PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Daniko Montpoisante (ranked 2334 p4p, 1644 weight class) and Mengrire Krenakore (ranked 250 p4p, 185 weight class). Mengrire Krenakore told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Montpoisante
vs
Krenakore

173 cm
27
153
8 - 11 - 0

175 cm
25
157
8 - 6 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 8 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Daniko Montpoisante!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mengrire Krenakore!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Nard Betker and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Montpoisante tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Krenakore is able to avoid easily.
Montpoisante swings for the body but Krenakore moves out of range.
Mengrire Krenakore seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Krenakore takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Montpoisante throws a body shot but no joy.
Krenakore moves out of range of the body kick.
Krenakore scores with a crisp jab that stopped Montpoisante in his tracks.
Montpoisante steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Krenakore.
Montpoisante throws a sloppy head kick and Krenakore moves out of range easily.
A jab from Montpoisante does it's job there.
Montpoisante misses with a low kick.
Krenakore now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Krenakore. That snapped Montpoisante's head back.
Montpoisante lands a nice shot to the body.
Krenakore blocks a leg kick.
Krenakore rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Montpoisante moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Montpoisante pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Krenakore lands with a straight right. Montpoisante didn't see that one coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Krenakore lands a head shot.
Montpoisante avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Montpoisante has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Montpoisante digs a good body shot into Krenakore's ribs.
Krenakore connects with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Montpoisante. Krenakore does a little dance to reset his feet.
Montpoisante takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Krenakore looks to land a right hand but Montpoisante moved out of range.
Montpoisante is looking to wear down Krenakore with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Montpoisante swings and misses with a hook to the body.
It seemed like Krenakore was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Krenakore thows a left - swing and a miss!
Montpoisante has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Montpoisante there as he acknowledges the shot.
Krenakore tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Montpoisante was well out of range. Poor timing from Krenakore.
Montpoisante swings for the body but Krenakore moves out of range.
Krenakore looks to land a left hand but Montpoisante moved out of range nicely.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Montpoisante.
Montpoisante keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Krenakore.
Montpoisante tried to counter with a leg kick but Krenakore avoided it.
Montpoisante throws a front kick aimed at Krenakore's knee but Krenakore avoids it well.
Krenakore might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Krenakore rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Montpoisante moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Krenakore fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Krenakore throws an overhand right that lands on Montpoisante's shoulder, as Montpoisante tries to avoid the shot.
Krenakore throws a hook but Montpoisante blocks it.
Krenakore swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Montpoisante.
Montpoisante throws a low kick but it's checked well by Krenakore.
Montpoisante throws a leg kick that misses.
Montpoisante throws a push kick but Krenakore slaps the foot to one side.
Krenakore throws an overhand right that lands on Montpoisante's shoulder, as Montpoisante tries to avoid the shot.
Montpoisante throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Montpoisante throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Montpoisante bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Krenakore scores with a jab.
Krenakore throws a shot from downtown. Montpoisante moves away and avoids it.
Krenakore will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Montpoisante takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krenakore swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Krenakore misses with an uppercut.
Montpoisante half committed to a counter leg kick.
Montpoisante slips under a jab.
Krenakore cracks Montpoisante with an open hand slap.
Krenakore scores with a crisp jab that stopped Montpoisante in his tracks.
A head kick misses from Montpoisante.
Krenakore lands a nice hook to Montpoisante's body. Montpoisante takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Krenakore is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Montpoisante had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
An inside leg kick from Montpoisante misses.
Krenakore lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Montpoisante misses the shot to the body.
Krenakore fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Krenakore lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Montpoisante moves out of range as Krenakore strikes.
Montpoisante lands with a kick to the temple. Krenakore shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

It looks like Mengrire Krenakore has been cut.
Montpoisante misses with an uppercut. Krenakore saw that one coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Krenakore.
Krenakore bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Montpoisante's head backwards.
Montpoisante scores with a shot to the body.
