PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cenchrus Ekinato (ranked 4988 p4p, 2985 weight class) and Masaaki Shinsato (ranked 495 p4p, 340 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Ekinato
vs
Shinsato

185 cm
19
215
1 - 1 - 0

185 cm
18
214
0 - 0 - 0

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BANZAI COMBAT NUTRITION

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cenchrus Ekinato!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Masaaki Shinsato!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shigeki Sano and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ekinato lands a nice shot to the body.
Ekinato jabs Shinsato right on the nose. Shinsato blinks but takes it well.

It looks like Masaaki Shinsato has been cut.

Ekinato sends Shinsato crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Ekinato is motioning to the referee to let Shinsato up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Shinsato looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Ekinato is fending him off so far but Shinsato persists. Nope, Ekinato circles away and we're back to standing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Ekinato cracks Shinsato with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Ekinato has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Shinsato to stand back up!

Shinsato is rocked!

Ekinato cracks Shinsato with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Shinsato looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Ekinato finish him?
Shinsato is still on wobbly legs! Can Ekinato finish him?

That has opened up Masaaki Shinsato's cut even more.
Shinsato circles to his right, straight into a beautiful hook by Ekinato. Shinsato falls face first into the canvas - great knockout victory for Ekinato!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Cenchrus Ekinato!
Cenchrus Ekinato thanked the fans post fight for their support.