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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pervo Jokkolainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josh Matson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jokkolainen's entrance music is The Young - Ready For The Fight. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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222 lbs
17 - 11 - 0 |
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215 lbs
14 - 8 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pervo Jokkolainen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Josh Matson!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Paulo Santos and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Matson lands a nice hook to Jokkolainen's body. Jokkolainen takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jokkolainen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jokkolainen gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Matson.
Matson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A punch lands to the side of Jokkolainen 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Jokkolainen takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jokkolainen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Matson manages to avoid it.
Matson thows a body shot but no joy.
Jokkolainen misses with the combination.
Matson lands with a straight right. Jokkolainen didn't see that one coming.
Matson works Jokkolainen's body with a nice hook.
Jokkolainen throws a combination that misses
and Matson counters with a left to the body.
Jokkolainen is breathing heavily.
Jokkolainen doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Matson fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Jokkolainen on the side of the head.
Matson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matson's jab looks to have found its range, popping Jokkolainen under the eye.
Matson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Some bone on bone action there as Jokkolainen checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A big right from Jokkolainen misses.
Matson shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Matson was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Matson controlling from mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jokkolainen is working to get back to half guard.
Matson postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Jokkolainen looks a forlorn figure.
Matson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Matson throwing strikes but Jokkolainen bucks up and reverses the position. He's now in guard on top.
Matson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Matson looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Matson is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Jokkolainen defends well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matson wants to sweep here but Jokkolainen controlling him for the moment.
Jokkolainen is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Jokkolainen has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Jokkolainen trying to control the position from guard on top but Matson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Pervo Jokkolainen wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Matson takes a jab right on the kisser.
Jokkolainen takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Matson takes a jab right on the kisser.
Matson throws a combination that misses
and Jokkolainen counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
An inside leg kick lands from Jokkolainen.
Jokkolainen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Matson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jokkolainen throws a head kick but Matson moves out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jokkolainen connects with a body shot that sends Matson's belly button to the back.
A nice inside leg kick there by Jokkolainen. That's going to slow Matson down.
Matson lands a right hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Josh Matson dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Matson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A shot to the liver by Matson. Beautiful body shot.
Jokkolainen misses with an uppercut. Matson saw that one coming.
Jokkolainen misses with a body shot.
Matson cracks Jokkolainen with a good jab.
Matson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jokkolainen manages to avoid it.
Jokkolainen moves forwards but Matson connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Matson takes a swing at Jokkolainen's ribcage but misses.
Jokkolainen stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Jokkolainen wants it to stay on the feet.
Matson throws a big shot that misses.
Matson jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Matson just misses with a punch to the body.
Jokkolainen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Good work by Matson as he checks the leg kick.
Matson takes a swing at Jokkolainen's ribcage but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokkolainen throws the kick towards the body but Matson avoids it.
Jokkolainen looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Jokkolainen is looking to wear down Matson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Matson slips under a jab from Jokkolainen.
Jokkolainen misses with a head kick.
Matson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Jokkolainen lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Matson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Matson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Matson lands with a nice body punch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jokkolainen's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Matson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Jokkolainen scrambles back to his feet.
Jokkolainen throws a low kick but Matson avoids it.
Jokkolainen throws a low kick but Matson moves out of range easily.
Jokkolainen 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.
Matson lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Matson bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Matson throws a body punch but Jokkolainen moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jokkolainen fakes the leg kick and cracks Matson in the body.
Jokkolainen throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Matson makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Matson lands a head shot.
Matson lands a right hook to the body.
Matson scores with a body shot.
Matson lands a nice looking body shot.
Jokkolainen on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Jokkolainen checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Matson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Jokkolainen takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Matson scores with a punch to the head.
Matson scores with a hook.
Jokkolainen is rocked!
Jokkolainen gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Oh Jokkolainen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Matson flashes Jokkolainen a smile before throwing a beast of a right hand, straight down the pipe. Jokkolainen's eyes follow the hand right onto his nose, taking in it's full glory... and then darkness. Jokkolainen crumples to the floor! He's out cold! Matson punches the air and yells at the top of his lungs - yeeeeeeeeeeah!!!! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Josh Matson!
Josh Matson made sure to mention his sponsor, Skin-Clothes Designing in his post fight interview.
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