PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mengrire Krenakore (ranked 404 p4p, 331 weight class) and Satoshi Ekaku (ranked 34 p4p, 29 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Krenakore
vs
Ekaku

175 cm
31
157
20 - 13 - 0

173 cm
32
147
18 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mengrire Krenakore!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Satoshi Ekaku!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Percy O'Donnell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krenakore throws a lazy uppercut
and Ekaku counters with a stiff right hand.
Krenakore scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Krenakore misses the body punch
and Ekaku counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Krenakore misses the shot to the body.
Ekaku slips a jab from Krenakore.
Ekaku avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ekaku fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ekaku tries to clinch up.
Ekaku takes one on the chin but seems OK.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ekaku keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ekaku takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Krenakore rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ekaku moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Krenakore lands with an uppercut that bounces Ekaku off the cage and back into range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Krenakore sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krenakore misses with an uppercut.
Krenakore ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ekaku moves away.
A cross from Ekaku lands.
Krenakore throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ekaku sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Krenakore throws a lazy uppercut
and Ekaku cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ekaku walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Krenakore checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Ekaku misses with a hook. Krenakore ducked under it nicely.
An attempted straight right counter from Krenakore misses the target.
Krenakore rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ekaku counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Krenakore looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Ekaku tried to score with a low kick but Krenakore checks it.
Krenakore appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Krenakore getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Krenakore throws a right and a left that Ekaku avoids nicely.
Krenakore throws a body punch but Ekaku moves out of range.
Krenakore throws a body punch but Ekaku moves out of range.
Ekaku uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Krenakore.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krenakore ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ekaku moves away.
Krenakore cracks a nice hook into Ekaku's ribs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ekaku lands with a nice body kick.
Ekaku scores with a leg kick.
Ekaku cracks Krenakore with a good jab.
Krenakore ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ekaku moves away.
Krenakore misses with an uppercut
and Ekaku counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Krenakore throws a hook to the side of Ekaku's head but Ekaku sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Krenakore lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Krenakore throws a body shot but no joy.
Mengrire Krenakore seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A leg kick checked by Krenakore.
Krenakore cracks Ekaku with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Krenakore ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ekaku moves away.
Krenakore throws a body shot but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krenakore throws a poor cross that misses
and Ekaku counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Krenakore looks to land a left hand but Ekaku moved out of range nicely.
Krenakore misses with a right hand
and Ekaku counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Krenakore misses with a shot to the body
and Ekaku counters with a slapping leg kick.
Krenakore misses with an uppercut
and Ekaku counters with a straight right hand.
Krenakore throws a lazy right hand but Ekaku sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Krenakore takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Ekaku throws a low kick but Krenakore moves out of range easily.
Krenakore throws a lazy right hand but Ekaku sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Krenakore dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Krenakore.
Ekaku ducks under a wild hook from Krenakore.
It seemed like Ekaku was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Ekaku takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Krenakore is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Krenakore dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ekaku throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Krenakore throws a right hand that misses
and Ekaku counters with a leg kick.
Krenakore misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ekaku stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Krenakore looks to land a left hand but Ekaku moved out of range nicely.
A jab from Krenakore finds it's way through Ekaku's defenses.
Krenakore throws a lazy uppercut
and Ekaku counters with a thumping low kick.
Krenakore is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ekaku.
Ekaku only half commits to the counter leg kick.
A jab from Krenakore misses.
Krenakore misses with a hook to the body
and Ekaku counters with a nice leg kick.
Krenakore throws a body shot but no joy.
Krenakore rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Ekaku to counter with a crisp jab.
Ekaku throws out a loose jab but Krenakore uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Mengrire Krenakore will probably get the nod.
That's time! Krenakore's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Krenakore misses with a body shot.

Ekaku gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ekaku misses with the head strike.
Krenakore is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ekaku struggles to land a body shot inside as Krenakore controls his hands.
Ekaku misses with a punch on the inside.
Ekaku lands a nice uppercut.
Ekaku controlling the action here for a moment.
Krenakore is leaning against Ekaku and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Krenakore is trying to break free.
Krenakore avoids the elbow strike from Ekaku, against the cage.
Ekaku throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

