PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ossi Jokinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dryden Mitchell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jokinen comes to the cage accompanied by Prodigy - Omen. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Jokinen
vs
Mitchell

190 cm
38
215 lbs
42 - 11 - 1

180 cm
32
195 lbs
31 - 11 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Hell's Balls Recovery (160)
Perkele!

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 42 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Ossi Jokinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 11 - 1, fighting out of New York, Dryden Mitchell!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Matti Vanhoillinen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jokinen misses with a wild body shot.
Mitchell connects with a leg kick. Jokinen looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Mitchell slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Jokinen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Mitchell throws an overhand right that lands on Jokinen's shoulder, as Jokinen tries to avoid the shot.
Jokinen tries a head kick but it misses.
A leg kick checked by Jokinen.
Mitchell throws a hook but Jokinen avoids it easily.
Jokinen just misses with a punch to the body.
Mitchell scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Mitchell blocks a low kick nicely.
Nice body kick there by Mitchell.
Jokinen throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Mitchell scores with a nice strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
That kick from Mitchell tenderised Jokinen's leg. Jokinen is trying to keep his angry face on.
Jokinen throws a hook but Mitchell avoids it easily.
Mitchell looks to score with a jab to the body but Jokinen is just out of range.
Jokinen moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mitchell connects with an inside leg kick.
A leg kick checked by Mitchell.
Jokinen misses with a jab to the body
and Mitchell counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That kick from Mitchell tenderised Jokinen's leg. Jokinen is trying to keep his angry face on.
Mitchell buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Mitchell lands a body shot.
Jokinen looks to score with a jab to the body but Mitchell is just out of range.
Jokinen throws a big shot that misses.
Both fighters circling a little - Mitchell finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Jokinen bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Mitchell's head.
Nice defenses there by Jokinen.
Jokinen has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Mitchell.
A head kick misses from Jokinen.
Mitchell scores with a body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mitchell connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Jokinen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jokinen is looking to wear down Mitchell with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mitchell avoids the head kick by Jokinen.
Jokinen staying out of range there.
Jokinen misses with a hook.
Jokinen misses with a low kick.
Sloppy strikes from Jokinen. Those never looked like landing.
Jokinen displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Jokinen connects with a body shot.
A big right from Mitchell misses.
Mitchell dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jokinen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Mitchell has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Jokinen lands a right hook to the body.
Jokinen walks forward, straight into a front kick from Mitchell.
Jokinen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jokinen is looking to slow Mitchell down with leg kicks.
Jokinen blocks the body kick.
Mitchell misses with a low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Jokinen walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Mitchell checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Mitchell tries to land a front kick but Jokinen steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
An inside leg kick lands from Mitchell.
Jokinen is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Jokinen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mitchell connects with a leg kick. Jokinen looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Jokinen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mitchell.
Jokinen looks to land a right hand but Mitchell moved out of range.
Jokinen is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Mitchell throws a low kick but Jokinen avoids it.
Mitchell throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jokinen is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Jokinen is looking to score with low kicks.
Mitchell avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Mitchell throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ossi Jokinen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mitchell lands a leg kick that knocks Jokinen off balance momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mitchell keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Some bone on bone action there as Mitchell checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Mitchell throws an overhand right that lands on Jokinen's shoulder, as Jokinen tries to avoid the shot.
Jokinen tries to clinch but Mitchell is having none of it.
Mitchell throws a leg kick that is checked
and Jokinen counters with a big head kick but Mitchell shrugs it off.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mitchell scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Mitchell throws a hook but Jokinen avoids it easily.
Mitchell throws a low kick but Jokinen moves out of range easily.
Jokinen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Mitchell. That did some damage!
Jokinen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Jokinen clinches with his opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jokinen tries to land knees in the clinch but Mitchell avoids the damage to the body.
