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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mengrire Krenakore (ranked 1298 p4p, 1468 weight class) and Patrick Mahomes (ranked 118 p4p, 129 weight class). Patrick Mahomes 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!
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Excellent boxer
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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 21 - 17 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mengrire Krenakore!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 15 - 2, fighting out of New York, Patrick Mahomes!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Sam Margolis and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krenakore missing with a left hand there. Mahomes was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A countering left hand to the body from Mahomes misses.
Mahomes gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Jab from Mahomes.
Mahomes thuds a left hand into Krenakore's body.
Krenakore moves forwards but Mahomes connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A low kick lands for Mahomes.
Mahomes lands a nice looking body kick.
Mahomes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Krenakore gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Mahomes misses with a head kick.
Krenakore swinging wildly here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Krenakore swinging wildly here.
Krenakore takes a swing at Mahomes's ribcage but misses.
Jab, jab by Krenakore - just one landing.
Krenakore throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mahomes looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Krenakore looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Mahomes moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mahomes moves out of range of the strikes.
Krenakore scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Mahomes doesn't seem bothered though.
Mahomes lands with a kick to the temple. Krenakore shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Mahomes misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Krenakore was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Mahomes tries to score with a low kick but Krenakore moves his leg out of the way.
Mahomes scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Mahomes misses with an uppercut. Krenakore saw that one coming.
Krenakore lands a jab-cross combination.
Krenakore slips a straight right by Mahomes.
As Mahomes looks to move away, Krenakore throws a big counter combo but Mahomes just gets out of the way.
A big left from Krenakore misses.
Mahomes takes a swing at Krenakore's ribcage but misses.
Mahomes tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Krenakore paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mahomes misses with a low kick.
Krenakore bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Krenakore waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mahomes.
Mahomes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Krenakore.
Krenakore takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Mahomes closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krenakore escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mahomes has closed the distance and engaged Krenakore in a clinch.
Mahomes keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Krenakore's efforts to push away.
Krenakore is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Krenakore is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Mahomes working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Mahomes misses with the head strike.
Mahomes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That kick from Mahomes tenderised Krenakore's leg. Krenakore is trying to keep his angry face on.
Krenakore throws a hook but Mahomes avoids it easily.
Mahomes gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Krenakore counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice defenses there by Mahomes.
Mahomes tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Krenakore checks the leg kick nicely there.
Krenakore throws a body shot but no joy.
Krenakore swings widly with a right hand
and Mahomes counters with a thumping low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krenakore dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Krenakore scores with a punch to the head.
Krenakore ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A shot to the liver by Krenakore. Beautiful body shot.
Mahomes fails to land with a series of punches.
Krenakore misses the shot to the body.
Mahomes tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Krenakore paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Krenakore with a hook.
Mahomes moves into range and connects with a jab.
Krenakore looks to land a right hand but Mahomes moved out of range.
Krenakore throws a body shot but no joy.
Krenakore uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mahomes.
Mahomes connects with an inside leg kick.
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!
Mahomes avoids the body shot from Krenakore.
As Krenakore backs off Mahomes throws a huge counter combo but Krenakore manages to avoid it all.
Krenakore swinging wildly here.
Krenakore takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krenakore tests Mahomes's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Mahomes misses with a body kick.
It looked like Krenakore was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Mahomes.
Mahomes lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Krenakore swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Good shot there by Mahomes.
Mahomes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Krenakore.
Mahomes misses with a jab, cross combination.
Krenakore takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Mahomes takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Mahomes throws a hook but Krenakore avoids it easily.
Krenakore is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Mahomes turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Mahomes throws the left hand but Krenakore avoids the punch easily.
Mahomes lands a head shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mahomes has taken the fight to the clinch.
Mahomes misses with a body punch.
Krenakore lands with a short shot to the head.
Krenakore prevents a body shot from Mahomes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Patrick Mahomes will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Mahomes connects with a body shot.
Krenakore tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mahomes was well out of range. Poor timing from Krenakore.
Krenakore's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Mahomes connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Krenakore scrambles back to his feet.
Mahomes getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Krenakore throws an off balance right hand
and Mahomes counters by clinching up.
Mahomes keeps control of Krenakore as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mahomes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Krenakore's elbow.
Krenakore blocks a body shot from Mahomes.
Mahomes is stalling here.
Mahomes manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Mahomes misses with a hook from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Krenakore breaks the clinch.
Mahomes throws a low kick, looking for Krenakore's leg but Krenakore calmly moves out of range.
Krenakore takes a swing at Mahomes's ribcage but misses.
Patrick Mahomes seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Krenakore swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Krenakore misses with a few strikes there.
Mahomes scores with a shot to the body.
Krenakore misses with an uppercut.
Krenakore throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mahomes connects with a right hand. Krenakore shakes it off.
Krenakore misses with a hook. Mahomes ducked under it nicely.
Krenakore has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Mahomes tries a head kick but it misses.
Mahomes gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Krenakore.
Krenakore misses the shot to the body.
Mahomes tries to close the distance and clinch up but Krenakore swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Krenakore is looking to counter punch.
Krenakore misses with a right hand
letting Mahomes counter with a right hand.
Krenakore uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mahomes.
An attempted straight right counter from Krenakore misses the target.
Mahomes avoids the body shot from Krenakore.
Mahomes misses the shot to the body.
As Mahomes looks to move away, Krenakore throws a big counter combo but Mahomes just gets out of the way.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Mahomes closes the distance and clinches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mahomes lands with a left to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mahomes tries to work over Krenakore's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A frustrated look appears on Krenakore's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Krenakore manages to break the clinch.
