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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Junior Lessard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Otso Jokinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lessard comes to the cage accompanied by Ozzy Osbourne - Mr Crowley. Jokinen has chosen E.S. Posthumus - Unstoppable as his entrance music. Junior Lessard is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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162 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Junior Lessard!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Otso Jokinen!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Ben Zyskovitsi and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jokinen swings for the body but Lessard moves out of range.
Jokinen shoots in looking for a takedown. Lessard tries to sprawl out of it but Jokinen keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Lessard manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Jokinen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jokinen lands with a good body shot.
Lessard buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Jokinen moves out of range as Lessard throws a body kick.
Jokinen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lessard throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lessard wants to clinch up but Jokinen keeps it at a distance.
Lessard 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.
Jokinen works Lessard's body with a nice hook.
Jokinen slips under a jab from Lessard.
Lessard lands with a hook. Jokinen tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jokinen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jokinen misses with an uppercut.
Lessard misses with a head kick.
Jokinen lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Jokinen scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Lessard gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lessard keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lessard moves out of range of the strikes.
Jokinen fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Lessard swats away the attempt to clinch by Jokinen.
Lessard tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jokinen was well out of range. Poor timing from Lessard.
Jokinen swings for the body but Lessard moves out of range.
Jokinen loads up on a big right hand but Lessard slips the punch.
Lessard tried to score with a low kick but Jokinen checks it.
Jokinen checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Jokinen blocks a head kick by Lessard.
Lessard misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jokinen.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jokinen. Lessard does a little dance to reset his feet.
Good standup being displayed there by Lessard as he connects with a hook.
Otso Jokinen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lessard takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Lessard lands a two punch combo.
Jokinen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lessard moves away.
Lessard misses the shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen misses the shot to the body.
Lessard lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Jokinen misses with an uppercut. Lessard saw that one coming.
Jokinen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lessard moves away.
Jokinen misses with a hook to the body
and Lessard counters with a stiff right hand.
Jokinen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lessard lands a glancing blow to the side of Jokinen's head.
Lessard is looking to clinch but Jokinen is avoiding it.
Lessard slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Junior Lessard is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jokinen throws a jab but it's blocked by Lessard.
Lessard moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Lessard gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Lessard landing knees to the head.
Lessard throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jokinen blocks a body shot from Lessard.
Jokinen has a couple of punches blocked by Lessard.
Lessard is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jokinen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jokinen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Knees to the body from Lessard.
Jokinen looks gassed!
Jokinen swings wildly with an uppercut but Lessard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lessard trying to land knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lessard misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jokinen.
Jokinen tries to work over Lessard's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lessard tries to throw a body punch but Jokinen avoids it by throwing Lessard back against the cage.
Jokinen tries to throw a body punch but Lessard avoids it by throwing Jokinen back against the cage.
Lessard misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jokinen.
Lessard lands a body punch.
Jokinen presses Lessard against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Lessard cracks Jokinen with a nice body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jokinen.
Jokinen cracks Lessard with a nice body shot.
Jokinen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jokinen throws a head punch that misses.
Jokinen swings wildly with an uppercut but Lessard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jokinen lands a left hand.
A short right from Lessard on the inside.
Lessard blocks a body shot from Jokinen.
A short right from Jokinen on the inside.
Lessard lands a good knee to the midsection. Jokinen won't want to take too many of those.
Jokinen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jokinen misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lessard.
Lessard trying to stall but Jokinen improves his position.
Jokinen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jokinen lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Lessard takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Jokinen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jokinen avoids a wild elbow strike from Lessard.
Lessard gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Jokinen.
Junior Lessard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Otso Jokinen.
Lessard with a knee to the head.
It looks like Otso Jokinen has been cut.
Jokinen misses with the head strike.
Jokinen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lessard obliges.
Jokinen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Knees to the body from Lessard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lessard connects with a knee to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Lessard just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jokinen's brow.
Jokinen wants a takedown.
A knee to the head by Lessard.
Lessard breaks the clinch.