Mitchell tries to stall but Jokinen uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A short uppercut from Mitchell.
Jokinen tries to land a knee to the head but Mitchell blocks with his arms.
Jokinen tries to throw a body punch but Mitchell avoids it by throwing Jokinen back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Dryden Mitchell will probably get the nod.
That's time! Jokinen's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Jokinen throws a body punch but Mitchell moves out of range.
Mitchell throws a nice inside leg kick.
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 lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Jokinen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Mitchell scores with a sloppy right hand. Jokinen should have avoided that one.
Jokinen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Mitchell uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jokinen.
Jokinen chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Mitchell lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Jokinen misses with a hook.
Mitchell blocks a leg kick.
Jokinen avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Jokinen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mitchell thows a body shot but no joy.
Jokinen looks for the body kick but Mitchell saw that one coming.
Jokinen motions for Mitchell to come forward. Jokinen throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mitchell moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Mitchell looks to land a right hand but Jokinen moved out of range.
Jokinen tries to work over Mitchell's front leg with a kick but Mitchell checks it.
Jokinen scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Mitchell throws a leg kick but Jokinen sees it coming and moves out of range.
Mitchell moves out of range of the leg kick from Jokinen.
Mitchell throws a big shot that misses.
Jokinen lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A shot to the liver by Mitchell. Beautiful body shot.
Mitchell throws a body kick that misses.
Jokinen throws a one two combo.
Mitchell lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
An inside leg kick lands from Mitchell.
Jokinen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jokinen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mitchell swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mitchell avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jokinen avoids the body shot from Mitchell.
Mitchell lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Jokinen at a distance.
Mitchell cracks Jokinen with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Mitchell takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Mitchell throws an overhand right that lands on Jokinen's shoulder, as Jokinen tries to avoid the shot.
Jokinen throws a body punch but Mitchell moves out of range.
Jokinen throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Jokinen chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Jokinen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Jokinen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mitchell was well out of range. Poor timing from Jokinen.
Mitchell throws a big shot that misses.
Jokinen lands with a thumping leg kick.
Jokinen lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Jokinen scoring well with a low kick there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mitchell's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Jokinen connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Mitchell scrambles back to his feet.
Jokinen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mitchell circles away quickly and effectively.
Jokinen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mitchell sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jokinen scores with a body shot.
Mitchell dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Mitchell.
Jokinen closes the distance but Mitchell moves to the side
and Mitchell counters with a nice body kick.
Mitchell lands a two punch combo.
Mitchell fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Jokinen fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Mitchell checks it well.
Mitchell buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Jokinen tries to clinch up but Mitchell circles away and keeps his distance.
Jokinen lands a two punch combo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jokinen throws a leg kick
and Mitchell counters with a stiff right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mitchell defending well as Jokinen loads up on a big left hand.
Jokinen cracks Mitchell with a good jab.
The fighters circling - Jokinen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mitchell takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A shot to the liver by Mitchell. Beautiful body shot.
An inside leg kick lands from Mitchell.
Jokinen connects with a solid leg kick.
Ossi Jokinen is winning the standup battle so far.
Jokinen avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Mitchell keeps the fight on the outside.
Jokinen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mitchell uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jokinen.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jokinen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mitchell.
Mitchell avoids the body shot from Jokinen.
Mitchell fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Jokinen on the side of the head.
Jokinen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ossi Jokinen dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Mitchell avoids the body shot from Jokinen.
Jokinen scores with a body shot.
Mitchell misses with a left hand
and Jokinen counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Mitchell thinking.
Mitchell scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Jokinen throws a leg kick that misses.
