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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Otto Jokinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Lindros (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jokinen comes to the cage accompanied by Marilyn Manson - Sweet Dreams. Eric Lindros has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Otto Jokinen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Eric Lindros!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Arvi Lind and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lindros walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Jokinen checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Jokinen throws a body punch but Lindros moves out of range.
Jokinen blocks a head kick by Lindros.
Jokinen takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
It looks like Otto Jokinen has been cut.
Lindros shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Lindros fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Jokinen.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Jokinen, right into the meat.
Lindros throws a body punch but Jokinen moves out of range.
Lindros lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Jokinen swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Jokinen is looking to land body kicks.
Eric Lindros seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lindros chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Jokinen can pounce on him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lindros throws out a powerful jab.
Jokinen is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Lindros misses with a hook.
Lindros throws a sloppy head kick and Jokinen moves out of range easily.
Jokinen throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen cracks a nice hook into Lindros's ribs.
Jokinen moves into the clinch.
Lindros on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jokinen misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jokinen creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Lindros blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jokinen looking to throw knees to the head but Lindros is blocking nicely.
Jokinen tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Jokinen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Lindros's face.
Lindros blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lindros lands a shoulder strike.
Jokinen misses with a knee strike.
Lindros's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lindros uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jokinen.
Jokinen avoids the head kick by Lindros.
Jokinen throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lindros throws a sloppy head kick
and Jokinen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jokinen throws a leg kick but Lindros sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Lindros misses the jab.
Jokinen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Lindros has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Nice uppercut there from Jokinen.
Lindros tests Jokinen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jokinen blocks a jab.
Lindros just misses with a punch to the body.
Jokinen throws a wild body kick that Lindros sees coming a mile off.
Jokinen tries to land a front kick but Lindros steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Jokinen moves into the clinch.
Lindros escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lindros throws a big shot that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lindros misses with the combination.
Jokinen on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Jokinen scores with a nice right hand.
Lindros walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Jokinen checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Lindros throws out a loose jab but Jokinen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jokinen misses with a body kick.
Lindros displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jokinen throws out the jab.
Jokinen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lindros swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lindros scores with a punch to the head.
Jokinen misses with a low kick as Lindros jumps back.
Lindros works Jokinen's body with a nice hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lindros lands a nice looking body shot.
A head kick from Lindros lands but Jokinen takes it in his stride.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lindros tries to land a front kick but Jokinen steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Lindros takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Lindros lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Lindros throws a right hand that misses
and Jokinen counters with a nice low kick that buckles Lindros's knee momentarily.
Jokinen is looking to clinch but Lindros is avoiding it.
Some bone on bone action there as Jokinen checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Lindros cracks the inside of Jokinen's front leg.
Jokinen pushes Lindros up against the cage in a clinch.
Lindros has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jokinen keeps control of Lindros as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jokinen landing knees to the head.
Jokinen jumps guard and drags Lindros to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Jokinen is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Lindros is aware though and is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Otto Jokinen will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Otto Jokinen's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Lindros tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jokinen was well out of range. Poor timing from Lindros.
Jokinen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lindros tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Lindros takes a swing at Jokinen's ribcage but misses.
A jab from Lindros misses.
Jokinen wants to slow Lindros down by chopping away at his legs.
Lindros fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Jokinen on the side of the head.
Lindros moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Jokinen tries a head kick but it misses.
Lindros swings for the body but Jokinen moves out of range.
Jokinen takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Lindros feints and then cracks Jokinen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Jokinen down.
Jokinen swings for the body but Lindros moves out of range.
Jokinen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen moves out of range of the strikes.
Jokinen walks into a stiff left hand from Lindros.
Jokinen walks into a stiff left hand from Lindros.
Jokinen takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Eric Lindros seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jokinen takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Lindros fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jokinen manages to avoid it.
Lindros misses with a low kick.
Jokinen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Lindros dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jokinen. That did some damage!
A slow jab from Lindros misses its intended target.
Lindros takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jokinen lands a lovely overhand right.
