PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ossi Jokinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Pardo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Jokinen might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Prodigy - Omen. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Jokinen
vs
Pardo

190 cm
30
215 lbs
26 - 4 - 1

180 cm
28
209 lbs
13 - 4 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Ossi Jokinen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Paul Pardo!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Sergei Dronov and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pardo throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Jokinen stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Pardo throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Jokinen tries to land a front kick but Pardo steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A head kick misses from Pardo.
Pardo tries a head kick but it misses.
Pardo moves out of range as Jokinen strikes.
Pardo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jokinen throws a hook to the side of Pardo's head but Pardo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pardo scores with a kick to the midsection.
Jokinen throws a hook but Pardo blocks it.
Pardo blocks a head kick by Jokinen.
Jokinen avoids a kick to the body.
A left and a right from Jokinen both land. Nice combination.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Pardo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ossi Jokinen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pardo misses with a low kick.
Jokinen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pardo connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Jokinen momentarily.
Jokinen takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Jokinen fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Pardo feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Jokinen's calf.
Pardo avoids the body shot from Jokinen.
Pardo fakes the leg kick and cracks Jokinen in the body.
Jokinen has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Pardo.
Jokinen is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An inside leg kick lands from Pardo.
Good leg kick by Pardo there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Pardo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A good leg kick by Pardo.

Pardo closes the distance and pushes Jokinen back into the cage.
Pardo prevents Jokinen from breaking the clinch.
Jokinen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pardo is defending well for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pardo tries to land knees in the clinch but Jokinen avoids the damage to the body.
Pardo managing to block the knees to the body from Jokinen.
Pardo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jokinen presses Pardo against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

Pardo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jokinen throws a hook to the side of Pardo's head but Pardo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pardo goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Pardo lands a body shot.
A leg kick checked by Jokinen.
Jokinen moves out of range of the body kick.
A solid body kick from Pardo.
An inside leg kick lands from Pardo.
That kick from Pardo tenderised Jokinen's leg. Jokinen is trying to keep his angry face on.
Pardo throws a quick inside leg kick.
Pardo throws a head kick that half lands.

It looks like Ossi Jokinen has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pardo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jokinen.
Jokinen blocks a head kick by Pardo.
Pardo tries a low kick but Jokinen avoids it.
Jokinen thows a body shot but no joy.
Pardo misses with an attempted mid kick.
Jokinen misses with a low kick as Pardo jumps back.
Jokinen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pardo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pardo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Pardo throws a body kick that misses.
Pardo works Jokinen's body with a nice hook.
Pardo swings for the body but Jokinen moves out of range.
Pardo looks to land a body kick but Jokinen moved away.
Jokinen misses with a double jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Pardo, right into the meat.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Pardo, right into the meat.
Pardo throws a head kick that misses.
Pardo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jokinen swings for the body but Pardo moves out of range.
Jokinen chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Pardo can pounce on him.
Jokinen is looking to wear down Pardo with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jokinen avoids the head kick by Pardo.
Pardo connects with a body shot that sends Jokinen's belly button to the back.
Jokinen throws a head kick that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jokinen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pardo manages to avoid it.
Jokinen blocks a head kick by Pardo.
Jokinen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pardo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Pardo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ossi Jokinen's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Pardo throws a low kick but Jokinen moves out of range easily.
Pardo lands a body shot.
Jokinen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pardo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jokinen wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Pardo misses with a head kick.
Pardo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pardo misses with a head kick.
Pardo pushes Jokinen away with a front kick.
Jokinen blocks a head kick by Pardo.
Paul Pardo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pardo misses with a hook
and Jokinen counters with a straight right hand.
Jokinen throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Pardo.
Pardo connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pardo throws a jab when Jokinen was well out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pardo scores with a nice head shot.
Pardo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jokinen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jokinen misses with a body kick.
Pardo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jokinen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jokinen checks a low kick from Pardo.
Pardo takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Jokinen throws a push kick but Pardo slaps the foot to one side.
Pardo moves out of range as Jokinen strikes.
Pardo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jokinen manages to avoid it.
Jokinen throws a leg kick which misses Pardo's front leg but catches the back leg as Pardo tries to avoid it.
A big right from Pardo misses.
Pardo takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen scores with a jab.
Pardo moves out of range of the leg kick from Jokinen.
Pardo looks for the body kick but Jokinen saw that one coming.
Pardo walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Jokinen misses with a series of wild punches.
Jokinen throws a head kick but Pardo moves out of range.
Jokinen throws a low kick, looking for Pardo's leg but Pardo calmly moves out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Pardo.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jokinen throws a head kick that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Pardo attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Jokinen avoids the body shot from Pardo.
Pardo throws a series of punches but Jokinen moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pardo shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Jokinen scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pardo. Jokinen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pardo lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jokinen's sensitive parts.
Jokinen looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A big right from Pardo misses.
Pardo lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Pardo throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

