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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cenchrus Ekinato (ranked 2306 p4p, 1988 weight class) and Marko Petric (ranked 307 p4p, 276 weight class). Marko Petric will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
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Excellent MT
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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 3 - 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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marko Petric!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ekinato moves into range and clinches up with Petric.
Petric tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ekinato's elbow.
Petric pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ekinato has taken the fight to the clinch.
Petric can't find room to land a body shot as Ekinato controls the action.
Ekinato is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Petric is defending well for now.
Petric doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ekinato is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ekinato.
Petric scores with a shot to the side of Ekinato's head.
Ekinato swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Petric is leaning against Ekinato and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Ekinato scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Petric blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ekinato stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Petric struggles to land a body shot inside as Ekinato controls his hands.
Petric prevents a body shot from Ekinato.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Petric.
Ekinato tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ekinato misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ekinato definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Stalling in the clinch from Ekinato.
Ekinato blocks a body shot from Petric.
Petric works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Ekinato scores with a hook to the body.
Petric looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Ekinato leaning against his opponent.
Petric tries to throw a body punch but Ekinato avoids it by throwing Petric back against the cage.
A short right from Ekinato on the inside.
Ekinato lands a nice uppercut.
Petric misses with some punches.
Ekinato working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Petric struggles to land a body shot inside as Ekinato controls his hands.
Ekinato prevents a body shot from Petric.
Petric blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Petric blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ekinato lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Petric backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Petric.
Ekinato struggles to land a body shot inside as Petric controls his hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ekinato tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Petric's elbow.
Petric stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
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!
Petric swings wildly with an uppercut but Ekinato uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ekinato misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ekinato tries to throw a body punch but Petric avoids it by throwing Ekinato back against the cage.
Ekinato's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ekinato doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ekinato tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ekinato throws a head punch that misses.
Petric goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ekinato blocks a body shot from Petric.
Ekinato lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Petric misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ekinato softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ekinato misses with the head strike.
Ekinato working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Petric's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ekinato drives through and clinches with Petric against the cage.
Ekinato lands a nice uppercut.
Ekinato blocks a body shot from Petric.
Petric lands a left hand.
Ekinato is leaning against Petric and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Ekinato lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Petric or not.
Ekinato scores with a shoulder strike.
Ekinato misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Petric.
Petric on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Petric doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Petric blocks an uppercut.
Ekinato swings wildly with an uppercut but Petric uses good head movement to avoid it.
Petric tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ekinato's elbow.
Ekinato prevents a body shot from Petric.
Ekinato misses with a short punch on the inside.
Petric tries to throw a body punch but Ekinato avoids it by throwing Petric back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Petric blocks an uppercut.
Petric lands a left hand.
Ekinato scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Petric tries to throw a body punch but Ekinato avoids it by throwing Petric back against the cage.
Ekinato lands with a right to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ekinato.
Ekinato tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Petric avoids it.
Petric goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Petric tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Petric blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ekinato blocks a body shot from Petric.
Ekinato blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ekinato swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ekinato lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ekinato throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Ekinato fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ekinato fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Petric cracks Ekinato with a nice body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Cenchrus Ekinato dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Ekinato closes the distance looking to clinch
and Petric counters with a right hand to the body.
Cenchrus Ekinato seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ekinato wants to clinch
and Petric counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Ekinato thinking.
Ekinato gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Petric counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ekinato shoots in looking for a takedown. Petric tries to sprawl out of it but Ekinato keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Petric manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
A countering left hand to the body from Petric misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ekinato shoots in and gets a takedown into Petric's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ekinato missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Ekinato with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ekinato missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Ekinato throwing strikes from guard but Petric blocks nicely.
Petric is pulling down on Ekinato's head. It's preventing any offense from Ekinato, at least for the moment.
Ekinato throwing strikes from guard but Petric blocks nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ekinato missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Petric really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ekinato. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Petric working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Ekinato.
Ekinato pushes down on Petric's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Ekinato sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Petric defending well though.
Ekinato sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Petric defending well though.
Ekinato is nestled in close to Petric, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Petric is not content to let Ekinato control the position.
Ekinato throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Ekinato thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Petric's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ekinato throwing shots but Petric is blocking nicely.
Petric avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ekinato.
Ekinato missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ekinato lands with a punch from half guard.
Petric is refusing to be controlled, as Ekinato sits in half guard.
Ekinato is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Ekinato missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Ekinato thows a huge punch but Petric dodges it nicely.
Ekinato thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Petric can do anything to dispel that myth.
Ekinato is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Petric blocking the ground and pound attempt from Ekinato.
Ekinato wants to lay and pray for a moment but Petric keeps working.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Petric avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ekinato.
Ekinato works his way into full mount!
Ekinato looking to finish with strikes here!
Ekinato punching from mount but Petric doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Petric wants to hold on but Ekinato pushes him away.
Ekinato throwing strikes here but Petric is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Petric wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Ekinato.
Ekinato unloads with some shots from mount but Petric bucks and avoids them well.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Cenchrus Ekinato dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Ekinato closes the distance and pushes Petric back into the cage.
Marko Petric has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ekinato swings wildly with an uppercut but Petric uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ekinato swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cenchrus Ekinato has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Petric tries to break the clinch but Ekinato is controlling the position.
Petric working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ekinato tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Petric's elbow.
Petric tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Petric struggles to land a body shot inside as Ekinato controls his hands.
Ekinato lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ekinato blocks a body shot from Petric.
Ekinato tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Petric blocks an uppercut.
Ekinato lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ekinato lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Petric.
A head punch on the inside from Ekinato fails to land.
Ekinato is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Petric can do to turn this around?
Petric working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Petric blocks an uppercut.
Petric tries a body shot but Ekinato blocks it.
Ekinato lands a right hand that snaps the head of Petric backwards.
Petric misses with a punch to the body.
Ekinato lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Petric backwards.
Petric breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ekinato closes the distance and clinches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Petric.
Petric tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ekinato scores with a shot to the side of Petric's head.
Petric is rocked!
Ekinato working aggressively here.
Petric is still on wobbly legs! Can Ekinato finish him?
Ekinato blocks an uppercut.
Ekinato lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Petric backwards.
Ekinato creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Petric's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Petric drops to his knees and Ekinato pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cenchrus Ekinato!
A relieved looking Cenchrus Ekinato thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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