PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Onni Jokinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tatau Bloodgood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bloodgood has chosen Dark Tranquility - Terminus (Where Death Is Most Alive) as his entrance music. Tatau Bloodgood has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Jokinen
vs
Bloodgood

175 cm
23
170 lbs
9 - 5 - 1

189 cm
25
180 lbs
13 - 10 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Conviction
Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Onni Jokinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Tatau Bloodgood!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Arvi Lind and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bloodgood scores with a sloppy right hand. Jokinen should have avoided that one.
Bloodgood throws a lazy right hand but Jokinen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bloodgood misses with a straight right.
Bloodgood lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Jokinen slips a jab and a cross from Bloodgood.
Jokinen slips a jab and a cross from Bloodgood.
Bloodgood displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jokinen throws out the jab.
Jokinen darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Jokinen throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Jokinen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Jokinen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bloodgood.
Bloodgood misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bloodgood throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jokinen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A jab from Jokinen misses.
Jokinen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bloodgood walks forward, straight into a front kick from Jokinen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bloodgood avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jokinen slips under a jab from Bloodgood.
Danga de danga de dang - Bloodgood scores with a four punch combination!
Jokinen misses the shot to the body.
Jokinen misses with an uppercut. Bloodgood saw that one coming.
Decent striking displayed by Jokinen there.
Bloodgood checks the leg kick.
Jokinen looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Bloodgood lunges at Jokinen with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Jokinen's hand.
Bloodgood misses with an uppercut. Jokinen saw that one coming.
Jokinen thows a body shot but no joy.
Bloodgood throws a looping overhand right but Jokinen ducks down to avoid it.
Bloodgood misses with an uppercut.
A leg kick checked by Bloodgood.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen scoring well with a low kick there.
Bloodgood slips under a jab.
Bloodgood might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Jab, jab by Bloodgood - just one landing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bloodgood jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jokinen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bloodgood looks to land a combination. Jokinen sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Jokinen goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Bloodgood takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Jokinen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Nice jab there from Bloodgood.
Jokinen throws a front kick that sends Bloodgood stumbling back into the cage.
Jokinen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jokinen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Bloodgood misses its intended target.
Bloodgood throws a jab but it's blocked by Jokinen.
Jokinen misses with a looping right.
Bloodgood misses with a lunging right hand

and Jokinen counters with a head kick that drops Bloodgood to the mat! Bloodgood scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!

Bloodgood is rocked!
Jokinen drops Bloodgood with a big left hand! Bloodgood is injured, injured bad! Jokinen jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Onni Jokinen!