PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mika Saarenpaa (ranked 730 p4p, 90 weight class) and Robin Yount (ranked 585 p4p, 74 weight class). Mika Saarenpaa has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Saarenpaa
vs
Yount

183 cm
40
170 lbs
42 - 19 - 2

195 cm
33
183 lbs
33 - 22 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Zenith Nutrition (160q/$200)

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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 42 - 19 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mika Saarenpaa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 33 - 22 - 1, fighting out of New York, Robin Yount!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saarenpaa lands a slapping body shot.
Saarenpaa throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Yount works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Yount keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yount connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Yount moves in looking to clinch but Saarenpaa pushes him off.
Yount thows a left - swing and a miss!
It looked like Saarenpaa wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Saarenpaa throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Yount rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Saarenpaa counters with a low kick, right behind Yount 's knee.
Yount fails with an attempt to clinch.
Saarenpaa throws a right and a left that both miss.
Saarenpaa throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Yount keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Saarenpaa.
Saarenpaa catches Yount with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Saarenpaa ducks right into an uppercut from Yount.

It looks like Mika Saarenpaa has been cut.
Yount is looking to slow Saarenpaa down with leg kicks.
Yount wants to clinch up but Saarenpaa keeps it at a distance.
A little feinted left hand from Saarenpaa on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Yount looks to land a left hand but Saarenpaa moved out of range nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saarenpaa throws an off balance right hand
and Yount counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Saarenpaa misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Saarenpaa is looking to land body kicks.
Yount looks to score with a jab to the body but Saarenpaa is just out of range.
Saarenpaa jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Yount looks to score with a jab to the body but Saarenpaa is just out of range.
Saarenpaa lands a nice looking kick to the body. Yount takes a step back to recover.
Yount looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Saarenpaa checks a low kick from Yount.
Saarenpaa throwing a counter right hand but Yount manages to avoid it.
Saarenpaa tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Saarenpaa looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That kick from Saarenpaa tenderised Yount's leg. Yount is trying to keep his angry face on.
Saarenpaa bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Yount's head backwards.
Yount scores with a jab. Saarenpaa acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Saarenpaa lands a jab.
Saarenpaa is looking to slow Yount down with leg kicks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yount tried to score with a low kick but Saarenpaa checks it.
Yount wants to clinch.
Yount throws a poor cross that misses
and Saarenpaa counters with a stiff right hand.
Yount is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Saarenpaa swings for the body but Yount moves out of range.
Saarenpaa thuds his shin into the meat of Yount's side.
Yount misses with an uppercut
and Saarenpaa cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Yount just misses with a punch to the body.

Yount closes the distance and pushes Saarenpaa back into the cage.
Saarenpaa misses with the head strike.
Saarenpaa blocks an elbow strike from Yount.
Yount pushes off an throws an elbow but Saarenpaa leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Yount pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Saarenpaa's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Yount throws a big shot that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saarenpaa slips a jab and a cross from Yount.
Yount will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Saarenpaa cracks Yount with a good jab.
Yount walks into a jab.
Saarenpaa looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Saarenpaa is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Yount looks to throw the jab but Saarenpaa is out of range.
Yount turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Saarenpaa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yount.
Saarenpaa lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Saarenpaa.
Saarenpaa misses with a body kick.
Yount throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yount throws a leg kick which misses Saarenpaa's front leg but catches the back leg as Saarenpaa tries to avoid it.
Saarenpaa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Yount throws out the jab.

Yount forces Saarenpaa back against the cage and clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saarenpaa throws a head punch that misses.
Yount with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Yount tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Saarenpaa's elbow.
Yount misses with a body punch.
Saarenpaa lands a left hand that snaps the head of Yount backwards.
Saarenpaa avoiding damage as Yount throws knees to the body.
A short right from Saarenpaa.
Yount lands an elbow inside that Saarenpaa shrugs off.
Saarenpaa pushes Yount back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Saarenpaa lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Saarenpaa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yount's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yount.
Yount is trying to maintain a safe position but Saarenpaa gets an underhook and turns Yount into the cage.
Saarenpaa lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Saarenpaa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Saarenpaa lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Saarenpaa works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Yount tries to land knees in the clinch but Saarenpaa avoids the damage to the body.
Saarenpaa lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mika Saarenpaa dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mika Saarenpaa's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Saarenpaa lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A jab from Yount misses.
Saarenpaa lands a high kick!
Yount takes one on the button.
Saarenpaa throws a nice inside leg kick.
Saarenpaa dodges the punch combination from Yount.
Saarenpaa was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Yount misses with an uppercut. Saarenpaa saw that one coming.
Nice defenses there by Yount.
Yount appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.

Yount gets a clinch.
Yount tries to work over Saarenpaa's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saarenpaa lands with a left to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Saarenpaa.
Yount looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Saarenpaa lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A left hand lands to the body for Yount.
Saarenpaa managing to block the knees to the body from Yount.
Saarenpaa wants to break free but Yount has control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Yount.
Yount missing with knees to the body.
Yount working aggressively here.
Yount tries to throw a body punch but Saarenpaa avoids it by throwing Yount back against the cage.
Saarenpaa lands with a left to the head.
Yount trying to land knees to the body.
Saarenpaa is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Yount is keeping busy.
Saarenpaa blocking some punches.
Yount blocks a body shot from Saarenpaa.
Saarenpaa working hard to break the clinch.
Saarenpaa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yount scores with a shoulder strike.
A short body shot lands from Saarenpaa as the two fighters clinch.
Yount has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Saarenpaa seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Yount can turn it around.
Saarenpaa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Yount goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Saarenpaa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Saarenpaa scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Saarenpaa lands a left hand that snaps the head of Yount backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saarenpaa scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A nice right hand lands inside from Saarenpaa.
Saarenpaa is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Yount can do to turn this around?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Saarenpaa lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Yount is rocked!
Mika Saarenpaa has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Yount lands a left hand that snaps the head of Saarenpaa backwards.
Yount is still on wobbly legs! Can Saarenpaa finish him?
A short right from Yount.
Yount seems to have recovered his senses.
Yount blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Saarenpaa.
Yount tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Saarenpaa avoids it.
Saarenpaa stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Saarenpaa.
Saarenpaa has a couple of punches blocked by Yount.
Saarenpaa lands a hook to the side of the head.
Saarenpaa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yount's elbow.
Saarenpaa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Saarenpaa dips a shoulder and cracks Yount with a mighty uppercut! Yount falls back against the cage and Saarenpaa unloads with a barrage of strikes! Yount 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 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mika Saarenpaa!
Mika Saarenpaa thanked the fans post fight for their support.