PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Otto Jokinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruno Rafael Batista Da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jokinen comes to the cage accompanied by Marilyn Manson - Sweet Dreams. The crowd seem to be enjoying Batista Da Silva's choice of entrance music: Pride Theme. 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
Rafael Batista Da Silva

190 cm
28
210 lbs
27 - 7 - 0

186 cm
29
208 lbs
21 - 8 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

TWGC Champion
World class MT
Good gas tank

Perkele!
Unique Wear and Custom Design

Perkele!

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 27 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Otto Jokinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bruno Rafael Batista Da Silva!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice uppercut lands for Jokinen. That snapped Batista Da Silva's head back.
Jokinen swats away the attempt to clinch by Batista Da Silva.
Batista Da Silva misses with an uppercut
and Jokinen counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Batista Da Silva misses with a hook.
Batista Da Silva scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Jokinen throws a body punch but Batista Da Silva moves out of range.
Nice uppercut there from Batista Da Silva.

It looks like Otto Jokinen has been cut.
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!
Sloppy strikes from Batista Da Silva. Those never looked like landing.

Jokinen closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Batista Da Silva jumps guard but Jokinen turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Jokinen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Batista Da Silva.
Jokinen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Jokinen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jokinen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jokinen landing knees to the body.
Jokinen scores with a knee to the head.
Batista Da Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen tries a knee to the head but Batista Da Silva blocks it.
Batista Da Silva tries to work over Jokinen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Batista Da Silva tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Batista Da Silva pushes Jokinen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Batista Da Silva scores with a shot to the side of Jokinen's head.
Batista Da Silva lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Jokinen fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Batista Da Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Jokinen.
Batista Da Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Jokinen is blocking nicely.
Jokinen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Bruno Rafael Batista Da Silva has been cut.
Jokinen is looking to break free of the clinch but Batista Da Silva has double underhooks.
Jokinen blocking some punches.
Jokinen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Batista Da Silva blocks a body shot from Jokinen.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Batista Da Silva lands a shoulder strike.
Batista Da Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jokinen's elbow.
Batista Da Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jokinen's elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Batista Da Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Batista Da Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Jokinen.
Batista Da Silva misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jokinen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jokinen throws a head punch that misses.
Jokinen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Batista Da Silva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Batista Da Silva lands a hook to the side of the head.

Jokinen breaks from the clinch.
Batista Da Silva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jokinen circles away quickly and effectively.
Good leg kick by Batista Da Silva there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Jokinen will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Batista Da Silva throws a leg kick that is checked
and Jokinen counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Batista Da Silva is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Batista Da Silva ducks under a wild hook from Jokinen.
Jokinen blocks the body kick.
Jokinen fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Batista Da Silva.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Batista Da Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Jokinen.
Batista Da Silva misses with a kick to the body.
Batista Da Silva dips to his left and cracks Jokinen with an uppercut!
Batista Da Silva checks a leg kick.
Jokinen on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Batista Da Silva ducks under a wild hook from Jokinen.
Nice defenses there by Jokinen.
Jokinen walks into a jab.

Jokinen is rocked!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Jokinen.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jokinen throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Batista Da Silva's head.
Jokinen thows a body shot but no joy.
Jokinen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Batista Da Silva counters with a straight right hand.
Oh Jokinen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Batista Da Silva blocks a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Batista Da Silva lands a jab.
Batista Da Silva goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A swing and a miss from Batista Da Silva.
Batista Da Silva lands a nice looking kick to the body. Jokinen takes a step back to recover.
Jokinen seems to have got his legs back now.
Batista Da Silva connects with a good right hand that stumbles Jokinen. Jokinen circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Jokinen tries to score with a low kick but Batista Da Silva moves his leg out of the way.
Batista Da Silva takes a swing at Jokinen's ribcage but misses.
Nice body kick from Batista Da Silva.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Batista Da Silva smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Jokinen throws out a loose jab but Batista Da Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Batista Da Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Bruno Rafael Batista Da Silva will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.

Batista Da Silva has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Jokinen.
Batista Da Silva scores with a jab to the body.
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 attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Jokinen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Batista Da Silva moves away.
Batista Da Silva takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Jokinen throws a head kick that misses.
Batista Da Silva throws a body punch but Jokinen moves out of range.
Batista Da Silva ducks under a wild hook from Jokinen.
Jokinen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Batista Da Silva throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Batista Da Silva misses with a left hand
and Jokinen counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Batista Da Silva throws a half hearted mid kick.
Jokinen slips a straight right by Batista Da Silva.
Batista Da Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen lands a jab to the head.
Batista Da Silva misses with a two punch combination.
Jokinen slips under a jab from Batista Da Silva.
Jokinen connects with a jab.

Jokinen has Batista Da Silva up against the cage in a clinch.
Jokinen blocking some punches.
Jokinen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Batista Da Silva drags the fight down to the ground.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Batista Da Silva is trying to keep Jokinen in close.

Batista Da Silva has an active guard here but Jokinen has managed to pass into half guard.
Batista Da Silva is trying to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jokinen is working for a kimura but Batista Da Silva is defending it quite comfortably.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jokinen wants to pass the guard but Batista Da Silva is defending well.
Jokinen controlling the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Batista Da Silva manages to get to full guard.
Batista Da Silva keeping full guard, as Jokinen tries to pass.
Batista Da Silva looking to hit a scissor sweep but Jokinen is one step ahead there.
Batista Da Silva is looking to sweep but instead, Jokinen has passed into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Batista Da Silva is trying to maintain the position but Jokinen is very close to passing his half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Batista Da Silva actively working from the bottom here.
Batista Da Silva is looking to control Jokinen's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Batista Da Silva avoid being mounted?
Jokinen wants to free his trapped foot but Batista Da Silva is holding on for dear life with his legs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jokinen frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
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.
That's time! Jokinen's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Jokinen sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
A thudding body kick lands there by Batista Da Silva!
Jokinen lands with a straight right. Batista Da Silva didn't see that one coming.
Jokinen staying out of range there.
Jokinen throws a head kick that misses
and Batista Da Silva counters with a stiff right hand.
A leg kick checked by Batista Da Silva.
Jokinen misses with a shot to the body
letting Batista Da Silva counter with a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jokinen slips a straight right by Batista Da Silva.
Jokinen tries a head kick but it misses.
Batista Da Silva just misses with a punch to the body.
Bruno Rafael Batista Da Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
An inside leg kick from Batista Da Silva misses.
Jokinen misses with a straight right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Batista Da Silva keeps Jokinen at a distance using the push kick.
Jokinen on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Batista Da Silva throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Jokinen stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Batista Da Silva scores with a kick to the midsection.
Bruno Rafael Batista Da Silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Batista Da Silva bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jokinen walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Batista Da Silva throws a hook but Jokinen blocks it.
Batista Da Silva fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Batista Da Silva cracks Jokinen with a hook to the temple - Jokinen is on wobbly legs here! Batista Da Silva swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Jokinen falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Batista Da Silva wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Bruno Rafael Batista Da Silva!
A very excited looking Bruno Rafael Batista Da Silva made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.