PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Sak Mai Dik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Omar Jokinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Omar Jokinen has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Mai Dik
vs
Jokinen

170 cm
18
140 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

160 cm
18
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

Perkele!
Perkele!

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sak Mai Dik!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Omar Jokinen!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Johanna Lukiainen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jokinen throws a hook but Dik blocks it.
Dik showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jokinen.
Jokinen lands with a right hand.
Jokinen stalks Dik and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Dik's face. Dik staggers backwards, shaken.
Jokinen takes a swing at Dik's ribcage but misses.
Omar Jokinen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Dik drives through with a takedown into Jokinen's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Dik lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Dik is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dik accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Dik sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dik lands a couple of digs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dik throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jokinen works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Jokinen working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dik.
Dik connects with a couple of short punches.
Dik lands a couple of elbows.
Dik chips away with some ground and pound.
Dik is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Dik pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jokinen is keeping the position for now.
Jokinen avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Dik lands a couple of digs.
Dik is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dik is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Jokinen looks gassed!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dik postures up and lands a big shot to Jokinen's brow.
Dik loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Dik is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Dik is stalling in the full guard.
Dik throws a big right hand that misses.
Dik is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Dik looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Dik is in close to Jokinen's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dik thows a big elbow that misses.
Jokinen being controlled here, momentarily.
Dik has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Dik postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Dik controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dik landing with the ground and pound.
Dik scoring with some ground and pound.
Dik landing some decent shots from guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dik is in close to Jokinen's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Dik postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Dik keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Jokinen's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dik content to stall in guard here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sak Mai Dik dominated that round.
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.

Dik decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Dik missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Well, if Dik is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Dik lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Dik is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jokinen can do to turn this around?
Dik seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Dik is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Still in half guard, Dik seems content to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dik is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Jokinen is breathing heavily.
Dik is taking a breather. Jokinen says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Dik seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Dik takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Dik connects with a nice short shot to Jokinen's temple.

Jokinen is rocked!
Dik lands with a punch from half guard.
Jokinen is still in real trouble! Can Dik finish him?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dik lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Jokinen! More strikes land and this one is all over! Dik jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sak Mai Dik!