PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Esa Kettu (ranked 1651 p4p, 201 weight class) and Alika Hakekia (ranked 1853 p4p, 220 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Kettu
vs
Hakekia

179 cm
26
156 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

180 cm
25
170 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Esa Kettu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alika Hakekia!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Marco Blurström and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kettu fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Hakekia! But no joy.
Hakekia takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Hakekia uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kettu.
Kettu connects with the punch.
Kettu throws the kick towards the body but Hakekia avoids it.
Hakekia lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A swing and a miss from Kettu.
Good exchange - Kettu coming out on top.
Hakekia steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Kettu. That one must have hurt.
Hakekia connects with an inside leg kick.
Kettu jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kettu looks to land a right hand but Hakekia moved out of range.
Kettu scores with the left hand. Hakekia knows he should have avoided that one.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kettu throws a body shot but no joy.
Kettu takes one to the side of the head.
Hakekia thumps Kettu with a low kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hakekia.
Kettu throws a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good work by Kettu as he checks the leg kick.
Hakekia fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kettu.
Kettu takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Hakekia missing with a left hand there. Kettu was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hakekia throws a lazy uppercut
and Kettu counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kettu connects with a right hand. Hakekia shakes it off.
Kettu ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hakekia uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kettu.
Hakekia has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kettu finds it's way round the side to connect with Hakekia's head.
Nice defenses there by Hakekia.
Hakekia thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kettu takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Hakekia fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kettu has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hakekia connects with a solid leg kick.
Hakekia uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kettu.
Kettu swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Hakekia counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A slow jab from Hakekia misses its intended target.
Kettu has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Hakekia misses with a kick to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hakekia feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Kettus jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Hakekia takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Hakekia fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Kettu looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Kettu moves out of range of the leg kick from Hakekia.
A big left from Kettu misses.
Hakekia dips to his left and cracks Kettu with an uppercut!
Kettu swings for the body but Hakekia moves out of range.
Hakekia just misses with a punch to the body.
It appears Kettu was looking to counter with a kick there.
Kettu throws out a powerful jab.
Kettu scores with a hook to the body. Hakekia takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Kettu throws a low kick, looking for Hakekia's leg but Hakekia calmly moves out of range.
Hakekia throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Hakekia takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Hakekia throws a looping overhand right but Kettu ducks down to avoid it.
Kettu swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Kettu lands a nice shot that snaps Hakekia's head back.
Kettu looks to land a right hand but Hakekia moved out of range.
Kettu jabs at Hakekia's body.
Kettu is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kettu moves out of range as Hakekia throws a body kick.
Hakekia misses with a wild body shot.
Hakekia throws a solid leg kick but Kettu takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Hakekia.
A good leg kick by Hakekia.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hakekia.
Kettu blocks a leg kick.
Kettu looks to score with a jab to the body but Hakekia is just out of range.
Kettu is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Hakekia looks to throw the jab but Kettu is out of range.
Hakekia throws a quick inside leg kick.
Donk. Hakekia catches Kettu right on the button with a cross.
Hakekia connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kettu throws a half hearted mid kick.
Hakekia pivots, looking for a leg kick but Kettu is out of range and Hakekia settles back down.
A leg kick checked by Hakekia.
Kettu misses the shot to the body.
Hakekia stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Kettu throws a leg kick but Hakekia sees it coming and checks it nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hakekia moves out of range as Kettu strikes.
Kettu keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Kettu takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hakekia motions for Kettu to come forward. Hakekia throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kettu misses the jab.
A slapping body kick lands there for Kettu.
Kettu lands a really nice looking cross but Hakekia seems unphased.
Hakekia blocks a jab.
Kettu throws a shot to the body.
Kettu walks into a straight right hand from Hakekia.
Kettu on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hakekia. Hakekia obviously looking to wear him down.
Kettu fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Hakekia checks it well.
Hakekia appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Hakekia looks to land a left hand but Kettu moved out of range nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kettu thumps Hakekia with a low kick.
Kettu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hakekia.
Kettu swings widly with a right hand
and Hakekia counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hakekia tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Esa Kettu will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Hakekia slips under a jab.
Kettu misses with an uppercut. Hakekia saw that one coming.
Hakekia ducks under a wild hook from Kettu.
Hakekia ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice straight punches there by Kettu. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Kettu.
Hakekia misses with a low kick.
Hakekia looks to land a right hand but Kettu moved out of range.
Hakekia swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Kettu connects with the punch.
Hakekia throws a leg kick that is checked
and Kettu cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kettu finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Hakekia was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Kettu jabs Hakekia right on the nose. Hakekia blinks but takes it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kettu pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hakekia moves out of range of the body kick from Kettu.
An inside leg kick from Hakekia misses.
Kettu throws a low kick but Hakekia avoids it.
Hakekia swings for the body but Kettu moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kettu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hakekia.
Kettu misses with a body shot.
Hakekia avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hakekia lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hakekia lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hakekia scores with a jab. Kettu acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A bone on bone clash there as Kettu blocks the leg kick.
Hakekia ducks under a wild hook from Kettu.
Kettu throws a poor cross that misses
and Hakekia counters with a straight right hand.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kettu.
A big right from Hakekia misses.
Kettu connects with the punch.
Hakekia throws a leg kick but Kettu sees it coming and moves out of range.
Kettu feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Kettu misses with a wild body shot.
Kettu takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hakekia swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hakekia swings widly with a right hand
and Kettu counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's two 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!
Kettu on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Kettu feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Hakekias jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