Mitchell slips a jab from Jokinen.
Jokinen throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Mitchell, as that shot connected.
Mitchell is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Jokinen misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Mitchell counters with a thumping low kick.
Mitchell darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Jokinen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Mitchell avoids the body shot from Jokinen.
Jokinen throws a predictable looking body shot
and Mitchell cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jokinen swings widly with a right hand
and Mitchell counters with a thumping low kick.
Jokinen lands a nice looking body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mitchell avoids the body shot from Jokinen.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mitchell lands a right hook to the body.
Jokinen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mitchell wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Mitchell attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Jokinen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mitchell with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Jokinen swings away with a body shot that misses
and Mitchell counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jokinen is looking to chop away at Mitchell's legs.
Jokinen throws an overhand right that lands on Mitchell's shoulder, as Mitchell tries to avoid the shot.
Mitchell misses with an uppercut.
Mitchell thuds a left hand into Jokinen's body.
Mitchell swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jokinen takes a kick to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen throws a body punch but Mitchell moves out of range.
Mitchell misses with an uppercut. Jokinen saw that one coming.
Jokinen throws a shot from downtown. Mitchell moves away and avoids it.
Jokinen throws a sloppy head kick and Mitchell moves out of range easily.
Jokinen tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Mitchell is able to avoid easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jokinen takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Jokinen misses with a leg kick.
Jokinen lands a nice leg kick that just misses Mitchell's sensitive parts.
Jokinen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Mitchell manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jokinen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jokinen looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Jokinen misses with a low kick.
Jokinen plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Jokinen lands with a nice body kick.
Jokinen tries a low kick but Mitchell avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mitchell throws a big shot that misses.
Mitchell lands a really nice looking cross but Jokinen seems unphased.
Mitchell avoids the head kick by Jokinen.
Mitchell lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jokinen's sensitive parts.
A solid body kick from Mitchell.
Mitchell tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Jokinen moves out of range of the body kick.
Mitchell uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jokinen.
Mitchell lunges at Jokinen with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Jokinen's hand.
Jokinen scores with a head kick. Mitchell tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Mitchell misses with a body kick.
Jokinen connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Mitchell momentarily.
A slapping leg kick lands for Mitchell.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jokinen takes one to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mitchell moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Mitchell moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Jokinen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Mitchell has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Jokinen throws a jab but it's blocked by Mitchell.
Jokinen misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Mitchell makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Jokinen takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Jokinen lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Mitchell connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Mitchell with a nice cross.
Jokinen throws a low kick, looking for Mitchell's leg but Mitchell calmly moves out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Mitchell 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.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jokinen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mitchell swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jokinen takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Mitchell fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Mitchell misses with the combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Dryden Mitchell just about did enough to take it.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Mitchell checks a leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mitchell. Jokinen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jokinen pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Mitchell. Jokinen shrugs it off though.
Jokinen has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Mitchell finds it's way round the side to connect with Jokinen's head.
Jokinen misses the shot to the body.
Jokinen looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Jokinen misses with a head kick.
Mitchell slips a jab from Jokinen.
Mitchell scores with a sloppy right hand. Jokinen should have avoided that one.
Jokinen misses with a looping left.
Mitchell slips under a jab from Jokinen.
Mitchell lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Jokinen avoids the body shot from Mitchell.
Jokinen takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mitchell throws a jab when Jokinen was well out of range.
Jokinen is looking to clinch.
Mitchell misses with the combination.