Krenakore throws the left hand but Mahomes avoids the punch easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Krenakore. Mahomes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mahomes appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Mahomes uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Krenakore has time to react.
Mahomes takes a swing at Krenakore's ribcage but misses.
Mahomes lands a head kick. Krenakore smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Mahomes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Krenakore manages to avoid it.
Mahomes throws a sloppy head kick and Krenakore moves out of range easily.
Mahomes throws a nice looking combination but Krenakore bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Krenakore swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Mahomes.
Mahomes takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Patrick Mahomes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Krenakore lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mahomes circles away quickly and effectively.
Mahomes looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Krenakore misses with a body shot
and Mahomes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Krenakore with a jab.
Krenakore steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mahomes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Mahomes.
Krenakore is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Mahomes scores with a jab. Krenakore acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Mahomes fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Krenakore on the side of the head.
A cross from Krenakore lands.
Krenakore digs a good hook to Mahomes's body.
Krenakore throws a body punch but Mahomes moves out of range.
Mahomes walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Mahomes throws a low kick, looking for Krenakore's leg but Krenakore calmly moves out of range.
Krenakore lands with a good body shot.
Krenakore throws a lazy right hand but Mahomes sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mahomes throws a head kick but Krenakore moves out of range.
Mahomes throws a series of punches but Krenakore avoids them all with ease.
Mahomes takes a swing at Krenakore's ribcage but misses.
Mahomes tries to land a leg kick but Krenakore saw it coming and moves away.
Krenakore avoids the body shot from Mahomes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Krenakore chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Mahomes can pounce on him.
Mahomes throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mahomes looks to land a body kick but Krenakore moved away.
Mahomes works the jab nicely.
Krenakore misses with the combination.
Krenakore misses with a hook
and Mahomes counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mahomes closes the distance and clinches.
Mahomes breaks from the clinch.
Nice defenses there by Mahomes.
Krenakore backing away here, and Mahomes unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Mahomes uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Krenakore.
Mahomes blocks a jab.
Krenakore lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Krenakore throws a body shot but no joy.
Krenakore with a nice cross.
Krenakore swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mahomes tests Krenakore's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Krenakore thows a left - swing and a miss!
Krenakore is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Patrick Mahomes will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Mahomes lands an overhand right.
Mahomes loads up on a big right hand but Krenakore slips the punch.
Krenakore throws a body shot but no joy.
Mahomes misses with an uppercut. Krenakore saw that one coming.
Krenakore uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mahomes.
Mahomes connects with a body shot that sends Krenakore's belly button to the back.
Jab from Mahomes.
Krenakore will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
It seemed like Mahomes was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Mahomes swings for the body but Krenakore moves out of range.
Krenakore misses with a looping right.
Krenakore looks to land a left hand but Mahomes moved out of range nicely.
Despite the aggression on Mahomes's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mahomes tries to close the distance and clinch but Krenakore swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Krenakore throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Krenakore throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Krenakore looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Krenakore is trying to break free.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mahomes cracks Krenakore with a nice body shot.
Mahomes tries a body shot but Krenakore blocks it.
Mahomes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mahomes can't find room to land a body shot as Krenakore controls the action.
Krenakore manages to break the clinch.
A swing and a miss from Mahomes.
An inside leg kick lands from Mahomes.
Krenakore scores with a nice strike.
Mahomes misses with a kick to the body.
Nice body punch from Mahomes.
Mahomes misses with a body shot.
Mahomes avoids the body shot from Krenakore.
Krenakore misses with an uppercut. Mahomes saw that one coming.
Nice shot by Mahomes.
Krenakore lands a right hook to the body.
Mahomes tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Krenakore paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mengrire Krenakore has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mahomes throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Krenakore stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Krenakore slips a straight right by Mahomes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mahomes throws a leg kick but Krenakore checks it.
Krenakore slips a jab and a cross from Mahomes.
Krenakore takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Krenakore moves out of range of the body kick.
Krenakore scores with a crisp jab that stopped Mahomes in his tracks.
Krenakore looks to score with a jab to the body but Mahomes is just out of range.
Mahomes scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Krenakore swings for the body but Mahomes moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Krenakore.
Mahomes scores with a jab.
Mahomes misses with an uppercut.
Mahomes tries to close the distance and clinch but Krenakore swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mahomes looks to throw the jab but Krenakore is out of range.
Krenakore lands with a hook. Mahomes tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Mahomes throws a head kick that misses.
Krenakore is looking to counter punch.
Krenakore lands with a right hand.
Mahomes moves away from the strike by Krenakore.
A decent looking cross lands there for Mahomes.
Krenakore just misses with a punch to the body.
Krenakore throws a right and a left that both miss.
Mahomes defending well as Krenakore loads up on a big left hand.
Mahomes scores with a jab to the jaw.
Mahomes blocks a jab.
Mahomes scores with a shot to the body.
Krenakore takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Krenakore misses with an uppercut
and Mahomes counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mahomes pushes Krenakore up against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Krenakore.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krenakore escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mahomes has closed the distance and engaged Krenakore in a clinch.
Mahomes struggles to land a body shot inside as Krenakore controls his hands.
Mahomes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mahomes connects with a body shot.
Krenakore comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Mahomes lands with a hook. Krenakore tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Mahomes lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Krenakore backs up against the cage.
Krenakore misses with a few strikes there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Krenakore. Mahomes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mahomes staying out of range there.
Nice body punch from Mahomes.
Mahomes throws a head kick that misses.
A head kick misses from Mahomes.
Krenakore fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mahomes manages to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mahomes thumps Krenakore with a low kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Patrick Mahomes comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Mahomes 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 28:30
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Patrick Mahomes!
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