PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Oskari Jokinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and All or Nothing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jokinen kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Prodigy - Firestarter. Nothing has chosen Vegan Reich - The Way It Is as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Jokinen
vs
or Nothing

190 cm
29
179 lbs
16 - 16 - 0

175 cm
29
182 lbs
12 - 11 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Determined

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 - 16 - 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 12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, All or Nothing!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Aleksandr Martynov and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jokinen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Nothing. That did some damage!
Nothing has his takedown stuffed
and Jokinen counters with a nice kick to the body.

Nothing gets a clinch.
Nothing on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jokinen.

It looks like All or Nothing has been cut.

Jokinen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Jokinen.
Jokinen misses with the ground and pound.

Jokinen tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen trying to control the position but Nothing is working away.
Nothing has one of Jokinen's arms on lockdown, trying to prevent him from doing any damage.
Nothing gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

That's two 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.
Nothing makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Nothing.
Jokinen trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen wants to control from the top but Nothing keeps moving.
Nothing working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Jokinen.
Jokinen preventing the sweep.
Jokinen wants to pass the guard but Nothing is keeping the position.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Nice body kick there by Jokinen.

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.

Jokinen rushes Nothing and presses him up against the cage.
Nothing avoiding damage as Jokinen throws knees to the body.
Jokinen lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jokinen tries to land a knee to the head but Nothing blocks with his arms.
Jokinen misses with a knee to the head.
Jokinen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Nothing's face.
Nice elbow from Jokinen.
Jokinen tries to land a knee to the head but Nothing blocks with his arms.
Nothing jumps guard but Jokinen stands there with Nothing around his waist. Nothing gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Nothing blocks an uppercut.
Nothing fails to pull guard.
Oskari Jokinen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of All or Nothing.
A hook to the body from Jokinen.
Jokinen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jokinen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nothing lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nice body punch from Jokinen - that landed with a thud.
Jokinen lands a knee to the body.

Jokinen has hold of one of Nothing's legs. Nothing is fighting the takedown attempt but Jokinen gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oskari Jokinen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on All or Nothing's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Nothing has Jokinen up against the cage in a clinch.
Nothing stalling the fight.
Jokinen can't find room to land a body shot as Nothing controls the action.
Jokinen tries a body shot but Nothing blocks it.
Nothing on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Nothing manages to pull guard.
Nothing looking for a sweep. Not yet Nothing, not yet.
Jokinen postures up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jokinen tries to free his leg and advance position but Nothing is retaining full guard.

Nothing looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Jokinen passes into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen is looking to take a break and control but Nothing is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Nothing trying to control here.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

All or Nothing has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Jokinen scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Jokinen fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

Nothing clinches up with Jokinen and pushes him back against the cage.

Jokinen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jokinen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nothing checks the leg kick nicely there.

Jokinen drives through and clinches with Nothing against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nothing tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Jokinen smiles and moves away.

Nothing darts in and clinches Jokinen up against the cage.
Nothing managing to block the knees to the body from Jokinen.
Nothing jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Jokinen walks away with a smile on his face. Nothing gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Jokinen clinches with his opponent.

Jokinen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Nothing clinches up against the cage.
Jokinen trying to land knees to the body.
Jokinen lands a nice knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen is trying to push Nothing away but Nothing has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Jokinen misses with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Jokinen.
Nothing has Jokinen pressed against the cage, preventing Jokinen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jokinen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jokinen lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Jokinen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nothing avoids it.
Nothing jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Jokinen walks away with a smile on his face. Nothing gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Oskari Jokinen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of All or Nothing.

Nothing rushes Jokinen and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Jokinen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A solid leg kick lands there for Jokinen.

Nothing moves into the clinch.
Jokinen can't break the clinch.
Nothing tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Jokinen just stands there and leans against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oskari Jokinen dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on All or Nothing's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Nothing rushes Jokinen and presses him up against the cage.

Nothing jumps guard.
Nothing working a defensive guard here.
Nothing is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Jokinen won't allow Nothing to sweep him here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nothing is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. All or Nothing wasn't active enough on the ground.
A chopping leg kick lands by Jokinen.
Jokinen's corner calls for a 1-2. Jokinen obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

Nothing drives through with a takedown into guard.
Jokinen wants to sweep but no luck.
Nothing controlling from the top position.
Jokinen will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Nothing wants to control from the top but Jokinen keeps moving.
Oskari Jokinen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen is trying to control the position but Nothing postures up.

The ref stands the fighters back up. All or Nothing was stalling too much, according to the referee.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Jokinen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nothing.

Jokinen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jokinen feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Nothing's calf.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Jokinen lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nothing misses with a looping right.

Nothing shoots in and gets a takedown into Jokinen's guard.
Jokinen keeping moving, preventing Nothing from controlling successfully.
Nothing controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Jokinen trying to keep a closed guard but Nothing is proving a slippery customer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Nothing trying to control but Jokinen is working from the bottom.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. All or Nothing wasn't active enough on the ground.
Nothing fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Oskari Jokinen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nothing moves out of range as Jokinen throws a body kick.
All or Nothing has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jokinen lands a nice leg kick that just misses Nothing's sensitive parts.

Nothing moves into range and clinches up with Jokinen.

And that's the end of the fight!
All or Nothing comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Jokinen has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 29:28
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Oskari Jokinen!