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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Arturo Atunes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jacques La Haine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). La Haine has chosen Cut Killer - Nique La Police as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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203 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
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World class MT
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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
20 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Arturo Atunes!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jacques La Haine!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Wagner Zegers and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Atunes tries to move into range but La Haine moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Atunes connects with a right hand. La Haine shakes it off.
Atunes looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
La Haine dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Atunes checks a leg kick nicely.
Jacques La Haine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
La Haine connects with an inside leg kick.
Atunes thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on La Haine if he has to take too many more of those.
Atunes tries a head kick but it misses.
La Haine throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Atunes scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Atunes swats away the attempt to clinch by La Haine.
La Haine checks a leg kick.
An inside leg kick from La Haine misses.
La Haine takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
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!
Atunes changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
La Haine checks a low kick from Atunes.
A slow jab from La Haine misses its intended target.
Atunes looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as La Haine checks a leg kick.
Atunes throws an overhand right that lands on La Haine's shoulder, as La Haine tries to avoid the shot.
A head kick misses from Atunes.
La Haine scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
La Haine scores with a nice strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Atunes fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and La Haine has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Atunes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from La Haine.
La Haine takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
La Haine avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
La Haine takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Atunes swats away the attempt to clinch by La Haine.
Nice body kick from La Haine.
Atunes throws a nice inside leg kick.
La Haine blocks the body kick.
La Haine tries to counter by closing the distance.
Atunes scores with the left hand. La Haine knows he should have avoided that one.
Atunes blocks the body kick.
And Atunes counters with a quick kick to the body but La Haine blocks it.
La Haine is looking to score with low kicks.
A leg kick checked by La Haine.
Atunes avoids the body shot from La Haine.
A nice leg kick lands there from Atunes.
Atunes takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Atunes looks to throw the jab but La Haine is out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Haine cracks the inside of Atunes's front leg.
La Haine blocks a leg kick.
Atunes misses with a straight left.
Atunes swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Atunes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Some bone on bone action there as La Haine checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Atunes misses with a low kick.
A cross from Atunes lands.
La Haine scores with a sloppy right hand. Atunes should have avoided that one.
Some wild striking there from La Haine.
La Haine works the jab nicely.
Atunes misses with a low kick.
La Haine does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
La Haine misses with a low kick.
La Haine scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
La Haine looks to land a left hand but Atunes moved out of range nicely.
Atunes throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Haine fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Atunes manages to avoid it.
Atunes fires out a quick counter leg kick but La Haine just manages to avoid it.
Atunes ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
La Haine misses with a hook. Atunes ducked under it nicely.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Atunes lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and La Haine has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from La Haine and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
La Haine doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
La Haine is looking to clinch but Atunes is avoiding it.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Atunes. La Haine shrugs it off though.
Atunes throws a leg kick but La Haine moved away.
Atunes shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
La Haine getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
La Haine explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
La Haine tests Atunes's chin there with a solid looking shot.
La Haine slips under a jab.
Atunes moves out of range as La Haine strikes.
Atunes looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
La Haine is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Atunes had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
La Haine throws a leg kick that misses.
Atunes lunges at La Haine with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by La Haine's hand.
La Haine has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Atunes connects with a body shot that sends La Haine's belly button to the back.
Atunes works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Atunes takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Atunes lands with a right hand.
A chopping leg kick lands by La Haine.
A slow jab from La Haine misses its intended target.
Atunes connects with a nice looking jab.
Atunes throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
And La Haine responds with a good body kick, but Atunes manages to step out the way in time.
Atunes takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Atunes takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Atunes ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Atunes walks into a jab.
Nice shot lands for Atunes.
La Haine lands a leg kick that knocks Atunes off balance momentarily.
Atunes throws a head kick but La Haine moves out of range.
La Haine gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
La Haine is rocked!
Atunes throws a wild body kick that La Haine sees coming a mile off.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Atunes misses with an attempted mid kick.
Atunes has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Atunes there as he acknowledges the shot.
La Haine throws a chopping leg kick but Atunes manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
La Haine avoids the body shot from Atunes.
Jab, jab by La Haine - just one landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arturo Atunes dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
A slapping leg kick lands for La Haine.
Atunes misses with a two punch combination.
Atunes throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
La Haine uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Atunes walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Atunes on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Atunes throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
La Haine throws a front kick aimed at Atunes's knee but Atunes avoids it well.
Atunes scores with a crisp jab that stopped La Haine in his tracks.
Atunes throws the kick towards the body but La Haine avoids it.
Atunes checks the leg kick.
La Haine goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Atunes moves into range and connects with a jab.
Atunes throws a leg kick but La Haine checks it.
La Haine scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Atunes waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract La Haine.
Atunes throws a half hearted mid kick.
