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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Otto Jokinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Martin Metaxa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jokinen comes to the cage accompanied by Marilyn Manson - Sweet Dreams. Metaxa is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: •99• The Haunted🔫. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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210 lbs
15 - 6 - 0 |
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185 cm
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218 lbs
7 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
Granite chin |
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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
15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Otto Jokinen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Martin Metaxa!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Matti Vanhoillinen and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice straight punches there by Metaxa. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Metaxa.
Metaxa avoids a kick to the body.
Jokinen lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Metaxa throws a wild body kick that Jokinen sees coming a mile off.
Metaxa throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Metaxa throws a left and a right that both miss
and Jokinen counters with a nice uppercut.
Jokinen scores with a leg kick.
Metaxa stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Jokinen.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jokinen misses with a low kick.
Metaxa shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Jokinen eats them both and turns towards Metaxa to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Metaxa throws a body punch but Jokinen moves out of range.
Jokinen throws the left hand but Metaxa avoids the punch easily.
Metaxa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jokinen.
Martin Metaxa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jokinen closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Jokinen lands a nice hook to Metaxa's body. Metaxa takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Metaxa slips a jab from Jokinen.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen pushes Metaxa away with a front kick.
Metaxa fails to land with a series of punches.
Metaxa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jokinen ducks under a wild hook from Metaxa.
Metaxa throws a head kick that misses
and Jokinen counters with an inside leg kick.
Jokinen on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Metaxa misses with a right hand
and Jokinen counters with a nice kick to the body.
Metaxa looks gassed!
Jokinen scoring well with a low kick there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jokinen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jokinen misses with a body shot.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Jokinen.
Some wild striking there from Metaxa.
Jokinen lands a nice shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Metaxa avoids a kick to the body.
Jokinen connects with a good right hand that stumbles Metaxa. Metaxa circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A nice inside leg kick there by Jokinen. That's going to slow Metaxa down.
Jokinen scores with a shot to the body.
Jokinen lands with a shot to the body.
Nice defenses there by Jokinen.
Metaxa tries to clinch up but Jokinen circles away and keeps his distance.
Jokinen misses the shot to the body.
Jokinen with a jab.
Jokinen throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Jokinen scores with a sloppy right hand. Metaxa should have avoided that one.
Metaxa walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A jab from Jokinen does it's job there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Metaxa is looking to clinch but Jokinen is avoiding it.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Jokinen.
Jokinen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jokinen. Metaxa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Metaxa tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Jokinen comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jokinen lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Jokinen lands with a shot to the body.
Jokinen is looking to wear down Metaxa with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Jokinen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Metaxa moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jokinen connects with a solid leg kick.
Jokinen punishes Metaxa's body with a nice straight punch.
Jokinen clinches with his opponent.
Jokinen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Metaxa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jokinen lands a shot to the body.
Jokinen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jokinen working Metaxa over with knees to the body.
Jokinen lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Metaxa or not.
Jokinen works on Metaxa's body with a couple of short punches.
Jokinen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A left hand lands to the body for Jokinen.
Jokinen tries to land knees in the clinch but Metaxa avoids the damage to the body.
Jokinen lands a knee to the head.
Metaxa's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Metaxa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jokinen lands a hook that snaps the head of Metaxa backwards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jokinen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jokinen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Jokinen manages to pull guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Jokinen looking for a guillotine here but Metaxa defends easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Otto Jokinen dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Metaxa clinches with his opponent.
Jokinen jumps guard.
Jokinen working a defensive guard here.
Jokinen is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Metaxa has his hands clasped together but Jokinen extends an breaks Metaxa's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Jokinen.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Otto Jokinen!
Otto Jokinen retains his light heavyweight title!
Our winner, Otto Jokinen, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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