PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Hiroshi Ekaku (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Reinaldo Sousa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sousa is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by CabraMacho. Hiroshi Ekaku had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Ekaku
vs
Sousa

173 cm
19
153 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

175 cm
25
145 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Conviction
Lion Fightwear

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hiroshi Ekaku!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Reinaldo Sousa!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Reed Andrews and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ekaku takes a swing at Sousa's ribcage but misses.
Sousa goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Sousa takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Sousa misses with an attempted mid kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Sousa.
Sousa takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Sousa 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 Ekaku has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Ekaku and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Ekaku dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ekaku throws a hook but Sousa avoids it easily.

Ekaku lands a left and a right that send Sousa crashing to the mat, dazed. Ekaku thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Sousa is rocked!

It looks like Reinaldo Sousa has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sousa throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sousa is still on wobbly legs! Can Ekaku finish him?
Good exchange - Ekaku coming out on top.
We've been informed that Sousa has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
A jab from Ekaku does it's job there.
Sousa lands with a nice body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ekaku takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hiroshi Ekaku seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big left from Ekaku misses.
Sousa seems to have recovered his senses.
Sousa staying out of range there.
Sousa tried to score with a low kick but Ekaku checks it.
Ekaku keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Sousa turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ekaku swings for the body but Sousa moves out of range.
Sousa is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Sousa misses with a leg kick.
Nice jab there from Sousa.
Ekaku looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Sousa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ekaku.
Sousa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ekaku.
Sousa throws a push kick but Ekaku slaps the foot to one side.
Sousa staying out of range there.
Ekaku uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ekaku misses with a body shot.
And Sousa responds with a good body kick, but Ekaku manages to step out the way in time.
Sousa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sousa scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Sousa walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Ekaku checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A low kick from Sousa is predictable there
and Ekaku counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ekaku cracks a nice hook into Sousa's ribs.
Sousa ducks under a wild hook from Ekaku.
Sousa goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Ekaku connects with a nice looking jab.
Sousa steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ekaku.
Sousa defending well as Ekaku loads up on a big left hand.
Decent striking displayed by Ekaku there.
Sousa misses with a kick to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ekaku missing with a left hand there. Sousa was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ekaku throws a right and a left that Sousa avoids nicely.
Sousa is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Ekaku cracks Sousa with a right hand to the side of the head.
Ekaku misses with a hook
and Sousa counters with a nice body shot.
Ekaku defending well as Sousa loads up on a big left hand.
Ekaku swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ekaku slips a jab from Sousa.
Ekaku swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Ekaku misses with a hook.
Ekaku missing with a left hand there. Sousa was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sousa looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Sousa scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Ekaku lands a jab to the nose.
Ekaku misses with a wild combination.
Some bone on bone action there as Ekaku checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good exchange - Ekaku coming out on top.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sousa moves out of range of the strikes.
Ekaku misses with a hook.
A leg kick checked by Ekaku.
Ekaku has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Sousa.
Ekaku wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Ekaku throws a body shot but no joy.
Ekaku throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sousa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sousa throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ekaku avoids a kick to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sousa misses with a head kick.
Sloppy strikes from Ekaku. Those never looked like landing.
Ekaku just misses with a punch to the body.
And Sousa responds with a good body kick, but Ekaku manages to step out the way in time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hiroshi Ekaku dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Reinaldo Sousa's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Ekaku misses with a body shot.
Ekaku misses with a hook
and Sousa counters with a stiff right hand.
Sousa keeps Ekaku at a distance using the push kick.
Ekaku misses with a straight left.
Sousa moves out of range of the strikes.
Ekaku throws a right hand that Sousa ducks under and follows up with a left that Sousa also avoids with ease.

Ekaku instigates a clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Ekaku.
Ekaku is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sousa can do to turn this around?
Ekaku lands a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ekaku lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ekaku lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ekaku lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sousa backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ekaku lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sousa backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ekaku working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A left hand lands to the body for Ekaku.
A short uppercut from Ekaku.
Ekaku lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ekaku creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Ekaku scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ekaku scores with a shoulder strike.
Ekaku softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Hiroshi Ekaku has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ekaku lands a big right hand that drops Sousa! The killer instinct kicks in and Ekaku finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Ekaku!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hiroshi Ekaku!
Our winner, Hiroshi Ekaku, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.