PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ossi Jokinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jesus Gonzalez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jokinen comes to the cage accompanied by Prodigy - Omen. Gonzalez has chosen Why Cant we Be Friends! as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Jokinen
vs
Gonzalez

190 cm
26
215 lbs
16 - 1 - 1

196 cm
27
214 lbs
19 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

FinnFighters Nutrition

Conviction

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 16 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Ossi Jokinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jesus Gonzalez!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Valeri Chadov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gonzalez misses with a head kick.
Jokinen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gonzalez manages to avoid it.
Gonzalez throws out a loose jab but Jokinen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jokinen scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Gonzalez throws a low kick but it's checked well by Jokinen.
Gonzalez tries to clinch but Jokinen is having none of it.
Jokinen lands a right hook to the body.
Jokinen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jokinen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez throws a leg kick
and Jokinen counters with a nice low kick that buckles Gonzalez's knee momentarily.
Gonzalez looks gassed!
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!
Gonzalez throws a body punch but Jokinen moves out of range.
Gonzalez closes the distance but Jokinen moves to the side
and Jokinen counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Gonzalez thinking.
Jokinen lands a jab to the head.
Jokinen scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Jokinen throws a quick inside leg kick.
Jokinen connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzalez walks forward, straight into a front kick from Jokinen.
Jokinen lands with a good body shot.
Nice straight punches there by Jokinen. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Jokinen.
Jokinen is looking to land body kicks.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Jokinen.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jokinen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Jokinen connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Gonzalez momentarily.
Jesus Gonzalez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Good shot there by Jokinen.

Gonzalez is rocked!
A jab from Jokinen misses.
Gonzalez is still on wobbly legs! Can Jokinen finish him?
Jokinen misses with a straight right.
Gonzalez seems to have recovered his senses.
Jokinen defending well as Gonzalez loads up on a big left hand.
Jokinen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gonzalez on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A big left from Jokinen misses.
Jokinen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez throws a big shot that misses.
Gonzalez throws a big shot that misses.

Gonzalez tries to keep at a distance but Jokinen has taken the fight into the clinch.
Gonzalez tries to throw a body punch but Jokinen avoids it by throwing Gonzalez back against the cage.
Jokinen pushes Gonzalez back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

Jokinen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jokinen checks a low kick from Gonzalez.
Jokinen lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice defenses there by Gonzalez.
Jokinen thumps Gonzalez with a low kick.
Jokinen connects with a looping right hand.
Jokinen getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Jokinen cracks Gonzalez with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Gonzalez tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Jokinen pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Gonzalez is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ossi Jokinen!