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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alexandr Nikitin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mika Saarenpaa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nikitin comes to the cage accompanied by Smack My Bitch Up . Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Red Belt
Excellent boxer
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Alexandr Nikitin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mika Saarenpaa!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Marco Blurström and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saarenpaa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Saarenpaa misses with a leg kick.
Nikitin on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Saarenpaa. Saarenpaa obviously looking to wear him down.
Saarenpaa stuffs the takedown attempt from Nikitin. Nikitin gets slowly back to his feet.
Saarenpaa thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Nikitin if he has to take too many more of those.
A solid body kick from Saarenpaa.
Mika Saarenpaa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nikitin takes a kick to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nikitin misses with a right hand
and Saarenpaa counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Nikitin sizes up Saarenpaa with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Nikitin stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Saarenpaa.
Nikitin doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Nikitin misses its intended target.
Saarenpaa is looking to slow Nikitin down with leg kicks.
Saarenpaa scores with a body shot.
Saarenpaa bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nikitin fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Mika Saarenpaa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Saarenpaa walks into a jab.
Saarenpaa takes a jab right on the kisser.
Nikitin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nikitin keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Nikitin avoids a kick to the body.
Nikitin swings for the body but Saarenpaa moves out of range.
Saarenpaa thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Nikitin if he has to take too many more of those.
Nikitin misses with a wild body shot.
Saarenpaa now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nikitin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Saarenpaa was well out of range. Poor timing from Nikitin.
Crunch! Saarenpaa slams his shin into Nikitin's torso.
Saarenpaa just misses with a punch to the body.
Saarenpaa bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Nikitin's head.
Nikitin looks to land a right hand but Saarenpaa moved out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Saarenpaa misses.
Saarenpaa lands a leg kick that knocks Nikitin off balance momentarily.
Nikitin defending well as Saarenpaa loads up on a big left hand.
Nikitin throwing a counter right hand but Saarenpaa manages to avoid it.
Saarenpaa thuds his right hand into Nikitin's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Nikitin takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Saarenpaa lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nikitin has his takedown stuffed
enabling Saarenpaa to counter with a crisp jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nikitin takes a kick to the side of the head.
Saarenpaa throws a quick inside leg kick.
Saarenpaa fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Saarenpaa throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Saarenpaa.
Saarenpaa lands a nice looking body shot.
Nikitin shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Saarenpaa as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alexandr Nikitin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nikitin throws out a loose jab but Saarenpaa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nikitin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Saarenpaa is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Nikitin with a body shot.
Nikitin throws a right hand that misses
and Saarenpaa counters with a leg kick.
Nikitin swings widly with a right hand
and Saarenpaa counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Nikitin thinking.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Saarenpaa lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nikitin on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Saarenpaa. Nikitin shrugs it off though.
Nice body kick from Saarenpaa.
Nikitin clobbers Saarenpaa with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Saarenpaa misses with a body kick.
A shot to the body from Nikitin misses
and Saarenpaa counters with a slapping leg kick.
Nikitin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nikitin listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Saarenpaa throws a body punch but Nikitin moves out of range.
Nikitin will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Saarenpaa misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Saarenpaa lands a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mika Saarenpaa dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Nikitin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Saarenpaa moves away.
Saarenpaa throws a head kick but Nikitin moves out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Nikitin on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Nikitin has a takedown stuffed.
Saarenpaa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Saarenpaa is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Nikitin with a body shot.
Saarenpaa connects with an inside leg kick.
Saarenpaa connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Saarenpaa has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Nikitin throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Saarenpaa thumps Nikitin with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saarenpaa moves out of range of the strikes.
Nikitin connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Saarenpaa's hands.
Saarenpaa has worked on his takedown defense in the runup to this fight and it is paying off so far.
Saarenpaa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saarenpaa misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nikitin wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nikitin takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Mika Saarenpaa seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nikitin missing with a left hand there. Saarenpaa was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Saarenpaa wants to land a leg kick but Nikitin is out of range.
Saarenpaa missing with a left hand there. Nikitin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Saarenpaa scores with a nice right hand.
