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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ode Jokinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cletus Landry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Landry's choice of entrance music: country boy. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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144 lbs
29 - 19 - 4 |
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136 lbs
31 - 17 - 3 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
29 - 19 - 4, fighting out of London, Ode Jokinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
31 - 17 - 3, fighting out of Tokyo, Cletus Landry!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Landry just misses with a punch to the body.
Jokinen appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Landry takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Landry throws a solid leg kick but Jokinen takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Landry.
Landry fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Jokinen thuds his right hand into Landry's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Jokinen stuffs the takedown attempt from Landry. Landry gets slowly back to his feet.
Ode Jokinen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jokinen lands with an uppercut that bounces Landry off the cage and back into range.
Jokinen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Landry.
Jokinen misses the shot to the body.
Landry misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jokinen.
Jokinen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Landry moves away.
Landry is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jokinen.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jab from Jokinen.
Jokinen scores with a jab.
Jokinen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Landry slips under a jab from Jokinen.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice shot lands for Landry.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Landry 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.
An inside leg kick lands from Jokinen.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Landry throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jokinen lands a nice hook to Landry's body. Landry takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Landry pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Landry gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Landry swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Landry ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jokinen moves away.
Landry walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Jokinen checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Jokinen throws out a powerful jab.
Jokinen fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Jokinen shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Landry's guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Jokinen controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Jokinen landing with the ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Landry not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Jokinen wants to control from the top but Landry keeps moving.
Landry looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Landry is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Jokinen is controlling him.
Landry is trying to keep Jokinen in close.
Jokinen has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Landry looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Landry keeping moving, preventing Jokinen from controlling successfully.
Jokinen postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Jokinen won't allow Landry to get back to his feet.
Jokinen looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Jokinen's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen stands and throws Landry's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Jokinen wants to control but Landry is keeping him busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
You can see the frustration on Landry's face as Jokinen controls the position.
Jokinen working the ground and pound from side control.
Jokinen has knee on belly momentarily but Landry bucks him off and regains half guard.
Landry taking some punishment here, with Jokinen in his half guard.
Jokinen tries to pass the half guard into mount. Landry knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Landry looks like he's trying to stand up.
Landry trying to hold on to Jokinen's head to control him but Jokinen postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen controlling the action here.
Jokinen wants to control but Landry is keeping him busy.
Jokinen tries to pass to full mount but Landry defends it.
Jokinen slows the pace down in half guard.
Landry is refusing to be controlled, as Jokinen sits in half guard.
Landry is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Landry is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Jokinen scores with a couple of nice shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ode Jokinen dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Jokinen connects with a leg kick. Landry looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
That kick from Landry tenderised Jokinen's leg. Jokinen is trying to keep his angry face on.
Landry keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jokinen.
Landry looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Ode Jokinen is winning the standup battle so far.
Jokinen tries for a takedown but Landry circles away easily
and Landry counters with an outside leg kick.
Landry lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Landry avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Landry loads up on a big right hand but Jokinen slips the punch.
Jokinen takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Jokinen throws a big shot that misses.
Jokinen wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Landry tries to land a leg kick but Jokinen saw it coming and moves away.
Landry throws a body punch but Jokinen moves out of range.
Landry connects with a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jokinen walks into a jab.
Jokinen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jokinen misses with a right hand
and Landry cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jokinen ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Landry throws a series of punches but Jokinen avoids them all with ease.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Landry moves into the clinch successfully.
Jokinen blocks an uppercut.
Jokinen lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Jokinen is trying to force a seperation but Landry has the dominant position.
Jokinen lands with a light punch inside.
Jokinen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Landry displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Jokinen.
Jokinen connects with a crisp jab.
Jokinen connects with a body shot.
Landry gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Landry throws a low kick but it's checked well by Jokinen.
Jokinen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Landry can do to turn this around?
A big left from Landry misses.
Landry loads up on a big right hand but Jokinen slips the punch.
Jokinen tries to counter with a takedown but Landry is quick to defend against it.
Landry fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Jokinen lands a nice hook to Landry's body. Landry takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jokinen fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Landry to the ground. Jokinen is now in Landry's guard.
Jokinen tries to free his leg and advance position but Landry is retaining full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Landry's guard.
