PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ori Jokinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Timo Vesala (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vesala comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Bomfunk MC's - Freestyler kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jokinen
vs
Vesala

164 cm
32
141 lbs
17 - 11 - 0

160 cm
28
140 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

On Tap
Spartan Nutrition

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ori Jokinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Timo Vesala!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Lou da Vinci and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jokinen fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Vesala.
Jokinen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Vesala. That did some damage!
Jokinen has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Jokinen there as he acknowledges the shot.
Jokinen throws a looping overhand right but Vesala ducks down to avoid it.
Jokinen fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Vesala checks it well.
Jokinen throws a body kick that misses.
Vesala swings for the body but Jokinen moves out of range.
Jokinen throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Vesala cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
We've been hearing reports that Jokinen has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Jokinen clobbers Vesala with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

It looks like Timo Vesala has been cut.
Jokinen wants to land a leg kick but Vesala is out of range.
Vesala misses the jab.
Vesala walks into a straight right hand from Jokinen.
Vesala ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vesala lands a jab to the nose.
Vesala avoids a kick to the body.
Vesala throws out a counter right but Jokinen avoids it with no problem.
Vesala takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Vesala looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Jokinen looks to land a body kick but Vesala moved away.
Jokinen misses with a body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Jokinen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Vesala moves out of range of the leg kick from Jokinen.
Jokinen throws the kick towards the body but Vesala avoids it.
Vesala throws a combination that misses
and Jokinen counters with a nice body kick.
Vesala walks into a straight right hand from Jokinen.
Jokinen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Vesala has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Jokinen connects with an inside leg kick.
Jokinen lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Vesala slips a jab from Jokinen.
Vesala thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jokinen fires out a quick counter leg kick but Vesala just manages to avoid it.
Vesala will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Vesala throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jokinen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Vesala shoots for a double leg takedown but Jokinen sprawls well. He's pushed Vesala's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Jokinen feinted there with a counter leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vesala takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vesala blocks the body kick.
Jokinen throws a leg kick but Vesala sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Vesala on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Vesala looks to land a left hand but Jokinen moved out of range nicely.
Vesala misses with a wild body shot.
Jokinen bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Vesala's head backwards.
Jokinen moves out of range of the strikes.
Ori Jokinen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vesala avoids a kick to the body.
Jokinen throws a leg kick but Vesala moved away.
Vesala swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A looping hook to the body misses from Vesala. Jokinen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jokinen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jokinen lands with a thumping leg kick.
Vesala has a takedown stuffed.
The fighters circling - Vesala throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen lands a really nice looking cross but Vesala seems unphased.
Vesala's jab looks to have found its range, popping Jokinen under the eye.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Jokinen - that will leave a mark!
Vesala scores with a nice strike.
Jokinen throws a low kick, looking for Vesala's leg but Vesala calmly moves out of range.
Jokinen looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A nice inside leg kick there by Jokinen. That's going to slow Vesala down.
Jokinen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Vesala.
Jokinen looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A low kick from Jokinen is predictable there
and Vesala counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A lazy body kick from Jokinen

and Vesala counters with a takedown into side control.
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!

Vesala looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Jokinen tries to bench press Vesala off him but Vesala keeps the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Vesala goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Jokinen rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Vesala's guard! Nice work there by Jokinen!
Jokinen sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Vesala's guard.
Still in half guard, Jokinen seems content to control.
Jokinen trying to control from half guard but Vesala is working away.
Vesala wants to control but Jokinen is keeping busy and won't allow it.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Vesala checks the leg kick nicely there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ori Jokinen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Timo Vesala's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Donk. Jokinen catches Vesala right on the button with a cross.
Jokinen tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Vesala looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Jokinen misses with an attempted mid kick.
Vesala swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Vesala checks a leg kick.
Jokinen thows a leg kick but Vesala checks it
and Vesala counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jokinen walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Vesala checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Vesala takes a jab right on the kisser.
Jokinen tries to land a leg kick but Vesala saw it coming and moves away.
Vesala with the counter takedown but Jokinen avoids it easily.
Vesala on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Jokinen scores with the left hand. Vesala knows he should have avoided that one.
Jokinen shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vesala walks into a left hand.
Ori Jokinen is winning the standup battle so far.
Vesala moves out of range as Jokinen throws a body kick.
Vesala throws an off balance right hand
and Jokinen counters with a slapping leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vesala throws a body shot but no joy.
Jokinen misses with a low kick.
And Vesala tries to counter it with a takedown but Jokinen pushes his down on his head and steps out.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vesala tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jokinen was well out of range. Poor timing from Vesala.
A big right from Vesala misses.
Vesala takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Vesala tries to clinch but Jokinen moves away
and Jokinen counters with a nice kick to the body.
Jokinen misses with a kick to the body.
Jokinen lands with a shot to the body.
Jokinen lands a lovely overhand right.
Vesala uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jokinen.
Vesala looks to score with a jab to the body but Jokinen is just out of range.
Jokinen throws out a leg kick but Vesala moves out of range and Jokinen only half commits.
Vesala misses with a straight left.
Jokinen has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Jokinen there as he acknowledges the shot.
Jokinen misses with a low kick.
Jokinen connects with a solid leg kick.
Jokinen throws a front kick aimed at Vesala's knee but Vesala avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Vesala momentarily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vesala blocks a low kick nicely.
Vesala connects with a body shot.
Jokinen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Vesala.
Vesala's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