La Haine appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
A jab lands there for La Haine.
Atunes scores with a nice body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
La Haine throws a looping overhand right but Atunes ducks down to avoid it.
La Haine slips under a jab from Atunes.
Atunes blocks a jab.
Atunes moves out of range as La Haine throws a body kick.
La Haine lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
La Haine is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Atunes.
La Haine looks to throw the jab but Atunes is out of range.
Atunes blocks a jab.
A good leg kick by Atunes.
Atunes looks for the body kick but La Haine saw that one coming.
Atunes moves out of range of the body kick from La Haine.
Atunes listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Atunes cracks the inside of La Haine's front leg.
Atunes looks to score with a jab to the body but La Haine is just out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by La Haine. That's going to slow Atunes down.
Atunes has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from La Haine.
Atunes throws a head kick but La Haine moves out of range.
La Haine only half commits to the counter leg kick.
La Haine misses with a kick to the body.
Atunes connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
La Haine scores with a shot to the body.
Atunes throws a body punch but La Haine moves out of range.
La Haine connects with a solid leg kick.
Atunes throws a looping overhand right but La Haine ducks down to avoid it.
La Haine connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Atunes's hands.
Atunes throws a leg kick that is checked
enabling La Haine to counter with a crisp jab.
La Haine moves out of range of the leg kick from Atunes.
Atunes tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Atunes looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
La Haine throws a right hand that misses
and Atunes makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
La Haine takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Atunes dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on La Haine. That did some damage!
La Haine fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Atunes has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
La Haine looking to land some kicks to the body here.
La Haine checks a leg kick.
La Haine only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Atunes misses the jab.
Atunes misses with a looping left.
Atunes misses with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Haine scores with a kick to the body.
La Haine fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Atunes is out of range.
La Haine with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Atunes throws the kick towards the body but La Haine avoids it.
La Haine misses with a hook.
Atunes fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Atunes comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Atunes blocks a jab.
Atunes misses with a looping right.
A chopping leg kick lands by Atunes.
Atunes staying out of range there.
La Haine's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Atunes ducks under a wild hook from La Haine.
It appears Atunes was looking to counter with a kick there.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by La Haine.
Atunes checks the leg kick nicely there.
Atunes looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Nice defenses there by La Haine.
Atunes throws a solid leg kick but La Haine takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Atunes.
Atunes looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Atunes. La Haine does a little dance to reset his feet.
La Haine attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Atunes tries to land a leg kick but La Haine saw it coming and moves away.
Atunes throws a front kick aimed at La Haine's knee but La Haine avoids it well.
La Haine dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Atunes. That did some damage!
Atunes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice defenses there by La Haine.
Atunes swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Atunes throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Atunes stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from La Haine.
La Haine pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
No joy there for Atunes, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Atunes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from La Haine.
Atunes defending well as La Haine loads up on a big left hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice defenses there by Atunes.
Atunes on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Nice shot by Atunes.
A bone on bone clash there as Atunes blocks the leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Arturo Atunes will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Atunes jabs at La Haine's body.
Atunes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Atunes avoids a kick to the body.
Atunes misses with a straight left.
Atunes lands a body shot.
La Haine is looking to chop away at Atunes's legs.
Atunes looks to score with a jab to the body but La Haine is just out of range.
Atunes slips under a jab.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! La Haine crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Atunes - the referee stops the clock and La Haine gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Atunes. La Haine manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Atunes goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Good leg kick by Atunes there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Atunes wants to land a leg kick but La Haine is out of range.
Atunes throws a solid leg kick but La Haine takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Atunes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La Haine is looking to score with low kicks.
Atunes chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before La Haine can pounce on him.
La Haine blocks the body kick.
La Haine finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Atunes misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Atunes lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
La Haine misses with a body kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by La Haine.
Atunes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but La Haine was well out of range. Poor timing from Atunes.
La Haine lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Atunes slips under a jab from La Haine.
A jab lands there for La Haine.
Atunes wants to slow La Haine down by chopping away at his legs.
Atunes scores with a sloppy right hand. La Haine should have avoided that one.
Atunes tries to score with a low kick but La Haine moves his leg out of the way.
Atunes wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
La Haine swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Atunes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but La Haine was well out of range. Poor timing from Atunes.
Arturo Atunes is winning the standup battle so far.
La Haine gets a clinch.
Atunes tries to throw a body punch but La Haine avoids it by throwing Atunes back against the cage.
Atunes looking to stall.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Atunes managing to block the knees to the body from La Haine.
Atunes lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of La Haine backwards.
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!
Atunes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
La Haine trying to control the position but instead, Atunes has worked for underhooks and has pushed La Haine into the cage.
La Haine prevents a body shot from Atunes.
La Haine throws an elbow but it misses.
Atunes breaks the clinch.