Jokinen lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lessard buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jokinen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jokinen thows a left - swing and a miss!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Junior Lessard dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Otso Jokinen'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.
Lessard moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Lessard doesn't manage to clinch there - Jokinen circles away.
Jokinen is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Lessard rather than just go for the knockout.
Lessard tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lessard lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Lessard cracks Jokinen with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Jokinen swinging wildly here.
Lessard connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Lessard gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Jokinen presses Lessard against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Jokinen throws a punch but it's blocked by Lessard.
A right handed body shot lands from Lessard.
Lessard landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Jokinen takes a shot to the head.
Lessard tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jokinen avoids it.
A knee to the head by Lessard.
Jokinen is working Lessard over against the cage.
Jokinen takes an elbow to the forehead.
Lessard lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Jokinen is pushing Lessard up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Jokinen is breathing heavily.
Nice body punch from Jokinen.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen pushes Lessard back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jokinen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jokinen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jokinen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jokinen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lessard backwards.
Junior Lessard has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Lessard creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jokinen's defenses.
Jokinen dodges an elbow strike from Lessard.
Jokinen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jokinen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jokinen avoiding damage as Lessard throws knees to the body.
Lessard lands a nice shot to the body.
Lessard blocking some punches.
Lessard lands a nice elbow.
Lessard blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lessard obliges.
Lessard working hard to break the clinch.
Lessard taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Jokinen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Jokinen managing to block the knees to the body from Lessard.
Jokinen managing to block the knees to the body from Lessard.
Lessard tries to land knees in the clinch but Jokinen avoids the damage to the body.
Jokinen misses with the head strike.
Lessard tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jokinen avoids it.
Jokinen lands a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lessard scores with a shoulder strike.
Jokinen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jokinen takes a knee right on the jaw!
Lessard lands an elbow that stopped Jokinen in his tracks for a moment.
A right hook to the body lands for Jokinen.
Jokinen lands with a left to the head.
Lessard tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jokinen stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Jokinen.
A short uppercut from Jokinen.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jokinen lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Lessard or not.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jokinen.
Lessard tries a body shot but Jokinen blocks it.
A body shot lands from Jokinen.
Lessard is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Lessard misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jokinen swings wildly with an uppercut but Lessard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jokinen scores with a hook to the body.
Lessard tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lessard's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Jokinen works on Lessard's body with a couple of short punches.
Jokinen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Jokinen.
Jokinen scores with a shot to the side of Lessard's head.
Jokinen lands an uppercut.
Jokinen dodges an elbow strike from Lessard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Jokinen.
A left hand lands to the body for Jokinen.
Lessard tries to land a knee to the head but Jokinen blocks with his arms.
Jokinen pushes Lessard back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Jokinen cracks Lessard with a nice body shot.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jokinen.
Jokinen scores with a shoulder strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jokinen.
Jokinen throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Jokinen scores with a shot to the side of Lessard's head.
A right handed body shot lands from Jokinen.
Lessard's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Jokinen works on Lessard's body with a couple of short punches.
Jokinen gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Jokinen tries to free his leg and advance position but Lessard is retaining full guard.
Jokinen wants to control from the top but Lessard keeps moving.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jokinen accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen tries to free his leg and advance position but Lessard is retaining full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jokinen wants to control from the top but Lessard keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jokinen wants to pass the guard but Lessard is keeping the position.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jokinen accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Jokinen postures up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jokinen wants to pass the guard but Lessard is keeping the position.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Lessard throws a head kick but Jokinen moves out of range.
Jokinen throws a body punch but Lessard moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Otso Jokinen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Otso Jokinen'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.
Jab, jab by Lessard - just one landing.
Nice defenses there by Jokinen.
Lessard throws the left hand but Jokinen avoids the punch easily.
Lessard pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lessard slips under a jab.
Lessard uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jokinen.
Jokinen misses with a wild combination.
Lessard tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jokinen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lessard takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Lessard avoids the body shot from Jokinen.
Lessard fails with an attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A swing and a miss from Jokinen.