Vesala has Jokinen up against the cage in a clinch.
Jokinen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Vesala backwards.
Vesala blocking some punches.
Vesala works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Vesala misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jokinen misses with some punches.
Jokinen blocks a body shot from Vesala.
Vesala goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jokinen tries to stall but Vesala uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Vesala tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Jokinen just stands there and leans against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen scores with a shoulder strike.
Jokinen working aggressively here.
Vesala blocks an uppercut.
Vesala has a couple of punches blocked by Jokinen.
Jokinen lands with a light punch inside.
Jokinen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Vesala swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jokinen scores with a nice hook to the head.
Vesala throws a punch but it's blocked by Jokinen.
Jokinen works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Jokinen slows down the pace here.
Jokinen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Jokinen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Vesala backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vesala blocks an uppercut.
Jokinen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Jokinen lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jokinen.
Vesala wants to stall.
Jokinen is stalling here.
Vesala misses with some punches.
Jokinen has a couple of punches blocked by Vesala.
Vesala misses with a punch on the inside.
Jokinen has Vesala pressed against the cage.
Vesala is looking to control Jokinen's arms but Jokinen gets an underhook and turns him. Now Vesala has his back to the cage.
Jokinen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Vesala tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jokinen's elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ori Jokinen dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Timo Vesala's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Jokinen tries to land a leg kick but Vesala saw it coming and moves away.
Vesala looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Jokinen will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Vesala throws a big shot that misses.
Jokinen half committed to a counter leg kick.
Vesala throws out a powerful jab.
Jokinen throws a nice inside leg kick.
Jokinen lands with a thumping leg kick.
Vesala shoots in for a takedown but Jokinen shows good takedown defense.
Vesala checks a leg kick.
Vesala feints the counter takedown.
Vesala's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Jokinen connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Vesala scrambles back to his feet.
Vesala lands a right hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vesala misses with a lunging right hand
and Jokinen counters with a thumping low kick.
Jokinen throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Vesala misses with an uppercut. Jokinen saw that one coming.
Vesala throws a big shot that misses.
Jokinen does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vesala misses with a lunging right hand
and Jokinen counters with a nice leg kick.
Vesala has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Jokinen.
Vesala misses with a jab to the body
and Jokinen counters with a nice kick to the body.
Vesala throws a shot from downtown. Jokinen moves away and avoids it.
Vesala misses with a looping right.
Jokinen tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Vesala is able to avoid easily.
Jokinen cracks the inside of Vesala's front leg.
Both fighters circling a little - Jokinen finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Jokinen misses with an attempted mid kick.
Vesala checks the leg kick.
Vesala takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Vesala looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Vesala throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Vesala misses with a looping left.
Vesala avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Vesala lands a nice shot that snaps Jokinen's head back.
Jokinen lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Vesala misses.
Jokinen is looking to counter punch.
Jokinen throws a head kick that half lands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Vesala checks a leg kick.
Vesala throws a shot from downtown. Jokinen moves away and avoids it.
Vesala listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Vesala on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Timo Vesala has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jokinen throws a low kick but Vesala moves out of range easily.
Jokinen moves out of range of the strikes.
Vesala throws an overhand right that lands on Jokinen's shoulder, as Jokinen tries to avoid the shot.
Vesala throws a lazy uppercut
and Jokinen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Vesala looks to land a right hand but Jokinen moved out of range.
Ori Jokinen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Vesala lunges at Jokinen with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Jokinen's hand.
Jokinen connects with an inside leg kick.
Vesala takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Vesala checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Jokinen scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Jokinen, right into the meat.
Jokinen throws a leg kick
letting Vesala counter with a right hand.
A big right from Vesala misses.
Jokinen moves out of range as Vesala strikes.
A slapping body kick lands there for Jokinen.
Vesala misses with a straight right.
Jokinen connects with a good right hand that stumbles Vesala. Vesala circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Jokinen cracks the inside of Vesala's front leg.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Vesala crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Jokinen - the referee stops the clock and Vesala gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Jokinen. Vesala manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Vesala misses with a looping right.
Jokinen lands a lovely overhand right.
Jokinen keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A jab from Vesala misses.
Jokinen scores with a kick to the midsection.
Vesala throws a lazy right hand but Jokinen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Vesala checks the leg kick nicely there.
Jokinen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Vesala can do to turn this around?
Vesala throws a hook but Jokinen blocks it.
Jokinen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Vesala misses with a looping left.
Vesala might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Nice defenses there by Jokinen.
Jokinen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Vesala has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A nice leg kick lands there from Jokinen.
A chopping leg kick lands by Jokinen.
Jokinen darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A leg kick checked by Vesala.
Jokinen pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ori Jokinen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Jokinen, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:27
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ori Jokinen!
Ori Jokinen seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.