Montpoisante turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Montpoisante finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Montpoisante wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Montpoisante throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Montpoisante.
Krenakore throws a hook but Montpoisante blocks it.
Krenakore swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Krenakore's coach down at Iron Sharpens Iron was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Krenakore's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Montpoisante connects with a jab.
Krenakore misses with a jab, cross combination.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Montpoisante is looking to score with low kicks.
Montpoisante wants to slow Krenakore down by chopping away at his legs.
Krenakore avoids the body shot from Montpoisante.
Krenakore connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Mengrire Krenakore dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mengrire Krenakore's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Montpoisante throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Montpoisante throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Montpoisante uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Krenakore.
Montpoisante uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Krenakore.
Montpoisante displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Krenakore throws out the jab.
Montpoisante throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Krenakore to counter with a crisp jab.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Krenakore, as that shot connected.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Montpoisante might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Montpoisante just misses with a punch to the body.
Montpoisante throws a leg kick
and Krenakore counters with a right hand to the body.
Montpoisante keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Krenakore.
Krenakore lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Montpoisante tries a low kick but Krenakore avoids it.
Krenakore misses with a body shot.
Krenakore lands with a nice body punch.
Krenakore looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Krenakore throws a good cross that connects.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body kick from Montpoisante.
Montpoisante buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Krenakore misses with a looping left.
Krenakore takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
A looping hook to the body misses from Krenakore. Montpoisante does a little dance to reset his feet.
Montpoisante is looking to slow Krenakore down with leg kicks.
A big left from Krenakore misses.
Montpoisante pivots, looking for a leg kick but Krenakore is out of range and Montpoisante settles back down.
Krenakore on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Krenakore just misses with a punch to the body.
Krenakore has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Montpoisante.
Montpoisante misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Krenakore.
Montpoisante wants to land a leg kick but Krenakore is out of range.
Krenakore lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Montpoisante backs up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Krenakore avoids the body shot from Montpoisante.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krenakore just misses with a punch to the body.
Krenakore on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Montpoisante lands a high kick!
Krenakore scores with a body shot.
Krenakore slips under a jab from Montpoisante.
Montpoisante connects with a leg kick.
Montpoisante thows a body kick. Krenakore tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Krenakore throws a big shot that misses.
Krenakore scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Montpoisante tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Krenakore avoids the body shot from Montpoisante.
Montpoisante throws a nice inside leg kick.
Montpoisante throws a body shot but no joy.
Krenakore throws out a counter right but Montpoisante avoids it with no problem.
Montpoisante looks to land a left hand but Krenakore moved out of range nicely.
Montpoisante looks to score with a jab to the body but Krenakore is just out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krenakore swings away with a body shot that misses
and Montpoisante counters with a head kick.
Montpoisante throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Montpoisante swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Krenakore misses the shot to the body.
Montpoisante looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Montpoisante misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Krenakore throws a jab when Montpoisante was well out of range.
Krenakore feints a jab promting Montpoisante to slip. Krenakore then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Montpoisante slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Krenakore misses with a shot to the body
and Montpoisante counters with a good low kick that Krenakore was not able to check.
Montpoisante throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Krenakore.
Krenakore takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Montpoisante takes a swing at Krenakore's ribcage but misses.
Krenakore with a nice cross.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A big left from Krenakore misses.
Montpoisante tried to counter with a leg kick but Krenakore avoided it.
Krenakore misses with a hook
and Montpoisante counters with a low kick, right behind Krenakore 's knee.
Montpoisante takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Montpoisante uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Krenakore.
Krenakore throws a right hand that misses
and Montpoisante counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Krenakore will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Krenakore throws a right hand that Montpoisante ducks under and follows up with a left that Montpoisante also avoids with ease.
Krenakore ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Montpoisante moves away.
A clash of legs there as Krenakore blocks the low kick.
Krenakore waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Montpoisante.