Lessard misses with a body kick.
Jokinen connects with a nice looking jab.
Jokinen tries to clinch but Lessard moves out of range.
Jokinen keeps the fight on the outside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen takes a swing at Lessard's ribcage but misses.
Lessard throws a lazy right hand but Jokinen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jokinen. Lessard does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jokinen lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Jokinen throws a big shot that misses.
Lessard defending well as Jokinen loads up on a big left hand.
Jokinen misses with a looping left.
Jokinen has a takedown stuffed.
Jokinen with a hook.
Jokinen connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Lessard momentarily.
Jokinen throws a body punch but Lessard moves out of range.
Nice straight punches there by Lessard. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Lessard.
Jokinen lands a glancing blow to the side of Lessard's head.
Jokinen throws a predictable looking body shot
and Lessard counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jokinen scores with a decent looking hook.
Lessard connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Lessard counters with a nice kick to the body.
Lessard takes a swing at Jokinen's ribcage but misses.
Jokinen takes a jab right on the kisser.
Lessard connects with a body shot.
Lessard wants to land a leg kick but Jokinen is out of range.
Jokinen jabs at Lessard's body.
Jokinen misses with a looping right.
Jokinen scores with a shot to the body.
Lessard tries to clinch but Jokinen is having none of it.
Lessard is looking to land body kicks.
Lessard lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Lessard fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jokinen takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Lessard walks into a stiff left hand from Jokinen.
Lessard lands a jab.
Lessard tries to work over Jokinen's front leg with a kick but Jokinen checks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jokinen lands a nice shot to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Lessard misses the target.
Jokinen staying out of range there.
Lessard walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Jokinen checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Lessard.
Lessard takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Jokinen misses with a looping left.
Lessard ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jokinen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jokinen lands a nice shot that snaps Lessard's head back.
Jokinen fails with a takedown attempt.
Lessard moves into the clinch successfully.
Lessard trying to stall but Jokinen improves his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lessard is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jokinen is defending well for now.
Jokinen misses with a hook from the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Jokinen.
Jokinen can't find room to land a body shot as Lessard controls the action.
A right hook to the body lands for Lessard.
Lessard's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lessard avoids the body shot from Jokinen.
Jokinen misses with a body punch
and Lessard counters with a leg kick.
A jab from Jokinen misses.
Lessard misses with a two punch combination.
Jokinen looks to score with a jab to the body but Lessard is just out of range.
Jokinen throws a body punch but Lessard moves out of range.
A jab lands there for Jokinen.
Lessard throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Jokinen checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Jokinen misses with a straight right.
Junior Lessard is winning the standup battle so far.
Lessard slaps away a takedown attempt from Jokinen, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Junior Lessard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Otso Jokinen.
Lessard tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Junior Lessard did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Otso Jokinen's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Jokinen wants to clinch but Lessard slips to the side
enabling Lessard to counter with a crisp jab.
Lessard circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jokinen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jokinen lands with a shot to the body.
Lessard throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Jokinen misses with a hook to the body
and Lessard counters with a stiff right hand.
Jokinen's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Jokinen throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Lessard's waist but Lessard gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Jokinen off to one side.
Jokinen misses with a body shot
and Lessard counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Jokinen.
Jokinen moves away from the strike by Lessard.
Sloppy strikes from Jokinen. Those never looked like landing.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jokinen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lessard takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Lessard comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Lessard throws a shot from downtown. Jokinen moves away and avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen lands with a shot to the body.
Jokinen misses with a hook.
Jokinen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jokinen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lessard swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lessard lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jokinen circles away quickly and effectively.
Jokinen loads up on a big right hand but Lessard slips the punch.
Jokinen throws a sloppy body shot
and Lessard cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jokinen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jokinen throws a hook but Lessard avoids it easily.
Lessard cracks Jokinen with a right hand to the side of the head.
Jokinen scores with a nice strike.
Lessard tries a head kick but it misses.
Lessard tries to bum rush Jokinen with a series of wild strikes but Jokinen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Lessard moves away from the strike by Jokinen.
