PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Otto Jokinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Snake The Pendulum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jokinen comes to the cage accompanied by Marilyn Manson - Sweet Dreams. The crowd seem to be enjoying The Pendulum's choice of entrance music: I'm Back. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Jokinen
vs
The Pendulum

190 cm
24
210 lbs
14 - 5 - 0

215 cm
33
205 lbs
25 - 1 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
Insanely flexible

ADCC Champion
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Otto Jokinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Snake The Pendulum!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Arvi Lind and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Pendulum tries a head kick but it misses.
The Pendulum tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jokinen was well out of range. Poor timing from The Pendulum.
Nice body punch from Jokinen.
Jokinen tries to clinch there but The Pendulum circles away.

Jokinen closes the distance and clinches.

The Pendulum breaks the clinch.
Jokinen closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The Pendulum connects with a nice looking jab.
The Pendulum cracks Jokinen with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice straight punches there by The Pendulum. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of The Pendulum.
Jokinen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jokinen chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The Pendulum moves away from the strike by Jokinen.
The Pendulum tries a low kick but Jokinen avoids it.
The Pendulum ducks right into an uppercut from Jokinen.
Jokinen blocks a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but The Pendulum was well out of range. Poor timing from Jokinen.
Jokinen throws a nice inside leg kick.
The Pendulum delivers a nice body kick.
Decent striking displayed by The Pendulum there.
The Pendulum connects with a solid leg kick.
Jokinen tries to clinch up but The Pendulum circles away and keeps his distance.
Jokinen staying out of range there.
A swing and a miss from The Pendulum.
Jokinen finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Jokinen lands a body shot.
The Pendulum throws a leg kick but Jokinen sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A thudding body kick lands there by The Pendulum!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jokinen tries to clinch there but The Pendulum circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Jokinen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jokinen throws a sloppy head kick
and The Pendulum counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Snake The Pendulum seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jokinen misses with a low kick.
The Pendulum tries to clinch but Jokinen moves away
and Jokinen makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Jokinen connects with a body shot that sends The Pendulum's belly button to the back.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jokinen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jokinen chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before The Pendulum can pounce on him.
The Pendulum scores with a crisp jab that stopped Jokinen in his tracks.
The Pendulum 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.
Jokinen moves out of range of the strikes.
Jokinen throws a leg kick but The Pendulum sees it coming and checks it nicely.
The Pendulum uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jokinen.
The Pendulum is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Pendulum lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The Pendulum is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Jokinen throws a leg kick but The Pendulum sees it coming and checks it nicely.
The Pendulum lets loose with a powerful body kick. Jokinen will feel that in the morning.
The Pendulum steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jokinen.
Jokinen thuds his right hand into The Pendulum's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
The Pendulum fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Jokinen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
The Pendulum lands the left hand.
Jokinen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A slapping leg kick lands for The Pendulum.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Pendulum throws a lazy uppercut
and Jokinen makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
The Pendulum throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jokinen takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

It looks like Otto Jokinen has been cut.
The Pendulum misses with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Jokinen has managed to clinch.
Jokinen blocking some punches.
Jokinen prevents a body shot from The Pendulum.
Jokinen tries to pull guard but The Pendulum holds him up against the cage and eventually Jokinen drops back down to his feet.
The Pendulum lands an elbow just above Jokinen 's eye.
The Pendulum misses with a punch on the inside.
Jokinen tries to pull guard but The Pendulum holds him up against the cage and eventually Jokinen drops back down to his feet.
The Pendulum blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jokinen misses with a knee strike.
Good body shot from The Pendulum.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The Pendulum lands a body shot in the clinch.
The Pendulum looking to stall.
Jokinen fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Otto Jokinen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The Pendulum managing to block the knees to the body from Jokinen.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Snake The Pendulum dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Otto Jokinen's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Jokinen avoids the body shot from The Pendulum.
The Pendulum looks to land a right hand but Jokinen moved out of range.
Nice straight punches there by The Pendulum. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of The Pendulum.
Jokinen moves out of range of the body kick.
Jokinen is looking to wear down The Pendulum with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Jokinen fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Jokinen will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
The Pendulum looks to score with a jab to the body but Jokinen is just out of range.
Jokinen throws out a powerful jab.
The Pendulum moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
The Pendulum paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Jokinen throws a right hand that misses
and The Pendulum counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Pendulum avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
The Pendulum avoids the body shot from Jokinen.
The Pendulum just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The Pendulum throws a lazy right hand but Jokinen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jokinen misses with a hook to the body
and The Pendulum connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jokinen lands with a kick to the temple. The Pendulum shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Jokinen throws a push kick but The Pendulum slaps the foot to one side.
The Pendulum tries to land a front kick but Jokinen steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
The Pendulum scores with a nice body kick.
The Pendulum connects with the punch.
The Pendulum has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Jokinen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jokinen on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Snake The Pendulum seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jokinen misses with a wild body shot.
The Pendulum throws a leg kick but Jokinen checks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A looping hook to the body misses from The Pendulum. Jokinen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jokinen tries to clinch there but The Pendulum circles away.
The Pendulum throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The Pendulum displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jokinen throws out the jab.
Jokinen with a jab.
Jokinen avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
The fighters circling - The Pendulum throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jokinen misses with a leg kick
and The Pendulum counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

Jokinen gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The Pendulum controlling the action here for a moment.
Jokinen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Jokinen blocking some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen tries to pull guard but The Pendulum forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Jokinen lands a good knee to the midsection. The Pendulum won't want to take too many of those.
The Pendulum is breathing heavily.
Jokinen misses with a knee to the head.

