PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Oswald Jokinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cees Overeem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Overeem has chosen Drowning Pool - Bodies (Let The Bodies Hit The Floor) as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Jokinen
vs
Overeem

201 cm
20
240 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

195 cm
34
265 lbs
32 - 32 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Oswald Jokinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 32 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Cees Overeem!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice inside leg kick there by Jokinen. That's going to slow Overeem down.
Jokinen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Overeem fails with an attempt to clinch.
Overeem takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Jokinen lands a nice hook to Overeem's body. Overeem takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Jokinen fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

Overeem gets a clinch.
Overeem missing with knees to the body.
Jokinen has had enough of the clinch but Overeem keeps him there for the moment.
Overeem lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Overeem lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Oswald Jokinen has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jokinen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Overeem backwards.
Overeem with a knee to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Overeem.
Overeem keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jokinen's efforts to push away.
Jokinen is trying to push Overeem away but Overeem has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Overeem.
Overeem connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jokinen's face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen working aggressively here.
Overeem tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Overeem throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jokinen blocks it with crossed arms.
Overeem connects with a knee to the head.
Overeem lands with a right to the head.

Jokinen is rocked!
A head punch on the inside from Jokinen fails to land.
Oh Jokinen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Overeem 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 seems to have got his legs back now.
Overeem landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jokinen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Overeem with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Good body shot from Overeem.
Jokinen wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Overeem with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Overeem trying to land knees to the body.
Overeem with a knee to the head.
Jokinen struggles to land a body shot inside as Overeem controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Overeem stalls.
Overeem scores with a shot to the side of Jokinen's head.
Overeem doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jokinen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Overeem misses with a knee to the head.

Jokinen manages to break the clinch.
Jokinen throws a sloppy head kick and Overeem moves out of range easily.
Overeem misses with the combination.
Cees Overeem seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Overeem tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Overeem moves in looking to clinch but Jokinen pushes him off.
Overeem misses with the combination.
Overeem tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jokinen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jokinen lands a nice looking body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Overeem.
Overeem ducks under a wild hook from Jokinen.
Jokinen lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

Overeem drives through and clinches with Jokinen against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Jokinen fails to land.
Overeem scores with a knee to the head.

Oswald Jokinen's cut is getting worse.
Jokinen struggles to land a body shot inside as Overeem controls his hands.
Jokinen has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Overeem prevents Jokinen from breaking the clinch.
Overeem misses with a knee to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Jokinen's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jokinen can't find room to land a body shot as Overeem controls the action.
Overeem throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jokinen blocks it with crossed arms.
Overeem digs a right hand into Jokinen's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Jokinen's gas tank.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Overeem.

Jokinen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Jokinen misses the shot to the body.
Jokinen swats away the attempt to clinch by Overeem.
Overeem takes a swing at Jokinen's ribcage but misses.

Jokinen gets tackled into the cage by Overeem. Overeem maintains the clinch.
Overeem scores a nice knee to the body.
Jokinen is breathing heavily.
Overeem lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Oswald Jokinen's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Jokinen wants to get back to striking at distance but Overeem won't allow it.
Jokinen is trying to break the clinch but Overeem is controlling him.
Jokinen prevents a body shot from Overeem.
Overeem tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Overeem pushes off an throws an elbow but Jokinen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Knees to the body from Overeem.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Overeem lands an elbow inside that Jokinen shrugs off.
Overeem landing knees to the head.

Jeez, Oswald Jokinen's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Jokinen is trying to force a seperation but Overeem has the dominant position.
Nice body punch from Overeem.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cees Overeem dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Oswald 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.

Overeem throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jokinen.
Overeem misses with a two punch combination.

Overeem lands a big right hand that sends Jokinen crashing to the mat! Overeem stays standing though and waves Jokinen back to his feet!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jokinen misses with an uppercut.
Overeem thows a body shot but no joy.
Overeem misses with a wild combination.
Jokinen with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Jokinen circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Overeem looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jokinen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Overeem was well out of range. Poor timing from Jokinen.
Overeem displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jokinen throws out the jab.
Overeem throws a hook but Jokinen avoids it easily.
Jokinen misses with a hook.
Overeem avoids the head kick by Jokinen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen clobbers Overeem with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Jokinen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Overeem.
A cross from Jokinen lands.
Overeem avoids the body shot from Jokinen.
Overeem is looking to clinch but Jokinen is avoiding it.
A punch combination from Overeem misses.
Jokinen takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Oswald Jokinen's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Cees Overeem!
A very excited looking Cees Overeem 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.