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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Oskari Jokinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Schoonie Singleton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jokinen comes to the cage accompanied by Prodigy - Firestarter. The key to victory for Oskari Jokinen has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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195 lbs
12 - 9 - 0 |
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185 cm
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195 lbs
5 - 2 - 1 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
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Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Oskari Jokinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Schoonie Singleton!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Trevor Gratis and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Singleton avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Singleton 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 Singleton off to one side.
Jokinen wants to clinch up but Singleton keeps it at a distance.
Jokinen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Nice takedown defense from Jokinen. No joy for Singleton on that attempt.
Singleton changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Jokinen tries to avoid it but Singleton manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Jokinen to the ground. Jokinen escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Oskari Jokinen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Schoonie Singleton.
Jokinen lands with a kick to the temple. Singleton shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Singleton takes a swing at Jokinen's ribcage but misses.
Singleton throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jokinen lands a head kick. Singleton smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Singleton misses with a hook.
Singleton takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Singleton on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Oskari Jokinen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Singleton looks to throw the jab but Jokinen is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Singleton looks to land a right hand but Jokinen moved out of range.
Oskari Jokinen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Singleton has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Jokinen.
Singleton looks gassed!
Jokinen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Singleton keeps the fight on the outside.
A swing and a miss from Singleton.
Singleton cracks a nice hook into Jokinen's ribs.
Jokinen lands a jab to Singleton's midsection.
Singleton is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jokinen.
Jokinen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Jokinen thumps Singleton with a low kick.
Jokinen moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Jokinen lands a nice looking body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
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!
Jokinen lands a lovely overhand right.
Singleton takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jokinen is looking to clinch but Singleton is avoiding it.
Singleton swats away the attempt to clinch by Jokinen.
Singleton throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A good leg kick by Jokinen.
Jokinen darts in and clinches Singleton up against the cage.
Jokinen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jokinen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Singleton avoids it.
Jokinen content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Knees to the body from Jokinen.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Singleton in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Jokinen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jokinen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Singleton's face.
Singleton blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jokinen trying to land knees to the body.
Jokinen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Singleton avoids it.
Jokinen is struggling to control the position.
Jokinen connects with a knee to the head.
Jokinen landing knees to the body.
Singleton managing to block the knees to the body from Jokinen.
Singleton can't break the clinch.
Jokinen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Singleton lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jokinen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Singleton is trying desperately to land a takedown but Jokinen is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Singleton.
Jokinen lands a good knee to the midsection. Singleton won't want to take too many of those.
Singleton has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Jokinen regains guard immediately.
Jokinen looking for a sweep. Not yet Jokinen, not yet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Singleton wants to pass the guard but Jokinen is keeping the position.
Singleton preventing the sweep.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jokinen has his hands on Singleton's head, controlling the position.
Singleton advances to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Oskari Jokinen dominated that round.
That's time! Jokinen's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Singleton takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
A slapping leg kick lands for Jokinen.
A punch lands to the side of Jokinen 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Singleton misses with a looping right.
Singleton missing with a left hand there. Jokinen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Oskari Jokinen is winning the standup battle so far.
Jokinen scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Singleton swats away the attempt to clinch by Jokinen.
A chopping leg kick lands by Jokinen.
Singleton misses with a wild body shot.
Jokinen thumps Singleton with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Jokinen. No joy for Singleton on that attempt.
Singleton is breathing heavily.
Singleton circles away from the clinch attempt.
Singleton throws a jab but it's blocked by Jokinen.
Jokinen lands a nice leg kick that just misses Singleton's sensitive parts.
Jokinen scores with a hook to the body. Singleton takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A slow jab from Singleton misses its intended target.
Singleton shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Jokinen as he avoids it easily.
Singleton swats away the attempt to clinch by Jokinen.
Singleton looks to throw the jab but Jokinen is out of range.
Jokinen scores with a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Singleton pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jokinen digs a good body shot into Singleton's ribs.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Jokinen, right into the meat.
Singleton swats away the attempt to clinch by Jokinen.
Singleton tries for a takedown but Jokinen sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Oskari Jokinen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Schoonie Singleton.
An inside leg kick lands from Jokinen.
Jokinen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Singleton sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Jokinen connects with a solid leg kick.
Jokinen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Singleton. That did some damage!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen gets a clinch.
Jokinen pressing his opponent against the cage.
Jokinen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jokinen holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jokinen obliges.
Jokinen crunches a lovely knee into Singleton's ribcage.
Jokinen unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Jokinen scores a nice knee to the body.
Singleton blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jokinen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jokinen missing with knees to the body.
Jokinen missing with knees to the body.
Jokinen is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Singleton's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Singleton tries a body shot but Jokinen blocks it.
Jokinen landing knees to the body.
Singleton fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Singleton on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jokinen trying to land knees to the body.
Singleton lands a nice shot to the body.
Jokinen trying to control the position but instead, Singleton has worked for underhooks and has pushed Jokinen into the cage.
Jokinen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Singleton.
Singleton displaying some good clinch control by pressing Jokinen up against the cage.
Singleton 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.
Jokinen is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Singleton is keeping busy.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Singleton avoiding damage as Jokinen throws knees to the body.
Jokinen wants to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Oskari Jokinen dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Singleton pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jokinen lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Jokinen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Singleton. That did some damage!
Singleton circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jokinen fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Singleton.
Jokinen feints and then cracks Singleton's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Singleton down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Singleton throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Oskari Jokinen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jokinen lands a jab to Singleton's midsection.
Singleton takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Singleton misses with a straight left.
Singleton with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Jokinen to score with a decent uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen with a nice cross.
Singleton shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Singleton looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Jokinen is trying to control but can't.
Oskari Jokinen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen won't allow Singleton to pass to mount.
Singleton passes to side control.
Singleton is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Jokinen has escaped the position, nice work there.
Jokinen wants to control but Singleton postures up.
Jokinen tries to escape but Singleton is in control.
Schoonie Singleton has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Singleton tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Singleton with the ground and pound but Jokinen regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Singleton not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Jokinen keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Singleton trying to control from Jokinen's half guard. Jokinen has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Singleton throws out a loose jab but Jokinen uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Jokinen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Singleton.
Singleton circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jokinen scores with a leg kick.
Singleton swats away the attempt to clinch by Jokinen.
Jokinen lands a high kick!
Singleton chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Jokinen can pounce on him.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Singleton keeps the fight on the outside.
Jokinen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Singleton paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jokinen lands with a good body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Oskari 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Oskari Jokinen!
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