Hakekia is rocked!
Nice defenses there by Kettu.
Good work by Kettu as he checks the leg kick.
Hakekia feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Kettu's calf.
Kettu takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hakekia steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kettu.
Kettu has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hakekia.
Hakekia tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A telegraphed right hand from Kettu misses the target.
Hakekia connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Hakekia connects with an inside leg kick.
Kettu misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hakekia.
Hakekia misses with a body shot.
Kettu dodges the punch combination from Hakekia.
Hakekia scores with a nice strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Kettu misses.
Hakekia dips to his left and cracks Kettu with an uppercut!
Kettu is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Hakekia throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kettu throwing a counter right hand but Hakekia manages to avoid it.
Alika Hakekia has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hakekia misses with a low kick.
Hakekia lands the left hand.
Kettu swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kettu connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Kettu bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kettu swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hakekia showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kettu.
Kettu gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Kettu misses the shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hakekia throws a jab when Kettu was well out of range.
Kettu is looking to counter punch.
Kettu takes one on the chin but seems OK.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kettu looks to throw the jab but Hakekia is out of range.
Kettu backing away here, and Hakekia unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Hakekia tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kettu was well out of range. Poor timing from Hakekia.
Kettu throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hakekia uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kettu.
Hakekia only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Good exchange - Hakekia coming out on top.
A good leg kick by Hakekia.
Kettu thows a left - swing and a miss!

Kettu gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A body shot lands from Kettu.

Kettu escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hakekia takes one to the chin there.
Kettu throws a body punch but Hakekia moves out of range.
Hakekia blocks the body kick.
Decent striking displayed by Hakekia there.
Kettu jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Esa Kettu will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Kettu on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Kettu. Hakekia shrugs it off though.
Hakekia fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Hakekia has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Kettu throws a shot from downtown. Hakekia moves away and avoids it.
Kettu takes a swing at Hakekia's ribcage but misses.
Esa Kettu is winning the standup battle so far.
Kettu throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hakekia misses with a body shot.
Kettu throws a hook but Hakekia blocks it.
Kettu displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hakekia throws out the jab.
Hakekia cracks a nice hook into Kettu's ribs.
Kettu misses with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kettu digs a good hook to Hakekia's body.
Kettu closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Kettu takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hakekia on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Kettu throws a jab but it's blocked by Hakekia.
Hakekia has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Kettu keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hakekia.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hakekia pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kettu was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Kettu throws a body punch but Hakekia moves out of range.
Kettu throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hakekia sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hakekia tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Hakekia misses with a left hand
and Kettu counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kettu checks a leg kick.
Kettu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hakekia.
Kettu slips under a jab.

Hakekia has Kettu up against the cage in a clinch.
Hakekia throws a head punch that misses.
Hakekia throws a head punch that misses.
Hakekia looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hakekia misses with a body punch.

Kettu breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kettu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hakekia.
A slapping body kick lands there for Kettu.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Kettu misses.
Hakekia takes a swing at Kettu's ribcage but misses.
Hakekia tries a low kick but Kettu avoids it.
Hakekia takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hakekia bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Kettu's head backwards.
Hakekia checks a leg kick.
Kettu connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hakekia's hands.
Kettu lands with a right hand.
Kettu throws a shot to the body.
Kettu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hakekia defending well as Kettu loads up on a big left hand.
A bone on bone clash there as Kettu blocks the leg kick.
Kettu lands a lovely overhand right.
Hakekia thows a leg kick but Kettu checks it
enabling Kettu to counter with a crisp jab.
Hakekia is still on wobbly legs! Can Kettu finish him?
Nice straight punches there by Kettu. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Kettu.
Kettu looks to land a right hand but Hakekia moved out of range.
Kettu circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Hakekia to the canvas! Hakekia doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Kettu keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Esa Kettu!
Esa Kettu tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.