PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Oskari Jokinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phillip Barron (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jokinen comes to the cage accompanied by Prodigy - Firestarter. The crowd seem to be enjoying Barron's choice of entrance music: Dizzee Rascal - Bonkers. Phillip Barron has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Oskari Jokinen's chin.

Jokinen
vs
Barron

190 cm
28
185 lbs
16 - 13 - 0

180 cm
28
185 lbs
14 - 8 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 13 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Oskari Jokinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Phillip Barron!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Dmitry Maklakov and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jokinen plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Barron will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nice takedown defense from Barron. No joy for Jokinen on that attempt.
Jokinen pivots, looking for a leg kick but Barron is out of range and Jokinen settles back down.
Jokinen looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Jokinen ducks under a wild hook from Barron.
Jokinen throws a head kick that Barron semi-blocks.
Barron misses with the combination.
Barron throws a sloppy head kick and Jokinen moves out of range easily.
Barron waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jokinen.
Jokinen avoids the body shot from Barron.
Jokinen scores with a kick to the midsection.
Donk. Barron catches Jokinen right on the button with a cross.
Barron thows a body shot but no joy.
Jokinen throws a lazy head kick
and Barron counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

It looks like Oskari Jokinen has been cut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Barron. Jokinen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Barron chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A slapping leg kick lands for Barron.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jokinen tries to work over Barron's front leg with a kick but Barron checks it.
Jokinen needs to keep his hands up - Barron had a free shot at his head there.
A low kick from Jokinen misses
and Barron counters with a nice body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jokinen takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Jokinen throws a sloppy head kick and Barron moves out of range easily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Jokinen. That's going to slow Barron down.
Phillip Barron is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Barron misses with a wild body shot.
Some bone on bone action there as Barron checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Jokinen tries a head kick but it misses.
Jokinen lands a head kick!
Barron throws out a leg kick but Jokinen moves out of range and Barron only half commits.
Barron checks the leg kick nicely there.
Jokinen throws a body punch but Barron moves out of range.
Jokinen throws a chopping leg kick but Barron manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

Barron lands a left and a right that send Jokinen crashing to the mat, dazed. Barron thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Jokinen is rocked!
Jokinen is breathing heavily.
Barron throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Oh Jokinen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Barron throws a hook to the side of Jokinen's head but Jokinen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jokinen seems to have got his legs back now.
Barron will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Good exchange - Barron coming out on top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jokinen misses with a low kick as Barron jumps back.
Jokinen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Barron.
Jokinen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jokinen lands a nice leg kick that just misses Barron's sensitive parts.
Barron lands a glancing blow to the side of Jokinen's head.
Barron takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Barron throws a jab but it's blocked by Jokinen.
Barron misses with a straight right.
Barron misses the jab.
Barron's jab looks to have found its range, popping Jokinen under the eye.
Jokinen connects with a high kick.
Barron showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jokinen.
Jokinen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Barron.
Barron throws a wild body kick that Jokinen sees coming a mile off.
Jokinen tries to land a front kick but Barron steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Barron lands with a nice body kick.
Oskari Jokinen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barron avoids the head kick by Jokinen.
Barron misses with an uppercut. Jokinen saw that one coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barron misses with a looping left.
Jokinen lands with an overhand left.
Jokinen throws a sloppy head kick
and Jokinen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nice body kick from Jokinen.
Jokinen takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Barron connects with a good right hand that stumbles Jokinen. Jokinen circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

