PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jiri Ahokas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Blan Ket (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ahokas comes to the cage accompanied by Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus - Älä Enää Lyö. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ahokas
vs
Ket

164 cm
19
134 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

150 cm
18
138 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Experienced

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Determined

Combat Pro Design
Takomo

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jiri Ahokas!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Blan Ket!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Arvi Lind and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ahokas throws a leg kick which misses Ket's front leg but catches the back leg as Ket tries to avoid it.
Ket avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A chopping leg kick lands by Ahokas.
Ahokas motions for Ket to come forward. Ahokas throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ahokas throws a right and a left that Ket avoids nicely.
Ket on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ahokas. Ahokas obviously looking to wear him down.
Nice body kick there by Ahokas.
Ket looks gassed!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ahokas throws a head kick that misses.
Ahokas throws a body punch but Ket moves out of range.
Ahokas jabs at Ket's body.
Ahokas doesn't manage to clinch there - Ket circles away.
Ket throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ket checks a low kick from Ahokas.
Ket shoots in but Ahokas avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Ahokas is looking to land body kicks.
A bone on bone clash there as Ket blocks the leg kick.
Ahokas tries a low kick but Ket avoids it.
Ahokas tries to clinch but Ket moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Ahokas.
Ket moves out of range of the body kick from Ahokas.
Ahokas throws a quick inside leg kick.
Ket should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Ket avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ahokas misses with a kick to the body.
Ahokas is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ahokas looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Ket has eaten all the pies!
Ahokas throws a front kick aimed at Ket's knee but Ket avoids it well.
Ahokas misses the shot to the body.
A head kick misses from Ahokas.
Ahokas throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Ahokas lands with a right hand.
Ahokas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ket swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ket looks for a takedown but Ahokas sprawls well.
Ahokas misses with a low kick.
Ahokas fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Ket checks it well.
Ket steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Ahokas. That one must have hurt.
Ahokas is looking to clinch.
Jiri Ahokas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ahokas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ket shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jiri Ahokas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Blan Ket.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ahokas goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

It looks like Blan Ket has been cut.
A telegraphed right hand from Ahokas misses the target.
Ahokas throws a low kick, looking for Ket's leg but Ket calmly moves out of range.
Ahokas throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Ket on the side of the head.
Ahokas throws a head kick that lands with a deafening thwack! The crowd roars as Ket stumbles backwards and falls to the mat. Ahokas follows into mount!

Ket is rocked!
Ahokas punching from mount but Ket doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Ket is still in real trouble! Can Ahokas finish him?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ket tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Ket seems to have recovered his senses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ahokas is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Ket can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Ket is squirming around, avoiding Ahokas's attempts to control the action.
Ahokas throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Ket wants to control but Ahokas is having none of it.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Ket can do anything to dispel that myth.
Ket might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Ahokas kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Ahokas trying to control but Ket is having none of it.
Ahokas wants to take his opponent's back but Ket doesn't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Ket holds on for dear life, controlling Ahokas's posture momentarily.
Ket bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Ket content to stall in guard here.
Ket trying to control but Ahokas is working from the bottom.
Ahokas will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ket sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Ahokas's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jiri Ahokas dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Blan Ket's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Ahokas connects with a solid leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Ket blocks the low kick.

Ahokas closes the distance and clinches.
Ahokas lands a damaging elbow.
Ahokas scores with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Ahokas.
Ahokas digs a right hand underneath Ket's ribcage. Ket let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Ahokas gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ahokas gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ahokas lands a nice shot to the body.
Ket blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ahokas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ahokas scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ahokas lands a knee to the head.
Ahokas unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ket lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ahokas lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ahokas lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ket is working for takedown but Ahokas is calmly controlling the position for now.
Ket wants a takedown but no success here.
Ket is breathing heavily.
Ahokas lands a body punch.
Ahokas lands a nice elbow.
Ket takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ahokas makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ket is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Ahokas gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Jiri Ahokas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Blan Ket.
Ahokas with a knee to the head.
Ahokas with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ahokas with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ahokas lands a knee to the head.
Ahokas is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ket can do to turn this around?
Ahokas misses with a knee to the head.
Ahokas landing knees to the body.
Ahokas creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ket's defenses.

