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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Leonardo Atunes (ranked 1780 p4p, 228 weight class) and Melankomas Caria (ranked 3737 p4p, 428 weight class). Caria is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Roy Jones Jr - I Smoke, I Drink feat. Mr. Magic & Youngbloodz). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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Insanely flexible
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
31 - 13 - 4, fighting out of New York, Leonardo Atunes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 10 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Melankomas Caria!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Radbod Blank and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice shot by Atunes.
Atunes lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Atunes misses with a wild body shot.
Caria looks to score with a jab to the body but Atunes is just out of range.
Melankomas Caria seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Atunes misses with a few strikes there.
Caria checks the leg kick.
Atunes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Caria was well out of range. Poor timing from Atunes.
Atunes misses with a two punch combination.
Atunes looks to land a right hand but Caria moved out of range.
Caria has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Caria misses with a low kick.
Caria doesn't manage to clinch there - Atunes circles away.
Caria on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Atunes. Atunes obviously looking to wear him down.
Caria darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Caria moves away from the strike by Atunes.
Atunes fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Caria has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Caria ducks under a wild hook from Atunes.
Atunes misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Atunes connects with a solid leg kick.
Caria scores with a leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Caria checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Caria is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Atunes.
Atunes takes a shot to the body in his stride.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Caria.
The fight stays on the outside here - Caria looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Caria closes the distance but Atunes moves to the side
and Atunes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Caria throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Caria with a hook.
Atunes throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Caria slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Caria misses with a hook to the body
letting Atunes counter with a right hand.
Atunes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Caria tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Atunes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Atunes moves out of range of the leg kick from Caria.
Atunes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Caria moves away.
Atunes misses with a low kick as Caria jumps back.
Atunes throws a low kick but it's checked well by Caria.
Atunes lands with an overhand left.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Caria is looking to chop away at Atunes's legs.
Caria displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Atunes throws out the jab.
Caria's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Atunes connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Caria scrambles back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Caria misses.
Atunes lands a nice shot to the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Atunes, right into the meat.
Atunes wants to slow Caria down by chopping away at his legs.
Caria attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Caria takes a swing at Atunes's ribcage but misses.
Atunes lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Nice defenses there by Caria.
Nice uppercut lands for Caria. That snapped Atunes's head back.
Atunes needs to keep his hands up - Caria had a free shot at his head there.
Atunes throws a leg kick but Caria sees it coming and moves out of range.
Atunes cracks Caria with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Atunes scores with the left hand. Caria knows he should have avoided that one.
Atunes is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Caria.
Caria throws a quick inside leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Atunes just misses with a punch to the body.
Atunes looks to score with a jab to the body but Caria is just out of range.
Caria moves in looking to clinch but Atunes pushes him off.
Atunes misses with a wild body shot.
Atunes takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Leonardo Atunes dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Caria tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Atunes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Atunes was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Caria clinches with his opponent.
Atunes is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Caria can do to turn this around?
A short right from Caria.
Caria misses with a punch on the inside.
Caria pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Caria lands a jab to the nose.
Atunes lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Nice defenses there by Caria.
Caria misses with a low kick as Atunes jumps back.
Caria cracks the inside of Atunes's front leg.
Nice straight punches there by Atunes. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Atunes.
Caria tries to close the distance and clinch but Atunes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
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 Caria has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Caria and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Atunes rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Caria moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Caria throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Atunes counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Leonardo Atunes is winning the standup battle so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Caria throws a nice outside leg kick.
Caria uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Atunes.
Atunes with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Atunes throws a head kick but Caria moves out of range.
Atunes 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Caria misses with a leg kick
and Atunes counters with a stiff right hand.
Atunes misses with a wild body shot.
Caria tries a quick counter leg kick but Atunes is wise to it.
Caria lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Atunes circles away quickly and effectively.
Caria throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Caria lands a nice looking body shot.
Atunes throws out a leg kick but Caria moves out of range and Atunes only half commits.
Caria lands a right hook to the body.
Caria tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Atunes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Atunes throws a head kick that misses.
Atunes keeps the fight on the outside.
A bone on bone clash there as Caria blocks the leg kick.
Caria on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Atunes needs to keep his hands up - Caria had a free shot at his head there.
Caria scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Caria fails in his attempt to clinch.
Caria lands with a kick to the ribs.
Caria throws a good cross that connects.
Caria tries to clinch
and Atunes counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Caria throws a push kick but Atunes slaps the foot to one side.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Atunes scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Caria is looking to clinch.
Atunes swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Caria getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Caria is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Caria misses with a low kick as Atunes jumps back.
Atunes walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Caria checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Atunes lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Atunes.
Caria moves into the clinch successfully.
Atunes breaks from the clinch.
A big right from Caria misses.
Atunes throws a leg kick but Caria sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Atunes just misses with a punch to the body.
Caria throws the kick towards the body but Atunes avoids it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Atunes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Caria was well out of range. Poor timing from Atunes.
Atunes pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Caria rushes Atunes and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Caria prevents Atunes from breaking the clinch.
Atunes takes a knee right on the jaw!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Melankomas Caria will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Atunes connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Atunes misses the shot to the body.
Caria ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Caria throws out a loose jab but Atunes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Atunes on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Caria tries to close the distance and clinch but Atunes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
It looked like Atunes wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Caria gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Caria blocks the body kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Caria, right into the meat.
Caria uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Atunes throws a shot to the body.
Atunes looks to score with a jab to the body but Caria is just out of range.
Caria thumps Atunes with a low kick.
