PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tatau Bloodgood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Otso Jokinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bloodgood comes into the arena with Dark Tranquility - Terminus (Where Death Is Most Alive) blaring out of the sound system. Jokinen has chosen E.S. Posthumus - Unstoppable as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bloodgood
vs
Jokinen

189 cm
21
166 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

165 cm
21
162 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Crashforce Nutrition
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tatau Bloodgood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Otso Jokinen!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Arvi Lind and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jokinen takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Jokinen blocks a head kick by Bloodgood.
Jokinen throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bloodgood tries to clinch but Jokinen moves out of range.
Jokinen jabs at Bloodgood's body.
Jokinen throws a shot to the body.
Tatau Bloodgood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bloodgood looks to land a combination but Jokinen avoids it well.
Bloodgood fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jokinen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bloodgood manages to avoid it.
Jokinen fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Bloodgood misses the jab.
Jokinen misses the jab.
Bloodgood really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Bloodgood darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Jokinen misses with a straight right.
Bloodgood throws out a loose jab but Jokinen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bloodgood throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Jokinen clinches.
Bloodgood throws a punch but it's blocked by Jokinen.
A short right from Jokinen on the inside.
Jokinen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jokinen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jokinen is working for takedown but Bloodgood is calmly controlling the position for now.
Bloodgood tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jokinen lands a nice shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bloodgood tries to work over Jokinen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jokinen presses Bloodgood against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Jokinen blocks a body shot from Bloodgood.
Bloodgood misses with a punch to the body.
Bloodgood using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jokinen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bloodgood lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jokinen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bloodgood backwards.
Jokinen stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Bloodgood is breathing heavily.
Bloodgood digs a right hand into Jokinen's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Jokinen's gas tank.
Jokinen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bloodgood tries to land a knee to the head but Jokinen blocks with his arms.
A head punch on the inside from Bloodgood fails to land.
Bloodgood misses with some punches.
Bloodgood throws a head punch that misses.
Jokinen lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jokinen lands a shoulder strike.
Bloodgood misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A right hook to the body lands for Jokinen.
Bloodgood goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Jokinen has clasped his hands together around Bloodgood's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Jokinen lands a decent elbow from side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jokinen content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Bloodgood some visible discomfort.
Bloodgood is not content to let Jokinen control the position.
Jokinen taking a breather here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Otso Jokinen.
Jokinen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bloodgood.
Bloodgood closes the distance looking to clinch
and Jokinen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jokinen 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.
A jab from Bloodgood misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bloodgood looks to land a left hand but Jokinen moved out of range nicely.

Bloodgood tries to keep at a distance but Jokinen has taken the fight into the clinch.
Jokinen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Jokinen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bloodgood presses Jokinen against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Bloodgood digs a right hand into Jokinen's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Jokinen's gas tank.
Bloodgood lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jokinen backwards.
Bloodgood missing with knees to the body.
Bloodgood misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bloodgood pushes Jokinen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jokinen lands a body shot.
Jokinen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jokinen pushes Bloodgood back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Jokinen on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Jokinen scores with a nice short uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Jokinen.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bloodgood throws a punch but it's blocked by Jokinen.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Jokinen.
Bloodgood misses with a hook from the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jokinen has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Bloodgood is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Jokinen digs a right hand into Bloodgood's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bloodgood's gas tank.
Bloodgood misses with a punch to the body.
Bloodgood working aggressively here.
Bloodgood working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Jokinen stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

Jokinen is trying to trip Bloodgood. He has hold of a leg but Bloodgood is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Jokinen persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Otso Jokinen dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Jokinen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bloodgood.