Montpoisante avoids the body shot from Krenakore.
Krenakore listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Montpoisante misses with a leg kick
and Krenakore counters with a lovely shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Krenakore takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A swing and a miss from Krenakore.
A little feinted left hand from Montpoisante on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Krenakore misses with a body shot.
Krenakore takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Daniko Montpoisante will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Mengrire Krenakore's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Krenakore throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Krenakore misses with a straight left.
Krenakore throws the left hand but Montpoisante avoids the punch easily.
Montpoisante throws a shot to the body.
Montpoisante displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Krenakore throws out the jab.
Krenakore looks to throw the jab but Montpoisante is out of range.
Krenakore doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Krenakore rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Montpoisante moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Montpoisante takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Krenakore slips a jab from Montpoisante.
Krenakore's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Krenakore misses the jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Krenakore pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Krenakore misses with a double jab.
Montpoisante just misses with a punch to the body.
Krenakore moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Krenakore swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab by Montpoisante.
Montpoisante jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Montpoisante uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Krenakore.
Krenakore just misses with a punch to the body.
Krenakore keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Krenakore slips a jab from Montpoisante.
Krenakore lands with a hook. Montpoisante tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Montpoisante.
Krenakore lands with a good body shot.
Krenakore swings for the body but Montpoisante moves out of range.
A nice leg kick from Montpoisante, right into the meat of the thigh.
Krenakore scores with the left hand. Montpoisante knows he should have avoided that one.
Krenakore is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Mengrire Krenakore seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Montpoisante misses the shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krenakore misses with a looping left.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
An inside leg kick from Montpoisante misses.
Krenakore clobbers Montpoisante with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A bone on bone clash there as Krenakore blocks the leg kick.
Montpoisante throws a push kick but Krenakore slaps the foot to one side.
Montpoisante tries to move into range but Krenakore moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Krenakore moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Krenakore missing with a left hand there. Montpoisante was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Montpoisante tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Krenakore was well out of range. Poor timing from Montpoisante.
Krenakore throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Krenakore lands a nice hook to Montpoisante's body. Montpoisante takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Montpoisante lands with a slapping head kick.
Krenakore misses with a hook
and Montpoisante counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Montpoisante bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Montpoisante ducks under a wild hook from Krenakore.
Montpoisante is looking to counter with a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Montpoisante ducks under a wild hook from Krenakore.
Montpoisante is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
A low kick lands for Montpoisante.
Krenakore throws a body punch but Montpoisante moves out of range.
Montpoisante dips to his left and cracks Krenakore with an uppercut!
Krenakore throws the left hand but Montpoisante avoids the punch easily.
Krenakore throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Montpoisante lands a jab to the head.
Montpoisante doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Montpoisante throws a leg kick that misses.
Montpoisante lands a nice leg kick that just misses Krenakore's sensitive parts.
Krenakore misses with a jab, cross combination.
Krenakore scores with a jab to the head.
Montpoisante throws a right hand that misses
and Krenakore counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Krenakore misses with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krenakore swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Montpoisante steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Krenakore.
Krenakore tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Montpoisante was well out of range. Poor timing from Krenakore.
Montpoisante tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Krenakore was well out of range. Poor timing from Montpoisante.
Montpoisante throws a wild body kick that Krenakore sees coming a mile off.
Montpoisante throws a shot to the body.
Montpoisante's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Krenakore connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Montpoisante scrambles back to his feet.
Montpoisante tries a head kick but it misses.
Montpoisante on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Montpoisante scores with a punch to the head.
Montpoisante throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sloppy strikes from Krenakore. Those never looked like landing.
A shot to the body from Krenakore misses
and Krenakore takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Montpoisante avoids the body shot from Krenakore.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Mengrire Krenakore.
Well Krenakore 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 28:30
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mengrire Krenakore!
A very excited looking Mengrire Krenakore made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.