PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dante Ascanio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vesa Keskinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ascanio comes to the cage accompanied by Otis Taylor / Ten Million Slaves. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Ascanio
vs
Keskinen

185 cm
19
181 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

181 cm
19
183 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Perkele!
Fighters First Nutrition Amsterdam 160

FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dante Ascanio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Vesa Keskinen!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Arvi Lind and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ascanio lands with an uppercut that bounces Keskinen off the cage and back into range.
Ascanio throws an overhand right that lands on Keskinen's shoulder, as Keskinen tries to avoid the shot.
Ascanio's corner calls for a 1-2. Ascanio obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Keskinen moves out of range as Ascanio strikes.
Ascanio scores with a nice head shot.
Ascanio is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Keskinen.
Keskinen tries to clinch up but Ascanio circles away and keeps his distance.
Keskinen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ascanio.
Keskinen takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Keskinen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ascanio throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A slow jab from Ascanio misses its intended target.
Keskinen tries to clinch but Ascanio moves out of range.
Nice uppercut lands for Ascanio. That snapped Keskinen's head back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ascanio throws a lazy uppercut
and Keskinen counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Dante Ascanio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ascanio swings for the body but Keskinen moves out of range.
Ascanio thuds a left hand into Keskinen's body.
Ascanio lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Keskinen misses with a wild body shot.
Ascanio throws a looping overhand right but Keskinen ducks down to avoid it.
Ascanio throws an off balance right hand
and Keskinen counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A combination from Ascanio does no damage.
Keskinen listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Keskinen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ascanio.
Keskinen darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ascanio cracks Keskinen with a right hand to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A left lands for Ascanio.
Keskinen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ascanio.
Keskinen avoids the body shot from Ascanio.
Ascanio takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ascanio. Keskinen does a little dance to reset his feet.
A nice combination there by Keskinen.

Keskinen rushes Ascanio and presses him up against the cage.
Keskinen tries to work over Ascanio's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ascanio prevents a body shot from Keskinen.
Ascanio has a couple of punches blocked by Keskinen.
Ascanio working aggressively here.
Keskinen lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ascanio misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ascanio lands a left hand.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ascanio.
Ascanio tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ascanio misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ascanio is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Keskinen pushes Ascanio back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Keskinen misses with a punch to the body.
Keskinen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Ascanio fails to land.
Keskinen has a couple of punches blocked by Ascanio.
Keskinen tries to work over Ascanio's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Keskinen.
A short right from Keskinen.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Keskinen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ascanio has a couple of punches blocked by Keskinen.
Keskinen working aggressively here.
Nice body punch from Keskinen.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keskinen can't find room to land a body shot as Ascanio controls the action.
Keskinen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ascanio has a couple of punches blocked by Keskinen.
Keskinen works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Keskinen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Keskinen pushes Ascanio back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

Ascanio's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ascanio tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Keskinen was well out of range. Poor timing from Ascanio.
Keskinen bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Ascanio's head backwards.
Ascanio tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Keskinen is able to avoid easily.
Keskinen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ascanio keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A big left from Ascanio misses.

Keskinen moves into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Vesa Keskinen will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Vesa Keskinen's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Ascanio takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Ascanio pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Keskinen back to the cage. Ascanio follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Ascanio throws a left and a right that both miss
and Keskinen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nice defenses there by Keskinen.
Ascanio misses with an uppercut.
Ascanio displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Keskinen throws out the jab.
Ascanio throws the kick towards the body but Keskinen avoids it.
Ascanio throws out a powerful jab.
Keskinen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dante Ascanio is winning the standup battle so far.
Ascanio fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Keskinen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Keskinen looks to land a combination but Ascanio avoids it well.
Keskinen slips a jab from Ascanio.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Keskinen takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Ascanio connects with a body shot that sends Keskinen's belly button to the back.
Ascanio avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice body punch from Ascanio.
Ascanio lunges at Keskinen with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Keskinen's hand.
Ascanio misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Keskinen.
Ascanio keeps the fight on the outside.
A looping hook to the body misses from Keskinen. Ascanio does a little dance to reset his feet.
Keskinen takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Ascanio misses with a looping right.
Ascanio scores with a crisp jab that stopped Keskinen in his tracks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Keskinen throws a hook but Ascanio blocks it.
Ascanio tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Keskinen was well out of range. Poor timing from Ascanio.
A looping hook to the body misses from Keskinen. Ascanio does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ascanio ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Keskinen moves away.
Keskinen misses the shot to the body.
Ascanio throws an overhand right that lands on Keskinen's shoulder, as Keskinen tries to avoid the shot.
Ascanio misses with a looping left.
Ascanio misses with a left hand
and Keskinen counters with a right hand to the body.
Ascanio closes the distance and lands a one-two.

Keskinen is rocked!
Ascanio drops a shoulder and throws a monster hook that connects perfectly to the side of Keskinen's head, knocking him out cold! Ascanio is extatic as he celebrates with his cornermen.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Dante Ascanio!
Dante Ascanio decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.