Caria tries to close the distance and clinch but Atunes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Atunes throws a hook but Caria avoids it easily.
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 ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Caria moves away.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Caria tests Atunes's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Caria misses with a kick to the body.
Atunes takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Caria is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Caria tries to clinch there but Atunes circles away.
Atunes is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Caria.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Atunes checks a leg kick.
Atunes cracks Caria with an open hand slap.
Caria loads up on a big right hand but Atunes slips the punch.
Caria lands with a nice body punch.
Atunes misses with a wild body shot.
Atunes feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Carias jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Atunes is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Caria.
Caria lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Caria throws a big shot that misses.
Atunes appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Atunes throws a body punch but Caria moves out of range.
Atunes stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Caria misses with a low kick as Atunes jumps back.
Atunes throws a big shot that misses.
Atunes is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Caria throws a shot to the body.
Caria keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caria walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Atunes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Caria.
Caria throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Atunes throws a big counter combination but Caria scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Atunes punishes Caria's body with a nice straight punch.
A left lands for Caria.
Atunes swats away the attempt to clinch by Caria.
Caria just misses with a punch to the body.
Atunes is looking to counter punch.
Atunes tries to keep at a distance but Caria has taken the fight into the clinch.
Caria breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Atunes swats away the attempt to clinch by Caria.
Atunes lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Caria explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Atunes tries a head kick but it misses.
Caria jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Caria moves out of range of the body kick from Atunes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Melankomas Caria just about did enough to take it.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Atunes throws a solid leg kick but Caria takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Atunes.
Atunes throws the kick towards the body but Caria avoids it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Caria.
Caria throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Caria throws a leg kick but Atunes sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Caria scores with a kick to the midsection.
Caria scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Caria tries to close the distance and clinch but Atunes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Caria darts in and clinches Atunes up against the ropes.
Atunes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Caria has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Atunes misses with the head strike.
Atunes blocks a body shot from Caria.
Atunes looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Caria struggles to land a body shot inside as Atunes controls his hands.
A short right from Atunes.
Caria struggles to land a body shot inside as Atunes controls his hands.
Atunes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A big left from Atunes misses.
Atunes keeps the fight on the outside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Atunes moves away from the strike by Caria.
Atunes keeps the fight on the outside.
A counter left hand to the body from Atunes misses its target.
Caria looks to land a right hand but Atunes moved out of range.
Jab, jab by Caria - just one landing.
Caria scores with a jab to the head.
Caria misses with a straight left.
Caria throws a hook but Atunes blocks it.
Nice shot lands for Atunes.
A low kick from Caria is predictable there
and Atunes counters with a nice uppercut.
Atunes avoids a punch combination nicely.
Caria lands with a thumping leg kick.
Atunes misses with a low kick as Caria jumps back.
Caria swings for the body but Atunes moves out of range.
Caria wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Caria throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Caria misses the shot to the body.
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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Caria tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Caria lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Atunes keeps the fight on the outside.
Atunes slips under a jab.
Caria scores with a leg kick.
Caria moves into the clinch.
Atunes working hard to break the clinch.
Atunes breaks the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Caria looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Atunes misses with a looping right.
Caria displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Atunes throws out the jab.
Atunes connects with a crisp jab.
Caria lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Caria connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Atunes pivots, looking for a leg kick but Caria is out of range and Atunes settles back down.
Caria connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Caria swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Atunes counters with an outside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Melankomas Caria dominated that fourth round.
That's time! Atunes's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Atunes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Leonardo Atunes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Atunes misses with a jab, cross combination.
Caria throws a shot from downtown. Atunes moves away and avoids it.
It looked like Atunes wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Caria throws a leg kick which misses Atunes's front leg but catches the back leg as Atunes tries to avoid it.
It looks like Atunes has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Caria motions for Atunes to come forward. Caria throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Atunes slips a jab and a cross from Caria.
Atunes bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Atunes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Caria.
Caria is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Caria lands with a hook. Atunes tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A nice inside leg kick there by Caria. That's going to slow Atunes down.
Caria throws a front kick that sends Atunes stumbling back into the ropes.
Caria scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Caria misses with an uppercut.
Caria tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Atunes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Atunes misses with a leg kick.
Caria lands with a good body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Caria cracks Atunes with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Atunes throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Caria throws a counter combo.
Caria stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Atunes attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Atunes throws a right and a left that both miss.
Caria takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Caria tries to clinch but Atunes is having none of it.
Caria feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Atunes's calf.
Caria tries to close the distance and clinch up but Atunes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A chopping leg kick lands by Caria.
Caria looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Atunes misses with a body kick.
Atunes throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Atunes moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Nice defenses there by Atunes.
Atunes fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A solid leg kick lands there for Caria.
Atunes misses with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caria 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.
A jab from Atunes misses.
Atunes misses with a low kick.
Caria fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Atunes on the side of the head.
Caria clinches with his opponent.
A short right from Caria on the inside.
Atunes has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Caria works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Caria working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Atunes tries to throw a body punch but Caria avoids it by throwing Atunes back against the ropes.
Caria throws a head punch that misses.
Atunes tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Caria misses with a punch to the body.
Caria using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Atunes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Atunes tries a body shot but Caria blocks it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Caria misses with a punch to the body.
Atunes tries to break the clinch but Caria is controlling the position.
Caria tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Atunes's elbow.
And that's the end of the fight!
Melankomas Caria comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Caria has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 46:49
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 46:49
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Melankomas Caria!
Melankomas Caria decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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