketola throws out a loose jab but Ortiz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ortiz throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ketola throws a series of punches but Ortiz avoids them all with ease.
A big right from Ketola misses.
Ortiz looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Ketola is fending him off so far but Ortiz persists. Nope, Ketola circles away and we're back to standing.
Ketola misses with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Ketola throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ortiz sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ortiz steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ketola.
Ketola misses with a hook. Ortiz ducked under it nicely.
Ketola throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ketola displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Ortiz.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tito Ortiz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A jab from Ketola misses.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ketola.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ketola dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ortiz. That did some damage!
Ortiz avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jani Ketola dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Ortiz uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ketola.

Ortiz drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Ketola seems a little lost for a moment, as Ortiz dominates the positioning.
Ketola is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Ortiz asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Ketola trying to remain calm as Ortiz controls from the top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ketola is pushing Ortiz's head away, looking to escape. Ortiz manages to hold on to the position though.
Ortiz in side control lands a decent elbow.
Ketola tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Ortiz looking to finish Ketola with some ground and pound. This is bad for Ketola!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ketola really wants to buck Ortiz off and get back to his feet.
Ortiz with good strikes from the mount here!
Ortiz lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Ortiz lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Ketola hang on?
Ortiz won't let Ketola get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Ortiz fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Ortiz with shots to the head and body - Ketola looks very uncomfortable down there.
Ortiz 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.
Ortiz with shots to the head and body - Ketola looks very uncomfortable down there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ortiz sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Ortiz content just to control the position here.
Ketola's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Ortiz is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Tito Ortiz overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ortiz tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Ortiz's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz working Ketola over with strikes here.
Ortiz tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Ketola really wants to buck Ortiz off and get back to his feet.
Ortiz content just to control the position here.
Ortiz seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Ketola for as long as he can get away with.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

We're going to have a standup here because Tito Ortiz wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Ketola throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Some wild striking there from Ketola.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A swing and a miss from Ketola.
Ketola throws out a loose jab but Ortiz uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tito Ortiz dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Ortiz has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Ketola finds it's way round the side to connect with Ortiz's head.
Ketola throws a right and a left that both miss.

Ortiz scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Ortiz just content to control the position.
Ortiz tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Ketola wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Ketola defending against the ground and pound.
Ortiz scoring with punches from side control.
Ortiz lands an elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ketola takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Ortiz tries to move to mount but Ketola blocks the move with his legs.
Ortiz scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Ketola to see if he's OK.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ketola is trying to get back to his feet.
Ortiz controlling from side mount.
Ortiz is working Ketola over with some ground and pound from side control.
Ortiz scores with a couple of short elbows.
Ortiz is putting a hurting on Ketola here, landing some big shots from side control.
Ortiz landing a few strikes.
Ortiz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ketola can do to turn this around?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz works to advance to full mount. Ketola defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ortiz is landing with some decent strikes but Ketola is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Ortiz controlling his opponent.
Ortiz has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Ortiz lands a heavy elbow.
Ortiz content just to control the position here.
Ortiz won't let Ketola get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz with good strikes from the mount here!
Ortiz lands a big elbow.
Ortiz controlling the pace for now.
Ortiz fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Ortiz lands a nice shot to the head.
Ketola is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Ketola really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ortiz. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Ketola takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ortiz looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ortiz cracks Ketola with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Ortiz sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Ortiz with the ground and pound from mount.

It looks like Jani Ketola has been cut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ortiz controlling his opponent.
Ortiz breaks from Ketola's wrist control and lands an elbow.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tito Ortiz showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Ortiz has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 29:26
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 29:26
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 29:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tito Ortiz!