PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Juan Fonseca (ranked 6108 p4p, 537 weight class) and Leonardo Atunes (ranked 2069 p4p, 278 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Fonseca
vs
Atunes

178 cm
28
167 lbs
12 - 13 - 3

180 cm
36
180 lbs
26 - 12 - 3

World class MT
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Granite chin

Vegan Gains

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 12 - 13 - 3, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Juan Fonseca!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 12 - 3, fighting out of New York, Leonardo Atunes!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Mauricio Rocha and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Atunes looks to throw the jab but Fonseca is out of range.
Atunes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fonseca.
Fonseca chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Atunes can pounce on him.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Atunes keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Atunes lands with a thumping leg kick.
Atunes jabs Fonseca right on the nose. Fonseca blinks but takes it well.
Fonseca walks into a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fonseca. Atunes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Atunes lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
No joy there for Atunes, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
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 fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fonseca manages to avoid it.
Atunes fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Fonseca takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Juan Fonseca seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fonseca throws a jab but it's blocked by Atunes.
A countering left hand to the body from Atunes misses.
Atunes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fonseca.
Atunes misses with a low kick.
Atunes takes a swing at Fonseca's ribcage but misses.
Fonseca appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Fonseca needs to keep his hands up - Atunes had a free shot at his head there.
Fonseca takes a swing at Atunes's ribcage but misses.
Atunes ducks under a wild hook from Fonseca.
Fonseca throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Atunes does no damage.
Atunes buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Atunes avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Atunes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fonseca.
A nice inside leg kick there by Atunes. That's going to slow Fonseca down.
Fonseca keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Atunes.
Fonseca swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Atunes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fonseca moves away.
Atunes throws a leg kick but Fonseca moved away.

Atunes clinches.
Fonseca wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Atunes throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Fonsecas head.
Fonseca wants to break free but Atunes has control.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Atunes.

Atunes manages to break the clinch.
Fonseca avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Fonseca misses the shot to the body.
Atunes throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Atunes paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Atunes looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Atunes lands a slapping body shot.
Atunes scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Fonseca moves out of range of the body kick from Atunes.
Atunes buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Atunes misses with an uppercut.
Fonseca throwing a counter right hand but Atunes manages to avoid it.
Fonseca uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Atunes.
Atunes drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A big right from Atunes misses.
Atunes thows a left - swing and a miss!
It looked like Fonseca was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Atunes on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Atunes throws the left hand but Fonseca avoids the punch easily.
Fonseca comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Fonseca. Those never looked like landing.
Fonseca thumps Atunes with a low kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Atunes connects with a body shot that sends Fonseca's belly button to the back.
Fonseca scoring well with a low kick there.
Atunes pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Atunes is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fonseca.
Fonseca jabs at Atunes's body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leonardo Atunes dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Atunes fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Fonseca has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Atunes throws a looping overhand right but Fonseca ducks down to avoid it.
Fonseca fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Atunes manages to avoid it.
Atunes looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Atunes fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Fonseca is out of range.
Fonseca fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Fonseca blocks a head kick by Atunes.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Atunes. Fonseca shrugs it off though.
A telegraphed right hand from Fonseca misses the target.
Atunes takes one on the button.
Fonseca cracks Atunes with an open hand slap.
Fonseca avoids the body shot from Atunes.
Atunes lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Atunes moves away from the strike by Fonseca.
Atunes swinging wildly here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Atunes wants to clinch up but Fonseca keeps it at a distance.
Fonseca throws the left hand but Atunes avoids the punch easily.
The fighters circling - Atunes throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Fonseca misses with a double jab.
Atunes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fonseca.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Atunes! But no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
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.
Fonseca throws a leg kick but Atunes checks it.
Fonseca throws a leg kick that misses.
Atunes darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Atunes throws a body kick that misses.
Fonseca attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Fonseca takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Atunes uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fonseca.
Decent striking displayed by Atunes there.
Atunes lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A right-left combo lands from Fonseca.
Atunes tries to close the distance and clinch but Fonseca swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jab, jab by Atunes - just one landing.
Atunes lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Fonseca works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

Atunes takes the fight into the clinch.
Fonseca wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Fonseca breaks from the clinch.
Fonseca takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Atunes misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Atunes lets loose with a powerful body kick. Fonseca will feel that in the morning.
Atunes misses with a low kick.
Atunes missing with a left hand there. Fonseca was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Atunes connects with a looping right hand.
A big left from Fonseca misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Atunes! But no joy.
Leonardo Atunes seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Atunes checks a low kick from Fonseca.
Atunes wants to counter with a clinch but Fonseca pushes him away.
Fonseca takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Fonseca takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Atunes blocks a jab.
Fonseca takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Fonseca throws a leg kick
and Atunes counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Atunes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Atunes has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Atunes has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Fonseca.
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.
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. This is the final round!

Atunes throws out a loose jab but Fonseca uses good head movement to avoid it.
Juan Fonseca has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Atunes lands a nice leg kick that just misses Fonseca's sensitive parts.
Atunes takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A nice leg kick lands there from Fonseca.
A good leg kick by Fonseca.
Fonseca blocks the body kick.
Atunes walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Atunes takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Fonseca takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Fonseca keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Atunes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Fonseca circles away quickly and effectively.
A shot to the liver by Atunes. Beautiful body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Atunes ducks under a wild hook from Fonseca.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Atunes! But no joy.
Atunes throws a right hand that Fonseca ducks under and follows up with a left that Fonseca also avoids with ease.
Atunes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fonseca.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Atunes staying out of range there.
Atunes throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Atunes swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Atunes takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Atunes throws out a loose jab but Fonseca uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fonseca throws a low kick but Atunes avoids it.
Fonseca is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Atunes fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Fonseca has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Fonseca looks to score with a jab to the body but Atunes is just out of range.
Atunes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It looked like Fonseca was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Atunes.
Fonseca misses with an uppercut.
Fonseca ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Atunes moves away.
Fonseca looks to score with a jab to the body but Atunes is just out of range.
Fonseca attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Nice jab there from Atunes.
Fonseca misses with a hook.
Fonseca works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Fonseca blocks a jab.
Fonseca lands a right hook to the body.
Fonseca 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.
An inside leg kick from Fonseca misses.
Atunes lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A swing and a miss from Fonseca.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fonseca takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Atunes throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Atunes fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Fonseca swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Atunes throws a hook to the side of Fonseca's head but Fonseca sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Fonseca gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Atunes.
A jab from Atunes misses.
Fonseca scores with a jab to the body.
Atunes takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Atunes takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Fonseca lands with a good body shot.
Fonseca throws a good cross that connects.
Atunes drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Atunes scores with a crisp jab that stopped Fonseca in his tracks.
Fonseca throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fonseca misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Atunes.
Atunes uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fonseca.
Atunes goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Leonardo Atunes is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Atunes on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Juan Fonseca showed his dominance in that final round.
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 Luis Engracia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 28:29
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Leonardo Atunes!
In his post fight interview, Leonardo Atunes started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.