PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brick Top (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ossi Jokinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Top kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Killing in the name . The crowd seem to be enjoying Jokinen's choice of entrance music: Prodigy - Omen. This should be fireworks!

Top
vs
Jokinen

180 cm
25
218 lbs
14 - 2 - 0

190 cm
29
215 lbs
23 - 4 - 1

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Hellbent, Inc.™

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Brick Top!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Ossi Jokinen!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Marco Blurström and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Top ducks under a wild hook from Jokinen.
Top checks a leg kick.
Jokinen scores with a nice body kick.
A shot to the liver by Jokinen. Beautiful body shot.
Jokinen throws a hook to the side of Top's head but Top sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Brick Top seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jokinen throws a right hand that misses
and Top counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jokinen throws a hook to the side of Top's head but Top sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Top takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jokinen throws a leg kick
and Jokinen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jokinen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nice defenses there by Jokinen.
Top throws a push kick but Jokinen slaps the foot to one side.
Top misses with a leg kick
letting Jokinen counter with a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen misses with a right hand
and Top counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Top shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Jokinen but Jokinen pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Top throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Jokinen counters with a good low kick that Top was not able to check.
Jokinen scores with a hook.
Jokinen throws a head kick but Top moves out of range.
Jokinen looks to land a body kick but Top moved away.
Top misses with the body kick
and Jokinen counters with a leg kick.
Ossi Jokinen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sloppy strikes from Top. Those never looked like landing.
Top tries to clinch up but Jokinen circles away and keeps his distance.
Jokinen bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Top's head.
Jokinen is looking to chop away at Top's legs.
Jokinen avoids the head kick by Top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Jokinen.
Top tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Top misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jokinen.
Top stalks Jokinen and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Jokinen's face. Jokinen staggers backwards, shaken.
Top checks a leg kick nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Top looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jokinen takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jokinen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Top uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jokinen.
Jokinen swats away the attempt to clinch by Top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Top takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Jokinen lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Jokinen lands a really nice looking cross but Top seems unphased.
Top throws a sloppy head kick
and Jokinen counters with an inside leg kick.
Jokinen misses with a looping right.
Jokinen throws a lazy uppercut
and Top counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jokinen is looking to clinch.
Jokinen lands with a straight right. Top didn't see that one coming.
Jokinen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Top misses with a wild body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Top avoids the body shot from Jokinen.
Top lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Jokinen at a distance.
A low kick from Top misses
and Jokinen counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jokinen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jokinen fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Top.
Donk. Jokinen catches Top right on the button with a cross.
Top scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Top dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jokinen. That did some damage!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Top misses with a hook
and Jokinen counters with an inside leg kick.
Jokinen lands a leg kick that knocks Top off balance momentarily.
Jokinen swings for the body but Top moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ossi Jokinen dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Top lands a jab.
Top uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jokinen.
Top looks to score with a jab to the body but Jokinen is just out of range.
Jokinen misses with a head kick.
Top fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Top swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jokinen swings for the body but Top moves out of range.
Jokinen throws an off balance right hand

and Top counters by clinching up.
Top blocks an uppercut.
Jokinen misses with the head strike.
Jokinen scores a nice knee to the body.
Jokinen lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen lands a nice uppercut.
Jokinen prevents a body shot from Top.
Top working aggressively here.
Jokinen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Top on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jokinen misses with a knee strike.
Jokinen lands a body shot in the clinch.
Top tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jokinen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A knee to the head by Jokinen.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jokinen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Top misses with a body punch.
Top has a couple of punches blocked by Jokinen.
Top lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jokinen backwards.
Top swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jokinen connects with a knee to the head.
Jokinen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Jokinen.
Jokinen misses with a knee to the head.

Jokinen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Top ducks under a wild hook from Jokinen.
Top 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.
Jokinen lands a nice shot to the body.
Jokinen clobbers Top with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jokinen thuds his shin into the meat of Top's side.
Top sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Jokinen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A slapping leg kick lands for Jokinen.
Jokinen lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Jokinen thows a body kick. Top tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Jokinen connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Top ducks under a wild hook from Jokinen.
Both fighters circling a little - Jokinen finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Jokinen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jokinen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Top stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Jokinen.
Top throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Jokinen counters with a nice uppercut.
Jokinen looks for the body kick but Top saw that one coming.
Top has a takedown stuffed.
Jokinen lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Nice takedown defense from Jokinen. No joy for Top on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brick Top. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Top gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Jokinen.
Top is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Jokinen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Jokinen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jokinen misses with a low kick.
Top will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen lands with a slapping head kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jokinen lands with a good body shot.
Top misses with a left hand
and Jokinen counters with a nice uppercut.
Top takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Jokinen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Jokinen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Top.
A big right from Jokinen misses.
Jokinen throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jokinen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Top moves away.

Top manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Jokinen on his heels. He'll look to pass Jokinen's guard now, I'm sure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ossi Jokinen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Jokinen tries to land a front kick but Top steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Jokinen with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Top misses with a leg kick
and Jokinen counters with a nice leg kick.
Top throws a head kick that Jokinen semi-blocks.
Top moves out of range of the leg kick from Jokinen.
Top throws a sloppy head kick
and Jokinen counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Top thinking.
Jokinen throws a nice inside leg kick.
Top with a poor takedown
and Jokinen counters with a thumping low kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jokinen misses with a body kick.
Jokinen misses with a hook. Top ducked under it nicely.
A shot to the liver by Jokinen. Beautiful body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Top has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Jokinen works the jab nicely.
Jokinen doesn't manage to clinch there - Top circles away.
Jokinen fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Top.
Jokinen lands with a thumping leg kick.
Jokinen thuds his shin into the meat of Top's side.
Top steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Jokinen. That one must have hurt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jokinen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jokinen's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Jokinen duly obliges.
Top walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A punch combination from Jokinen misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen cracks Top with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A big left from Jokinen misses.
Top shoots in but no luck this time.
Jokinen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Top manages to avoid it.
Jokinen looks to throw the jab but Top is out of range.
Nice sprawl there from Jokinen as Top shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brick Top. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Top misses with a two punch combination.
Top misses with a double jab
letting Jokinen counter with a right hand.
Jokinen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Top manages to avoid it.
Jokinen jabs at Top's body.
Ossi Jokinen seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Top shoots for a takedown but Jokinen saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Jokinen missing with a left hand there. Top was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jokinen works Top's body with a nice hook.
Jokinen is looking to clinch.
Jokinen connects with a single shot there.
A nice leg kick lands there from Jokinen.
Top has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Jokinen looks to land a right hand but Top moved out of range.
Jokinen connects with a solid leg kick.
A lazy left from Jokinen finds it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jokinen throws a low kick but Top moves out of range easily.
Jokinen connects with a single shot there.
Top slips a jab and a cross from Jokinen.
Top shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Top misses with a leg kick
and Jokinen makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Top really felt that one!
Jokinen lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
The fighters circle momentarily. Jokinen darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Donk. Jokinen catches Top right on the button with a cross.

Top is rocked!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jokinen throws an uppercut from hell that sends Top clean off his feet! He's out cold! Jokinen stands back and admires his work as he thinks about that KO of the night award that is surely being wrapped up for him back stage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:53 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ossi Jokinen!