PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Otso Jokinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Hall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jokinen comes to the cage accompanied by E.S. Posthumus - Unstoppable. Hall is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by AC/DC - Hell's Bells. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Jokinen
vs
Hall

165 cm
30
162 lbs
37 - 5 - 0

178 cm
32
182 lbs
39 - 8 - 2

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Unique Wear and Custom Design
Hell's Balls Recovery (160)

Hell's Balls Recovery (160)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 37 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Otso Jokinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 39 - 8 - 2, fighting out of New York, Sam Hall!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hall throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Jokinen.

Jokinen takes the fight into the clinch.
Jokinen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hall prevents a body shot from Jokinen.
Jokinen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jokinen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jokinen tries a body shot but Hall blocks it.
Hall has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jokinen is working Hall over against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Jokinen fails to land.
Jokinen tries a body shot but Hall blocks it.
Hall prevents the takedown attempt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jokinen tries a body shot but Hall blocks it.
Jokinen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hall working aggressively here.
Jokinen can't find room to land a body shot as Hall controls the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall throws an elbow but it misses.
Jokinen lands a body punch.
Jokinen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hall backwards.
Jokinen tries to work over Hall's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jokinen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right from Hall on the inside.
Hall blocking some punches.
Jokinen lands with a right to the head.
A knee to the head by Hall.
Jokinen managing to block the knees to the body from Hall.
Jokinen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jokinen misses with a punch to the body.
Hall pushes Jokinen back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Jokinen scores with a shoulder strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jokinen prevents Hall from breaking the clinch.
Jokinen throws a punch but it's blocked by Hall.
Jokinen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Jokinen scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hall tries to land a knee to the head but Jokinen blocks with his arms.
Jokinen lands with a short shot to the head.
Jokinen managing to block the knees to the body from Hall.
Jokinen blocking some punches.
Hall lands an elbow inside.
Jokinen misses with a punch to the body.
Jokinen misses with the head strike.
Jokinen tries to throw a body punch but Hall avoids it by throwing Jokinen back against the cage.
Hall lands a body shot in the clinch.
Jokinen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen blocks a body shot from Hall.
Jokinen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hall struggles to land a body shot inside as Jokinen controls his hands.
Hall lands with a right to the head.
Hall fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jokinen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Jokinen throws a punch but it's blocked by Hall.
Jokinen lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hall.
Hall tries to land knees in the clinch but Jokinen avoids the damage to the body.
Jokinen lands a right hand.
Hall with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jokinen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hall lands a body punch.
Jokinen swings wildly with an uppercut but Hall uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jokinen blocking some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Jokinen fails to land.
Jokinen tries to work over Hall's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hall fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jokinen tries to throw a body punch but Hall avoids it by throwing Jokinen back against the cage.
Jokinen misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jokinen.
A right hand to the body from Hall.
Hall lands a body punch.

Hall manages to break the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jokinen throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Jokinen.
Hall scoring well with a low kick there.
Jokinen lands a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Otso Jokinen dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Hall cracks Jokinen with an open hand slap.
Jokinen throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Jokinen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Hall throws a leg kick but Jokinen sees it coming and moves out of range.
Hall tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Jokinen is able to avoid easily.
Hall swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Hall misses with a head kick.
Hall tries to clinch up.
Hall blocks a jab.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Jokinen here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Jokinen throws a low kick but Hall avoids it.
Nice body kick from Hall.
Hall throws a poor cross that misses
and Jokinen counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Jokinen misses the body punch
and Hall connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hall. That's going to slow Jokinen down.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jokinen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jokinen checks a leg kick.
Jokinen moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen throws a leg kick which misses Hall's front leg but catches the back leg as Hall tries to avoid it.
Hall gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Jokinen lands with a good body shot.
Jokinen changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Jokinen thows a body shot but no joy.
Hall 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.
Hall blocks a head kick by Jokinen.
Jokinen walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Hall checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Jokinen connects with a solid leg kick.
Jokinen feints and then cracks Hall's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hall down.
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!
Jab, jab by Hall - just one landing.
A telegraphed right hand from Jokinen misses the target.
Hall swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Jokinen scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen takes one on the button.
Jokinen throws a body kick that misses.
Jokinen throws a jab when Hall was well out of range.
Hall throws a front kick aimed at Jokinen's knee but Jokinen avoids it well.
Hall tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jokinen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jokinen is looking to wear down Hall with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

Jokinen moves into the clinch.
Hall misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jokinen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Otso Jokinen has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A short uppercut from Jokinen.
Jokinen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hall misses with some punches.
Hall tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hall misses with a body punch.
Hall lands a right hand.
Hall stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Jokinen blocks an uppercut.
Jokinen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jokinen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Jokinen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hall throws a knee to the head but misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hall.
Hall lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hall throws a head punch that misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Jokinen.
Jokinen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hall misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hall blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen lands a left hand.
Hall tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hall with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A right hook to the body lands for Jokinen.

