PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sud Saming (ranked 694 p4p, 90 weight class) and Leonardo Atunes (ranked 685 p4p, 89 weight class). Saming comes to the cage accompanied by Enter the Tiger. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Saming
vs
Atunes

183 cm
38
176 lbs
34 - 18 - 1

180 cm
31
180 lbs
19 - 6 - 3

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Urban Fighter
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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 34 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sud Saming!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 6 - 3, fighting out of New York, Leonardo Atunes!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saming keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Saming ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Atunes moves away.
Atunes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Saming.
Atunes just misses with a punch to the body.
Saming slips a straight right by Atunes.
Good work by Saming as he checks the leg kick.
Saming looks to score with a jab to the body but Atunes is just out of range.
Saming looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Saming bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Atunes lands a jab to Saming's midsection.
Atunes throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Saming on the side of the head.
Saming throws out a loose jab but Atunes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Saming throws a jab when Atunes was well out of range.
Saming's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Atunes connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Saming scrambles back to his feet.
Atunes slips under a jab.
Atunes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Saming.
Saming takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Saming misses with a looping right.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Atunes moves away from the strike by Saming.
Atunes stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saming throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Saming throws a right hand that misses
and Atunes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Saming loads up on a big right hand but Atunes slips the punch.
Atunes slips a straight right by Saming.
Atunes throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Saming stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Saming is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Atunes.
Atunes connects with a single shot there.
Atunes swings widly with a right hand
and Saming counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Saming waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Atunes.
Saming takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Saming thows a left - swing and a miss!
Saming tries a low kick but Atunes avoids it.
Saming misses with a straight left.
Atunes lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Saming takes a jab right on the kisser.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Atunes chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Atunes takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Saming misses.
Saming throws a lazy uppercut
and Atunes makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Atunes, right into the meat.
A telegraphed right hand from Saming misses the target.
Saming takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
A chopping leg kick lands by Atunes.
Atunes connects with an inside leg kick.
Saming uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Atunes.
Atunes darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Saming is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Saming keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Atunes takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Leonardo Atunes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice defenses there by Atunes.
Atunes scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Saming doesn't seem bothered though.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Saming, as that shot connected.
Atunes just misses with a punch to the body.
Saming swings widly with a right hand
and Atunes counters with a low kick, right behind Saming 's knee.
Saming waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Atunes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Atunes throws a sloppy head kick and Saming moves out of range easily.
Saming throws a hook to the side of Atunes's head but Atunes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Saming throws a jab when Atunes was well out of range.
Nice cross by Atunes.
Saming looks to score with a jab to the body but Atunes is just out of range.
Atunes misses with a series of wild punches.
Saming fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Saming throws a looping overhand right but Atunes ducks down to avoid it.
Atunes connects with a body shot that sends Saming's belly button to the back.
Atunes lands an overhand right.
Saming ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Atunes moves away.
An inside leg kick from Atunes misses.
Atunes lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Saming moves away from the strike by Atunes.
Saming takes one to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Saming missing with a left hand there. Atunes was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Atunes with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Saming to score with a decent uppercut.
Atunes misses the shot to the body.
Saming is looking to score with low kicks.
Atunes slips under a jab.
Atunes doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Saming slips under a jab from Atunes.
Atunes swings for the body but Saming moves out of range.
Saming throws a hook but Atunes blocks it.
Saming misses the shot to the body.
Atunes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Saming throws out the jab.
Atunes slips a jab from Saming.
Saming pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Atunes - that will leave a mark!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Saming lands with a cross.
Atunes lands with an overhand left.
A nice leg kick lands there from Atunes.
Atunes throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Saming connects with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leonardo Atunes 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.

