PBP Commentary

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. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Eric Lindros was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Jokinen
vs
Lindros

190 cm
28
210 lbs
30 - 9 - 0

189 cm
33
212 lbs
28 - 13 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Perkele!

Merciless Gladiators

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 30 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Otto Jokinen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Eric Lindros!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Johanna Lukiainen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jokinen scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Lindros misses the target.
Jokinen throws a quick inside leg kick.
Lindros takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A good leg kick by Jokinen.
Lindros throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Jokinen looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Lindros takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Lindros throws a nice outside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jokinen connects with a body shot that sends Lindros's belly button to the back.
Lindros's coach down at UMMA Gym Now with StandUP was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Lindros's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Lindros attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Lindros takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Jokinen misses with an uppercut.
Lindros feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Jokinens jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Jokinen wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen misses with a head kick.
Lindros fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jokinen manages to avoid it.
Lindros throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jokinen throws a low kick but Lindros moves out of range easily.
Jokinen lands with a thumping leg kick.
Jokinen thows a body shot but no joy.
Lindros lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Lindros takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lindros scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Jokinen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lindros manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lindros gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Jokinen ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Jokinen plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Jokinen misses with the combination.
Lindros thows a body shot but no joy.
Lindros throws a jab when Jokinen was well out of range.

Jokinen darts in and clinches Lindros up against the cage.
Jokinen working Lindros over with knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Lindros lands a nice shot to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lindros.
Lindros wants to stall.
Lindros misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lindros is trying to maintain a safe position but Jokinen gets an underhook and turns Lindros into the cage.
Jokinen looking to throw knees to the head but Lindros is blocking nicely.
Jokinen looking to throw knees to the head but Lindros is blocking nicely.
Lindros is trying to break free.
Jokinen jumps guard but Lindros turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Jokinen tries a body shot but Lindros blocks it.
Lindros lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A right hook to the body lands for Jokinen.
A short left from Lindros.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Jokinen tries a knee to the head but Lindros blocks it.
Lindros fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lindros leaning against his opponent.
Lindros is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Jokinen is keeping busy.
Jokinen misses with a knee to the head.
Jokinen lands a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jokinen with a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jokinen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lindros is defending well for now.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lindros.
Lindros is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Jokinen is keeping busy.
Jokinen swings wildly with an uppercut but Lindros uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lindros lands with a light punch inside.
Jokinen misses with a body punch.
Lindros misses with some punches.
A short body shot lands from Jokinen as the two fighters clinch.
Lindros trying to stall but Jokinen improves his position.
Lindros misses with a hook to the ribs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lindros lands with a right to the head.
Lindros scores with a shot to the side of Jokinen's head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lindros.
Jokinen tries a knee to the head but Lindros blocks it.
Jokinen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Otto Jokinen 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.

Jokinen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lindros manages to avoid it.
Lindros scores with a jab.
Jokinen scores with a hook.
Jokinen tries to bum rush Lindros with a series of wild strikes but Lindros uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jokinen is looking to score with low kicks.
Lindros throws a leg kick but Jokinen moved away.
Jokinen scores with a kick to the body.
The fighters circle, before Jokinen throws a beautiful high kick that crashes into Lindros's neck, sending him stumbling to the floor! Jokinen lands more strikes and forces a referee stoppage! That one ended in an instant!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick & Punches). Otto Jokinen!
Otto Jokinen retains his light heavyweight title!
A relieved looking Otto Jokinen thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.