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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mika Saarenpaa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Hogan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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162 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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
26 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mika Saarenpaa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ben Hogan!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hogan connects with a crisp jab.
Hogan throws a leg kick that misses.
Hogan throws a front kick that sends Saarenpaa stumbling back into the cage.
Hogan goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Hogan avoids the body shot from Saarenpaa.
Hogan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Saarenpaa takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Hogan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hogan throws a head kick that misses.
Hogan motions for Saarenpaa to come forward. Hogan throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Saarenpaa. Hogan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Saarenpaa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Saarenpaa tries to close the distance and clinch but Hogan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Saarenpaa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hogan blocks a jab.
Saarenpaa stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hogan.
Saarenpaa tries to clinch up.
Hogan avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Hogan cracks the inside of Saarenpaa's front leg.
Hogan swings for the body but Saarenpaa moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saarenpaa has managed to clinch.
Hogan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Saarenpaa misses with a shot to the kidneys.
I was talking to Saarenpaa's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Saarenpaa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Saarenpaa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Saarenpaa misses with a punch to the body.
A short right from Hogan.
Hogan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Saarenpaa has him pressed against the cage.
Saarenpaa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hogan is trying to break the clinch but Saarenpaa is controlling him.
Saarenpaa is trying to stall.
Saarenpaa lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hogan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hogan misses with a looping right.
An inside leg kick from Hogan misses.
Saarenpaa throws a jab when Hogan was well out of range.
Hogan only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Hogan takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Saarenpaa looks to throw the jab but Hogan is out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Hogan.
A big left from Hogan misses.
Hogan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Hogan keeps the fight on the outside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hogan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Saarenpaa throws out the jab.
Hogan misses with a looping left.
Hogan lands with a thumping leg kick.
Saarenpaa avoids the body shot from Hogan.
Hogan misses with an attempted mid kick.
Saarenpaa gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Hogan.
Saarenpaa looks to score with a jab to the body but Hogan is just out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hogan. That's going to slow Saarenpaa down.
Hogan moves out of range as Saarenpaa strikes.
Saarenpaa throws a looping overhand right but Hogan ducks down to avoid it.
Hogan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A quick step to the side and Saarenpaa tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hogan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Saarenpaa.
Hogan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Saarenpaa moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hogan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saarenpaa throws a wild body kick that Hogan sees coming a mile off.
Hogan avoids a kick to the body.
Hogan avoids the body shot from Saarenpaa.
Hogan pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Hogan misses with a two punch combination.
Saarenpaa scores with a crisp jab that stopped Hogan in his tracks.
Saarenpaa misses with a wild body shot.
Hogan throws a chopping leg kick but Saarenpaa manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hogan.
Saarenpaa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hogan throws out the jab.
Hogan uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Hogan walks into a stiff left hand from Saarenpaa.
Hogan staying out of range there.
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 blocks a leg kick.
Hogan throws out a loose jab but Saarenpaa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hogan misses with a looping right.
It looked like Saarenpaa wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Hogan as he connects with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hogan cracks Saarenpaa with a good jab.
Jab from Saarenpaa.
Hogan looks to throw the jab but Saarenpaa is out of range.
Hogan checks a leg kick nicely.
Hogan takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hogan digs a good body shot into Saarenpaa's ribs.
A solid body kick from Saarenpaa.
Saarenpaa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hogan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Hogan.
Saarenpaa pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Saarenpaa throws a big shot that misses.
Saarenpaa throws a shot from downtown. Hogan moves away and avoids it.
Hogan throws a big shot that misses.
Saarenpaa was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Saarenpaa throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Hogan! But no joy.
A jab from Saarenpaa misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Ben Hogan will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Hogan checks a leg kick.
Ben Hogan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Saarenpaa goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Hogan misses with a low kick.
Saarenpaa checks a low kick from Hogan.
Saarenpaa is looking to counter the offense by Hogan and move into the clinch.
Saarenpaa jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Hogan staying out of range there.
Saarenpaa closes the distance and clinches.
Hogan is trying to break the clinch but Saarenpaa is controlling him.
Hogan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hogan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hogan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hogan ducks under a wild hook from Saarenpaa.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saarenpaa looks to score with a jab to the body but Hogan is just out of range.
Hogan throws out a counter right but Saarenpaa avoids it with no problem.
Saarenpaa misses with a straight left.
Hogan swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Saarenpaa moves out of range as Hogan strikes.
Saarenpaa moves out of range of the body kick.
Saarenpaa moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Saarenpaa takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hogan loads up on a big right hand but Saarenpaa slips the punch.
Saarenpaa tries to clinch but Hogan moves out of range.
Saarenpaa throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hogan counters with a nice uppercut.
Saarenpaa thows a body kick. Hogan tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Hogan slips under a jab.
Saarenpaa misses with a lunging right hand
and Hogan makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Saarenpaa doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Saarenpaa ducks under a wild hook from Hogan.
Saarenpaa is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Hogan.
Saarenpaa walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Hogan checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Hogan wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hogan takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Saarenpaa staying out of range there.
Hogan scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Hogan fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Saarenpaa is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Hogan takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Saarenpaa misses with a body shot
letting Hogan counter with a right hand.
Hogan throws a shot from downtown. Saarenpaa moves away and avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hogan misses with a two punch combination.
Hogan throws a right hand that misses
and Saarenpaa counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Hogan is looking to break free of the clinch but Saarenpaa has double underhooks.
