PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Edison Atunes (ranked 339 p4p, 398 weight class) and Toussaint Bissainthe (ranked 59 p4p, 66 weight class). Bissainthe comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Hoodoo Man Blues kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Atunes
vs
Bissainthe

185 cm
33
178
29 - 8 - 0

180 cm
33
175
29 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 29 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Edison Atunes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Toussaint Bissainthe!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bissainthe finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Atunes takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Atunes is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Atunes throws a head kick but Bissainthe moves out of range.
Bissainthe looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Atunes thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Bissainthe if he has to take too many more of those.
Atunes throws a shot from downtown. Bissainthe moves away and avoids it.
Bissainthe throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Atunes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Atunes looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bissainthe slips under a jab.
Bissainthe ducks under a wild hook from Atunes.
Atunes ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Bissainthe throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Atunes lands with an overhand left.
Atunes plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Atunes's jab looks to have found its range, popping Bissainthe under the eye.
Atunes fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Bissainthe checks it well.
Atunes misses the jab.
Bissainthe moves out of range as Atunes strikes.
Atunes looks to clinch
and Bissainthe counters with a leg kick.
Bissainthe lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Atunes stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bissainthe.
Bissainthe 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.
A big left from Atunes misses.
Atunes throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Atunes misses with a lunging right hand
letting Bissainthe counter with a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bissainthe lands a head shot.

It looks like Edison Atunes has been cut.
Bissainthe takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Bissainthe swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Atunes lands a lovely overhand right.
Atunes looks to throw the jab but Bissainthe is out of range.
Bissainthe stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Atunes.
Bissainthe throws out a loose jab but Atunes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Edison Atunes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Atunes looks to land a left hand but Bissainthe moved out of range nicely.
Bissainthe moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Bissainthe throws a head kick that misses
and Atunes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Both fighters circling a little - Atunes finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Atunes slips under a jab.
Atunes paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A cross from Atunes lands.
Atunes throws a lazy right hand but Bissainthe sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Atunes connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bissainthe thows a leg kick but Atunes checks it
and Atunes connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bissainthe tries a low kick but Atunes avoids it.
Bissainthe misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Atunes.
Bissainthe moves out of range of the body kick.
Atunes throws a good cross that connects.
Atunes with a nice cross.
Good shot there by Atunes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Atunes jabbing away but nothing is landing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bissainthe cracks Atunes with a good jab.
Bissainthe swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bissainthe takes one on the button.
Atunes throws a looping overhand right but Bissainthe ducks down to avoid it.
Atunes wants to clinch.
Bissainthe takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Atunes lands a nice shot to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Edison Atunes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Edison Atunes's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Atunes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Atunes throws a hook to the side of Bissainthe's head but Bissainthe sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Atunes throws a leg kick
and Bissainthe counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Atunes throws a leg kick
and Bissainthe counters with a straight right hand.

Atunes is rocked!
Atunes misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Atunes cracks Bissainthe with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Bissainthe works the jab nicely.
Oh Atunes is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bissainthe steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Atunes.
Bissainthe chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Atunes seems to have got his legs back now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bissainthe scores with a jab. Atunes acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Bissainthe drops Atunes with a naaaaasty hook - Atunes is in real trouble here! Bissainthe dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Toussaint Bissainthe!
Toussaint Bissainthe thanked the fans post fight for their support.
The defeated Edison Atunes had this to say: 'Who the fuck let Karter into my camp again? '.