PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Krzysztof Kothciushco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oswald Jokinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Krzysztof Kothciushco has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kothciushco
vs
Jokinen

200 cm
38
250 lbs
23 - 29 - 0

201 cm
35
240 lbs
13 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 23 - 29 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Krzysztof Kothciushco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Oswald Jokinen!
The judges for this bout are Topper Green, Eliza Hachem and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kothciushco lands a leg kick that knocks Jokinen off balance momentarily.
Jab, jab by Jokinen - just one landing.
Kothciushco misses with a low kick.
Kothciushco shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Jokinen is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Kothciushco has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Kothciushco waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jokinen.
Sloppy strikes from Kothciushco. Those never looked like landing.
Kothciushco throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Jokinen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jokinen connects with an inside leg kick.

Jokinen takes the fight into the clinch.
Jokinen blocking some punches.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Kothciushco.
Kothciushco will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Jokinen up against the cage.
Jokinen looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen is looking to break free of the clinch but Kothciushco has double underhooks.
Jokinen avoiding damage as Kothciushco throws knees to the body.
Jokinen has had enough of the clinch but Kothciushco keeps him there for the moment.
Jokinen is looking to break free of the clinch but Kothciushco has double underhooks.
Kothciushco throws a head punch that misses.
Kothciushco tries a body shot but Jokinen blocks it.
Kothciushco throws a punch but it's blocked by Jokinen.
Kothciushco throws an elbow but it misses.
Kothciushco tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jokinen blocks an uppercut.
Jokinen blocks an elbow strike from Kothciushco.
Jokinen blocking some punches.
Kothciushco misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jokinen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jokinen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kothciushco.
It looked like Kothciushco was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Jokinen tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A head kick from Jokinen lands but Kothciushco takes it in his stride.
Nice straight punches there by Jokinen. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Jokinen.
Jokinen connects with a looping right hand.
Kothciushco attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kothciushco takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Kothciushco misses with a left hand
and Jokinen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jokinen connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Kothciushco momentarily.
Jokinen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kothciushco was well out of range. Poor timing from Jokinen.
Jokinen lands a head shot.

Kothciushco is rocked!
Kothciushco gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Jokinen gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Oswald Jokinen!
A very excited looking Oswald Jokinen made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.