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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Leonardo Atunes (ranked 1049 p4p, 135 weight class) and Starling Silva (ranked 1576 p4p, 184 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 6 - 2, fighting out of New York, Leonardo Atunes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Starling Silva!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Ian Loll and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva slips a straight right by Atunes.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Silva checks a leg kick.
Atunes has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Atunes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silva is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Atunes wants to land a leg kick but Silva is out of range.
Atunes throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Silva counters with a nice body kick.
Silva throws a solid leg kick but Atunes takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Silva.
Atunes appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Atunes moves out of range of the body kick.
Atunes throws the left hand but Silva avoids the punch easily.
Silva connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Silva.
Atunes swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Silva has closed the distance and engaged Atunes in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva misses with an elbow over the top.
Atunes misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Come on Atunes - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Atunes's elbow.
Atunes lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Atunes blocks an elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Atunes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Atunes wants to break free but Silva has control.
Atunes wants to get back to striking at distance but Silva won't allow it.
Silva pushes Atunes back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silva lands a shoulder strike.
Atunes blocks an elbow strike.
Atunes lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Silva.
Atunes misses with a hook from the clinch.
Atunes breaks the clinch.
Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
Atunes lands with a hook. Silva tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Atunes throws an overhand right that lands on Silva's shoulder, as Silva tries to avoid the shot.
Silva avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Silva gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Atunes throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Atunes misses the jab.
It seemed like Silva was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Atunes ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Silva slips under a jab from Atunes.
Atunes waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Silva.
Atunes waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Silva.
Silva throws a nice head kick!
Silva connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Atunes throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Atunes connects with an inside leg kick.
Silva keeps Atunes at a distance using the push kick.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Atunes pushes him off.
Atunes with a nice cross.
Silva rushes Atunes and presses him up against the cage.
Atunes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A lazy body kick from Silva
and Atunes counters with a series of strikes. Silva will be more careful next time no doubt.
Atunes throws a nice outside leg kick.
Nice straight punches there by Atunes. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Atunes.
Atunes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Silva sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Atunes connects with a jab.
Leonardo Atunes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva misses with a wild body shot.
Nice straight punches there by Silva. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Silva.
Silva lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Atunes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Atunes scores with a hook to the body. Silva takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Silva takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Silva uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Atunes.
Silva throws a poor cross that misses
and Atunes counters with a straight right hand.
Atunes throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Silva fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Atunes.
Atunes throws a leg kick which misses Silva's front leg but catches the back leg as Silva tries to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Atunes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silva.
Silva turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Atunes cracks the inside of Silva's front leg.
Atunes comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A clash of legs there as Atunes blocks the low kick.
Silva ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Silva throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Silva throws a one two combo.
Atunes throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.
Atunes connects with an inside leg kick.
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Atunes throws a hook but Silva avoids it easily.
Silva looks to clinch
and Atunes counters with a leg kick.
Atunes throws a quick inside leg kick.
Atunes scores with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Leonardo Atunes dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Atunes swings for the body but Silva moves out of range.
Atunes 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.
Atunes pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Silva throws a nice outside leg kick.
Atunes looks to land a right hand but Silva moved out of range.
Atunes has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Atunes lands a nice leg kick that just misses Silva's sensitive parts.
Atunes dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Silva. That did some damage!
Nice uppercut lands for Silva. That snapped Atunes's head back.
Atunes misses the shot to the body.
Silva's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Atunes misses with a double jab.
Atunes lands with a nice body punch.
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!
Silva lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Jab, jab by Silva - just one landing.
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Silva steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Atunes. That one must have hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Silva.
Silva blocks a jab.
Silva misses with a kick to the body.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Silva.
Atunes just misses with a punch to the body.
Atunes gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Atunes throws a body shot but no joy.
Atunes throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Silva waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Atunes.
Silva explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Starling Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva scores with a nice head shot.
Silva bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Silva moves into range and connects with a jab.
Atunes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
Silva now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Nice body kick from Atunes.
Jab by Silva.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva checks a leg kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Silva! But no joy.
Silva slips a straight right by Atunes.
Silva with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Silva moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Silva misses with a wild body shot.
Atunes takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Silva avoids the body shot from Atunes.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Atunes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva throws a quick inside leg kick.
