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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Otso Jokinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Takanori Gomi (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 E.S. Posthumus - Unstoppable. Gomi has chosen Scary as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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162 lbs
26 - 5 - 0 |
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165 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
26 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Otso Jokinen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Takanori Gomi!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jokinen swings for the body but Gomi moves out of range.
Gomi throws a right hand that misses
and Jokinen counters with a left to the body.
Otso Jokinen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jokinen connects with a looping right hand.
Jokinen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gomi lands a jab to the head.
Jab, jab by Gomi - just one landing.
Jokinen connects with a solid leg kick.
A lazy left from Gomi finds it's target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jokinen misses with a double jab.
Jokinen lands a jab to Gomi's midsection.
Gomi scores with a shot to the body.
Gomi takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Jokinen tries to clinch up but Gomi circles away and keeps his distance.
Gomi lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Jokinen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Otso Jokinen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jokinen. Gomi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jokinen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jokinen moves out of range of the strikes.
Jokinen blocks a head kick by Gomi.
Jokinen has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Gomi.
Gomi wants to land a leg kick but Jokinen is out of range.
Jokinen ducks under a wild hook from Gomi.
Jokinen looks to throw the jab but Gomi is out of range.
Gomi fails with the takedown
and Jokinen counters with a nice leg kick.
Gomi fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Jokinen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomi scores with a head kick. Jokinen tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Gomi misses with a looping right.
Jokinen cracks Gomi with an open hand slap.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A solid leg kick lands there for Jokinen.
A head kick misses from Jokinen.
Gomi moves away from the strike by Jokinen.
Jokinen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jokinen walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Gomi checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Jokinen looks to land a body kick but Gomi moved away.
Gomi swings widly with a right hand
and Jokinen counters with a nice body kick.
Jokinen throws a hook but Gomi blocks it.
Jokinen connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Gomi momentarily.
The crowd cheers as Jokinen lands an impressive looking overhand right. Gomi doesn't seem phased though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomi tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Gomi 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 uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gomi.
Gomi misses with a body kick.
Jokinen scoring well with a low kick there.
Jokinen scores with a jab. Gomi acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Gomi misses the body punch
and Jokinen counters with a one-two to the body.
Jokinen avoids the head kick by Gomi.
Jokinen lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Gomi is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jokinen gets a clinch.
Gomi misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gomi.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Gomi.
Otso Jokinen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Takanori Gomi.
A head punch on the inside from Jokinen fails to land.
A body shot lands from Jokinen.
Gomi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gomi has a couple of punches blocked by Jokinen.
Gomi takes a shot to the head.
Jokinen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gomi misses with the head strike.
Gomi throws a head punch that misses.
Gomi lands a left hand.
A short right from Gomi on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gomi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Jokinen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gomi has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Jokinen is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Gomi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gomi misses with a punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Otso Jokinen will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Gomi takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Jokinen throws a chopping leg kick but Gomi manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Gomi misses the shot to the body.
Gomi throws a head kick that half lands.
Jokinen attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Jokinen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Jokinen 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 Gomi has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Gomi and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Otso Jokinen is winning the standup battle so far.
A shot to the liver by Jokinen. Beautiful body shot.
Jokinen looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Jokinen scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Gomi misses with a left hand
and Jokinen counters with a thumping low kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gomi ducks under a wild hook from Jokinen.
Gomi throws a right hand that Jokinen ducks under and follows up with a left that Jokinen also avoids with ease.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen sizes up Gomi with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Gomi finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Jokinen blocks a head kick by Gomi.
Jokinen lands a nice hook to Gomi's body. Gomi takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Jokinen tries to clinch there but Gomi circles away.
Jokinen misses with a body shot.
Jokinen feints and then cracks Gomi's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gomi down.
Gomi takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Jokinen throws a low kick but it's checked well by Gomi.
Jokinen misses with a shot to the body
and Gomi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
An inside leg kick lands from Jokinen.
Gomi doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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 throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gomi has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Jokinen.
Gomi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jokinen moves away.
Gomi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jokinen.
Gomi moves out of range of the body kick.
Jokinen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jokinen 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 scores with a jab to the body.
Jokinen thuds his right hand into Gomi's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Jokinen connects with a right hand. Gomi shakes it off.
Gomi walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Gomi fails with a takedown attempt.
Jokinen cracks a nice hook into Gomi's ribs.
Gomi is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen throws a leg kick but Gomi sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Jokinen wants to clinch.
A nice inside leg kick there by Jokinen. That's going to slow Gomi down.
Gomi connects with a good right hand that stumbles Jokinen. Jokinen circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Jokinen fails to land with a series of punches.
Jokinen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Gomi has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Gomi misses with a straight left.
Jokinen misses with a straight left.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Gomi.
Gomi avoids the body shot from Jokinen.
Jokinen lands with a straight right. Gomi didn't see that one coming.
Takanori Gomi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gomi avoids the body shot from Jokinen.
Jokinen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jokinen wants to clinch.
Jokinen is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jokinen moves out of range as Gomi strikes.
Jokinen lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jokinen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Gomi manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Otso Jokinen dominated that second round.
That's time! Jokinen's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jokinen. Gomi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gomi's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A shot to the liver by Jokinen. Beautiful body shot.
Gomi clinches up with Jokinen and pushes him back against the cage.
Gomi wants a takedown but no success here.
A short left from Jokinen.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Gomi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jokinen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jokinen throws a punch but it's blocked by Gomi.
A right hand to the body from Jokinen.
Jokinen lands a body shot.
Jokinen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Jokinen has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Jokinen misses with the head strike.
Jokinen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jokinen lands a body shot.
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 lands a left hand.
Otso Jokinen has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gomi.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jokinen throws a head punch that misses.
Gomi takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jokinen tries to throw a body punch but Gomi avoids it by throwing Jokinen back against the cage.
Gomi misses with the head strike.
Jokinen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Gomi is still on wobbly legs! Can Jokinen finish him?
Gomi wants a takedown but no success here.
Jokinen blocks a body shot from Gomi.
Jokinen misses with a body punch.
Jokinen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gomi backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gomi.
Gomi is looking to take this one to the mat.
Otso Jokinen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Takanori Gomi.
A short right from Jokinen on the inside.
Jokinen lands with a right to the head.
Jokinen struggles to land a body shot inside as Gomi controls his hands.
Jokinen throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gomis head.
Gomi struggles to land a body shot inside as Jokinen controls his hands.
Jokinen creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Gomi with a big uppercut! Gomi tries to clinch up but Jokinen pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Gomi to the mat! Gomi covers up and Jokinen unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Otso Jokinen!
Otso Jokinen retains his lightweight title!
A victorious Otso Jokinen thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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