Jokinen wants to clinch.
Jokinen lands the left hand.
That's two 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.
Lessard lands a leg kick that knocks Jokinen off balance momentarily.
Jokinen throws the left hand but Lessard avoids the punch easily.
Jokinen doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Lessard misses with a looping left.
Jokinen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jokinen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jokinen takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Lessard lands with a slapping head kick.
Lessard is looking to clinch but Jokinen is avoiding it.
Jokinen changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Lessard tries to avoid it but Jokinen manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Lessard to the ground. Lessard escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Junior Lessard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Otso Jokinen.
Jokinen scores with a nice right hand.
Jokinen misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Lessard makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Lessard gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Lessard misses with a knee to the head.
Lessard wants to get back to striking at distance but Jokinen won't allow it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lessard with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A body shot lands from Lessard.
Jokinen is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Lessard lands a hook that snaps the head of Jokinen backwards.
Lessard presses Jokinen against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Jokinen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lessard misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jokinen.
Jokinen has a couple of punches blocked by Lessard.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jokinen creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Lessard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lessard is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jokinen is defending well for now.
Jokinen misses with the head strike.
Lessard displaying some good clinch control by pressing Jokinen up against the cage.
Jokinen lands a nice uppercut.
Jokinen takes an elbow to the forehead.
Lessard pushes off an throws an elbow but Jokinen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Lessard misses with a body punch.
Jokinen lands with a light punch inside.
Jokinen lands with a left to the head.
Lessard can't find room to land a body shot as Jokinen controls the action.
Lessard throws a head punch that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Lessard fails to land.
Lessard tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jokinen avoids it.
Jokinen works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A hook to the body from Jokinen.
A short uppercut from Jokinen.
A short body shot lands from Jokinen as the two fighters clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jokinen lands a body shot in the clinch.
Jokinen gets through Lessard's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Jokinen is working Lessard over against the cage.
Jokinen lands with a left to the head.
Jokinen throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Jokinen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Jokinen throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lessards head.
Jokinen is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Jokinen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jokinen works on Lessard's body with a couple of short punches.
A head punch on the inside from Jokinen fails to land.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lessard wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jokinen.
Jokinen lands an uppercut.
Jokinen has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Lessard regains guard immediately.
Lessard working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Jokinen.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Otso Jokinen dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Otso Jokinen'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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Lessard takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Jokinen fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Lessard avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lessard lands a jab.
Jokinen scores with a hook to the body. Lessard takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Jokinen has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Lessard.
Lessard takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Jokinen scores with a sloppy right hand. Lessard should have avoided that one.
Lessard throws a jab when Jokinen was well out of range.
Jokinen lands with a good body shot.
Lessard throws a low kick but Jokinen avoids it.
Jokinen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lessard manages to avoid it.
Jokinen scores a takedown into full mount!
Jokinen avoids the attempt from Lessard to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lessard is desperately trying to improve his position but Jokinen has a good base and remains in mount.
Jokinen takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Jokinen looking to finish Lessard with some ground and pound. This is bad for Lessard!
Jokinen working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Lessard is in all sorts of trouble here.
Jokinen postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Lessard looks a forlorn figure.
Jokinen with a couple of short strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen looking to control and managing it successfully.
Lessard is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Jokinen with good strikes from the mount here!
Jokinen can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Lessard is looking to escape.
Jokinen controlling from the full mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lessard wants to control but Jokinen is having none of it.
Lessard is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Jokinen unloading with bombs!
Jokinen in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Jokinen looking to control but Lessard is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Lessard slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Lessard is in trouble now - Jokinen has advanced to mount!
Lessard is looking to improve his position but Jokinen isn't that keen on the idea.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jokinen is landing with some decent strikes but Lessard is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Jokinen is in the full mount, landing strikes.
And that's the end of the fight!
Otso Jokinen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Jokinen 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 47:48
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 47:48
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Otso Jokinen!
Otso Jokinen is the new lightweight champion!
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