PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Otto Jokinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Martin Metaxa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Jokinen might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Marilyn Manson - Sweet Dreams. Metaxa has chosen •99• The Haunted🔫 as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Martin Metaxa enters the cage!

Jokinen
vs
Metaxa

190 cm
26
210 lbs
20 - 6 - 0

185 cm
25
218 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Unique Wear and Custom Design
Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Otto Jokinen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Martin Metaxa!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Metaxa slips under a jab from Jokinen.
Jokinen tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Metaxa wants to clinch.
Jokinen is looking to clinch but Metaxa is avoiding it.
Metaxa lands with a kick to the temple. Jokinen shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

It looks like Otto Jokinen has been cut.
Metaxa wants to clinch.
Metaxa pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Jokinen just misses with a punch to the body.
Jokinen throws a low kick but Metaxa avoids it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jokinen. Metaxa does a little dance to reset his feet.

Metaxa has taken the fight to the clinch.
Metaxa lands an elbow just above Jokinen 's eye.
Jokinen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Metaxa is defending well for now.
Jokinen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Metaxa.
Jokinen trying to land knees to the body.
Metaxa lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jokinen backwards.
Metaxa blocks an uppercut.
Jokinen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jokinen scores a nice knee to the body.
Metaxa lands with a light punch inside.
Jokinen blocks an elbow strike from Metaxa.
Metaxa lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jokinen backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Metaxa.
Metaxa throws a punch but it's blocked by Jokinen.
Jokinen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Metaxa avoids it.
Metaxa lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jokinen backwards.
Jokinen misses with a knee to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jokinen.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Metaxa.
Jokinen lands a nice shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A hook to the body from Metaxa.
Jokinen lands a nice knee to the body.
Jokinen misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen avoiding damage as Metaxa throws knees to the body.
Metaxa lands with a right to the head.
Metaxa missing with knees to the body.
Jokinen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Martin Metaxa has been cut.
Jokinen avoids the elbow strike from Metaxa, against the cage.
Metaxa managing to block the knees to the body from Jokinen.
Jokinen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Metaxa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jokinen blocks an elbow strike from Metaxa.
Jokinen prevents a body shot from Metaxa.
A right hand to the body from Metaxa.
Jokinen scores a nice knee to the body.
Metaxa lands a nice elbow.
Metaxa throws an elbow that misses.
Jokinen struggles to land a body shot inside as Metaxa controls his hands.
Metaxa swings wildly with an uppercut but Jokinen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Metaxa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jokinen's defenses.
Jokinen avoiding damage as Metaxa throws knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Metaxa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jokinen.
Jokinen gets through Metaxa's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Metaxa misses with a punch on the inside.
Metaxa lands a hook to the side of the head.

Jokinen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jokinen swings for the body but Metaxa moves out of range.
Metaxa just misses with a punch to the body.
Jokinen lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Jokinen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Metaxa moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Metaxa is looking to clinch but Jokinen is avoiding it.

Metaxa closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Metaxa lands a good knee to the midsection. Jokinen won't want to take too many of those.
Jokinen misses with a knee to the head.
Metaxa lands a left hand.
A nice left hand lands by Metaxa.
Jokinen missing with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Metaxa managing to block the knees to the body from Jokinen.
Jokinen throws a knee to the head but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Metaxa.
Jokinen blocks the elbow strike.

