PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Hakuin Ekaku Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sparky Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ekaku Jr comes to the cage accompanied by Jiu Jitsu. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Ekaku Jr
vs
Anderson

175 cm
27
165 lbs
17 - 7 - 0

173 cm
42
164 lbs
31 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

Venom Combat Sports

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hakuin Ekaku Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sparky Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Robert Douchet and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ekaku Jr looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Ekaku Jr checks a low kick from Anderson.
Ekaku Jr moves out of range as Anderson throws a body kick.
Ekaku Jr appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Anderson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Anderson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Ekaku Jr stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Ekaku Jr connects with a single shot there.
Anderson scores with a spinning back kick!
Ekaku Jr tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Anderson defends well and Ekaku Jr ends up having to push Anderson into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Ekaku Jr tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Anderson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Anderson misses the jab.
Anderson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ekaku Jr slips under a jab from Anderson.
Anderson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ekaku Jr was well out of range. Poor timing from Anderson.
Ekaku Jr tests Anderson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Ekaku Jr clinches with his opponent.
Ekaku Jr throws a head punch that misses.
Anderson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ekaku Jr or not.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Anderson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Anderson controlling the action here for a moment.
Ekaku Jr prevents a body shot from Anderson.
Anderson lands a right hand.
Ekaku Jr lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Anderson backwards.
Anderson misses with a punch on the inside.

Anderson manages to break the clinch.

Ekaku Jr forces Anderson back against the cage and clinches.
Anderson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Ekaku Jr fails to land.

Anderson breaks from the clinch.
Ekaku Jr waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Anderson.
Anderson replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Ekaku Jr blocks it well.
Nice defenses there by Ekaku Jr.
Ekaku Jr misses with a low kick.
Anderson looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Anderson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ekaku Jr misses with an attempted mid kick.
Anderson 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Anderson throws a push kick but Ekaku Jr slaps the foot to one side.
Ekaku Jr throws out a powerful jab.
Ekaku Jr swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Anderson raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Anderson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Anderson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ekaku Jr can pounce on him.
Good exchange - Ekaku Jr coming out on top.
Ekaku Jr doesn't manage to clinch there - Anderson circles away.
Anderson scores with a nice body kick.
Ekaku Jr misses with a takedown attempt - Anderson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Anderson misses with a body kick.
Ekaku Jr fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Anderson lands a nice hook to Ekaku Jr's body. Ekaku Jr takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Anderson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Hakuin Ekaku Jr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Anderson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ekaku Jr moves away.
Anderson leaves Ekaku Jr with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Anderson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hakuin Ekaku Jr. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson throws a looping overhand right but Ekaku Jr ducks down to avoid it.
Ekaku Jr misses with a kick to the body.
A slow jab from Anderson misses its intended target.
Anderson connects with a body shot.
Anderson throws a leg kick
and Ekaku Jr makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Ekaku Jr lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Anderson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ekaku Jr.
Anderson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Ekaku Jr shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Anderson defends it nicely.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ekaku Jr, right into the meat.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Anderson 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 Jr has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Ekaku Jr and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Ekaku Jr tries to counter with a takedown but Anderson is quick to defend against it.
Ekaku Jr lands an overhand right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Ekaku Jr.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ekaku Jr tries to clinch but Anderson moves out of range.
Nice takedown defense from Anderson. No joy for Ekaku Jr on that attempt.
Anderson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Anderson scores with a hook to the body. Ekaku Jr takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ekaku Jr looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Anderson is fending him off so far but Ekaku Jr persists. Nope, Anderson circles away and we're back to standing.
A left lands for Anderson.
Anderson throws a leg kick

and Ekaku Jr counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Anderson wants to get back to his feet but Ekaku Jr passes into half guard.

Ekaku Jr is trying to control. Anderson wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ekaku Jr is taking a breather. Anderson says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Anderson tries to get to full guard but Ekaku Jr has control of the leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Sparky Anderson will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Ekaku Jr avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Anderson misses with a body kick.
Ekaku Jr misses the body punch
and Anderson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A slapping leg kick lands for Anderson.
Ekaku Jr lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Anderson feints and then cracks Ekaku Jr's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ekaku Jr down.
Ekaku Jr dips to his left and cracks Anderson with an uppercut!
A cross from Ekaku Jr lands.
Good leg kick by Ekaku Jr there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Anderson with a nice cross.
Ekaku Jr lands with a shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ekaku Jr keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Anderson thows a leg kick but Ekaku Jr checks it

and Ekaku Jr counters by clinching up.
Anderson wants to get back to striking at distance but Ekaku Jr won't allow it.
Ekaku Jr wants to take the fight to the mat but Anderson manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Anderson prevents a body shot from Ekaku Jr.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Anderson.
Ekaku Jr digs a right hand into Anderson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Anderson's gas tank.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ekaku Jr throws a punch but it's blocked by Anderson.
Ekaku Jr is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Ekaku Jr scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Anderson is rocked!
Ekaku Jr creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Anderson's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Anderson drops to his knees and Ekaku Jr pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hakuin Ekaku Jr!
Post fight, Hakuin Ekaku Jr stared into the camera and said 'Thank you to my inspiration, my father, THE GREATEST EVER Hakuin "Zen" Ekaku.'.