Saarenpaa lands a body shot.
Saarenpaa softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Saarenpaa misses with a punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Saarenpaa.
Saarenpaa misses with a punch to the body.
Saarenpaa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hogan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hogan has had enough of the clinch but Saarenpaa keeps him there for the moment.
Hogan has a couple of punches blocked by Saarenpaa.
Saarenpaa lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Saarenpaa keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hogan's efforts to push away.
Saarenpaa prevents Hogan from breaking the clinch.
Saarenpaa blocks a body shot from Hogan.
Saarenpaa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hogan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Saarenpaa lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A right handed body shot lands from Saarenpaa.
Saarenpaa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Saarenpaa lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Saarenpaa prevents Hogan from breaking the clinch.
Hogan tries to break free but Saarenpaa pushes him back against the cage.
Saarenpaa is pushing Hogan up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Hogan is trying to break the clinch but Saarenpaa is controlling him.
Saarenpaa throws a head punch that misses.
Saarenpaa lands with a right to the head.
Hogan blocking some punches.
Saarenpaa swings wildly with an uppercut but Hogan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hogan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Saarenpaa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hogan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hogan throws a looping overhand right but Saarenpaa ducks down to avoid it.
Hogan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Saarenpaa moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A counter left hand to the body from Saarenpaa misses its target.
Hogan lands a slapping body shot.
Nice jab there from Saarenpaa.
Hogan moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hogan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hogan listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Hogan on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Saarenpaa fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Hogan checks it well.
Saarenpaa throws a one two combo.
Saarenpaa throws out a powerful jab.
Saarenpaa just misses with a punch to the body.
Hogan misses with a low kick.
As Hogan looks to move away, Saarenpaa throws a big counter combo but Hogan just gets out of the way.
Saarenpaa swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Saarenpaa on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Saarenpaa sizes up Hogan with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Saarenpaa misses with an uppercut. Hogan saw that one coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mika Saarenpaa dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Saarenpaa blocks a head kick by Hogan.
It looked like Saarenpaa was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Hogan.
Saarenpaa takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Hogan misses with an uppercut. Saarenpaa saw that one coming.
A jab lands there for Saarenpaa.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Hogan, right into the meat.
Hogan throws a leg kick but Saarenpaa sees it coming and moves out of range.
Hogan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Saarenpaa.
Saarenpaa takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Hogan throws the kick towards the body but Saarenpaa avoids it.
Hogan throws a nice inside leg kick.
Saarenpaa avoids the body shot from Hogan.
Saarenpaa takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saarenpaa clinches up against the cage.
Hogan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hogan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Saarenpaa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hogan looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hogan throws out a loose jab but Saarenpaa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hogan just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromSaarenpaa.
Saarenpaa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hogan.
A big left from Saarenpaa misses.
Hogan takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Hogan swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Hogan scoring well with a low kick there.
Hogan misses with a body kick.
Hogan rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Saarenpaa connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Good leg kick by Saarenpaa there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Saarenpaa attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Saarenpaa waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hogan.
Hogan looks to land a body kick but Saarenpaa moved away.
Saarenpaa lands the left hand.
Saarenpaa swings for the body but Hogan moves out of range.
Saarenpaa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hogan misses with a looping left.
A looping hook to the body misses from Saarenpaa. Hogan does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Saarenpaa.
Hogan moves out of range as Saarenpaa throws a body kick.
Saarenpaa misses with a body shot.
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!
Good exchange - Hogan coming out on top.
Saarenpaa scores with a body shot.
Saarenpaa takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hogan smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Saarenpaa connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hogan momentarily.
Hogan 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 lands with a hook. Hogan tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Hogan lands a really nice looking cross but Saarenpaa seems unphased.
Hogan connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Saarenpaa misses with an uppercut
and Hogan counters with a right hand to the body.
Hogan throws a big shot that misses.
Saarenpaa throws a right hand that misses
and Hogan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hogan misses with a hook. Saarenpaa ducked under it nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saarenpaa misses with a straight right.
Hogan throws a hook to the side of Saarenpaa's head but Saarenpaa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hogan clobbers Saarenpaa with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Hogan on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Saarenpaa. Saarenpaa obviously looking to wear him down.
Hogan misses with a looping left.
It looked like Saarenpaa wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Hogan lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Saarenpaa at a distance.
Saarenpaa throws a body kick that misses.
Saarenpaa closes the distance and clinches.
Saarenpaa trying to stall but Hogan improves his position.
Hogan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A hook to the body from Saarenpaa.
Saarenpaa lands an uppercut.
Saarenpaa tries to work over Hogan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hogan has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hogan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hogan tries to break free but Saarenpaa pushes him back against the cage.
Saarenpaa lands a body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hogan has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Saarenpaa lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hogan backwards.
Hogan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Saarenpaa scores a nice knee to the body.
Hogan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Saarenpaa is stalling here.
Saarenpaa cracks Hogan with a nice body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice elbow from Saarenpaa.
Hogan tries to circle away but Saarenpaa has him pinned against the cage.
Hogan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Saarenpaa motions for Hogan to come forward. Saarenpaa throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Saarenpaa.
Hogan paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Saarenpaa.
Saarenpaa tries to score with a low kick but Hogan moves his leg out of the way.
Hogan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A jab from Saarenpaa misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Mika Saarenpaa.
I think Saarenpaa has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mika Saarenpaa!
A very excited looking Mika Saarenpaa 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.
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