Jokinen gets control of Metaxa's arms and successfully pulls guard. Jokinen will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Metaxa sitting in guard here, content to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Martin Metaxa will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Jokinen throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Jokinen is looking to land body kicks.
Jokinen slips a jab from Metaxa.
Jokinen connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A swing and a miss from Jokinen.
Metaxa with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Jokinen to score with a decent uppercut.
Metaxa tries to clinch but Jokinen moves away
and Jokinen counters with a left and a right that stings Metaxa.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Jokinen moves into the clinch.
Metaxa throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jokinen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Metaxa avoids it.
A short left from Metaxa.
Jokinen missing with knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Metaxa fails to land.
Metaxa lands a shoulder strike.
Still in the clinch, Metaxa scores with a nice short uppercut.
Metaxa is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Jokinen is keeping busy.
Metaxa prevents Jokinen from breaking the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Metaxa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jokinen.
Jokinen lands a right hand.
Metaxa is leaning against Jokinen and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Metaxa stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Metaxa misses with an elbow over the top.
Metaxa lands a left hand.
Metaxa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jokinen wants to get back to striking at distance but Metaxa won't allow it.
Metaxa working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Martin Metaxa seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Jokinen misses with a knee strike.
A nice left hand lands by Metaxa.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Metaxa managing to block the knees to the body from Jokinen.
A knee to the head by Jokinen.
Metaxa throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Metaxa missing with knees to the body.
Metaxa lands an elbow that stopped Jokinen in his tracks for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Jokinen has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Metaxa uses from the top position.

Jokinen is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Metaxa defends well.
Metaxa looking to sit in guard and control but Jokinen gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Jokinen wants to pass the guard but Metaxa is keeping the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen trying to control but Metaxa is working from the bottom.
Metaxa keeping full guard, as Jokinen tries to pass.
Metaxa is trying to keep Jokinen in close.
Jokinen is looking to advance position but Metaxa has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Jokinen tries to reverse the position but Metaxa maintains control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Metaxa controlling the pace for now.
Metaxa looking to control but Jokinen is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Metaxa prevents Jokinen from getting the reversal.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Metaxa sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Otto Jokinen will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Jokinen fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Metaxa.
Jokinen scores with a leg kick.
Jokinen swats away the attempt to clinch by Metaxa.
Jokinen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Metaxa was well out of range. Poor timing from Jokinen.
The fight stays on the outside here - Metaxa looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Metaxa tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jokinen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Metaxa checks a leg kick nicely.
Jokinen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Metaxa has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Metaxa looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Metaxa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jokinen.
Sloppy strikes from Metaxa. Those never looked like landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Metaxa is able to avoid easily.
Metaxa throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Metaxa tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Jokinen counters with a leg kick.
Metaxa throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jokinen goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Metaxa tries to clinch up
and Jokinen finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Metaxa takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Metaxa tries to close the distance and clinch but Jokinen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A nice leg kick lands there from Jokinen.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Metaxa wants to clinch.
Metaxa wants to clinch but Jokinen slips to the side
and Jokinen makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Jokinen lands a nice leg kick that just misses Metaxa's sensitive parts.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Metaxa moves to clinch but Jokinen breaks away
and Jokinen counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Jokinen thumps Metaxa with a low kick.
Jokinen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

Jokinen moves into the clinch.
Jokinen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Metaxa backwards.
Jokinen tries to pull guard but Metaxa forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Metaxa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jokinen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knees to the body from Jokinen.
Jokinen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Metaxa's face.
Jokinen unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Jokinen works on Metaxa's body with a couple of short punches.
Jokinen blocks an uppercut.
Metaxa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jokinen tries to land a knee to the head but Metaxa blocks with his arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen lands a left hand.
Jokinen misses with a punch to the body.
Metaxa lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Jokinen successfully pulls guard.
Jokinen has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jokinen lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Metaxa!
Jokinen tries to control but Metaxa wriggling away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen content just to control the position here.
Jokinen fails to advance to Metaxa's back.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jokinen trying to control but he's not successful this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Otto Jokinen clearly takes that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Metaxa looks to throw the jab but Jokinen is out of range.
Metaxa chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Jokinen can pounce on him.
Jokinen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Metaxa crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Jokinen - the referee stops the clock and Metaxa gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Jokinen. Metaxa manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
A shot to the liver by Jokinen. Beautiful body shot.
Martin Metaxa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Metaxa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Metaxa avoids the head kick by Jokinen.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Jokinen.
Metaxa is looking to clinch but Jokinen is avoiding it.
Jokinen throws a head kick that half lands.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jokinen swats away the attempt to clinch by Metaxa.
Metaxa is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Metaxa misses with a body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Jokinen lands with an uppercut that bounces Metaxa off the cage and back into range.
Jokinen lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Jokinen throws a low kick but Metaxa avoids it.
Jokinen scores with a jab 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!
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.
Jokinen just misses with a punch to the body.
Metaxa moves to clinch but Jokinen breaks away
and Jokinen counters with a leg kick.
Metaxa blocks a head kick by Jokinen.
Jokinen tries to clinch up but Metaxa circles away and keeps his distance.
Metaxa tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Jokinen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Metaxa wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen circles away from the clinch attempt