Oskari Jokinen's cut is getting worse.
Barron lands a lovely overhand right.
Barron is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Jokinen had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Barron throws a jab but it's blocked by Jokinen.
Barron misses with a jab, cross combination.
Barron misses with a wild body shot.
Barron misses with a few strikes there.
Barron misses with an attempted mid kick.
Jokinen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Barron scores with a leg kick.
Barron takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Barron misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jokinen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Barron.
Jokinen fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barron turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barron fails to land with a series of punches.
Jokinen misses the body punch
and Barron counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jokinen 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.
Barron throws a right and a left that both miss.
A chopping leg kick lands by Jokinen.
Barron swats away the attempt to clinch by Jokinen.
Barron pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jokinen connects with a solid leg kick.
Barron throws a right and a left that Jokinen avoids nicely.
Jokinen misses with a head kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barron misses the jab.
Barron throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A nice leg kick lands there from Barron.
Barron throws a body punch but Jokinen moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Phillip Barron dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Oskari Jokinen's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Barron stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Jokinen.
Barron moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Barron scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Jokinen staying out of range there.
Barron takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A lazy left from Barron finds it's target.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Jokinen checks a leg kick.
Barron takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Phillip Barron seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Jokinen, right into the meat.
Barron looks to throw the jab but Jokinen is out of range.
Jokinen thuds his shin into the meat of Barron's side.
A bone on bone clash there as Barron blocks the leg kick.
Jokinen lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Barron is breathing heavily.
Jokinen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Barron throws a push kick but Jokinen slaps the foot to one side.
Jokinen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jokinen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jokinen misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Barron counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Barron lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Jokinen has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Jokinen and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Jokinen tried to score with a low kick but Barron checks it.
Jokinen throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Barron.
Jokinen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jokinen moves out of range as Barron throws a body kick.
Barron throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Barron throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Jokinen counters with an inside leg kick.
Barron finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Jokinen pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Barron back to the cage. Jokinen follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Barron swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jokinen throws a nice inside leg kick.
Barron tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Jokinen is able to avoid easily.
Barron stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Jokinen.
Jokinen falls off balance throwing a combination
and Barron counters with a thumping low kick.
A clash of legs there as Barron blocks the low kick.
Barron looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Barron.
Barron throws a shot from downtown. Jokinen moves away and avoids it.
Jokinen misses with a head kick.
Jokinen throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Jokinen feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Barron's calf.
Jokinen tries a head kick but it misses.
Barron pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Barron tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jokinen was well out of range. Poor timing from Barron.
Jokinen scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Jokinen misses with a kick to the body
and Barron counters with a low kick, right behind Jokinen 's knee.
Jokinen misses with a low kick.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sloppy strikes from Jokinen. Those never looked like landing.
Jokinen throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Jokinen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Barron throws a right and a left that both miss.
Barron is looking to land body kicks.
Jokinen throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barron avoids the head kick by Jokinen.
Barron throws a head kick but Jokinen moves out of range.
Barron scores with a nice head shot.
The crowd cheers as Barron lands an impressive looking overhand right. Jokinen doesn't seem phased though.
An inside leg kick from Jokinen misses.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Barron!
Jokinen misses with a body shot.
Barron checks the leg kick.
Jokinen throws a leg kick
and Barron counters with a straight right hand.
Jokinen is looking to wear down Barron with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Barron throws a hook to the side of Jokinen's head but Jokinen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jokinen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Barron.
Jokinen moves out of range as Barron strikes.
Jokinen throws a low kick, looking for Barron's leg but Barron calmly moves out of range.
Jokinen takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Jokinen blocks a head kick by Barron.
Barron's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A head kick misses from Barron.
Jokinen throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Oskari Jokinen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Jokinen clinches up with Barron and pushes him back against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jokinen creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Barron pushes Jokinen back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Jokinen lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Jokinen lands a hook that snaps the head of Barron backwards.
Jokinen lands a knee to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Barron stalling the fight.
Jokinen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Barron lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Jokinen gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Barron regains guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Barron is on top in guard.
Jokinen looking to hit a scissor sweep but Barron is one step ahead there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jokinen trying to keep a closed guard but Barron is proving a slippery customer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Oskari Jokinen will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Oskari Jokinen's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Barron tests Jokinen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Barron throws a combination. Jokinen tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Barron throws a right and a left that both miss.
Barron lands with a right hand.

Oskari Jokinen's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Jokinen throws the kick towards the body but Barron avoids it.
A right-left combo lands from Jokinen.
Jokinen misses with a low kick.
Jokinen chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Barron throws a quick inside leg kick.
Jokinen lands a head kick. Barron smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Barron is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jokinen.
Barron takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Barron cracks the inside of Jokinen's front leg.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barron is looking to slow Jokinen down with leg kicks.
Nice body kick from Barron.
Barron misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barron lands with a nice body punch.
Jokinen walks into a stiff left hand from Barron.
Jokinen staying out of range there.
Barron moves out of range of the body kick from Jokinen.
Barron lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Barron cracks Jokinen with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Barron scores with a hook.
A low kick from Jokinen misses
and Barron counters with a nice low kick that buckles Jokinen's knee momentarily.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Barron.
Barron misses the jab.
Jokinen takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Barron lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Barron connects with a high kick.
Jokinen connects with an inside leg kick.
Barron throws the left hand but Jokinen avoids the punch easily.
Barron misses with a double jab
and Jokinen counters with a head kick. That will keep Barron thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Jokinen checks the leg kick.
Barron throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Jokinen makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Jokinen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Barron looks to land a left hand but Jokinen moved out of range nicely.
Jokinen feints and then cracks Barron's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Barron down.
Barron will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Barron stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Jokinen.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A clash of legs there as Jokinen blocks the low kick.
Jokinen moves away from the strike by Barron.
Barron takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jokinen throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Barron's head.
Barron checks a leg kick.
Jokinen throws a leg kick
and Barron counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Barron connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Barron buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Jokinen scores with a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen connects with an inside leg kick.
Barron moves forwards but Jokinen connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Barron misses with a body shot
and Jokinen counters with a good low kick that Barron was not able to check.
Jokinen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Barron misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jokinen.
A low kick from Jokinen misses
and Barron counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Jokinen lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Jokinen displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Barron takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Jokinen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Barron steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Jokinen. That one must have hurt.
Jokinen feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Barron's calf.
Barron looks to throw the jab but Jokinen is out of range.
Barron dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jokinen. That did some damage!
Jokinen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Barron takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Barron with a nice cross.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen throws a head kick but Barron moves out of range.
Jokinen takes a swing at Barron's ribcage but misses.
Barron scores with a jab to the jaw.
Barron throws a low kick but Jokinen moves out of range easily.
Jokinen throws a leg kick that is checked
and Jokinen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Barron throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jokinen tries a head kick but it misses.
Barron throws a looping overhand right but Jokinen ducks down to avoid it.
Barron throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Jokinen counters with a head kick.
Jokinen on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A nice combination there by Barron.
Barron looks to land a right hand but Jokinen moved out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Barron on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Jokinen. Jokinen obviously looking to wear him down.
A telegraphed right hand from Barron misses the target.
A nice inside leg kick there by Jokinen. That's going to slow Barron down.
A jab from Jokinen does it's job there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Phillip Barron comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Barron 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 Valeri Chadov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Phillip Barron!