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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Seppo Taalasmaa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Otso Jokinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jokinen has chosen E.S. Posthumus - Unstoppable as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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160 lbs
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162 lbs
24 - 5 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
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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
30 - 15 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Seppo Taalasmaa!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Otso Jokinen!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Johanna Lukiainen and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taalasmaa thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Jokinen if he has to take too many more of those.
Taalasmaa on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Jokinen. Jokinen obviously looking to wear him down.
Jokinen checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Taalasmaa checks a leg kick.
Jokinen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Taalasmaa looks to score with a jab to the body but Jokinen is just out of range.
Jokinen on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Taalasmaa tries to land a leg kick but Jokinen saw it coming and moves away.
Jokinen throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Jokinen misses with a leg kick.
Jokinen misses with a kick to the body.
Jokinen thows a body shot but no joy.
A bone on bone clash there as Taalasmaa blocks the leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Taalasmaa.
Jokinen connects with a solid leg kick.
Taalasmaa with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Nice sprawl there from Jokinen as Taalasmaa shoots in.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jokinen. Taalasmaa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jokinen throws a low kick but Taalasmaa moves out of range easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taalasmaa scores with a sloppy right hand. Jokinen should have avoided that one.
Jokinen looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Taalasmaa throws a hook to the side of Jokinen's head but Jokinen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jokinen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Taalasmaa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Taalasmaa shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Jokinen is controlling Taalasmaa's posture.
Jokinen utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Taalasmaa accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Taalasmaa 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.
Jokinen looking for a sweep. Not yet Jokinen, not yet.
Jokinen is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Taalasmaa throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jokinen works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taalasmaa is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Taalasmaa postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Taalasmaa's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Taalasmaa trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Jokinen controls Taalasmaa momentarily but Taalasmaa frees himself.
Taalasmaa loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Taalasmaa works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Jokinen has hold of Taalasmaa's hands but Taalasmaa slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Taalasmaa is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Jokinen has managed to free his arm - good work.
Taalasmaa thows a huge punch but Jokinen dodges it nicely.
Jokinen is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen is holding on to half guard well.
Jokinen is staying active underneath Taalasmaa, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Taalasmaa trying to mount his opponent but Jokinen defends it.
Jokinen keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Taalasmaa trying to control the action but Jokinen is working from the bottom.
Jokinen has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Taalasmaa is working away from the top position though.
Taalasmaa thows a huge punch but Jokinen dodges it nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jokinen is concentrating on defense, preventing Taalasmaa from advancing position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Taalasmaa misses with a wild body shot.
Jokinen fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Taalasmaa looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Taalasmaa takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Jokinen tries to clinch up.
Jokinen cracks the inside of Taalasmaa's front leg.
Jokinen scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jokinen stuffs the takedown.
Seppo Taalasmaa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jokinen lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Jokinen misses with a low kick.
Jokinen thumps Taalasmaa with a low kick.
Jokinen connects with a looping right hand.
Jokinen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Taalasmaa misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jokinen is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Taalasmaa rather than just go for the knockout.
Jokinen smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Jokinen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Taalasmaa manages to avoid it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Taalasmaa.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Otso Jokinen will probably get the nod.
That's time! Taalasmaa's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Jokinen lands a nice leg kick that just misses Taalasmaa's sensitive parts.
Taalasmaa misses with a low kick.
Jokinen avoids a punch combination nicely.
The fighters circling - Jokinen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Taalasmaa.
Jokinen lands with a thumping leg kick.
A good leg kick by Taalasmaa.
Jokinen moves out of range of the leg kick from Taalasmaa.
Jokinen fakes the leg kick and cracks Taalasmaa in the body.
Taalasmaa is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
An inside leg kick lands from Taalasmaa.
Jokinen stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Jokinen wants it to stay on the feet.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Jokinen checks a leg kick.
Jokinen throws a hook to the side of Taalasmaa's head but Taalasmaa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jokinen connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Taalasmaa misses with a straight left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen throws a hook to the side of Taalasmaa's head but Taalasmaa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jokinen scores with a body shot.
Taalasmaa gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Jokinen.
Nice defenses there by Jokinen.
Jokinen walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Taalasmaa avoids the body shot from Jokinen.
Taalasmaa takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Taalasmaa fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Seppo Taalasmaa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Taalasmaa lands with a shot to the body.
Taalasmaa throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Taalasmaa scores with a leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Taalasmaa fails to land with a series of punches.
Otso Jokinen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jokinen wants to slow Taalasmaa down by chopping away at his legs.
Jokinen stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Taalasmaa.
Jokinen misses with a body shot.
Jokinen leaves Taalasmaa with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Taalasmaa misses the shot to the body.
Jokinen takes a swing at Taalasmaa's ribcage but misses.
Taalasmaa ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jokinen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jokinen blocks a low kick nicely.
A nice inside leg kick there by Taalasmaa. That's going to slow Jokinen down.
Jokinen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Taalasmaa slips under a jab.
Taalasmaa has managed to clinch.
Taalasmaa tries to pull guard but Jokinen holds him up against the cage and eventually Taalasmaa drops back down to his feet.
Jokinen prevents a body shot from Taalasmaa.
Jokinen lands a hook that snaps the head of Taalasmaa backwards.
Jokinen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen pushes Taalasmaa back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jokinen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Taalasmaa wants to stall.
A short right from Jokinen.
Jokinen digs a right hand underneath Taalasmaa's ribcage. Taalasmaa let out a lung full of air as it connected.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jokinen creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Taalasmaa working aggressively here.
Taalasmaa misses with some punches.
Jokinen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Taalasmaa backwards.
Taalasmaa can't get the takedown.
Jokinen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Taalasmaa is rocked!