and Jokinen counters by moving into the clinch.
Metaxa misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jokinen.
Jokinen blocks an elbow strike from Metaxa.

Jokinen jumps guard.
Jokinen looking to control.

Jokinen working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Metaxa doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Metaxa manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jokinen pulls Metaxa in close to prevent any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Jokinen tries to control but Metaxa wriggling away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Metaxa tries to lock up and control but Jokinen gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Metaxa sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Metaxa is trying to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Otto Jokinen had his way with Martin Metaxa in that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

A head kick misses from Jokinen.
Metaxa is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jokinen throws a front kick that sends Metaxa stumbling back into the cage.
Metaxa's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Jokinen misses with a body kick.
Jokinen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Otto Jokinen is winning the standup battle so far.
Jokinen tries to move into range but Metaxa moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Jokinen staying out of range there.
Jokinen throws a push kick but Metaxa slaps the foot to one side.
Metaxa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jokinen lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Jokinen keeps the fight on the outside.
Metaxa lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Metaxa tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Jokinen counters with a nice body shot.
A right-left combo lands from Jokinen.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Jokinen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Metaxa.
Metaxa throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jokinen throws a punch but it's blocked by Metaxa.
Jokinen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Metaxa is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Metaxa misses with some punches.
Jokinen blocks the elbow strike.
Jokinen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Jokinen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jokinen landing knees to the head.
Otto Jokinen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Metaxa pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Metaxa blocks a body shot from Jokinen.
Metaxa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jokinen avoids it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jokinen.
Jokinen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Metaxa struggles to land a body shot inside as Jokinen controls his hands.
Jokinen tries to land a knee to the head but Metaxa blocks with his arms.
Metaxa takes a knee to the side of the body.
Jokinen blocks a body shot from Metaxa.
Jokinen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jokinen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jokinen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Metaxa misses with a body punch.
Jokinen works on Metaxa's body with a couple of short punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Metaxa misses with a body punch.
Jokinen utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Jokinen trying to land knees to the body.
Martin Metaxa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jokinen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Metaxa misses with an elbow over the top.
Metaxa throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Metaxa misses with a hook to the ribs.

Jokinen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Metaxa instigates a clinch.
A short uppercut from Metaxa.
Jokinen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Metaxa is defending well for now.
Metaxa managing to block the knees to the body from Jokinen.
Jokinen tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Metaxa smiles and moves away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen lands with an uppercut that bounces Metaxa off the cage and back into range.
Metaxa moves forwards but Jokinen connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Metaxa tries to clinch there but Jokinen circles away.
Jokinen digs a good body shot into Metaxa's ribs.
Metaxa walks into a straight right hand from Jokinen.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head kick misses from Metaxa.
Metaxa fails with an attempt to clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jokinen lands with an overhand left.
Metaxa tries to clinch but Jokinen is having none of it.
Jokinen goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Jokinen lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

And that's the end of the fight!
Otto Jokinen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Jokinen has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 49:46
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 49:46
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 49:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Otto Jokinen!
Otto Jokinen retains his light heavyweight title!
A relieved looking Otto 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.