Jokinen wants to free his trapped foot but Landry is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Landry wants to improve his position but Jokinen is controlling well.
Jokinen takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Jokinen slips a nice elbow through Landry's hands, connecting with Landry's forehead.
Ground and pound from Jokinen.
Jokinen looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Jokinen working Landry over with strikes.
Landry is looking to improve his position.
Jokinen is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Landry is trying to control but Jokinen manages to pass to mount!
Jokinen cracks Landry with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Landry wants to get back to his feet.
Landry working to try and regain half guard.
Jokinen lands a big elbow.
Landry regains half guard.
Landry is trying to control but can't.
Landry is looking for a sweep. Jokinen is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen wants to take a breather but Landry is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Landry is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Jokinen is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Jokinen trying to control the action but Landry is working from the bottom.
Landry holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Landry tries to get to full guard but Jokinen has control of the leg.
Jokinen tries to pass the half guard into mount. Landry knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Jokinen takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ode Jokinen dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Sloppy strikes from Landry. Those never looked like landing.
No luck for Landry with that takedown attempt.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Jokinen.
Jokinen throws a nice outside leg kick.
Landry looks to land a right hand but Jokinen moved out of range.
Landry tries to move into range but Jokinen moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
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.
Landry waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jokinen.
Jokinen shoots in for a takedown but Landry shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Landry misses with a straight left.
Jokinen throws an overhand right that lands on Landry's shoulder, as Landry tries to avoid the shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Landry lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Jokinen swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Landry counters with a nice low kick that buckles Jokinen's knee momentarily.
Jokinen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Landry has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A shot to the liver by Jokinen. Beautiful body shot.
Landry tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Jokinen defends well and Landry ends up having to push Jokinen into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jokinen defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Landry.
Jokinen half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Ode Jokinen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cletus Landry.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen misses with a hook. Landry ducked under it nicely.
Jokinen takes a swing at Landry's ribcage but misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Landry! But no joy.
Jokinen checks the leg kick.
Landry tries to score a power double leg takedown but Jokinen sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Landry somewhat.
Jokinen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Jokinen misses the jab.
A little jabbing left from Landry on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Landry misses with a looping left.
Jokinen throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Landry lands with an uppercut that bounces Jokinen off the cage and back into range.
Landry has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Jokinen.
Landry has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Landry there as he acknowledges the shot.
Jokinen connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Landry shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Jokinen pinned against the cage. Jokinen gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Landry shoots in looking for a takedown. Jokinen tries to sprawl out of it but Landry keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Jokinen manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Landry swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
No joy there for Landry, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Landry fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jokinen lands with a left to the head.
Jokinen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Landry misses with a punch on the inside.
I was talking to Jokinen's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Jokinen breaks from the clinch.
Landry takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Jokinen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Landry tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Jokinen slips under a jab from Landry.
Jokinen drops down looking for a counter takedown but Landry sprawls and moves away.
Jokinen swats away the attempt to clinch by Landry.
Jokinen drops down looking for a counter takedown but Landry sprawls and moves away.
Cletus Landry has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen throws a leg kick which misses Landry's front leg but catches the back leg as Landry tries to avoid it.
Jokinen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Landry has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Landry scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Landry swinging wildly here.
Jokinen misses with an uppercut. Landry saw that one coming.
Landry looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Landry keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jokinen stuns Landry with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Landry on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Jokinen lands a jab to the nose.
Landry steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Jokinen. That one must have hurt.
Landry's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Landry throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jokinen.
Jokinen cracks the inside of Landry's front leg.
Good standup being displayed there by Jokinen as he connects with a hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Landry throws a lazy right hand but Jokinen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jokinen connects with a leg kick. Landry looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Landry looks to land a right hand but Jokinen moved out of range.
Landry misses with a hook.
Landry takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Landry on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Landry takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Landry thows a left - swing and a miss!
Landry uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jokinen.
Jokinen misses with a body shot.
Jokinen misses with a low kick.
Jokinen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jokinen scores with a shot to the body.
Landry stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Landry wants it to stay on the feet.
Jokinen dodges the punch combination from Landry.
Landry loads up on a big right hand but Jokinen slips the punch.
Landry stuns Jokinen with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A leg kick checked by Landry.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ode Jokinen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Jokinen, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ode Jokinen!
Ode Jokinen seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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