Taalasmaa is trying to pull guard but Jokinen turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Oh Taalasmaa is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jokinen scores with a hook to the body.
Taalasmaa seems to have got his legs back now.
Jokinen lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Taalasmaa or not.
Jokinen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Taalasmaa is leaning against Jokinen and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen pushes Taalasmaa back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Jokinen lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Taalasmaa.
Jokinen lands with a left to the head.
Taalasmaa working hard to break the clinch.
Jokinen stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A short body shot lands from Jokinen as the two fighters clinch.
Taalasmaa looking to stall.
Jokinen lands a shoulder strike.
A right handed body shot lands from Jokinen.
A hook to the body from Jokinen.
A short right from Jokinen.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A body shot lands from Jokinen.
Jokinen struggles to land a body shot inside as Taalasmaa controls his hands.
Taalasmaa 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 lands a nice uppercut.
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.
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.
A lazy left from Jokinen finds it's target.
Taalasmaa pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Jokinen.
Taalasmaa with a lazy takedown attempt
enabling Jokinen to counter with a crisp jab.
Jokinen drops his hands momentarily and Taalasmaa takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Jokinen attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Taalasmaa tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Jokinen misses with a wild body shot.
Taalasmaa turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Taalasmaa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jokinen throws out the jab.
Taalasmaa checks a leg kick.
Taalasmaa 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 Taalasmaa off to one side.
Taalasmaa looks to throw a body kick
and Jokinen counters with a right hand to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Taalasmaa blocks a head kick by Jokinen.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jokinen fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Jokinen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Jokinen.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taalasmaa ducks under a wild hook from Jokinen.
Jokinen thows a body shot but no joy.
Jokinen lands an overhand right.
Taalasmaa throws the left hand but Jokinen avoids the punch easily.
Jokinen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Taalasmaa.
Jokinen lands a body shot.
Jokinen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A nice leg kick lands there from Jokinen.
Jokinen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Jokinen bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Taalasmaa's head.
Jokinen lands a front kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jokinen fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Taalasmaa looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Jokinen lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Taalasmaa has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Taalasmaa and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Jokinen connects with a solid leg kick.
Jokinen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Taalasmaa was well out of range. Poor timing from Jokinen.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Taalasmaa counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Jokinen's guard now.
Taalasmaa with a flurry of punches that miss.
Jokinen is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Jokinen looking to hit a scissor sweep but Taalasmaa is one step ahead there.
Jokinen pulls Taalasmaa in close to prevent any damage.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Jokinen trying to control the position.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Otso Jokinen.
Taalasmaa throws a looping overhand right but Jokinen ducks down to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taalasmaa fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Seppo Taalasmaa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Taalasmaa throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jokinen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Taalasmaa.
Taalasmaa takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Good work by Jokinen as he checks the leg kick.
Jokinen moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Jokinen closes the distance and clinches.
Taalasmaa tries for a takedown but Jokinen manages to get underhooks.
Jokinen lands a body punch.
Jokinen lands with a left to the head.
Taalasmaa wants to take the fight to the mat but Jokinen manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Taalasmaa's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Jokinen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Taalasmaa backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taalasmaa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jokinen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jokinen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jokinen digs a right hand underneath Taalasmaa's ribcage. Taalasmaa let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Jokinen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Taalasmaa's elbow.
Taalasmaa tries to stall but Jokinen uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Jokinen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Taalasmaa backwards.
Jokinen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Taalasmaa trying to control the position but instead, Jokinen has worked for underhooks and has pushed Taalasmaa into the cage.
Jokinen misses with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jokinen gets through Taalasmaa's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Jokinen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Taalasmaa has a couple of punches blocked by Jokinen.
Taalasmaa prevents a body shot from Jokinen.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Otso Jokinen really 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.
Taalasmaa showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jokinen.
Taalasmaa connects with the punch.
An inside leg kick from Jokinen misses.
Taalasmaa on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Jokinen misses with a body kick.
Taalasmaa lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Jokinen at a distance.
Jokinen misses with a straight left.
Taalasmaa misses with a straight left.
Taalasmaa misses with a wild body shot.
Taalasmaa throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Taalasmaa has closed the distance and engaged Jokinen in a clinch.
Taalasmaa tries a body shot but Jokinen blocks it.
Taalasmaa is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Jokinen gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Jokinen swings wildly with an uppercut but Taalasmaa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Taalasmaa prevents a body shot from Jokinen.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short left from Jokinen.
Taalasmaa tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Jokinen is working Taalasmaa over against the cage.
A short right from Taalasmaa.
Jokinen throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Taalasmaas head.
Taalasmaa is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Seppo Taalasmaa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Taalasmaa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jokinen lands with a short shot to the head.
Taalasmaa takes a shot to the head.
Jokinen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Taalasmaa struggles to land a body shot inside as Jokinen controls his hands.
Taalasmaa prevents a body shot from Jokinen.
Taalasmaa lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Jokinen lands with a left to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jokinen lands with a short shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taalasmaa struggles to land a body shot inside as Jokinen controls his hands.
Taalasmaa is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Jokinen scores with a hook to the body.
Jokinen lands a body punch.
Jokinen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Jokinen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Taalasmaa backwards.
Jokinen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nice body punch from Jokinen - that landed with a thud.
Jokinen lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jokinen lands a nice uppercut.
Jokinen tries to throw a body punch but Taalasmaa avoids it by throwing Jokinen back against the cage.
Jokinen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Taalasmaa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Taalasmaa misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taalasmaa has Jokinen pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Jokinen manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Taalasmaa wants to stall.
Jokinen lands a big right hand that drops Taalasmaa! The killer instinct kicks in and Jokinen finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Jokinen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Otso Jokinen!
Otso Jokinen is the new lightweight champion!
A very excited looking Otso Jokinen made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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