Hall is fighting off a takedown attempt but Jokinen is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Hall to the mat. Hall regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Hall looking to control.
Hall wants to stand but Jokinen is controlling the position.
Hall seems keen to control Jokinen's posture.
Hall looking to control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jokinen is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

Sam Hall has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Hall throws the kick towards the body but Jokinen avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Otso Jokinen dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Hall checks a low kick from Jokinen.
Jokinen tries to clinch but Hall is having none of it.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Jokinen.
Otso Jokinen is winning the standup battle so far.
Jokinen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jokinen tried to score with a low kick but Hall checks it.
Jokinen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hall was well out of range. Poor timing from Jokinen.

Hall clinches.
Hall misses with a punch to the body.
Jokinen misses with a punch to the body.
Jokinen misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jokinen.
A head punch on the inside from Jokinen fails to land.
Hall comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jokinen misses with some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen takes an elbow to the temple.
Jokinen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jokinen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jokinen lands with a left to the head.
Jokinen scores with a hook to the body.
Hall blocks a body shot from Jokinen.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hall.
Jokinen dodges an elbow strike from Hall.
Jokinen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hall backwards.
Jokinen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Jokinen gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Hall keeps control of the position for the meantime.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hall makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Hall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall wants to sweep but no luck.
Jokinen stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hall swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jokinen content to stall in guard here.
Jokinen passes Hall's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Hall wants to control but Jokinen is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Jokinen prevents Hall from improving his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen looks to land a strike but Hall avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Hall holds on and takes a little breather.
Hall keeping full guard, as Jokinen tries to pass.
Hall is trying to keep Jokinen in close.
Hall keeping moving, preventing Jokinen from controlling successfully.
Hall working a defensive guard here.
Hall lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Jokinen!
Jokinen might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen is squirming around, avoiding Hall's attempts to control the action.
Jokinen really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Otso Jokinen clearly takes that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Hall takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Hall misses with a hook
and Jokinen counters with a stiff right hand.
Hall tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jokinen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jokinen throws a hook but Hall avoids it easily.

Jokinen has managed to clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hall.

Hall manages to break the clinch.
Jokinen tries to close the distance and clinch but Hall swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hall is looking to clinch.
Hall tries to land a leg kick but Jokinen saw it coming and moves away.
Jokinen throws a nice outside leg kick.
Jokinen throws a sloppy head kick and Hall moves out of range easily.
Jokinen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hall has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Jokinen lands a leg kick that knocks Hall off balance momentarily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Hall 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 Jokinen has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Jokinen and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen swings for the body but Hall moves out of range.
Hall throws a head kick but Jokinen moves out of range.
Jokinen throws a chopping leg kick but Hall manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Jokinen misses with a wild body shot.

Jokinen instigates a clinch.
Jokinen is trying to drag Hall to the mat but Hall just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Jokinen.
Jokinen lands a shoulder strike.
Jokinen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hall backwards.
Jokinen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hall is defending well against a takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall tries to land knees in the clinch but Jokinen avoids the damage to the body.
Jokinen throws a head punch that misses.
Hall has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Hall blocking some punches.
Jokinen throws a head punch that misses.
Hall lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jokinen backwards.
Hall can't find room to land a body shot as Jokinen controls the action.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hall just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jokinen's brow.
Hall tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hall blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hall is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jokinen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hall backwards.
Jokinen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hall backwards.
Jokinen misses with a punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall takes a shot to the head.
Jokinen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hall misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jokinen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jokinen is working Hall over against the cage.
Jokinen has a couple of punches blocked by Hall.
Jokinen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hall backwards.
Jokinen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jokinen avoiding damage as Hall throws knees to the body.
Jokinen tries a body shot but Hall blocks it.
Hall using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jokinen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hall pushes Jokinen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jokinen scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hall blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hall blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jokinen lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hall tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jokinen avoids it.
A short uppercut from Jokinen.
A body shot lands from Jokinen.
Jokinen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jokinen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hall's elbow.
Jokinen lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Hall is rocked!
Hall is pressed up against the cage. Jokinen has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Hall down to the mat. Hall avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Hall is still on wobbly legs! Can Jokinen finish him?
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Otso Jokinen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jokinen moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jokinen steps into range and unloads a brutal right left combo! Hall is out on his feet! Jokinen sets himself and nearly takes Hall's head off with a straight right, sending him crashing to the mat! Wow, that was nasty... but awesome! Wooo!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 4, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Otso Jokinen!
A relieved looking Otso Jokinen thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.