Pardo gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Jokinen trying to land knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pardo lands with a light punch inside.
Pardo pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Jokinen wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jokinen is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Pardo lands with a short shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Pardo.
Pardo lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Jokinen.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jokinen.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pardo.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jokinen.
Pardo presses Jokinen against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

Pardo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pardo lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Jokinen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pardo moves away.
Good leg kick by Pardo there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Jokinen throws a hook to the side of Pardo's head but Pardo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
An inside leg kick lands from Pardo.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pardo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pardo throws a sloppy head kick and Jokinen moves out of range easily.
Pardo throws a chopping leg kick but Jokinen manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Pardo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ossi Jokinen's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Pardo misses with a body kick.
Jokinen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Pardo misses with a kick to the body.
Pardo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jokinen throws the kick towards the body but Pardo avoids it.
Jokinen slips a straight right by Pardo.
Jokinen is looking to score with low kicks.
Pardo misses with a series of wild punches.
Pardo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jokinen throws out the jab.
Pardo throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Jokinen throws a leg kick
and Pardo makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Jokinen really felt that one!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pardo lands a nice looking body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pardo misses with a head kick.
Pardo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A solid body kick from Pardo.
Jokinen throws a leg kick but Pardo moved away.
Pardo misses with a body shot.
Pardo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Pardo throws the kick towards the body but Jokinen avoids it.
Pardo thows a body shot but no joy.
Pardo throws a head kick that misses
and Jokinen counters with a nice uppercut.
Jokinen tries a head kick but it misses.
Good work by Pardo as he checks the leg kick.
Pardo lets loose with a powerful body kick. Jokinen will feel that in the morning.
Good leg kick by Pardo there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Pardo.
Left hook, right uppercut from Pardo.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Pardo lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A lazy left from Pardo finds it's target.
Pardo lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Jokinen takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Good work by Jokinen as he checks the leg kick.
Pardo misses with an uppercut. Jokinen saw that one coming.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Pardo.
Pardo throws a nice inside leg kick.
Pardo tests Jokinen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jokinen is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Pardo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pardo does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Jokinen scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Jokinen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pardo takes one to the chin there.
Jokinen avoids a kick to the body.
Jokinen looks to land a body kick but Pardo moved away.
Jokinen lands a head kick. Pardo smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Pardo throws a leg kick
and Jokinen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jokinen is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Pardo fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Jokinen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Pardo looks to land a combination. Jokinen sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Pardo lands a body shot.