Saarenpaa wants to clinch up but Nikitin keeps it at a distance.
Nikitin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Saarenpaa swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Nikitin bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Nikitin just misses with a punch to the body.
Saarenpaa tries a quick counter leg kick but Nikitin is wise to it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Saarenpaa.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saarenpaa gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Nikitin to score an easy takedown into full guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Nikitin accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Nikitin trying to control but Saarenpaa is working from the bottom.
Saarenpaa looking to hit a scissor sweep but Nikitin is one step ahead there.
Saarenpaa has momentary wrist control but Nikitin slips an elbow through the middle.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nikitin drops back looking for a leg! Saarenpaa is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Saarenpaa manages to kick Nikitin off! Nikitin jumps back into Saarenpaa's guard.
Nikitin trying to control but Saarenpaa is working from the bottom.
Nikitin preventing the sweep.
Saarenpaa really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Nikitin. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Nikitin trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Nikitin postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Saarenpaa has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nikitin digs a good body shot into Saarenpaa's ribs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Nikitin misses with a straight left.
Nikitin misses with a hook.
A little jabbing left from Saarenpaa on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Saarenpaa throws a big shot that misses.
Nikitin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nikitin shoots in but no luck this time.
Saarenpaa tries to clinch
and Nikitin counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Saarenpaa keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Nikitin is looking to advance position but Saarenpaa won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexandr Nikitin dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Nikitin tests Saarenpaa's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Saarenpaa lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Saarenpaa lands a glancing blow to the side of Nikitin's head.
Saarenpaa cracks the inside of Nikitin's front leg.
Nikitin misses the shot to the body.
Saarenpaa connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nikitin shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Saarenpaa but Saarenpaa pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Nikitin scores with a jab to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saarenpaa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nikitin.
Saarenpaa lands a jab to Nikitin's midsection.
Saarenpaa 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.
Saarenpaa swings for the body but Nikitin moves out of range.
Nice jab there from Saarenpaa.
Saarenpaa scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Nikitin is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Saarenpaa ducks under a wild hook from Nikitin.
A nice inside leg kick there by Saarenpaa. That's going to slow Nikitin down.
Nikitin misses the body punch
and Saarenpaa counters with a good low kick that Nikitin was not able to check.
Saarenpaa delivers a nice body kick.
Nikitin lands a jab.
Saarenpaa slips a jab from Nikitin.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nikitin moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nikitin swings for the body but Saarenpaa moves out of range.
Saarenpaa works Nikitin's body with a nice hook.
Nikitin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Saarenpaa with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Nikitin avoids the body shot from Saarenpaa.
Nikitin throws a big counter combination but Saarenpaa scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Nikitin fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Saarenpaa avoids it really well and circles away.
Nice sprawl there from Saarenpaa as Nikitin shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alexandr Nikitin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Saarenpaa fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saarenpaa lands a nice hook to Nikitin's body. Nikitin takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Saarenpaa connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Nikitin drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Nikitin gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Nikitin takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Nikitin swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Saarenpaa.
Saarenpaa keeps Nikitin at a distance using the push kick.
Saarenpaa pivots, looking for a leg kick but Nikitin is out of range and Saarenpaa settles back down.
Nikitin misses with an uppercut.
Nikitin changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Saarenpaa tries to avoid it but Nikitin manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Saarenpaa to the ground. Saarenpaa escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Saarenpaa wants to slow Nikitin down by chopping away at his legs.
Nikitin throws a hook to the side of Saarenpaa's head but Saarenpaa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saarenpaa lands with a good body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jab from Nikitin.
Saarenpaa lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Nikitin 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.
Saarenpaa is looking to land body kicks.
Saarenpaa comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Saarenpaa.
Nikitin blocks a head kick by Saarenpaa.
Saarenpaa scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Saarenpaa lands a leg kick that knocks Nikitin off balance momentarily.
Nikitin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Saarenpaa swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mika Saarenpaa comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Saarenpaa 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 28:29
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mika Saarenpaa!
A victorious Mika Saarenpaa thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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