Jokinen pulls guard.
Jokinen is trying to control the position but The Pendulum postures up.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.

Otto Jokinen has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
The Pendulum moves out of range of the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as The Pendulum blocks the low kick.
The Pendulum chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Jokinen can pounce on him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jokinen fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The Pendulum catches Jokinen with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Jokinen fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt The Pendulum.
Jokinen throws a leg kick but The Pendulum sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Jokinen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. The Pendulum sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jab by The Pendulum.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jokinen misses the shot to the body.
Jokinen on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A clash of legs there as Jokinen blocks the low kick.
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 Otto Jokinen will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Otto Jokinen's cut.
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.

The Pendulum takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Jokinen throws a right and a left that The Pendulum avoids nicely.
Jokinen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from The Pendulum.
Jokinen misses with a kick to the body.
Jokinen staying out of range there.
The Pendulum connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Jokinen defending well as The Pendulum loads up on a big left hand.
Jokinen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Good standup being displayed there by The Pendulum as he connects with a hook.
Jokinen throws a right and a left that The Pendulum avoids nicely.
The Pendulum lets loose with a powerful body kick. Jokinen will feel that in the morning.
The Pendulum misses with a body shot.
Jokinen tries to land a front kick but The Pendulum steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Pendulum misses with a right hand
and Jokinen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jokinen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The Pendulum looks to land a body kick but Jokinen moved away.
The Pendulum lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The Pendulum moves forwards but Jokinen connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Jokinen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from The Pendulum.
The Pendulum connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Jokinen momentarily.
Jokinen throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.

Jokinen closes the distance and clinches.
Jokinen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jokinen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but The Pendulum blocks it with crossed arms.
Jokinen tries to land a knee to the head but The Pendulum blocks with his arms.
Jokinen tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. The Pendulum just stands there and leans against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Pendulum is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
The Pendulum misses with some punches.
The Pendulum swings wildly with an uppercut but Jokinen uses good head movement to avoid it.
The Pendulum lands a right hand.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jokinen.
The Pendulum scores with an uppercut up the middle.
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 lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Jokinen misses with a body punch.
The Pendulum has a couple of punches blocked by Jokinen.
Jokinen lands an uppercut.
Jokinen tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. The Pendulum just stands there and leans against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jokinen.
The Pendulum swings wildly with an uppercut but Jokinen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jokinen tries to land knees in the clinch but The Pendulum avoids the damage to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. The Pendulum is defending well for now.
The Pendulum misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jokinen.
Jokinen tries to land knees in the clinch but The Pendulum avoids the damage to the body.
Nice body punch from The Pendulum.
Otto Jokinen has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Jokinen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from The Pendulum.
The Pendulum tries to work over Jokinen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The Pendulum avoiding damage as Jokinen throws knees to the body.
The Pendulum on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The Pendulum presses Jokinen against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Jokinen blocking some punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from The Pendulum.
The Pendulum blocks a body shot from Jokinen.
Jokinen misses with a knee strike.
The Pendulum blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jokinen looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A head punch on the inside from The Pendulum fails to land.
The Pendulum is pushing Jokinen up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Pendulum blocks a body shot from Jokinen.
The Pendulum tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jokinen's elbow.
The Pendulum works on Jokinen's body with a couple of short punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Jokinen ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Jokinen no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
The Pendulum sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The Pendulum works a leg free and moves into half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The Pendulum passes to full mount!
Jokinen tries to hold on but The Pendulum pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Snake The Pendulum really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Otto Jokinen's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

The Pendulum fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Jokinen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
The Pendulum paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Jokinen lands a glancing blow to the side of The Pendulum's head.
The Pendulum slips a jab from Jokinen.
A solid body kick from Jokinen.
The Pendulum looks to land a body kick but Jokinen moved away.
The Pendulum fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Jokinen looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Jokinen takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Jokinen fakes a jab and throws a low kick but The Pendulum checks it well.
Jokinen throws a chopping leg kick but The Pendulum manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Pendulum lands a nice looking body shot.
Jokinen misses with a low kick.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Jokinen on the wrong end of a nice jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Pendulum tries a low kick but Jokinen avoids it.
The Pendulum misses with a wild body shot.
Jokinen takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A punch combination from The Pendulum misses.
Jokinen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The Pendulum throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The Pendulum scores with a jab to the head.
Jokinen takes one on the button.
Jokinen misses with the combination.
Jokinen lands a nice hook to The Pendulum's body. The Pendulum takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Jokinen fakes the leg kick and cracks The Pendulum in the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Jokinen misses its intended target.
Jokinen misses with a series of wild punches.
Jokinen tries a head kick but it misses.
The Pendulum fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Jokinen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Jokinen throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
The Pendulum connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Jokinen is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jokinen takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Oh Jokinen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The Pendulum tries a low kick but Jokinen avoids it.
The Pendulum lands a jab to the head.
A shot to the liver by The Pendulum. Beautiful body shot.
The Pendulum moves out of range of the body kick from Jokinen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Jokinen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jokinen. The Pendulum does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jokinen is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
The Pendulum lands with a thumping leg kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from The Pendulum - that will leave a mark!
The Pendulum scores with a shot to the body.
The Pendulum throws a nice outside leg kick.
Jokinen has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from The Pendulum.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The Pendulum bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Jokinen's head backwards.
The Pendulum circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Jokinen to the canvas! Jokinen doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - The Pendulum keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Snake The Pendulum!
As Snake The Pendulum got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: mmatycoon.com : Veni Vidi Vici !'.