PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Orpo Jokinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Uno Louner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Jokinen
vs
Louner

175 cm
25
180 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

178 cm
37
173 lbs
23 - 12 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Orpo Jokinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Uno Louner!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Johanna Lukiainen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Louner throws a lazy uppercut

and Jokinen counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Louner's guard now.
Jokinen stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Louner swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Louner has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Jokinen has passed into side control.
Jokinen taking a breather here.
Jokinen trying to control the action but Louner is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Jokinen trying to control the action but Louner is working from the bottom.
Louner struggling a bit here.

We're going to have a standup here because Orpo Jokinen wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Jokinen connects with a high kick.

It looks like Uno Louner has been cut.

Louner shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Jokinen keeping full guard, as Louner tries to pass.

Jokinen looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Louner is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Jokinen keeping full guard, as Louner tries to pass.
Jokinen utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Louner 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 seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Orpo Jokinen just wasn't active enough.
Louner tries to score with a low kick but Jokinen moves his leg out of the way.
A big right from Louner misses.
Louner scores with the left hand. Jokinen knows he should have avoided that one.
A big right from Jokinen misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Louner throws the left hand but Jokinen avoids the punch easily.
A low kick from Louner misses

so Jokinen counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Louner controls Jokinen momentarily but Jokinen frees himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Orpo Jokinen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Uno Louner'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.

A looping hook to the body misses from Louner. Jokinen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Uno Louner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jokinen misses with a head kick.

Louner shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Louner sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Jokinen is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Louner is looking to stall here but Jokinen recovers full guard.

Louner stands up over his opponent, looking to dive in with a big punch. Here he comes, superman style! Oh, the punch misses and Jokinen has got him in a triangle choke for good measure! Oh no! Louner manages to get his head free but now Jokinen has transitioned to an armbar! Louner grimaces and is forced to tap! Beautiful Jiu Jitsu from Jokinen! I'd be surprised if that didn't end up as submission of the night!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Orpo Jokinen!
A very excited looking Orpo Jokinen 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.