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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Otso Jokinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karl De Groot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jokinen comes to the cage accompanied by E.S. Posthumus - Unstoppable. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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162 lbs
22 - 4 - 0 |
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155 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Otso Jokinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Karl De Groot!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Arvi Lind and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Groot tries to land a front kick but Jokinen steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Jokinen slips a jab from De Groot.
De Groot throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Jokinen stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
De Groot throws a shot from downtown. Jokinen moves away and avoids it.
Jokinen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. De Groot sees it coming and avoids it easily.
De Groot on the wrong end of a nice jab.
De Groot avoids a kick to the body.
De Groot tries to land a front kick but Jokinen steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Jokinen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract De Groot.
Jokinen misses with a low kick as De Groot jumps back.
A thudding body kick lands there by Jokinen!
De Groot is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Jokinen fails with the takedown.
Jokinen blocks a jab.
De Groot misses with a straight left.
De Groot loads up on a big right hand but Jokinen slips the punch.
De Groot 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.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jokinen misses with a kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Groot throws a jab but it's blocked by Jokinen.
Jokinen misses with a wild body shot.
De Groot lands with a thumping leg kick.
Jokinen throws a leg kick but De Groot checks it.
De Groot throws a jab but it's blocked by Jokinen.
Jokinen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but De Groot manages to avoid it.
Jokinen closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
De Groot tries to bench press Jokinen off him but Jokinen keeps the position.
De Groot wants to control but Jokinen postures up.
Jokinen is trying to get an arm triangle but De Groot is defending well.
De Groot is looking for a sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen is looking to take a break and control but De Groot is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
De Groot prevents Jokinen from improving position.
Jokinen is looking to take a break and control but De Groot is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jokinen scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at De Groot to see if he's OK.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jokinen is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. De Groot knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Groot defending against the ground and pound.
A lull in the action here.
De Groot gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
De Groot tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. De Groot looks a forlorn figure.
Jokinen landing punches.
De Groot wants to control but Jokinen is having none of it.
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.
Jokinen unloading with bombs!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
De Groot keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
De Groot manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Jokinen tries to pass to full mount but De Groot defends it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Otso Jokinen dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Jokinen lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
De Groot jabbing away but nothing is landing.
De Groot is looking to score with low kicks.
De Groot misses with a body kick.
De Groot misses the shot to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from De Groot misses the target.
Jokinen throws a front kick that sends De Groot stumbling back into the cage.
Jokinen avoids the head kick by De Groot.
De Groot swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jokinen moves out of range as De Groot throws a body kick.
Otso Jokinen is winning the standup battle so far.
De Groot wants to land a leg kick but Jokinen is out of range.
Jokinen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Jokinen blocks a head kick by De Groot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jokinen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
De Groot throws a hook but Jokinen avoids it easily.
Jokinen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but De Groot circles away quickly and effectively.
Jokinen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Groot misses with an uppercut.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Jokinen checks a leg kick.
De Groot uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Jokinen has time to react.
Jokinen lands a nice hook to De Groot's body. De Groot takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Jokinen works De Groot's body with a nice hook.
Jokinen's hands are dropping dangerously low here and De Groot connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Jokinen scrambles back to his feet.
Jokinen scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Jokinen tries to clinch there but De Groot circles away.
Jokinen thows a body shot but no joy.
De Groot explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Jokinen lunges at De Groot with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by De Groot's hand.
Jokinen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
De Groot moves out of range of the leg kick from Jokinen.
Jokinen slips under a jab from De Groot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De Groot lands with a kick to the ribs.
De Groot uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jokinen.
De Groot slips a straight right by Jokinen.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen takes the fight into the clinch.
De Groot goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jokinen is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Jokinen misses with a punch on the inside.
Jokinen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jokinen is leaning against De Groot and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Jokinen tries to work over De Groot's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jokinen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jokinen throws a blind hook that connects with the side of De Groots head.
Jokinen works on De Groot's body with a couple of short punches.
Jokinen misses with the head strike.
De Groot tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jokinen creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
De Groot looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Nice body punch from De Groot - that landed with a thud.
De Groot stalling in the clinch but Jokinen improves position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Groot misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jokinen.