Atunes scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Atunes dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Atunes tries to score with a low kick but La Haine moves his leg out of the way.
Some bone on bone action there as Atunes checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
La Haine misses the shot to the body.
La Haine misses with a kick to the body
and Atunes connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Atunes throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Atunes looks for the body kick but La Haine saw that one coming.
Atunes connects with a body shot that sends La Haine's belly button to the back.
La Haine misses with an uppercut.
La Haine misses with a leg kick
and Atunes counters with a lovely shot to the body.
La Haine takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Atunes pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Atunes throws a low kick but La Haine avoids it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Atunes.
La Haine uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Atunes.
La Haine cracks Atunes with a right hand to the side of the head.
Atunes misses with a low kick as La Haine jumps back.
A clash of legs there as La Haine blocks the low kick.
La Haine looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Atunes looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
La Haine tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
La Haine missing with a left hand there. Atunes was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Atunes throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
It seemed like La Haine was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
La Haine moves out of range of the body kick from Atunes.
La Haine misses with a hook. Atunes ducked under it nicely.
La Haine throws a big shot that misses.
Atunes misses with a kick to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
La Haine takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
La Haine throws a quick inside leg kick.
Atunes connects with a solid 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!
La Haine gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Atunes.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from La Haine, right into the meat.
Atunes's jab looks to have found its range, popping La Haine under the eye.
A good leg kick by La Haine.
Atunes lands with a shot to the body.
La Haine looks to land a body kick but Atunes moved away.
Atunes thinks about countering with a body kick.
Atunes cracks the inside of La Haine's front leg.
Atunes is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that La Haine can do to turn this around?
La Haine lands a right hook to the body.
La Haine will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
La Haine cracks Atunes with a right hand to the side of the head.
La Haine scores with a jab to the body.
Atunes fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
You can see that La Haine has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
La Haine throws a leg kick which misses Atunes's front leg but catches the back leg as Atunes tries to avoid it.
La Haine swings away with a leg kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arturo Atunes clearly takes that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Atunes takes a jab right on the kisser.
La Haine misses with a head kick.
Atunes scoring well with a low kick there.
Atunes bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps La Haine's head backwards.
Atunes moves out of range as La Haine strikes.
La Haine tries to close the distance and clinch but Atunes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Atunes connects with a body shot.
Atunes tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A jab from La Haine misses.
Atunes lands a glancing blow to the side of La Haine's head.
Atunes throws a body punch but La Haine moves out of range.
Atunes bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of La Haine's head.
Atunes attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Atunes tries a low kick but La Haine avoids it.
Atunes lands a nice shot to the body.
La Haine motions for Atunes to come forward. La Haine throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
La Haine tries to bum rush Atunes with a series of wild strikes but Atunes uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
La Haine checks a low kick from Atunes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Atunes buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Good leg kick by Atunes there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Atunes swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
An inside leg kick from Atunes misses.
La Haine swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
La Haine tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Atunes uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from La Haine.
Atunes takes a swing at La Haine's ribcage but misses.
La Haine thows a left - swing and a miss!
Atunes jabs La Haine right on the nose. La Haine blinks but takes it well.
La Haine throws a looping overhand right but Atunes ducks down to avoid it.
La Haine misses with a leg kick.
La Haine takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
La Haine stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Atunes.
La Haine has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Atunes.
Atunes digs a good hook to La Haine's body.
La Haine moves out of range of the body kick from Atunes.
La Haine connects with a leg kick. Atunes looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from La Haine, right into the meat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Atunes connects with a crisp jab.
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!
Atunes uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
La Haine is still on wobbly legs! Can Atunes finish him?
La Haine misses with a body shot.
Atunes is looking to counter punch.
Atunes checks a leg kick nicely.
La Haine seems to have recovered his senses.
La Haine avoids a kick to the body.
Atunes looks to land a right hand but La Haine moved out of range.
Atunes swings away with a leg kick that misses.
La Haine scores with a hook.
Atunes throws a wild body kick that La Haine sees coming a mile off.
Atunes misses with a body punch
and La Haine counters with a nice low kick that buckles Atunes's knee momentarily.
La Haine connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Atunes's hands.
Atunes missing with a left hand there. La Haine was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Atunes tries to land a front kick but La Haine steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
La Haine throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Atunes throws a quick counter kick to the body but La Haine avoids it.
La Haine changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice defenses there by Atunes.
Atunes tries a head kick but it misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Atunes scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. La Haine doesn't seem bothered though.
La Haine ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Atunes moves away.
As La Haine backs away, Atunes returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
A solid leg kick lands there for La Haine.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Atunes.
La Haine connects with an inside leg kick.
La Haine does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Atunes misses with a double jab.
Atunes swings away with a leg kick that misses.
La Haine steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Atunes. That one must have hurt.