Jokinen bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Jokinen tries to move to mount but Bloodgood blocks the move with his legs.
Jokinen working away.
Bloodgood tries to improve position but can't.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jokinen trying to control the position but Bloodgood is working away.
Jokinen is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bloodgood parries the strikes from Jokinen easily there. Jokinen is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Bloodgood to escape.
Jokinen trying to control the action but Bloodgood is working from the bottom.
The referee asks Jokinen politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Jokinen prefers to stall for the moment though.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Bloodgood falls off balance throwing a combination

and Jokinen counters by clinching up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Nice body punch from Jokinen.
Bloodgood is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Jokinen is keeping busy.
Bloodgood lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bloodgood prevents the takedown attempt.
Bloodgood doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Jokinen is trying to trip Bloodgood. He has hold of a leg but Bloodgood is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Jokinen persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Jokinen looking to sit in guard and control but Bloodgood gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Bloodgood pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jokinen is keeping the position for now.
Bloodgood wants to control from the top but Jokinen keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bloodgood is fighting to break Jokinen's control of his arms but Jokinen is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Jokinen looking for a sweep. Not yet Jokinen, not yet.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Jokinen is on top in guard.
Jokinen trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Jokinen throws a strike but Bloodgood rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Jokinen tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Jokinen looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Bloodgood puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Bloodgood stops Jokinen from getting back to his feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bloodgood trying to control the pace.
Jokinen tries to get to full guard but Bloodgood has control of the leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Otso Jokinen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!

Bloodgood smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Bloodgood connects with a body shot.
Bloodgood lands with a thumping leg kick.
Bloodgood is looking to clinch but Jokinen is avoiding it.
Donk. Bloodgood catches Jokinen right on the button with a cross.
Bloodgood tries to land a front kick but Jokinen steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Jokinen lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Jokinen ducks under a wild hook from Bloodgood.
Bloodgood is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Jokinen misses with a jab to the body
and Bloodgood counters with a one-two to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A left lands for Bloodgood.
Jokinen throws a looping overhand right but Bloodgood ducks down to avoid it.
Jokinen throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bloodgood closes the distance looking to clinch
and Jokinen counters with a straight right hand.
Bloodgood misses with a two punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bloodgood looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Tatau Bloodgood is winning the standup battle so far.
Jokinen misses with a body shot.
Jokinen scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Tatau Bloodgood is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jokinen just misses with a punch to the body.
Jokinen moves out of range of the strikes.
Bloodgood misses with a body shot
and Jokinen counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Jokinen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bloodgood fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bloodgood throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Bloodgood connects with a body shot.
Bloodgood doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Jokinen moves out of range as Bloodgood strikes.
Jokinen is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Bloodgood rather than just go for the knockout.
Bloodgood scores with a sloppy right hand. Jokinen should have avoided that one.
Jokinen connects with the punch.
Good work by Jokinen as he checks the leg kick.
Bloodgood misses with a shot to the body
and Jokinen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bloodgood keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Otso Jokinen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen doesn't manage to clinch there - Bloodgood circles away.
Bloodgood misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bloodgood blocks a jab.
Jokinen scores with a punch to the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bloodgood. Jokinen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bloodgood wants to clinch but Jokinen slips to the side
letting Jokinen counter with a right hand.
Jokinen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bloodgood circles away quickly and effectively.
Bloodgood throws a lazy right hand but Jokinen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jokinen scores with a hook to the body. Bloodgood takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Jokinen checks a leg kick nicely.
Bloodgood missing with a left hand there. Jokinen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bloodgood fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jokinen misses with an uppercut.
Jokinen scores with a nice strike.

Jokinen moves into the clinch successfully.
Tatau Bloodgood has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bloodgood tries to work over Jokinen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jokinen lands a shoulder strike.
Jokinen prevents Bloodgood from breaking the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bloodgood swings wildly with an uppercut but Jokinen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bloodgood lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Jokinen scores with a hook to the body.

Jokinen has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Bloodgood is trying to keep an underhook but Jokinen manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Bloodgood holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Jokinen passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Bloodgood!
Jokinen content just to control the position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Tatau Bloodgood.
I think Jokinen has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 28:29
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Otso Jokinen!