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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kim Shaw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mika Saarenpaa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shaw comes to the cage accompanied by Silver Bullet - Bring Forth The Guillotine. 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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186 lbs
14 - 13 - 0 |
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170 lbs
30 - 15 - 1 |
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 welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kim Shaw!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
30 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mika Saarenpaa!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Chris Downing and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shaw wants to clinch.
Shaw closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Saarenpaa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Shaw tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Saarenpaa throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Shaws head.
Shaw tries a body shot but Saarenpaa blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Shaw fails to land.
Saarenpaa swings wildly with an uppercut but Shaw uses good head movement to avoid it.
Shaw throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Saarenpaas head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saarenpaa lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Saarenpaa misses with a punch on the inside.
Saarenpaa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Shaw lands with a left to the head.
Saarenpaa is trying to stall.
Saarenpaa misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saarenpaa misses with a body punch.
Saarenpaa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Saarenpaa working aggressively here.
Shaw misses with a punch to the body.
Shaw has a couple of punches blocked by Saarenpaa.
Saarenpaa scores with a shoulder strike.
Shaw misses with a punch to the body.
Shaw managing to block the knees to the body from Saarenpaa.
Shaw digs a right hand underneath Saarenpaa's ribcage. Saarenpaa let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Saarenpaa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Saarenpaa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Saarenpaa lands with a short shot to the head.
Saarenpaa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Shaw tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Shaw tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Saarenpaa's elbow.
Saarenpaa looking to stall.
Shaw tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Shaw goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Shaw pushes Saarenpaa back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Shaw doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Shaw.
Shaw fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Shaw lands with a left to the head.
Saarenpaa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Saarenpaa lands a right hand that snaps the head of Shaw backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shaw misses with the head strike.
Saarenpaa misses with the head strike.
Saarenpaa misses with some punches.
Saarenpaa working aggressively here.
Shaw swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Saarenpaa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Shaw tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Shaw is stalling here.
Saarenpaa makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Shaw fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Saarenpaa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Saarenpaa tries a body shot but Shaw blocks it.
Shaw can't find room to land a body shot as Saarenpaa controls the action.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Saarenpaa.
Saarenpaa misses with a punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shaw throws a punch but it's blocked by Saarenpaa.
Shaw throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Saarenpaas head.
Shaw throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Saarenpaas head.
Saarenpaa wants to stall.
Saarenpaa is trying to maintain a safe position but Shaw gets an underhook and turns Saarenpaa into the cage.
Shaw blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Shaw misses with a hook to the ribs.
Shaw stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Shaw lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A body shot lands from Shaw.
Saarenpaa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Shaw landing knees to the body.
Shaw lands with a right to the head.
Saarenpaa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Saarenpaa is working Shaw over against the cage.
Saarenpaa misses with a punch on the inside.
Shaw misses with a hook to the ribs.
Shaw lands with a short punch from the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Saarenpaa can't find room to land a body shot as Shaw controls the action.
A left hand lands to the body for Shaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saarenpaa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Shaw tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Saarenpaa's elbow.
Saarenpaa is working Shaw over against the cage.
Saarenpaa has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Shaw seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Saarenpaa can turn it around.
Shaw is struggling to control the position.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Saarenpaa.
A short right from Saarenpaa on the inside.
Shaw lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Saarenpaa or not.
Saarenpaa lands a right hand that snaps the head of Shaw backwards.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Shaw lands an elbow that stopped Saarenpaa in his tracks for a moment.
Saarenpaa lands with a right to the head.
Shaw with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Shaw misses with some punches.
Shaw blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Saarenpaa on the inside.
Shaw fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Shaw lands a body shot in the clinch.
Saarenpaa can't find room to land a body shot as Shaw controls the action.
Saarenpaa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Shaw lands a hook that snaps the head of Saarenpaa backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Kim Shaw will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Saarenpaa tests Shaw's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Saarenpaa throws an overhand right that lands on Shaw's shoulder, as Shaw tries to avoid the shot.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Saarenpaa 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 Shaw has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Shaw and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Saarenpaa throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Shaw counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Shaw instigates a clinch.
Shaw makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Shaw tries a body shot but Saarenpaa blocks it.
Shaw cracks Saarenpaa with a nice body shot.
Nice body punch from Shaw.
A short right from Shaw on the inside.
Shaw lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Saarenpaa or not.
Saarenpaa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Shaw's elbow.
A short left from Shaw.
Shaw lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Saarenpaa.
Shaw swings wildly with an uppercut but Saarenpaa uses good head movement to avoid it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Saarenpaa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Shaw lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shaw can't find room to land a body shot as Saarenpaa controls the action.
Shaw misses with a hook from the clinch.
Shaw lands with a right to the head.
Shaw lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A nice left hand lands by Shaw.
Shaw doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Shaw creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Shaw trying to land knees to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Saarenpaa.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Shaw takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Saarenpaa scores with a shot to the side of Shaw's head.
Shaw is rocked!
Saarenpaa works on Shaw's body with a couple of short punches.
Oh Shaw is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kim Shaw has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Saarenpaa lands a nice shot to the body.
Saarenpaa dips a shoulder and cracks Shaw with a mighty uppercut! Shaw falls back against the cage and Saarenpaa unloads with a barrage of strikes! Shaw is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Saarenpaa screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mika Saarenpaa!
Mika Saarenpaa 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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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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