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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cenchrus Ekinato (ranked 749 p4p, 2276 weight class) and Summit Panda (ranked 95 p4p, 249 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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185 cm 23 215 7 - 1 - 0 |
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150 cm 24 220 8 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling Excellent boxer Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler Excellent MT Granite chin |
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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 7 - 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 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Summit Panda! The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, John Kavanagh and Alyssa Summers.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Panda takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Panda wants to clinch up but Ekinato keeps it at a distance. Ekinato throws the left hand but Panda avoids the punch easily.
Ekinato has closed the distance and engaged Panda in a clinch.
Ekinato lands a damaging elbow. Panda fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Panda tries to work over Ekinato's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Ekinato misses with a hook to the ribs.
Panda throws a head punch that misses. Panda blocks a body shot from Ekinato. Panda pushes Ekinato back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head. Panda misses with a short punch on the inside. Ekinato prevents a body shot from Panda. Panda fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ekinato lands an uppercut. Ekinato definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight. Ekinato lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. Ekinato goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ekinato lands a nice uppercut. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Panda fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ekinato scores with a hook to the body. Ekinato misses with a short punch on the inside. Ekinato softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Ekinato swings wildly with an uppercut but Panda uses good head movement to avoid it. A short uppercut from Ekinato. Ekinato blocking some punches.
Ekinato working aggressively here.
Still in the clinch, Ekinato scores with a nice short uppercut. Ekinato lands with a short head shot on the inside. Ekinato avoiding damage.
Panda swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ekinato fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Panda blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Panda misses with a short punch on the inside. Panda blocking some punches.
Ekinato's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button! A head punch on the inside from Panda fails to land. Panda misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Panda. Ekinato misses with some punches.
Panda tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Panda lands a body shot in the clinch.
Ekinato swings away with an uppercut that misses.
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! Panda misses with a short punch on the inside.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Ekinato trying to control the position but instead, Panda has worked for underhooks and has pushed Ekinato into the cage. Ekinato working aggressively here.
Ekinato misses with an elbow strike.
Ekinato lands on the inside with an uppercut. Ekinato lands a nice uppercut. Panda misses with the head strike.
Ekinato lands a body punch. Panda fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ekinato misses with a punch on the inside.
Ekinato lands an uppercut. Ekinato blocking some punches.
Panda lands a body punch in the clinch. Ekinato lands a body punch. Panda throws a punch but it's blocked by Ekinato. With the fighters clinched against the cage, Panda creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. Panda blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Panda doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ekinato. Panda lands a left hand.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. Ekinato goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Panda lands a shoulder strike. Ekinato throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. Panda prevents a body shot from Ekinato. Panda has a couple of punches blocked by Ekinato.
Ekinato can't find room to land a body shot as Panda controls the action.
Panda misses with a hook from the clinch. Panda lands with a right to the head. Ekinato swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ekinato misses with a punch on the inside.
Ekinato throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pandas head. Ekinato lands a nice uppercut. Panda swings wildly with an uppercut but Ekinato uses good head movement to avoid it. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Panda. Panda lands an uppercut. Ekinato throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Ekinato blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ekinato. Ekinato lands with a right to the head. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Ekinato swings wildly with an uppercut but Panda uses good head movement to avoid it. Panda has a couple of punches blocked by Ekinato.
 That's four minutes gone in the round. A nice right hand lands inside from Ekinato. Ekinato digs a right hand underneath Panda's ribcage. Panda let out a lung full of air as it connected. Ekinato misses with a hook from the clinch. Ekinato blocking some punches.
Ekinato blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Ekinato scores with a nice short uppercut. Ekinato tries to throw a body punch but Panda avoids it by throwing Ekinato back against the cage. Ekinato scores with an uppercut up the middle. Panda tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. A head punch on the inside from Panda fails to land. Panda misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ekinato. Ekinato is working Panda over against the cage. Ekinato tries to throw a body punch but Panda avoids it by throwing Ekinato back against the cage. Ekinato slows down the pace here.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Ekinato blocking some punches.
Panda blocks a body shot from Ekinato. A head punch on the inside from Ekinato fails to land. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Cenchrus Ekinato dominated that round. 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.
Ekinato loads up on a big right hand but Panda slips the punch. Panda wants to counter the offense by Ekinato and move into the clinch position. Ekinato lands a jab.
 It looks like Summit Panda has been cut. Ekinato is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Panda can do to turn this around?
Panda moves into the clinch. Ekinato with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ekinato tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Panda misses with the head strike.
Panda scores with a shot to the side of Ekinato's head. A short uppercut from Panda. Cenchrus Ekinato has scored more points in the clinch so far. Panda stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body. A head punch on the inside from Ekinato fails to land. Panda throws a head punch that misses. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ekinato. Ekinato blocks an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Ekinato scores with a nice short uppercut. Panda can't find room to land a body shot as Ekinato controls the action.
Ekinato looks to throw an elbow but misses. Panda blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Panda has a couple of punches blocked by Ekinato.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Ekinato working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. Ekinato tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Panda avoids it. Panda throws a head punch that misses. Panda working aggressively here.
Panda blocks a body shot from Ekinato. Panda scores with a shot to the side of Ekinato's head. Panda working aggressively here.
Panda swings wildly with an uppercut but Ekinato uses good head movement to avoid it. Panda throws a punch but it's blocked by Ekinato. Ekinato misses with a hook from the clinch. Ekinato blocks a body shot from Panda. Ekinato lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. Ekinato lands a hook to the side of the head. Ekinato lands on the inside with an uppercut. Ekinato softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Panda. A left hand lands to the body for Ekinato.
Panda is breathing heavily. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Panda takes an elbow to the forehead. Ekinato tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Panda's elbow. Panda working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Ekinato blocks a body shot from Panda. Panda letting Ekinato take a breather here. Panda fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Panda throws a punch but it's blocked by Ekinato. Panda prevents a body shot from Ekinato. Panda blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Ekinato misses with some punches.
Panda tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Ekinato blocking some punches.
Ekinato creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Panda's defenses. Ekinato working aggressively here.
Ekinato creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Panda's defenses. Ekinato swings wildly with an uppercut but Panda uses good head movement to avoid it. Ekinato lands a shoulder strike. Ekinato lands a nice elbow from the clinch. Panda has a couple of punches blocked by Ekinato.
Ekinato lands a damaging elbow. Ekinato lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Panda or not. A head punch on the inside from Panda fails to land.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. Ekinato landing knees to the body.
Ekinato lands a right hand that snaps the head of Panda backwards.
Ekinato drops Panda with a big knee straight up the middle! Panda is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
 Panda is rocked! Summit Panda seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Panda switches off momentarily and Ekinato cracks him with a monster right hand! Panda topples backwards and makes a semi conscious attempt to cover up, as Ekinato dives in to land one more shot, before the referee has time to call the fight. What a finish by Ekinato!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Cenchrus Ekinato! Cenchrus Ekinato seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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hype
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