PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kerry King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jyri Jokela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kerry King has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

King
vs
Jokela

195 cm
23
285 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

190 cm
22
270 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kerry King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jyri Jokela!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Roosa Järviläinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

King decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
King wants to pass the guard but Jokela is defending well.
King working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Jokela is looking to improve his position.
Jokela misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Jokela avoiding damage under a succession of punches from King.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Jokela has hold of King's hands but King slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Jokela has hold of King's hands but King slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
King is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
King wants to pass the guard but Jokela is defending well.
Jokela has hold of King's hands but King slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
King 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.
Jokela looks like he's trying to stand up.
Jokela trying to get back to full guard but King takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Jokela really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
King pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King punishing his opponent with strikes.
King lands a big elbow.
King with a couple of short strikes.
King putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Jokela in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Jokela is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
King raining down shots from the mount!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jokela in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Jokela throwing hammer fists to the chest of King. What's that going to do exactly?
Jokela looks gassed!
King lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
King could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
King can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Jokela is looking to escape.
King with good strikes from the mount here!
King lands with some strikes.
BOOM! King connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King unloading with bombs!
A nice elbow there by King.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Jokela can do anything to dispel that myth.
Jokela in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
King lands with some strikes.
King working away from the top, dropping strikes.
King cracks Jokela with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
King blocks Jokela's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
King landing strikes from the mount.
King trying to control but Jokela is having none of it.
Jokela throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Jokela taking shots to the head.
Jokela takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Jokela working to try and regain half guard.
The referee warns Jokela that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
King landing punches.
Jokela is bucking up trying to escape but King cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
King lands a heavy elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jokela is trying to escape the mount.
King landing strikes from the mount and Jokela is in trouble!
King landing punches.
King is landing with some decent strikes but Jokela is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
King is in the full mount, landing strikes.
King working away from the top, dropping strikes.
A nice elbow there by King.
King working Jokela over with strikes here.
Jokela in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Jokela squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
King with shots to the head and body - Jokela looks very uncomfortable down there.
King is in the full mount, landing strikes.
King lands a big shot there that rocks Jokela but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jokela can't escape the position.
King lands a big elbow.
King lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
King landing strikes, looking to finish!
Jokela wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
King lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
King with good strikes from the mount here!
King lands a heavy elbow.
Jokela is bucking up trying to escape but King cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Poor strikes thrown by King there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Jokela blocking the ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
King looking to ground and pound but Jokela is blocking nicely.
Jokela really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
King lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Jokela hang on?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

A combination from King does no damage.
Jokela scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Jokela rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but King moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jokela misses with a takedown attempt

and King counters with a shoot takedown. Jokela fights it but they end up in guard.
Jokela keeping moving, preventing King from controlling successfully.
Jokela trying to strike off his back.
King stands up over Jokela, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Jokela is looking to stand back up but King counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Jokela.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. King connects with a nice short shot to Jokela's temple.
Jokela really doesn't want to stay on the ground with King. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
King scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Jokela is trying to defend against the ground and pound but King scores with a couple of nice shots.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
King is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
King landing punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokela is squirming around, avoiding King's attempts to control the action.
King looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Jokela wants to get back to his feet.
Jokela is trying to escape the mount.
King postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Jokela looks a forlorn figure.
King is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Jokela can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Jokela in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
King is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jokela can do to turn this around?
King putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Kerry King overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Jokela is wriggling around trying to escape.
King trying to control but he's not successful this time.
King scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Jokela?
King scores with a couple of good head shots there.

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.
Jokela slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Jokela is looking to escape.
King takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
King working the head and body with strikes.
King thows a huge punch but Jokela dodges it nicely.
King stops Jokela from getting back to his feet.
King lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Jokela punching from the bottom.
King passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Jokela!
King is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Jokela can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Jokela throwing hammer fists to the chest of King. What's that going to do exactly?
Jokela in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
King with shots to the head and body - Jokela looks very uncomfortable down there.
A nice elbow there by King.
King lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
King with good strikes from the mount here!
King lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
King dominating with strikes here.
Jokela swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Jokela throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Jokela flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Jokela squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
King looking to control but Jokela is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
BOOM! King connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, King cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
King with shots to the head and body - Jokela looks very uncomfortable down there.
King looking to finish Jokela with some ground and pound. This is bad for Jokela!

That's four 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.
Jokela wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Jokela is desperately trying to improve his position but King has a good base and remains in mount.
King is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Jokela can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
A nice elbow there by King.
King pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
King lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Jokela hang on?
King misses with a head shot.
King throwing strikes here but Jokela is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
King in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Poor strikes thrown by King there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Jokela tries to get back to half guard but can't.
King landing strikes from the mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, King cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
King trying to control but Jokela is having none of it.
King is in the full mount, landing strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kerry King dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

King gets the takedown into side control.
Jokela is trying to get back to half guard.
King scoring with punches and elbows.
Jokela is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
King working the ground and pound.
King is putting a hurting on Jokela here, landing some big shots from side control.
King working the ground and pound from side control.
Jokela wants to get back to his feet but King drags him back down.
King working the head with strikes.
Jokela is trying to get back to his feet.
King working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
King wants to lay and pray for a moment but Jokela keeps working.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Jokela displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from King.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokela with a poor takedown

and King counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Jokela's guard now.
Jokela throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
King wants to control from the top but Jokela keeps moving.
King is looking to work some ground and pound but Jokela has wrist control.
King loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
King is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Jokela throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
King chips away with some ground and pound.

King decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
King fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Jokela avoids it really well and circles away.
King tries to bum rush Jokela with a series of wild strikes but Jokela uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

King drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Jokela striking off his back, scoring a few points.
King wants to control from the top but Jokela keeps moving.
Jokela wants to stand and escape but King is having none of it.
King connects with a couple of short punches.
King stands up over Jokela, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
King throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jokela works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
King working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Jokela working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from King.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jokela misses with a takedown

and King counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Jokela's guard now.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
King works over Jokela with some ground and pound from guard.
Jokela tries to strike from the bottom.
Jokela striking off his back but it's not causing King any problems.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
King is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Jokela has momentary wrist control but King slips an elbow through the middle.
Jokela is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and King dives into side control.
King is working Jokela over with some ground and pound from side control.
Jokela is looking to regain half guard here but King keeps moving and retains side control.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Jokela shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says King as he avoids it easily.
Kerry King has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jyri Jokela.
Jokela shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and King counters with a nice uppercut.
A left and a right from Jokela both land. Nice combination.
Jokela misses the shot to the body.
Jokela misses with a double jab.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from King.
King shoots in for a takedown but Jokela shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

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.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from King is defended easily by Jokela.
Jokela with a lazy takedown attempt

and King decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Jokela's guard.
Jokela looking to hit a scissor sweep but King is one step ahead there.
Jokela keeping moving, preventing King from controlling successfully.
Jokela looking to hit a scissor sweep but King is one step ahead there.
King working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Kerry King is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
King slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Jokela.
King perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kerry King showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for King, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:26
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:26
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kerry King!