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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kristof Pardi (ranked 1777 p4p, 1184 weight class) and Satoshi Ekaku (ranked 178 p4p, 118 weight class). Pardi comes to the cage accompanied by Party Boy Theme. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Excellent boxer
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World class MT
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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 14 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kristof Pardi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Satoshi Ekaku!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Richard Clark and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice shot lands for Pardi.
Pardi throws a hook but Ekaku blocks it.
Pardi rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ekaku counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Pardi misses with a hook
and Ekaku counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Ekaku slips a jab from Pardi.
Ekaku moves out of range as Pardi strikes.
It seemed like Ekaku was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Pardi rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ekaku cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Pardi takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Ekaku steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pardi.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Ekaku! But no joy.
Pardi scores with a jab. Ekaku acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Pardi looks to throw the jab but Ekaku is out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pardi connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Pardi swings widly with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Pardi ducks under a wild hook from Ekaku.
Pardi throws a looping overhand right but Ekaku ducks down to avoid it.
Ekaku throws a leg kick which misses Pardi's front leg but catches the back leg as Pardi tries to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Ekaku. Beautiful body shot.
Ekaku scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Pardi doesn't seem bothered though.
Pardi throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ekaku counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ekaku staying out of range there.
Pardi blocks a leg kick.
Ekaku throws a nice outside leg kick.
Pardi misses with a left hand
and Ekaku counters with a nice uppercut.
Kristof Pardi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ekaku.
Pardi misses the jab.
Pardi walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Ekaku throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pardi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A little feinted left hand from Pardi on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
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!
Pardi throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ekaku counters with a leg kick.
Good exchange - Pardi coming out on top.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Pardi misses.
Pardi misses with an uppercut
and Ekaku counters with a leg kick.
Pardi misses with an uppercut. Ekaku saw that one coming.
Ekaku flicks out a counter leg kick but Pardi steps away.
Ekaku takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Pardi is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
A swing and a miss from Pardi.
A nice side step and Ekaku releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Ekaku fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Pardi looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Pardi throws an overhand right that lands on Ekaku's shoulder, as Ekaku tries to avoid the shot.
Ekaku slips a straight right by Pardi.
Pardi throws a shot from downtown. Ekaku moves away and avoids it.
Ekaku looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Ekaku throws a low kick but it's checked well by Pardi.
Pardi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nice defenses there by Ekaku.
A little jabbing left from Ekaku on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Ekaku looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A little feinted left hand from Pardi on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Pardi throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ekaku counters with an inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ekaku connects with a crisp jab.
Pardi looks to throw the jab but Ekaku is out of range.
Ekaku looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Ekaku turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ekaku lands a nice looking body shot.
Pardi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pardi takes one to the chin there.
Pardi looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Pardi swings widly with a right hand
and Ekaku counters with an outside leg kick.
Pardi throws an off balance right hand
letting Ekaku counter with a right hand.
Pardi throws a poor cross that misses
and Pardi takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Pardi is rocked!
Ekaku slips under a jab.
Oh Pardi is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pardi lands a really nice looking cross but Ekaku seems unphased.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pardi throws a hook but Ekaku blocks it.
Ekaku looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Pardi seems to have got his legs back now.
Ekaku throws a body kick that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pardi throws a right hand that misses
and Ekaku counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Pardi misses with a straight right.
Ekaku slips a jab from Pardi.
Ekaku is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Pardi had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Ekaku throws a quick inside leg kick.
Ekaku slips under a jab.
Pardi throws a right hand that misses
and Ekaku counters with a thumping low kick.
A swing and a miss from Pardi.
Ekaku has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Ekaku tries to move into range but Pardi moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Pardi throws a big shot that misses.
Pardi looks to throw the jab but Ekaku is out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pardi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Pardi misses with a hook
and Ekaku counters with a good, hard body kick but Pardi shrugs it off.
Pardi is breathing heavily.
Pardi throws an off balance right hand
and Ekaku counters with a slapping leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Satoshi Ekaku dominated that round.
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 scores with a spinning back kick!
Pardi avoids a kick to the body.
It looked like Pardi wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Pardi misses with a looping right.
A jab lands there for Ekaku.
Ekaku moves out of range as Pardi strikes.
Ekaku ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Donk. Ekaku catches Pardi right on the button with a cross.
Ekaku misses with a hook.
Pardi swings widly with a right hand
and Ekaku counters with a good low kick that Pardi was not able to check.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pardi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ekaku only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Pardi misses with an uppercut
and Ekaku counters with an inside leg kick.
Ekaku throws a leg kick which misses Pardi's front leg but catches the back leg as Pardi tries to avoid it.
Ekaku tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pardi was well out of range. Poor timing from Ekaku.
Pardi misses the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pardi throws a poor cross that misses
and Ekaku counters with a stiff right hand.
Ekaku cracks Pardi with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Ekaku has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Pardi to stand back up!
Ekaku blocks a jab.
Pardi keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
It looked like Pardi wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Satoshi Ekaku seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pardi throws a big shot that misses.
Ekaku throws a jab when Pardi was well out of range.
Ekaku feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Pardi sprawling to the canvas! Pardi rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Ekaku finish him?!
Pardi is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
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!
Pardi misses with an uppercut
and Ekaku counters with a huge left! Pardi is in big trouble! He's backing up but Ekaku isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Pardi from any more damage. A dominating finish by Ekaku!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Satoshi Ekaku!
A very excited looking Satoshi Ekaku 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.
Kristof Pardi was interviewed post fight and said 'That was intense. REALLY intense. Well, not really intense. But pretty intense (https://youtu.be/OhbPPy4TuYI)'.
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