Jokinen closes the distance and clinches.
Jokinen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Jokinen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mitchell's elbow.
Mitchell is trying to stall.

Mitchell breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jokinen plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Jokinen connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Jokinen moves out of range of the strikes.
Jokinen takes a swing at Mitchell's ribcage but misses.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Jokinen checks a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen misses with a wild body shot.
Mitchell throws a body kick that misses.
Mitchell thumps Jokinen with a low kick.
Mitchell keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jokinen scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jokinen works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A leg kick checked by Jokinen.
Jokinen takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Jokinen chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Jokinen blocks a leg kick.
Jokinen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mitchell.
Mitchell on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Jokinen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mitchell.
Mitchell lands with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen walks into a stiff left hand from Mitchell.
Jokinen finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Mitchell throws a leg kick but Jokinen sees it coming and moves out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Jokinen checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Mitchell takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Jokinen will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Jokinen moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Mitchell looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A solid leg kick lands there for Jokinen.
Mitchell tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jokinen jabs Mitchell to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A big left from Mitchell misses.
Mitchell cracks the inside of Jokinen's front leg.
Mitchell chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen throws a nice outside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jokinen misses with a body shot.
Jokinen connects with a leg kick. Mitchell looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Mitchell throws a leg kick but Jokinen moved away.
Jokinen throws a front kick aimed at Mitchell's knee but Mitchell avoids it well.
Jokinen throws a leg kick but Mitchell sees it coming and moves out of range.
Mitchell avoids the head kick by Jokinen.
Mitchell lands a nice hook to Jokinen's body. Jokinen takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Jokinen works Mitchell's body with a nice hook.
Mitchell misses with a straight right.
Jokinen walks into a stiff left hand from Mitchell.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jokinen takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Mitchell 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.
Mitchell looks to score with a jab to the body but Jokinen is just out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ossi Jokinen had his way with Dryden Mitchell in 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. This is the final round!

Mitchell with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Jokinen takes one on the button.
Mitchell avoids the body shot from Jokinen.
Jokinen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mitchell.
Jokinen throws a jab but it's blocked by Mitchell.
Mitchell lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Mitchell misses with a body shot.
The fighters circling - Jokinen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jokinen lands a right hook to the body.
Mitchell throws a nice inside leg kick.
Mitchell checks a leg kick.
Jokinen takes a swing at Mitchell's ribcage but misses.
Mitchell lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A big right from Jokinen misses.
Jokinen fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Mitchell on the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen lands a nice shot to the body.
Mitchell wants to slow Jokinen down by chopping away at his legs.
Jokinen will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Mitchell misses with a kick to the body.
Jokinen throws a solid leg kick but Mitchell takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Jokinen.
Jokinen avoids the body shot from Mitchell.
Jokinen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mitchell throws an overhand right that lands on Jokinen's shoulder, as Jokinen tries to avoid the shot.
Jokinen lands with a cross.
Jokinen throws a leg kick
and Mitchell counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jokinen lands with a shot to the body.
Jokinen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mitchell moves away.
Mitchell pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mitchell ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jokinen misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mitchell attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Jokinen throws a head kick but Mitchell moves out of range.
Jokinen throws a leg kick that misses.
Mitchell checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Mitchell on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Jokinen cracks Mitchell with a good jab.
Jokinen avoids the body shot from Mitchell.
Jokinen pivots, looking for a leg kick but Mitchell is out of range and Jokinen settles back down.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mitchell throws a leg kick that misses.
Mitchell takes one to the chin there.
Jokinen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jokinen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mitchell.
Mitchell avoids the body shot from Jokinen.
Mitchell looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mitchell takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A swing and a miss from Jokinen.
Jokinen has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Mitchell.
Jokinen scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Mitchell doesn't seem bothered though.
Jokinen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Mitchell checks a low kick from Jokinen.
Jokinen misses the jab.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Mitchell.
Mitchell pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jokinen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mitchell swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jokinen throws a body punch but Mitchell moves out of range.
Jab, jab by Mitchell - just one landing.
Jokinen scores with a hook to the body. Mitchell takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Mitchell pushes Jokinen away with a front kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mitchell uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jokinen.
Jokinen scores with a hook.
Mitchell dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jokinen. That did some damage!
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!
Mitchell with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Jokinen misses with a leg kick
and Mitchell counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A jab from Jokinen misses.
Mitchell tries a low kick but Jokinen avoids it.
Mitchell showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jokinen.
Jokinen fails in his attempt to clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mitchell scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Mitchell scores with a kick to the midsection.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Mitchell throws a nice head kick!
A head kick misses from Jokinen.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Ossi Jokinen.
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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 48:47
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 47:48
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 49:47

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Ossi Jokinen!
A relieved looking Ossi 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.