Atunes throws a body shot but no joy.
It looked like Saming wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Saming misses with a lunging right hand
and Atunes counters with a slapping leg kick.
Saming takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Atunes slips a straight right by Saming.
Atunes throws an overhand right that lands on Saming's shoulder, as Saming tries to avoid the shot.
Atunes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Saming takes one to the chin there.
Leonardo Atunes seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Atunes connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Saming momentarily.
Atunes takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Saming checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Saming displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Atunes misses with a hook
enabling Saming to counter with a crisp jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Atunes misses with a body shot.
Saming moves away from the strike by Atunes.
Atunes moves away from the strike by Saming.
Atunes listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Saming is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A jab from Saming misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saming throws a nice inside leg kick.
Atunes lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Saming misses with a jab, cross combination.
Atunes stuns Saming with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Saming swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Saming looks to score with a jab to the body but Atunes is just out of range.
Atunes slips a straight right by Saming.
Atunes misses with a body shot.
Saming defending well as Atunes loads up on a big left hand.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Atunes, right into the meat.
Atunes with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Saming thows a left - swing and a miss!
Atunes with a jab.
Atunes cracks a nice hook into Saming's ribs.
Atunes missing with a left hand there. Saming was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Saming avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Saming throws the left hand but Atunes avoids the punch easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saming throws the left hand but Atunes avoids the punch easily.
Atunes throws a hook to the side of Saming's head but Saming sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Saming swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Atunes looks to score with a jab to the body but Saming is just out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Saming misses the target.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Saming might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Atunes lands with a good body shot.
Saming throws out a loose jab but Atunes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Saming bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Saming throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Good exchange - Atunes coming out on top.
A slow jab from Saming misses its intended target.
Atunes connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Saming's hands.
Saming lands a nice shot to the body.
Atunes takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Atunes tries to bum rush Saming with a series of wild strikes but Saming uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Atunes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Saming looks to land a left hand but Atunes moved out of range nicely.
A little jabbing left from Atunes on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Atunes throws a wild body kick that Saming sees coming a mile off.
Atunes steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Saming.
Saming walks into a stiff left hand from Atunes.
Saming looks to land a right hand but Atunes moved out of range.
Atunes slips a jab from Saming.
Atunes throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Saming throwing a counter right hand but Atunes manages to avoid it.
Saming throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Atunes throws a hook to the side of Saming's head but Saming sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Saming checks a leg kick nicely.
Atunes slips a straight right by Saming.
Atunes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Saming manages to avoid it.
Saming throws out a loose jab but Atunes uses good head movement to avoid it.
A combination from Atunes does no damage.
Saming steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Atunes.
Atunes connects with a leg kick. Saming looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Saming throws a big shot that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Atunes misses with a straight left.
Saming is looking to counter punch.
Atunes ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Saming misses with an uppercut
and Atunes counters with a solid body kick.
Atunes misses with a hook. Saming ducked under it nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Saming checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Saming throws out a loose jab but Atunes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Atunes lands a jab.
Saming moves away from the strike by Atunes.
Saming lands the left hand.
Saming doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Atunes connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Saming momentarily.
Atunes slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Atunes ducks under a wild hook from Saming.
Saming misses with a hook to the body
and Saming takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Atunes has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Atunes ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Atunes uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leonardo Atunes showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Saming throws an off balance right hand
and Atunes counters with a nice uppercut.
Saming rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Atunes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Saming throws a shot from downtown. Atunes moves away and avoids it.
Saming just misses with a punch to the body.
Atunes throws out a loose jab but Saming uses good head movement to avoid it.
An attempted straight right counter from Saming misses the target.
Atunes slips a jab from Saming.
Atunes appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Atunes.
Atunes lands a nice looking body kick.
Atunes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Saming sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Atunes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Saming throws a lazy right hand but Atunes sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A telegraphed right hand from Saming misses the target.
Atunes looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Saming moves out of range of the body kick.
Atunes scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Atunes misses with a series of wild punches.
Atunes lands with an uppercut that bounces Saming off the cage and back into range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saming misses with a left hand
and Atunes counters with a slapping leg kick.
Saming looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Saming throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Atunes moves into range and connects with a jab.
Atunes scores with a decent looking hook.
Saming misses with a straight right.
Atunes misses with a looping left.
Saming throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Atunes staying out of range there.
Atunes scores with a hook to the body. Saming takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Saming throws a right hand that Atunes ducks under and follows up with a left that Atunes also avoids with ease.
Atunes throws a jab but it's blocked by Saming.
Saming moves out of range of the leg kick from Atunes.
Saming appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Atunes's corner calls for a 1-2. Atunes obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Saming takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Atunes thuds a left hand into Saming's body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Saming checks a low kick from Atunes.
Atunes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Saming sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The fighters circle momentarily. Saming darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Atunes throws a leg kick that is checked
and Saming counters with a straight right hand.
Sud Saming has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Saming darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Atunes swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Saming.
Atunes misses with a low kick.
Atunes takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Atunes fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Saming has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Atunes connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Saming momentarily.
Saming rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Atunes counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Saming throws an off balance right hand
and Atunes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Atunes loads up on a big right hand but Saming slips the punch.
Atunes getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Nice shot lands for Atunes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saming feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Atuness jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Atunes takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Saming blocks the body kick.
A shot to the body from Atunes misses
and Saming counters with a three punch combo that has Atunes backing up. Atunes nods at Saming to acknowledge the strikes.
Nice defenses there by Atunes.
Atunes looks to score with a jab to the body but Saming is just out of range.
Saming with a hook.
Saming avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Atunes missing with a left hand there. Saming was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Saming loads up on a big right hand but Atunes slips the punch.
Saming slips under a jab.
Saming lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Saming misses with an uppercut. Atunes saw that one coming.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Saming checks a leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Atunes throws a hook but Saming blocks it.
Saming fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Atunes scores with a jab to the head.
Saming jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Atunes scores with a kick to the body.
Atunes jabs Saming right on the nose. Saming blinks but takes it well.
Atunes dips to his left and cracks Saming with an uppercut!
Atunes throws a hook but Saming blocks it.
Atunes looks to throw the jab but Saming is out of range.
Atunes looks to score with a jab to the body but Saming is just out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Atunes.
Saming ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Atunes moves away.
Saming checks the leg kick nicely there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Atunes looks to land a combination. Saming sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Saming swings widly with a right hand
and Atunes counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Saming thinking.
Saming keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Atunes digs a good hook to Saming's body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Leonardo Atunes comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Atunes has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Leonardo Atunes!
Leonardo Atunes decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.