PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Reijo Rento (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oswald Jokinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Rento
vs
Jokinen

205 cm
24
280 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

201 cm
23
240 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Reijo Rento!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Oswald Jokinen!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Atkins and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jokinen connects with a body shot that sends Rento's belly button to the back.
Jokinen throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Jokinen throws a leg kick but Rento moved away.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Jokinen, right into the meat.
Rento throws a lazy right hand but Jokinen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jokinen misses with a body kick.
Jokinen lands a nice leg kick that just misses Rento's sensitive parts.
Rento looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Jokinen scores with a body shot.
Jokinen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Rento throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Rento throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Jokinen counters with a stiff right hand.
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 takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Jokinen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

Jokinen gets a clinch.
Jokinen lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Rento throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jokinens head.
Jokinen blocks an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Jokinen.
Rento can't find room to land a body shot as Jokinen controls the action.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jokinen.
Jokinen misses with the head strike.
Rento lands with a short shot to the head.
Rento swings wildly with an uppercut but Jokinen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jokinen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rento blocking some punches.
Rento is trying to break the clinch but Jokinen is controlling him.
Rento tries to throw a body punch but Jokinen avoids it by throwing Rento back against the cage.
Jokinen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rento misses with a hook to the ribs.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Jokinen lands a nice uppercut.
Rento working aggressively here.
Rento tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rento misses with the head strike.
Rento tries to break the clinch but Jokinen is controlling the position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jokinen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
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!
Rento leaning his opponent against the cage.
Jokinen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Rento stalling in the clinch but Jokinen improves position.
Nice body punch from Jokinen - that landed with a thud.
Jokinen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rento lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jokinen backwards.
Rento blocks a body shot from Jokinen.
Jokinen digs a right hand into Rento's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Rento's gas tank.
Rento stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A shot in the inside from Jokinen.
Rento misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Jokinen fails to land.
Rento looking to stall.
Jokinen throws a head punch that misses.
Rento misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A hook to the body from Rento.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rento.
Rento working aggressively here.
Rento blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rento scores with a nice hook to the head.
Jokinen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Jokinen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Jokinen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Rento lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

It looks like Oswald Jokinen has been cut.
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!
Rento digs a right hand into Jokinen's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Jokinen's gas tank.
Rento blocks a body shot from Jokinen.
Rento working aggressively here.
Rento throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jokinens head.
Rento can't find room to land a body shot as Jokinen controls the action.
Rento misses with a punch to the body.

Rento breaks the clinch.
Jokinen scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen lands a nice looking body shot.
That kick from Rento tenderised Jokinen's leg. Jokinen is trying to keep his angry face on.
Rento finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Rento.
Jokinen throws a head kick that misses.
Jokinen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rento.
Jokinen lands a lovely overhand right.
Rento throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Rento wants to slow Jokinen down by chopping away at his legs.
Jokinen connects with a jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rento 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 is looking to clinch.
Rento's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Jokinen connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Rento scrambles back to his feet.
Rento tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jokinen was well out of range. Poor timing from Rento.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oswald Jokinen 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.

Rento lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Rento ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jokinen moves away.
Jokinen lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Rento chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Jokinen can pounce on him.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Jokinen.
Rento misses with a left hand
and Jokinen makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Nice sprawl there from Jokinen as Rento shoots in.
Jokinen connects with a good right hand that stumbles Rento. Rento circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Jokinen connects with a high kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jokinen connects with a body shot.
Jokinen finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Rento is looking to score with low kicks.
Jokinen thows a leg kick but Rento checks it
and Rento counters with a nice uppercut.
Jokinen has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Rento throws a head kick that misses.
Jokinen connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rento avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jokinen connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Rento momentarily.
Jokinen attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Rento is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Jokinen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rento takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Jokinen checks a leg kick.
Jokinen misses with a low kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Jokinen.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Jokinen throws a leg kick that misses.
Rento takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Oswald Jokinen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jokinen throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Jokinen scores with a hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jokinen lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

Rento is rocked!
Jokinen feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Rento's calf.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jokinen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rento.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Rento or perhaps it was just good defense by Jokinen which made him look bad.
Jokinen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rento. That did some damage!
Decent striking displayed by Jokinen there.
Rento takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Oh Rento is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rento is holding his hands too far apart here. Jokinen throws a hard, straight punch right down the pipe and BOOM! Rento is out! That punch landed square on the jaw - what a shot!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Oswald Jokinen!
After winning the bout, Oswald Jokinen thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.