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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ossi Jokinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Liam Minard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jokinen comes to the cage accompanied by Prodigy - Omen. Minard has chosen Walk as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!
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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
36 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Ossi Jokinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Liam Minard!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Steve Montenegro and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Minard throws a nice looking combination but Jokinen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Minard throws a solid leg kick but Jokinen takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Minard.
Minard fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Jokinen.
A right-left combo lands from Minard.
Minard cracks Jokinen with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Jokinen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Minard.
Jokinen throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Minard swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Minard staying out of range there.
Minard misses with a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jokinen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Minard was well out of range. Poor timing from Jokinen.
Minard moves away from the strike by Jokinen.
Minard changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Minard finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Liam Minard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Minard misses with a head kick.
Minard 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.
Minard misses with a hook. Jokinen ducked under it nicely.
Minard throws a half hearted mid kick.
Jokinen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Minard connects with an inside leg kick.
Minard ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Minard.
Minard shoots in and bounces Jokinen off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Minard won't allow Jokinen to sweep him here.
Minard stops Jokinen from standing up.
Jokinen can't keep his opponent in guard - Minard advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Jokinen keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jokinen kicks off Minard and gets to his feet.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Minard checks a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Minard lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Good shot there by Minard.
Jokinen lands an overhand right.
Minard throws a right and a left that Jokinen avoids nicely.
Minard connects with a right hand. Jokinen shakes it off.
Jokinen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Minard scores with the left hand. Jokinen knows he should have avoided that one.
Jokinen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Minard cracks the inside of Jokinen's front leg.
Minard throws out a loose jab but Jokinen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jokinen misses with a hook to the body
and Minard counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Jokinen's guard now.
Minard throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Jokinen tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Minard trying to control but Jokinen is working from the bottom.
Jokinen utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Minard throws a big right hand that misses.
Minard loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Minard loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Minard is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Minard loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Minard wants to control from the top but Jokinen keeps moving.
Minard throws a big elbow that misses.
Minard scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Minard looking to sit in guard and control but Jokinen gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Minard working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Jokinen doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Jokinen manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Minard looking to control.
Minard wants to sweep but no luck.
Minard is trying to control the position but Jokinen postures up.
Minard wants to sweep but no luck.
Jokinen controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Minard isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Jokinen stacks Minard on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Jokinen!
You can see the frustration on Minard's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Minard is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Jokinen's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Liam Minard dominated that round.
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.
Jokinen thows a body shot but no joy.
Minard connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Minard dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jokinen. That did some damage!
Minard throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jokinen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jokinen defending well as Minard loads up on a big left hand.
Jokinen misses with a body shot.
Minard slips a jab from Jokinen.
Jokinen takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Jokinen misses with a straight right.
Minard fails to land the takedown.
Jokinen paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Jokinen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jokinen checks a leg kick.
Minard shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Minard misses with a head kick.
Jokinen misses with a jab to the body
and Minard counters with a stiff right hand.
Jokinen lands with a good body shot.
Minard comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Jokinen looks to score with a jab to the body but Minard is just out of range.
Jokinen scores with a head kick. Minard tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Jokinen uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Minard has time to react.
A solid leg kick lands there for Minard.
Liam Minard seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jokinen slips a straight right by Minard.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jokinen. Minard does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jokinen slaps away a takedown attempt from Minard, before circling back to the center of the mat.
An inside leg kick lands from Jokinen.
Jokinen avoids a punch combination nicely.
A swing and a miss from Jokinen.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Minard does it's job there.
Jokinen throws a predictable looking body shot
and Minard counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Minard ducks under a wild hook from Jokinen.
Minard avoids the body shot from Jokinen.
Minard lands a nice looking body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jokinen. Minard does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jokinen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Minard fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Jokinen looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Jokinen is looking to wear down Minard with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Minard lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Jokinen misses with a few strikes there.
Jokinen misses with a head kick.
Jokinen goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A solid leg kick lands there for Minard.
Minard lands with a thumping leg kick.
Minard jabs Jokinen to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Minard moves out of range as Jokinen throws a body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Minard just misses with a punch to the body.
Jokinen moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Minard throws a looping overhand right but Jokinen ducks down to avoid it.
Minard checks a leg kick nicely.
Jokinen slips a jab and a cross from Minard.
Minard uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jokinen.
Ossi Jokinen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jokinen connects with the punch.
Minard uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Jokinen has time to react.
Nice body punch from Minard.
Minard avoids a kick to the body.
Nice defenses there by Jokinen.
Jokinen throws a lazy right hand but Minard sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jokinen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Minard throws a right hand that misses
and Jokinen counters with a leg kick.
The fighters circling - Minard throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Minard takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Minard swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jokinen's corner calls for a 1-2. Jokinen obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Minard takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Minard throws a head kick but Jokinen moves out of range.
Minard throws a nice inside leg kick.
Minard throws out a loose jab but Jokinen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Minard thuds a left hand into Jokinen's body.
Minard throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jokinen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Good leg kick by Jokinen there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Jokinen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Minard misses with a looping right.
Jokinen is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
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 misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jokinen. Minard does a little dance to reset his feet.
Minard scores with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Liam Minard will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Jokinen cracks a nice hook into Minard's ribs.
Minard shoots in looking for a takedown but Jokinen manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Minard's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Minard misses with a low kick.
Minard misses with a series of wild punches.
Jokinen throws a sloppy head kick and Minard moves out of range easily.
Jokinen tests Minard's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Minard lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Jokinen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jokinen moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Minard drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Minard working the ground and pound but Jokinen is defending the strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jokinen is looking to regain half guard here but Minard keeps moving and retains side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen is not content to let Minard control the position.
Jokinen wants to control but Minard postures up.
Minard with the ground and pound but Jokinen regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Minard throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Minard looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Minard thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Minard thows a huge punch but Jokinen dodges it nicely.
Minard tries to pass the half guard into mount. Jokinen knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Ossi Jokinen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Minard seems to be looking for submissions.
Jokinen gets full guard.
Minard throwing strikes but missing.
Jokinen looking for a sweep. Not yet Jokinen, not yet.
Minard is looking to work some ground and pound but Jokinen has wrist control.
Jokinen utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Minard's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Minard throwing strikes from guard but Jokinen blocks nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jokinen is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Minard works over Jokinen with some ground and pound from guard.
Minard trying to move into half guard but instead Jokinen has managed to sweep!
Minard tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Minard has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Minard avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Jokinen seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Minard controlling Jokinen's posture.
Jokinen stands and throws Minard's legs to the side, diving into side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Minard tries to get back to half guard but can't.
A lull in the action here.
Minard gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Minard actively working from the bottom here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Liam Minard comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Minard has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 27:30
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Liam Minard!
Liam Minard managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, 5th Round Clothing, into his post fight interview.
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