PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Arturo Atunes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Dillinger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dillinger has chosen Listen!! as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Atunes
vs
Dillinger

185 cm
29
187 lbs
27 - 13 - 1

180 cm
29
195 lbs
15 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Arturo Atunes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, John Dillinger!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Phil Schofield and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Atunes jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dillinger. Atunes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Atunes tries to work over Dillinger's front leg with a kick but Dillinger checks it.
Dillinger ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Atunes moves away.
Dillinger throws out a loose jab but Atunes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Atunes thows a body kick. Dillinger tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Dillinger misses with a leg kick.
Dillinger throws a head kick but Atunes moves out of range.
Dillinger throws a nice looking combination but Atunes bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Dillinger tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Atunes is able to avoid easily.
Atunes uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Atunes swings away with a body shot that misses
and Dillinger counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Atunes thinking.
Dillinger ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Atunes moves away.
Atunes checks a leg kick.
Atunes throwing a counter right hand but Dillinger manages to avoid it.
A big right from Dillinger misses.
Atunes throws a body punch but Dillinger moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Atunes connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Dillinger takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Arturo Atunes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Atunes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dillinger shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Atunes appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Dillinger steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Atunes.
Dillinger slips a straight right by Atunes.
Atunes goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Dillinger misses with a straight left.
Atunes appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Atunes tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Atunes seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Dillinger uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Atunes.
A low kick from Dillinger is predictable there
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Dillinger tries to land a front kick but Atunes steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Atunes scores with a jab to the head.
Dillinger takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Atunes uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
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!
Dillinger misses with a body shot.
Atunes misses with an uppercut.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Dillinger has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Dillinger slips a jab from Atunes.
Dillinger uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Atunes.
Dillinger lands a nice looking kick to the body. Atunes takes a step back to recover.
Dillinger slips a jab from Atunes.
Dillinger is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dillinger explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Dillinger misses with a hook. Atunes ducked under it nicely.
Dillinger throws a hook to the side of Atunes's head but Atunes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dillinger walks forward, straight into a front kick from Atunes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Atunes.
Dillinger throws a front kick aimed at Atunes's knee but Atunes avoids it well.
Atunes wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Dillinger bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Dillinger looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Atunes!
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
You can see the frustration on Atunes's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Atunes manages to work his way to half guard, despite Dillinger's best efforts.
Atunes regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Dillinger.
Dillinger throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Atunes works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Dillinger's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dillinger preventing the sweep.
Dillinger being controlled here momentarily.
Dillinger postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Dillinger missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Dillinger's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Dillinger with a flurry of punches that miss.
Atunes is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Dillinger missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Dillinger with a nice head shot there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Arturo Atunes will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Atunes is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dillinger.
Dillinger throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dillinger slips a jab and a cross from Atunes.
Dillinger scores with a decent looking hook.
Dillinger bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Atunes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dillinger.
Dillinger throws a hook but Atunes avoids it easily.
Atunes thinks about countering with a head kick.
Atunes fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Dillinger checks it well.
Dillinger tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Atunes defends well and Dillinger ends up having to push Atunes into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Dillinger lands a right hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dillinger 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 throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Atunes ducks under a wild hook from Dillinger.
As Dillinger tries to get set, Atunes tries to push him back and clinch up but Dillinger manages to avoid the attempt.
That kick from Atunes tenderised Dillinger's leg. Dillinger is trying to keep his angry face on.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Atunes goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Dillinger fakes the leg kick and cracks Atunes in the body.
Dillinger takes a swing at Atunes's ribcage but misses.
Atunes chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Dillinger can pounce on him.
Dillinger throws a big shot that misses.
Atunes will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Atunes misses the shot to the body.
Arturo Atunes is winning the standup battle so far.
A big right from Atunes misses.
Dillinger is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Atunes swinging wildly here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Atunes. Dillinger does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd cheers as Dillinger lands an impressive looking overhand right. Atunes doesn't seem phased though.
Nice takedown defense from Atunes. No joy for Dillinger on that attempt.
Dillinger takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dillinger lands with a kick to the temple. Atunes shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
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!
Dillinger looks to land a left hand but Atunes moved out of range nicely.
Nice body punch from Dillinger.
Dillinger misses with a jab to the body
and Atunes counters with a good, hard body kick but Dillinger shrugs it off.
Dillinger looks to score with a jab to the body but Atunes is just out of range.
Atunes misses with a body shot.
Dillinger avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Atunes lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Atunes clobbers Dillinger with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Dillinger slips under a jab from Atunes.
Atunes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dillinger.
Dillinger misses with a body punch
and Atunes counters with a stiff right hand.
Dillinger uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Atunes.
A countering left hand to the body from Dillinger misses.
Dillinger is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Atunes rather than just go for the knockout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Atunes feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Dillinger sprawling to the canvas! Dillinger rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Atunes finish him?!

Dillinger is rocked!
Atunes throws a hook but Dillinger avoids it easily.
Dillinger is still on wobbly legs! Can Atunes finish him?
Dillinger dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Atunes. That did some damage!
Dillinger moves out of range of the strikes.
Atunes backing away here, and Dillinger unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Dillinger seems to have recovered his senses.
Atunes misses with a left hand
letting Dillinger counter with a right hand.
Dillinger displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Atunes throws out the jab.
Atunes connects with an inside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
An inside leg kick lands from Dillinger.
Atunes batters Dillinger with a massive right followed by a huge left! Dillinger is out on his feet looking like a zombie as Atunes lands a final crushing right hand to drop Dillinger to the mat with a gruesome thud! Atunes is running around like a mad man after that fight and for good reason!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Arturo Atunes!
Post fight, an emotional Arturo Atunes said 'Came for the big KO, you know me I hate decisions.Hopefully I have done lasting damage. Now I want Todd.'.