PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Eduardo Albina (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arturo Atunes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Eduardo Albina
vs
Atunes

192 cm
25
185 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

185 cm
17
200 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Carlos Eduardo Albina!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Arturo Atunes!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Alexandre Firmino and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Atunes throws a sloppy head kick and Albina moves out of range easily.
Albina doesn't manage to clinch there - Atunes circles away.
Atunes has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Albina is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Albina tries to clinch
and Atunes connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Albina has taken the fight to the clinch.

Atunes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Albina doesn't manage to clinch there - Atunes circles away.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Atunes - that will leave a mark!
Albina tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Atunes counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Albina darts in trying to clinch
and Atunes counters with a body kick that stops Albina in his tracks momentarily.
Albina is looking to clinch.
Atunes scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Atunes takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Albina tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Atunes counters with a head kick that drops Albina to the mat! Albina scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!

Albina is rocked!
Albina darts in trying to clinch
and Atunes counters with a slapping leg kick.
Oh Albina is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Albina darts in trying to clinch
and Atunes counters with a huge left! Albina is in big trouble! He's backing up but Atunes isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Albina from any more damage. A dominating finish by Atunes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Arturo Atunes!
Arturo Atunes is the new middleweight champion!