Jokinen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jokinen lands with a nice body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Lindros there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Jokinen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lindros.
Lindros connects with a body shot that sends Jokinen's belly button to the back.
Jokinen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lindros.
Jokinen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lindros throws a quick inside leg kick.
Lindros throws a low kick but Jokinen avoids it.
Jokinen feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Lindross jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Lindros avoids the head kick by Jokinen.
Jokinen tries to clinch but Lindros moves out of range.
Jokinen throws a push kick but Lindros slaps the foot to one side.
Jokinen throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Lindros counters with a nice body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen takes a swing at Lindros's ribcage but misses.
Jokinen fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Lindros.
A lazy left from Lindros finds it's target.
Lindros lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Lindros.
Jokinen tries a low kick but Lindros avoids it.
A nice combination there by Lindros.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Lindros 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 Jokinen has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Jokinen and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A good leg kick by Jokinen.
Lindros dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jokinen. That did some damage!
Lindros lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Jokinen throws a solid leg kick but Lindros takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Jokinen.
Jokinen gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Lindros has a couple of punches blocked by Jokinen.
Lindros has had enough of the clinch but Jokinen keeps him there for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lindros.
Jokinen tries a knee to the head but Lindros blocks it.
Lindros manages to break the clinch.
Jokinen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jokinen loads up on a big right hand but Lindros slips the punch.
Jokinen throws a big shot that misses.
Lindros throws a hook but Jokinen blocks it.
Lindros uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jokinen.
Lindros misses with a looping left.
Lindros getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lindros fakes the leg kick and cracks Jokinen in the body.
Lindros goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Jokinen tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Lindros counters with a body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eric Lindros showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Otto Jokinen's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
A jab from Jokinen finds it's way through Lindros's defenses.
Lindros lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Jokinen misses with an attempted mid kick.
Lindros throws a leg kick
and Jokinen counters by moving into the clinch.
Lindros breaks the clinch.
Lindros wants to slow Jokinen down by chopping away at his legs.
Lindros swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lindros's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Jokinen throws a low kick but Lindros moves out of range easily.
Lindros throws a leg kick that is checked
and Jokinen finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Jokinen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Jokinen tries a low kick but Lindros avoids it.
Jokinen throws a lazy head kick
and Lindros counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jokinen scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Jokinen throws a head kick but Lindros moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lindros moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Lindros throws a solid leg kick but Jokinen takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Lindros.
Jokinen throws a sloppy head kick and Lindros moves out of range easily.
Jokinen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jokinen avoids the head kick by Lindros.
A chopping leg kick lands by Lindros.
Jokinen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jokinen takes the fight into the clinch.
Jokinen breaks the clinch.
Lindros scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Jokinen doesn't seem bothered though.
Lindros throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Jokinen counters with a big head kick but Lindros shrugs it off.
Jokinen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jokinen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
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!
Lindros pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lindros cracks Jokinen with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Jokinen punishes Lindros's body with a nice straight punch.
Jokinen cracks Lindros with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Jokinen takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Jokinen takes a kick to the side of the head.
Jokinen takes a swing at Lindros's ribcage but misses.
Lindros throws a series of strikes that have Jokinen backpedaling.
Jokinen is rocked!
Jokinen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lindros throws out the jab.
Oh Jokinen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jokinen tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The fighters circling - Jokinen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Jokinen seems to have got his legs back now.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Jokinen.
Jokinen keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Jokinen darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The fighters circling - Lindros throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lindros takes a swing at Jokinen's ribcage but misses.
Lindros lands with a shot to the body.
Jokinen misses with a straight right.
Lindros throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Lindros on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Lindros moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Lindros keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jokinen.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Lindros manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lindros takes a kick to the side of the head.
Lindros is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jokinen blocks a low kick nicely.
Lindros is still on wobbly legs! Can Jokinen finish him?
Jokinen looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Lindros takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Jokinen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Jokinen fakes the leg kick and throws a superman punch. It's knocked Lindros out cold! Brutal finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:19 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Otto Jokinen!
Otto Jokinen retains his light heavyweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Otto Jokinen thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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