Good work by Silva as he checks the leg kick.
A big right from Atunes misses.
Atunes wants to slow Silva down by chopping away at his legs.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Atunes.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Atunes moves out of range easily.
Silva steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Atunes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva motions for Atunes to come forward. Silva throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Silva thumps Atunes with a low kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Atunes checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Silva moves out of range as Atunes strikes.
Atunes will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Atunes. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Atunes misses with a lunging right hand
and Silva counters with a three punch combo that has Atunes backing up. Atunes nods at Silva to acknowledge the strikes.
Silva scores with the left hand. Atunes knows he should have avoided that one.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Atunes.
Silva with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Atunes to score with a decent uppercut.
Silva keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Silva.
Silva dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Atunes looks to land a right hand but Silva moved out of range.
Atunes connects with a single shot there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva misses with a wild body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Atunes misses with a leg kick.
Silva throws a head kick but Atunes moves out of range.
Silva has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Silva connects with a looping right hand.
Atunes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Silva connects with a high kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Atunes.
Silva lands a high kick!
Silva buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Silva. Atunes shrugs it off though.
Atunes lands a leg kick that knocks Silva off balance momentarily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva looks to land a right hand but Atunes moved out of range.
Silva misses with a head kick.
Atunes checks the leg kick nicely there.
Atunes moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Starling Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Atunes looks to land a right hand but Silva moved out of range.
Atunes looks to throw a body kick
and Silva counters with a straight right hand.
A shot to the liver by Atunes. Beautiful body shot.
Silva throws a leg kick but Atunes sees it coming and moves out of range.
Atunes swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Atunes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
Silva moves out of range of the strikes.
Silva unleashes a big counter combination but Atunes bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Silva scores with a head kick.
Atunes changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Silva bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Silva slips under a jab.
Atunes misses with a body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Atunes manages to avoid it.
Atunes shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The crowd cheers as Silva lands an impressive looking overhand right. Atunes doesn't seem phased though.
Good exchange - Atunes coming out on top.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Atunes.
Silva looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Silva.
Atunes moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Atunes swings for the body but Silva moves out of range.
Atunes checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Silva looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Silva takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A left lands for Silva.
Silva lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Atunes ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Atunes scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Silva doesn't seem bothered though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Atunes cracks Silva with a right hand to the side of the head.
Atunes lands with a hook. Silva tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Atunes misses with a hook. Silva ducked under it nicely.
Starling Silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Atunes pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Atunes missing with a left hand there. Silva was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Silva lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Silva moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Silva blocks a jab.
Atunes takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Atunes blocks the body kick.
Silva looks to land a combination but Atunes avoids it well.
Atunes throwing a counter right hand but Silva manages to avoid it.
Atunes lands with a hook. Silva tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Atunes swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Atunes misses with a looping right.
Atunes misses with a jab, cross combination.
Atunes scores with a leg kick.
Atunes looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Atunes blocks a low kick nicely.
Atunes throws a shot from downtown. Silva moves away and avoids it.
Silva doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Atunes is looking to slow Silva down with leg kicks.
Silva bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Silva lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Silva misses with a double jab.
As Silva backs away, Atunes returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Silva tries to move into range but Atunes moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Atunes tries a low kick but Silva avoids it.
Atunes is looking to land body kicks.
Silva fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Atunes checks it well.
Atunes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Silva was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Atunes takes one on the button.
A slow jab from Atunes misses its intended target.
Silva throws out a counter right but Atunes avoids it with no problem.
Atunes stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Silva.
Atunes misses with a lunging right hand
and Silva counters with a series of strikes. Atunes will be more careful next time no doubt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Atunes feints and then cracks Silva's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Silva down.
Silva has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Atunes looks to land a left hand but Silva moved out of range nicely.
Silva will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Atunes fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Silva has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Atunes is looking to land body kicks.
Atunes misses with a hook to the body
and Silva counters with a leg kick.
Silva fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A good leg kick by Atunes.
Atunes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.
Silva misses with a low kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Atunes feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Atunes lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Atunes keeps the fight on the outside.
A slow jab from Atunes misses its intended target.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Leonardo Atunes.
I think Atunes 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 29:29
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
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