Krenakore breaks the clinch.
Krenakore throws a poor cross that misses
and Ekaku counters with a left to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ekaku throws out a powerful jab.
Krenakore throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Krenakore misses the body punch
and Ekaku counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A looping hook to the body misses from Krenakore. Ekaku does a little dance to reset his feet.
A nice side step and Ekaku releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Ekaku on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Ekaku has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Ekaku motions for Krenakore to come forward. Ekaku throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Nice defenses there by Ekaku.
Krenakore backing away here, and Ekaku unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Krenakore avoids the body shot from Ekaku.
Ekaku tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Krenakore was well out of range. Poor timing from Ekaku.
Krenakore is looking to counter punch.
Ekaku lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ekaku connects with a looping right hand.
Krenakore misses with a lunging right hand
and Ekaku counters with an outside leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ekaku.
Krenakore missing with a left hand there. Ekaku was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Krenakore backing away here, and Ekaku unleashes a leg kick that just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ekaku ducks under a wild hook from Krenakore.
Krenakore throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ekaku counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ekaku avoids the body shot from Krenakore.
Krenakore is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Krenakore jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ekaku slips a jab from Krenakore.
Krenakore lands a really nice looking cross but Ekaku seems unphased.
Krenakore takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Ekaku lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Krenakore misses with an uppercut
and Ekaku counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ekaku moves out of range of the strikes.
Ekaku moves out of range of the strikes.
Krenakore sets himself, and Ekaku steps forward looking for the clinch! Krenakore avoids it this time.
Krenakore just misses with a punch to the body.
Ekaku lands with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krenakore scores with a nice right hand.
Krenakore throws a combination that misses
and Ekaku counters with a nice uppercut.
Ekaku tests Krenakore's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ekaku throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Krenakore on the side of the head.
Ekaku blocks a jab.
Ekaku slips a straight right by Krenakore.
The fighters circling - Krenakore throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Krenakore takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ekaku with the inside leg kick.
Krenakore throws the left hand but Ekaku avoids the punch easily.
Ekaku walks into a jab.
Krenakore avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ekaku is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Krenakore misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ekaku.
Mengrire Krenakore is winning the standup battle so far.
Ekaku slips a jab from Krenakore.
Krenakore lands with a nice body punch.
A big left from Krenakore misses.
Ekaku throws a nice head kick!
Ekaku lands a lovely overhand right.
Ekaku uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Krenakore.
Ekaku looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Krenakore throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ekaku lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Ekaku scores with a kick to the midsection.
Ekaku cracks Krenakore with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Satoshi Ekaku showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Krenakore throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ekaku cracks Krenakore with a right hand to the side of the head.
Krenakore missing with a left hand there. Ekaku was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Good leg kick by Ekaku.
Krenakore throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ekaku counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nice shot by Ekaku.
Krenakore takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Nice straight punches there by Ekaku. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Ekaku.
Ekaku defending well as Krenakore loads up on a big left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Krenakore misses with an uppercut

and Ekaku counters by moving into the clinch.
Krenakore being controlled against the cage.

Krenakore breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ekaku with a nice calf kick.
Krenakore scores with a jab. Ekaku acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Krenakore misses with a double jab
and Ekaku counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Krenakore throws a lazy right hand but Ekaku sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A nice side step and Ekaku releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Krenakore just misses with a punch to the body.
Krenakore scores with a shot to the body.
Ekaku uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Krenakore.
Krenakore looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Krenakore throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Ekaku to counter with a crisp jab.
Krenakore slips a jab from Ekaku.
Ekaku throws a hook but Krenakore avoids it easily.
Ekaku keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Krenakore.
Krenakore missing with a left hand there. Ekaku was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krenakore misses with an uppercut
and Ekaku counters with a thumping low kick.
Ekaku takes a jab right on the kisser.
Ekaku avoids the body shot from Krenakore.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ekaku lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Ekaku lands a nice leg kick that just misses Krenakore's sensitive parts.
Krenakore misses with a wild body shot.
Krenakore scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Krenakore on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ekaku. Ekaku obviously looking to wear him down.
Ekaku stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Krenakore throws an off balance right hand
and Ekaku counters with a body kick.
Krenakore looks to land a right hand but Ekaku moved out of range.
Krenakore misses with a wild body shot.
Krenakore misses with a jab to the body
and Ekaku counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ekaku goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Krenakore misses the shot to the body.
Krenakore throws a series of punches but Ekaku moves out of range.
Krenakore throws a good cross that connects.

Ekaku clinches with his opponent.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ekaku.
Krenakore is looking to break free of the clinch but Ekaku has double underhooks.
Krenakore tries to circle away but Ekaku has him pinned against the cage.
Nice body punch from Ekaku - that landed with a thud.
Ekaku lands a shoulder strike.
Ekaku gets through Krenakore's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ekaku lands a shoulder strike.
Krenakore is trying to break the clinch but Ekaku has him pressed against the cage.
Krenakore blocking some punches.
Ekaku misses with the head strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee is keeping an eye on Ekaku - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Ekaku lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Satoshi Ekaku seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

Ekaku breaks the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Krenakore misses with the combination.
Ekaku tries to counter with a clinch but Krenakore shakes him off and moves away.
Krenakore gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Krenakore misses with an uppercut
letting Ekaku counter with a right hand.
Ekaku keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ekaku uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Krenakore.
Ekaku is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Krenakore moves forwards but Ekaku connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Krenakore misses with a right hand
and Ekaku counters with a lovely straight right hand!

And that's the end of the fight!
Satoshi Ekaku comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ekaku has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Satoshi Ekaku!
A relieved looking Satoshi Ekaku thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.