Atunes on the wrong end of a nice hook.
La Haine avoids the body shot from Atunes.
Both fighters circling a little - La Haine finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
La Haine connects with a body shot.
Atunes misses the shot to the body.
La Haine motions for Atunes to come forward. La Haine throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Atunes is looking to counter punch.
An inside leg kick from Atunes misses.
Atunes misses the jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
La Haine misses with a looping left.
It looked like Atunes was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from La Haine.
La Haine looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Atunes misses the shot to the body.
Atunes misses with a kick to the body.
Atunes goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Atunes cracks a nice hook into La Haine's ribs.
Atunes looks for the body kick but La Haine saw that one coming.
Atunes swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
La Haine connects with a solid leg kick.
A good leg kick by La Haine.
Atunes swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
La Haine fails in his attempt to clinch.
La Haine dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Atunes. That did some damage!
La Haine walks into a jab.
Atunes misses with a body kick.
Atunes has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from La Haine finds it's way round the side to connect with Atunes's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arturo Atunes had his way with Jacques La Haine in that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
La Haine checks a low kick from Atunes.
La Haine thuds his shin into the meat of Atunes's side.
Atunes misses with a low kick.
Atunes misses with a looping right.
A bone on bone clash there as La Haine blocks the leg kick.
La Haine on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Atunes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from La Haine.
La Haine fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Atunes has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Good shot there by Atunes.
La Haine on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A nice inside leg kick there by La Haine. That's going to slow Atunes down.
La Haine misses with an uppercut
and Atunes counters with a thumping low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La Haine sizes up Atunes with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
La Haine connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Atunes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but La Haine manages to avoid it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Atunes pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Atunes is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by La Haine.
La Haine throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Atunes moves out of range as La Haine strikes.
La Haine throws a body punch but Atunes moves out of range.
Atunes cracks the inside of La Haine's front leg.
La Haine thumps Atunes with a low kick.
Atunes throws a hook but La Haine blocks it.
Atunes loads up on a big right hand but La Haine slips the punch.
La Haine ducks under a wild hook from Atunes.
Atunes swings for the body but La Haine moves out of range.
La Haine looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
It looked like Atunes was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Atunes takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
La Haine tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Atunes is able to avoid easily.
Atunes lands a jab to La Haine's midsection.
Atunes throws a low kick but La Haine moves out of range easily.
La Haine throws an overhand right that lands on Atunes's shoulder, as Atunes tries to avoid the shot.
La Haine sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Atunes checks a low kick from La Haine.
Jacques La Haine has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Haine scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Atunes tries to score with a low kick but La Haine moves his leg out of the way.
A good leg kick by La Haine.
Atunes goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
La Haine swings away with a leg kick that misses.
La Haine throws a body kick that misses.
Atunes is looking to counter the offense by La Haine and move into the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Atunes's jab looks to have found its range, popping La Haine under the eye.
La Haine takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
La Haine throws a leg kick but Atunes sees it coming and checks it nicely.
La Haine moves out of range as Atunes throws a body kick.
Atunes moves away from the strike by La Haine.
La Haine avoids a punch combination nicely.
Atunes lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
La Haine throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Atunes punishes La Haine's body with a nice straight punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Haine looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
La Haine tries to score with a low kick but Atunes moves his leg out of the way.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Atunes.
Atunes lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Atunes stuns La Haine with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
La Haine has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Atunes.
La Haine is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
La Haine tries to land a front kick but Atunes steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
La Haine throws a jab when Atunes was well out of range.
Atunes throws a leg kick which misses La Haine's front leg but catches the back leg as La Haine tries to avoid it.
Arturo Atunes is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
La Haine scores with a kick to the midsection.
Atunes scoring well with a low kick there.
Atunes lands a high kick!
Decent striking displayed by La Haine there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
La Haine throws a lazy right hand but Atunes sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Atunes feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to La Haine's calf.
La Haine throws a leg kick
and Atunes counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Atunes throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
La Haine ducks right into an uppercut from Atunes.
Atunes throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Atunes connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A good leg kick by La Haine.
La Haine walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Atunes lands a leg kick that knocks La Haine off balance momentarily.
Atunes staying out of range there.
La Haine scores with a push kick.
Atunes blocks a head kick by La Haine.
Atunes moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Atunes turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
La Haine misses with a body kick.
La Haine walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice body kick from La Haine.
La Haine takes one to the side of the head.
Atunes slips a straight right by La Haine.
And that's the end of the fight!
Arturo Atunes showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Atunes, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 50:45
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 50:45
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arturo Atunes!
Arturo Atunes is the new middleweight champion!
Post fight, Arturo Atunes stared into the camera and said 'Relieved to get the belt back .Great to be here, love Amsterdam's ladies, thanks to everyone.'.
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