PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Oskari Jokinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrei East (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jokinen's entrance music is Prodigy - Firestarter. A fine choice. Andrei East has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Jokinen
vs
East

190 cm
29
182 lbs
16 - 15 - 0

181 cm
27
201 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 15 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Oskari Jokinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Andrei East!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Aleksandr Martynov and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jokinen walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. East checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
East misses the shot to the body.
Jokinen misses with a low kick.
Jokinen keeps East at a distance using the push kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Jokinen.
Jokinen connects with an inside leg kick.
Jokinen throws out a leg kick but East moves out of range and Jokinen only half commits.
Jokinen throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
East stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Jokinen.
Jokinen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from East.
East has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Jokinen.
Jokinen throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Jokinen with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling East to score with a decent uppercut.
Jokinen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jokinen looks to clinch
and East counters with a stiff right hand.
Jokinen throws a nice head kick!

East closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Jokinen did well to prevent East getting side control.
East passes to full mount!
East pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen is looking to improve his position but East isn't that keen on the idea.
East raining down hammerfists from mount.
East has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
East controlling the pace for now.
East looking to control but Jokinen is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Jokinen is looking to get to half guard.
East lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Jokinen hang on?
Jokinen wants to hold on but East pushes him away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because East is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
East in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
A nice elbow there by East.
East pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
East sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
East working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
East putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

It looks like Oskari Jokinen has been cut.
Jokinen is trying desperately to improve position.
East lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
East tries to control but Jokinen wriggling away.
East working the ground and pound effectively.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
East with the ground and pound from mount.
East controlling the pace for now.
East lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

Oskari Jokinen's cut is getting worse.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, East cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
East landing strikes, looking to finish!
East prevents Jokinen from getting the reversal.
East scores with a couple of good head shots there.
East working the ground and pound effectively.

Jokinen is rocked!

Oskari Jokinen's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
East cracks Jokinen with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Andrei East!