Jokinen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Jokinen has a couple of punches blocked by De Groot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jokinen.
De Groot prevents the takedown attempt.
Jokinen has a couple of punches blocked by De Groot.
De Groot's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Good work by Jokinen as he checks the leg kick.
De Groot takes a shot to the body in his stride.
De Groot looks for the body kick but Jokinen saw that one coming.
De Groot tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jokinen was well out of range. Poor timing from De Groot.
Jokinen misses with a body shot.
Jokinen is looking to wear down De Groot with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Jokinen thows a body shot but no joy.
Jokinen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but De Groot manages to avoid it.
De Groot displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
De Groot avoids a kick to the body.
Jokinen looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? De Groot is fending him off so far but Jokinen persists. Nope, De Groot circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Otso Jokinen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jokinen thows a body shot but no joy.
Jokinen tries to clinch there but De Groot circles away.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Jokinen.
De Groot throws a hook to the side of Jokinen's head but Jokinen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Karl De Groot is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jokinen wants to slow De Groot down by chopping away at his legs.
De Groot just misses with a punch to the body.
De Groot throws a hook to the side of Jokinen's head but Jokinen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jokinen fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. De Groot sprawls well initially but Jokinen persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Jokinen trying to control from De Groot's half guard. De Groot has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Jokinen's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jokinen stopping the sweep attempt from De Groot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Otso Jokinen dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Jokinen tries to close the distance and clinch but De Groot swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jokinen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Jokinen misses with a hook.
Jokinen fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
De Groot throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jokinen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jokinen swings for the body but De Groot moves out of range.
Jokinen works De Groot's body with a nice hook.
De Groot comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
De Groot misses with an uppercut. Jokinen saw that one coming.
De Groot throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Jokinen.
Donk. De Groot catches Jokinen right on the button with a cross.
Jokinen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jokinen scores with a punch to the head.
De Groot misses with a head kick.
Jokinen tries to close the distance and clinch but De Groot swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen checks the leg kick.
Jokinen takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
De Groot uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jokinen.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jokinen. De Groot does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jokinen takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Jokinen throws a nice outside leg kick.
De Groot lands a body shot.
De Groot lands with a nice body punch.
Jokinen lands with a cross.
De Groot throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Jokinen connects with a leg kick. De Groot looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Jokinen throws a push kick but De Groot slaps the foot to one side.
Jokinen lands a nice leg kick that just misses De Groot's sensitive parts.
Jokinen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but De Groot manages to avoid it.
De Groot throws a head kick but Jokinen moves out of range.
Jokinen keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De Groot is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A big right from Jokinen misses.
De Groot ducks under a wild hook from Jokinen.
Jab by Jokinen.
De Groot keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Jokinen throws a nice looking combination but De Groot bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
De Groot lands with an overhand left.
De Groot lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
De Groot looks to land a body kick but Jokinen moved away.
De Groot blocks a head kick by Jokinen.
De Groot 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.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Jokinen.
Jokinen throws a good cross that connects.
De Groot throws an overhand right that lands on Jokinen's shoulder, as Jokinen tries to avoid the shot.
De Groot looks to score with a jab to the body but Jokinen is just out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
De Groot tries to throw a body punch but Jokinen avoids it by throwing De Groot back against the cage.
De Groot blocks an uppercut.
Jokinen throws a head punch that misses.
Jokinen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jokinen throws a head punch that misses.
De Groot struggles to land a body shot inside as Jokinen controls his hands.
Jokinen works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Jokinen is working De Groot over against the cage.
Otso Jokinen has scored more points in the clinch so far.
De Groot takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jokinen can't find room to land a body shot as De Groot controls the action.
Jokinen scores with a hook to the body.
De Groot blocking some punches.
Jokinen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De Groot is looking to control Jokinen's arms but Jokinen gets an underhook and turns him. Now De Groot has his back to the cage.
Jokinen pushes De Groot back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jokinen scores with a shoulder strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jokinen.
Jokinen has a couple of punches blocked by De Groot.
Jokinen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by De Groot.
Jokinen scores with a shot to the side of De Groot's head.
De Groot is rocked!
Jokinen lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops De Groot to his knees! Jokinen keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Otso Jokinen!
Otso Jokinen decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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hype
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