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 swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jokinen circles away from the clinch attempt.
A telegraphed right hand from Pardo misses the target.
Jokinen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Pardo.
Jokinen cracks Pardo with a good jab.
A head kick misses from Jokinen.
Pardo tries to land a body kick
and Jokinen counters with a thumping low kick.
Pardo checks the leg kick nicely there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pardo on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Jokinen. Jokinen obviously looking to wear him down.
Jokinen scores with a body shot.
Pardo scores with a sloppy right hand. Jokinen should have avoided that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Pardo really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ossi Jokinen's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Pardo throws a series of punches but Jokinen avoids them all with ease.
Jokinen takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Pardo swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Jokinen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jokinen connects with a leg kick. Pardo looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Pardo misses with a jab to the body
enabling Jokinen to counter with a crisp jab.
Pardo throws a front kick aimed at Jokinen's knee but Jokinen avoids it well.
Jokinen moves out of range of the body kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Jokinen. That snapped Pardo's head back.
Pardo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jokinen looks to score with a jab to the body but Pardo is just out of range.
Jokinen throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Pardo stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Jokinen lands with a shot to the body.
Pardo tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Pardo is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen misses with a hook.
Jokinen avoids a kick to the body.
Jokinen cracks a nice hook into Pardo's ribs.
Jokinen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Pardo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jokinen thows a leg kick but Pardo checks it
and Pardo counters with an outside leg kick.
Pardo looks for the body kick but Jokinen saw that one coming.
Pardo throws a head kick that misses.
Jokinen looks for the body kick but Pardo saw that one coming.
Pardo walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Pardo.
Jokinen misses with a body punch
and Pardo counters with a right hand to the body.
A bone on bone clash there as Pardo blocks the leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick from Jokinen lands but Pardo takes it in his stride.
Pardo throws a head kick that misses.
Good work by Pardo as he checks the leg kick.
Jokinen lands with a shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pardo goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Jokinen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jokinen digs a good hook to Pardo's body.
Pardo blocks a head kick by Jokinen.
Pardo moves out of range of the body kick from Jokinen.
Pardo misses with a hook to the body
and Jokinen counters with an outside leg kick.
Jokinen with a nice cross.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pardo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Jokinen.
Jokinen takes a kick to the side of the head.
Jokinen misses the shot to the body.
Pardo digs a good hook to Jokinen's body.
Jokinen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pardo.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Pardo.
Jokinen thows a body shot but no joy.
Good leg kick by Jokinen there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Pardo throws a body punch but Jokinen moves out of range.
Jokinen avoids the head kick by Pardo.
Jokinen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lazy left from Jokinen finds it's target.
Jokinen with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Jokinen moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Pardo misses with a body shot.
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.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jokinen feints and then cracks Pardo's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Pardo down.
Pardo misses with a head kick.
Jokinen ducks under a wild hook from Pardo.
Pardo misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Jokinen counters with a nice leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jokinen throws a head kick that Pardo semi-blocks.
Jokinen just misses with a punch to the body.
Pardo throws a front kick aimed at Jokinen's knee but Jokinen avoids it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ossi Jokinen had his way with Paul Pardo in that round.
The cut man is working on Ossi Jokinen's cut.
That's time! Jokinen's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

An inside leg kick from Pardo misses.
Pardo avoids a punch combination nicely.
A decent looking cross lands there for Pardo.
Jokinen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pardo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pardo throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Jokinen motions for Pardo to come forward. Jokinen throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Jokinen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A low kick from Pardo misses
and Jokinen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Pardo fails with an attempt to clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jokinen. Pardo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pardo misses with a straight left.

Pardo gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pardo manages to break the clinch.
Jokinen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Jokinen moves out of range of the strikes.
Pardo throws a body kick that misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Pardo.
Pardo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pardo keeps Jokinen at a distance using the push kick.
Pardo swings for the body but Jokinen moves out of range.
Pardo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Pardo checks a leg kick.
Jokinen will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Jokinen misses with a wild combination.
Pardo misses with a body kick.
Ossi Jokinen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pardo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pardo lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Jokinen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pardo.
Pardo misses the shot to the body.
Pardo just misses with a punch to the body.
Jokinen lands a lovely overhand right.
Pardo scores with a hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jokinen misses with a low kick as Pardo jumps back.
Jokinen doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Jokinen tries to bum rush Pardo with a series of wild strikes but Pardo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jokinen avoids the body shot from Pardo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen throws a quick inside leg kick.
Good work by Jokinen as he checks the leg kick.
Pardo throws a head kick that misses.
Pardo is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Pardo throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Jokinen.
Jokinen lands a head shot.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Jokinen.
Jokinen works over Pardo's head and body with a nice combination.

Pardo is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pardo chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Jokinen can pounce on him.
Pardo is still on wobbly legs! Can Jokinen finish him?
A telegraphed right hand from Jokinen misses the target.
Pardo gets hit by the mother of all head kicks and drops to the canvas in a crumpled heap! Woooow, the Internet is going to be talking about this one for weeks!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 5, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Ossi Jokinen!
Ossi Jokinen retains his light heavyweight title!