That has opened up Blan Ket's cut even more.
Ahokas lands an elbow that stopped Ket in his tracks for a moment.
Ahokas tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ahokas throws an elbow but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ahokas has a couple of punches blocked by Ket.
Ahokas misses with a knee strike.
Ahokas scores with a shoulder strike.
Ahokas lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ahokas working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ahokas lands an elbow that stopped Ket in his tracks for a moment.
Ahokas looking to throw knees to the head but Ket is blocking nicely.
Ahokas lands a nice knee to the body.
Ket managing to block the knees to the body from Ahokas.
A knee to the head by Ahokas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ahokas lands a knee to the body.
Ahokas crunches a lovely knee into Ket's ribcage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ahokas.
Ahokas lands a nice knee to the body.
Ahokas landing knees to the body.
Ahokas landing knees to the head.
Ahokas using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ahokas gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ket takes a shot to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ahokas.
Ahokas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ket.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jiri Ahokas dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Blan Ket's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Ahokas slips under a jab from Ket.
Jiri Ahokas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ahokas attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

Ket scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Ket prevents Ahokas from improving his position.
Ahokas is working hard here to advance position.
Ket wants to pass to mount but Ahokas is defending the position.
Ket is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Ket trying to control but Ahokas is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ket controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Ket takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ket stopping the sweep attempt from Ahokas.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Ahokas lands a head shot.
Ahokas lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ket's sensitive parts.
Ahokas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ket swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ahokas connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ahokas throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Ahokas.
Ket checks the leg kick.
Ket avoids the head kick by Ahokas.
Ahokas throws a body punch but Ket moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ahokas lands with a kick to the ribs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ahokas misses the jab.
Ahokas throws a sloppy head kick and Ket moves out of range easily.
Ket's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Ahokas tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Ket shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Ahokas being controlled here, momentarily.
Ket prevents Ahokas from getting back to his feet.
Ahokas is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Ket seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ahokas had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Ket is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Ahokas Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Ket's back instead.
Ahokas is trying to stick to Ket's back but Ket is turning into Ahokas. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Ahokas's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Ket.
Ket slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

Ahokas is looking for a triangle but Ket pushes his legs off easily.
Ahokas trying to control the position.
Ket sitting in guard, not really doing much.

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.
Ket's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Ahokas wants to sweep but no luck.
Ket looking to pass the guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ahokas being controlled here, momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jiri Ahokas clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Blan Ket's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Ket checks a low kick from Ahokas.
A good leg kick by Ahokas.

Ket closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Ahokas to the mat! Ahokas manages to get full guard.
Ahokas looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ket trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Ket controlling from the top position.
Ket looking to pass the guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Ahokas is on top in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ahokas controls from within his opponent's guard.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Ahokas trying to control but Ket is working from the bottom.
Ket is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Ahokas tries to stand but Ket is controlling from the bottom.
Ket pulls Ahokas in close to prevent any damage.

That's two 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.
Ket is trying to hold Ahokas in close to prevent damage but Ahokas has managed to pass into half guard.
Ket trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Ahokas manages to pass to mount!
Ahokas throwing strikes here but Ket is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Poor strikes thrown by Ahokas there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Ket tries to hold on but Ahokas pushes him away.
Ket is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Ket looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ket manages to reverse the position and now he's in Ahokas's guard. Nice work there by Ket.
Ket must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Ket avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Ket is stalling in the full guard.
Ahokas is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Ket seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Ahokas trying to control the position.
Ket seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Blan Ket will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Blan Ket's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Ahokas lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Ahokas tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ket checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ahokas.
Ahokas throws a solid leg kick but Ket takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Ahokas.
Ahokas misses the shot to the body.

Ket gets a takedown into half guard.
Ket looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Ket uses his free foot to push down on Ahokas's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Ahokas.
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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ket controlling the position easily from mount.
Ahokas is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Ket tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Despite being in the dominant position, Blan Ket just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ahokas tries a head kick but it misses.
Ahokas throws a head kick but Ket moves out of range.
Ahokas wants to clinch up but Ket keeps it at a distance.
Ahokas is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.

Ket looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Ket in particular looking to stall.
Ahokas trying to control but Ket postures up.
Ket looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ahokas wants to get back to full guard.
Jiri Ahokas 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 starting to boo a lack of action.
Ket controlling the pace.
Ket wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ahokas keeps working.

Despite being in the dominant position, Blan Ket just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ahokas throws a sloppy head kick and Ket moves out of range easily.
Jiri Ahokas is winning the standup battle so far.

Ket feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Ket slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Ket postures up.
Ket looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

And that's the end of the fight!
Blan Ket comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Ahokas 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight for Jiri Ahokas!
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight for Jiri Ahokas!
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight for Jiri Ahokas!

Jiri Ahokas wins by unanimous decision!
Jiri Ahokas retains his bantamweight title!