PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dave Ysengrin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kalle Kettu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Ysengrin
vs
Kettu

193 cm
26
238 lbs
8 - 0 - 0

192 cm
26
245 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Highland Clothing
Vikai Gear Island

Highland Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dave Ysengrin!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kalle Kettu!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Winston Alpacca and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ysengrin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kettu.
Kettu throws a hook but Ysengrin avoids it easily.
Kettu ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ysengrin slips under a jab.
Ysengrin scores with a sloppy right hand. Kettu should have avoided that one.
Ysengrin lands a lovely overhand right.
Kettu throws a right hand that misses
and Ysengrin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ysengrin definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Ysengrin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ysengrin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kettu.
Ysengrin jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Ysengrin bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Kettu's head backwards.
Ysengrin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kettu manages to avoid it.
Kettu lands a body shot.
Kettu scores with a nice strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ysengrin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ysengrin moves away from the strike by Kettu.
A counter left hand to the body from Ysengrin misses its target.
A telegraphed right hand from Kettu misses the target.
Kettu loads up on a big right hand but Ysengrin slips the punch.
Kettu throws a poor cross that misses
and Ysengrin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kettu needs to keep his hands up - Ysengrin had a free shot at his head there.
Kalle Kettu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ysengrin takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Kettu throws out a loose jab but Ysengrin uses good head movement to avoid it.
A little feinted left hand from Ysengrin on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Kettu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kettu staying out of range there.
Kettu looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Ysengrin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kettu ducks under a wild hook from Ysengrin.
Kettu is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Ysengrin with a body shot.
Nice defenses there by Kettu.
Kettu misses with a body punch
and Ysengrin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kettu misses with a lunging right hand
letting Ysengrin counter with a right hand.
Kettu lands a jab to the nose.
Kettu defending well as Ysengrin loads up on a big left hand.
Ysengrin lands with a cross.
Kettu misses with a body shot.
Nice uppercut there from Ysengrin.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ysengrin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kettu.
Kettu staying out of range there.
Ysengrin scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kettu throws a sloppy body shot
and Ysengrin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ysengrin is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Ysengrin keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Ysengrin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kettu throws out the jab.
Ysengrin paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Ysengrin is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Ysengrin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kettu takes a swing at Ysengrin's ribcage but misses.
Kettu slips under a jab from Ysengrin.
Ysengrin throws a big shot that misses.
Kettu throws a poor cross that misses
and Ysengrin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kettu lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Ysengrin misses with a straight right.
Kettu throws a body punch but Ysengrin moves out of range.
Kettu misses with a shot to the body
and Ysengrin counters with a nice uppercut.
Ysengrin stuns Kettu with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Nice straight punches there by Ysengrin. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Ysengrin.
Ysengrin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kettu.
Ysengrin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kettu.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ysengrin looks to land a left hand but Kettu moved out of range nicely.
Kettu misses with a hook
and Ysengrin counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Ysengrin connects with a body shot that sends Kettu's belly button to the back.
Kettu takes a swing at Ysengrin's ribcage but misses.
Ysengrin tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ysengrin fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Kettu looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Kettu throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ysengrin ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Kettu looks winded!
Ysengrin ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Kettu looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Nice jab there from Ysengrin.
Ysengrin looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Ysengrin fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Kettu is out of range.
Kettu loads up on a big right hand but Ysengrin slips the punch.
Ysengrin rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Kettu counter with a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ysengrin moves out of range of the strikes.
Kettu throws a body shot but no joy.
Kettu catches Ysengrin with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kettu feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Ysengrins jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Ysengrin listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Ysengrin connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Kettu's hands.
Kettu fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ysengrin throws a quick counter kick to the body but Kettu avoids it.
Kettu misses the shot to the body.
Kettu tests Ysengrin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ysengrin punishes Kettu's body with a nice straight punch.
Kettu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ysengrin moves away.
Ysengrin throwing a counter right hand but Kettu manages to avoid it.
Ysengrin lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kettu at a distance.
Kettu takes a jab right on the kisser.
Ysengrin digs a good body shot into Kettu's ribs.
Ysengrin ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ysengrin scores with a body shot.
Nice body punch from Ysengrin.
Ysengrin darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Kettu misses with a left hand
and Ysengrin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Ysengrin throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Ysengrin lands a really nice looking cross but Kettu seems unphased.
Ysengrin throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Kettu takes a shot right to the bread basket.

Ysengrin lands a big uppercut and Kettu crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Kettu looks OK. Ysengrin waves Kettu back to his feet!

Kettu is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ysengrin lands with a massive overhand right! Stick a fork in Kettu - he's out cold! Ermm... I think I just mixed my metaphors but yeah... That was a nice KO! Big win for Ysengrin!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Dave Ysengrin!
Dave Ysengrin retains his heavyweight title!
After winning the bout, Dave Ysengrin thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.