PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ori Jokinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leroy Morris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morris comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Clique kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Leroy Morris has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Jokinen
vs
Morris

164 cm
24
141 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

170 cm
28
150 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Meet the Future
Perkele!

Meet the Future
KO Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ori Jokinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Leroy Morris!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Roosa Järviläinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jokinen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jokinen lands a nice looking body shot.
Some bone on bone action there as Morris checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Jokinen takes a swing at Morris's ribcage but misses.
Jokinen looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

Morris takes the fight into the clinch.
Jokinen lands a right hand.

Morris breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A left and a right from Jokinen both land. Nice combination.

It looks like Leroy Morris has been cut.
Jokinen digs a good body shot into Morris's ribs.
Jokinen fails to land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Morris manages to avoid it.
Jokinen displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Morris.
Morris fails in his attempt to clinch.

Morris shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Jokinen napping and manages to drive through into side control!
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
You can see the frustration on Jokinen's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Jokinen regains half guard there - taking advantage of Morris's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Jokinen is looking to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morris wants to lay and pray for a moment but Jokinen keeps working.
Morris trying to mount his opponent but Jokinen defends it.
Jokinen is refusing to be controlled, as Morris sits in half guard.
Morris not doing much here.
Morris wants to pass the guard but Jokinen is defending well.

Leroy Morris has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Morris uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jokinen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen slaps away a takedown attempt from Morris, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Jokinen looks to land a body kick but Morris moved away.
Morris fails with a takedown attempt.
Ori Jokinen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leroy Morris.

Jokinen tries to sprawl but Morris drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Jokinen trying to hold on to Morris's head to control him but Morris postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen wants to get back to full guard.
Morris trying to control the action but Jokinen is working from the bottom.

Morris is looking for a kimura but Jokinen is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Morris to get the leverage.
Jokinen is controlling Morris's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Jokinen is looking to improve his position.
Jokinen is refusing to be controlled, as Morris sits in half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Morris is looking for a kimura but Jokinen is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Morris to get the leverage.
Morris wants to control but Jokinen is keeping him busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Leroy Morris will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Leroy Morris's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Morris shoots in for a takedown but Jokinen shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Jokinen, as that shot connected.
Leroy Morris is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Morris throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Jokinen's waist but Jokinen gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Morris off to one side.
Morris shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Jokinen but Jokinen pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Ori Jokinen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leroy Morris.

Morris closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Jokinen did well to prevent Morris getting side control.
Jokinen is trying to get back to full guard.
Morris missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Morris stalling.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Morris is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Jokinen defends it well.
Jokinen desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Jokinen is trying to get back to full guard.
Morris trying to control from half guard but Jokinen is working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morris not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Morris is trying to control the action in half guard but Jokinen is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Jokinen wants to get back to full guard.
Morris wants to take a breather but Jokinen is having none of it.
Jokinen wants to improve his position but Morris is controlling well.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Leroy Morris wasn't active enough on the ground.
Nice sprawl there from Jokinen as Morris shoots in.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen misses with a body shot.
Jokinen tries a low kick but Morris avoids it.
Jokinen throws a series of punches but Morris moves out of range.

Morris drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
I wouldn't like to be where Jokinen is right now.
Morris trying to control the position but Jokinen is working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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Jokinen struggling a bit here.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Morris taking a break here but Jokinen is having none of it and regains half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Morris is working for a kimura but Jokinen is defending it quite comfortably.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Leroy Morris will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Leroy Morris's cut.
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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Jokinen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jokinen checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Morris shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Jokinen but Jokinen pushes him off and we're back to square one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morris dives in for a single leg takedown but Jokinen sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen digs a right hand into Morris's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Morris's gas tank.
Morris looking for a takedown.
Ori Jokinen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leroy Morris.
Morris is trying to drag Jokinen to the mat but Jokinen just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Morris wants to break the clinch but can't.
Morris wants a takedown.
Morris stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Morris tries to land a knee to the head but Jokinen blocks with his arms.

Jokinen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Morris shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Morris shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jokinen stuffs the takedown.
Ori Jokinen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ori Jokinen is winning the standup battle so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morris is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jokinen lands a right hook to the body.
Morris shoots in but Jokinen avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Morris takes a swing at Jokinen's ribcage but misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Horrible takedown by Morris or perhaps it was just good defense by Jokinen which made him look bad.
Jokinen misses with an attempted mid kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morris shoots for a takedown but Jokinen saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Jokinen feints and then cracks Morris's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Morris down.
Morris wants to clinch
and Jokinen makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Morris takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jokinen stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Jokinen wants it to stay on the feet.
Jokinen throws a right and a left that both miss.
Morris uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jokinen.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen throws a right and a left that both miss.
Morris throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Jokinen's waist but Jokinen gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Morris off to one side.
Jokinen is looking to score with low kicks.
Morris is looking to clinch.
Morris tries to clinch there but Jokinen circles away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jokinen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Morris is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ori Jokinen showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Morris has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 28:29
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Leroy Morris!
An intense looking Leroy Morris took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'Ori you might say you were unlucky tonight, the truth is, the better fighter won. Just accept it... You are not as good as Leeroy Morris!'.