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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Satoshi Ekaku (ranked 545 p4p, 548 weight class) and Marcus Shakes (ranked 53 p4p, 54 weight class). Shakes is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by About the Money- T.I.. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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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 23 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Satoshi Ekaku!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marcus Shakes!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Percy O'Donnell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shakes throws a combination that misses
and Ekaku counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ekaku lands with a slapping head kick.
Ekaku misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ekaku avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ekaku went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Ekaku throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Shakes has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Shakes takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ekaku connects with a jab.
Shakes walks into a stiff left hand from Ekaku.
The fight stays on the outside here - Shakes looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ekaku throws an overhand right that lands on Shakes's shoulder, as Shakes tries to avoid the shot.
Ekaku takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Shakes misses with a right hand
and Ekaku makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Shakes tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Ekaku manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shakes tries to clinch up.
Marcus Shakes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shakes tries to clinch but Ekaku moves away
and Ekaku counters with a right hand to the body.
Shakes tries to clinch but Ekaku moves out of range.
Ekaku circles away from the clinch attempt.
Shakes moves into the clinch successfully.
Shakes lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Shakes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ekaku is defending well for now.
Shakes pushes Ekaku back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Shakes has Ekaku pressed against the cage, preventing Ekaku from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Shakes has a couple of punches blocked by Ekaku.
Ekaku is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Shakes misses with a knee to the head.
Ekaku's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ekaku scores with a jab to the head.
Shakes tries to clinch but Ekaku moves out of range.
Ekaku throws a nice inside leg kick.
Shakes tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Ekaku counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shakes tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ekaku swats him away and circles back towards the center.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shakes closes the distance and pushes Ekaku back into the cage.
Ekaku pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Shakes wants to clinch
and Ekaku counters with a three punch combo that has Shakes backing up. Shakes nods at Ekaku to acknowledge the strikes.
Ekaku avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Shakes is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Shakes just misses with a punch to the body.
Shakes wants to clinch up but Ekaku keeps it at a distance.
Shakes drives through and clinches with Ekaku against the cage.
Ekaku manages to break the clinch.
Ekaku pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Shakes moves into the clinch.
Shakes misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ekaku fails to pull guard.
A left hand lands to the body for Shakes.
Shakes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ekaku is trying to pull guard but Shakes has him pressed against the cage.
Shakes lands a nice uppercut.
Ekaku breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Shakes is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ekaku scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Shakes stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Shakes gets a clinch.
Ekaku pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Good leg kick by Ekaku.
Shakes doesn't manage to clinch there - Ekaku circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Shakes looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shakes closes the distance looking to clinch
and Ekaku cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Shakes is looking to clinch but Ekaku is avoiding it.
Shakes tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ekaku paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shakes takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Shakes tries to clinch up but Ekaku circles away and keeps his distance.
Ekaku connects with a solid leg kick.
Shakes tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Ekaku counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Shakes doesn't manage to clinch there - Ekaku circles away.
Shakes misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Shakes swings widly with a right hand
and Ekaku counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
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.
Shakes instigates a clinch.
Ekaku tries to break the clinch but Shakes is controlling the position.
I was talking to Ekaku's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Ekaku tries to pull guard but Shakes holds him up against the cage and eventually Ekaku drops back down to his feet.
Ekaku is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Shakes can do to turn this around?
Shakes misses with some punches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Shakes.
Shakes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ekaku manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Ekaku working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Shakes doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Shakes manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Ekaku looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ekaku looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Ekaku working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Shakes doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Shakes manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ekaku looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Ekaku has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Shakes is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Ekaku.
Ekaku tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shakes decides to stand back up. Shakes steps back and let's Ekaku get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Shakes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ekaku.
Shakes throws out a counter right but Ekaku avoids it with no problem.
The fight stays on the outside here - Shakes looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A nice leg kick from Ekaku, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ekaku lands with a good body shot.
Shakes tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ekaku paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Shakes wants to clinch up but Ekaku keeps it at a distance.
Shakes tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ekaku swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ekaku throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Shakes missing with a left hand there. Ekaku was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shakes moves into the clinch successfully.
Shakes misses with a punch on the inside.
Shakes lands a shot to the body.
Ekaku pulls guard.
Shakes stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ekaku swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Ekaku has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Shakes has passed into side control.
Ekaku is looking for a sweep.
Ekaku is working hard here to advance position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shakes decides to stand back up.
Shakes wants to clinch.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Shakes moves into the clinch successfully.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Marcus Shakes will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Ekaku keeps the fight on the outside.
Shakes tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Ekaku connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Shakes tries to close the distance and clinch but Ekaku swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
It looked like Ekaku was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Shakes.
Shakes tries to clinch up.
A punch lands to the side of Shakes 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Shakes tries to clinch up but Ekaku circles away and keeps his distance.
An attempted straight right counter from Ekaku misses the target.
Shakes throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ekaku stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Ekaku with a jab.
Shakes ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shakes fails with an attempt to clinch.
Satoshi Ekaku is winning the standup battle so far.
Shakes tries to clinch up but Ekaku circles away and keeps his distance.
Shakes cracks Ekaku with a good jab.
Shakes throws an off balance right hand
and Ekaku counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Shakes thinking.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ekaku circles away from the clinch attempt.
Shakes tries to clinch up.
Shakes tries to close the distance and clinch but Ekaku swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Shakes takes a jab right on the kisser.
Shakes throws a hook but Ekaku avoids it easily.
Shakes clinches up with Ekaku and pushes him back against the cage.
Shakes working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Still in the clinch, Shakes scores with a nice short uppercut.
Shakes lands a damaging elbow.
Ekaku breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Shakes tries to clinch up.
Ekaku looks to throw the jab but Shakes is out of range.
Shakes takes the fight into the clinch.
Shakes throws a knee to the head but misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Shakes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ekaku breaks the clinch.
Ekaku keeps the fight on the outside.
Ekaku throws a big counter combination but Shakes scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Shakes tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ekaku swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Shakes closes the distance and clinches.
Shakes lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ekaku escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Shakes slips a jab from Ekaku.
Ekaku scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Satoshi Ekaku is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Shakes tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Ekaku manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Shakes closes the distance but Ekaku moves to the side
and Ekaku counters with a straight right hand.
Shakes tries to clinch there but Ekaku circles away.
Shakes tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ekaku swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Shakes gets a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ekaku is trying to pull guard but Shakes has him pressed against the cage.
Marcus Shakes seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Shakes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Still in the clinch, Shakes scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ekaku's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Shakes tries to close the distance and clinch but Ekaku swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Shakes tries to clinch but Ekaku moves away
and Ekaku counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Shakes tries to clinch up.
Shakes fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ekaku circles away from the clinch attempt
and Ekaku counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Shakes fails with an attempt to clinch.
An attempted straight right counter from Ekaku misses the target.
Ekaku is looking to slow Shakes down with leg kicks.
Ekaku swats away the attempt to clinch by Shakes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shakes doesn't manage to clinch there - Ekaku circles away.
Ekaku misses with a body shot
letting Shakes counter with a right hand.
Shakes tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Ekaku counters with an inside leg kick.
Shakes is looking to clinch but Ekaku is avoiding it.
Ekaku swats away the attempt to clinch by Shakes.
Shakes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ekaku.
Ekaku circles away from the clinch attempt
and Ekaku counters with a head kick. That will keep Shakes thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ekaku scores with a leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Satoshi Ekaku showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Ekaku has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Satoshi Ekaku!
A victorious Satoshi Ekaku thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
Marcus Shakes was interviewed post fight and said 'Maybe its time to hang it up and coach'.
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