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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Juan David Franco (ranked 3618 p4p, 3528 weight class) and Cavalho Atunes (ranked 398 p4p, 390 weight class). Franco comes to the cage accompanied by Bullet For My Valentine- Tears Don't Fall. Atunes has chosen Makeba as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Cavalho Atunes is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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24 - 21 - 0 |
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13 - 8 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Juan David Franco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cavalho Atunes!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Dillan Fox and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Atunes scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Franco doesn't seem bothered though.
Franco throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Atunes counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Atunes showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Franco.
Franco looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Franco drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Franco stalks Atunes and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Atunes's face. Atunes staggers backwards, shaken.
It looks like Cavalho Atunes has been cut.
Atunes stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Franco scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Atunes.
Franco takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Franco tries to bum rush Atunes with a series of wild strikes but Atunes uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Atunes goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Franco is looking to counter punch.
Atunes cracks a nice hook into Franco's ribs.
Atunes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Franco.
Juan David Franco seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Franco showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Atunes.
Atunes misses with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Atunes fakes the leg kick and cracks Franco in the body.
Atunes looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A low kick from Franco is predictable there
and Atunes makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Atunes is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Franco rather than just go for the knockout.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Atunes looking to throw knees to the head but Franco is blocking nicely.
Franco blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Franco tries to circle away but Atunes has him pinned against the cage.
Atunes lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Franco or not.
Atunes lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Atunes landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Franco tries to circle away but Atunes has him pinned against the cage.
Franco is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Atunes stalls.
Franco letting Atunes take a breather here.
The crowd are getting on Atunes's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Atunes lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Atunes throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Franco blocks it with crossed arms.
Franco's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Atunes lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Franco working hard to break the clinch.
Atunes lands a body shot.
The referee calls for Atunes to work.
Atunes lands a body shot in the clinch.
Franco is breathing heavily.
A short right from Atunes.
Franco being controlled against the cage.
Atunes lands a left hand that snaps the head of Franco backwards.
Franco breaks from the clinch.
Franco misses with a double jab.
Franco throws a left and a right that both miss
and Atunes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Left hook, right uppercut from Franco.
Franco missing with a left hand there. Atunes was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick by Franco misses
and Atunes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Franco looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Atunes ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Atunes slips a jab and a cross from Franco.
Atunes thuds his shin into the meat of Franco's side.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Atunes.
Atunes blocks a head kick by Franco.
Atunes throws a body kick that misses.
Atunes has Franco up against the cage in a clinch.
Atunes throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Franco blocks it with crossed arms.
Franco can't break the clinch.
Franco wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Atunes tries to land knees in the clinch but Franco avoids the damage to the body.
Atunes stalling the fight.
Franco tries to break the clinch but Atunes is controlling the position.
Atunes lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Atunes scores with a shot to the side of Franco's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Franco wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Atunes has him pressed against the cage.
Franco working hard to break the clinch.
Atunes softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Atunes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Atunes digs a right hand into Franco's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Franco's gas tank.
Franco tries to throw a body punch but Atunes avoids it by throwing Franco back against the cage.
Franco is trying to break the clinch but Atunes has him pressed against the cage.
Atunes tries to land a knee to the head but Franco blocks with his arms.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Atunes.
Franco working hard to break the clinch.
A short right from Atunes on the inside.
Atunes landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Atunes lands a right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Franco letting Atunes take a breather here.
Atunes crunches a lovely knee into Franco's ribcage.
Atunes lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Atunes lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Cavalho Atunes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Cavalho Atunes's cut.
That's time! Franco's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Franco closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Atunes blocks a head kick by Franco.
Franco throws a right and a left that Atunes avoids nicely.
Atunes throws a combination. Franco tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Good shot there by Atunes.
Franco is rocked!
Atunes lands a nice looking body shot.
Franco misses with a double jab.
Atunes lands a nice hook to Franco's body. Franco takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Franco swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Atunes finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Atunes cracks Franco with a good jab.
Cavalho Atunes seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Atunes scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Oh Franco is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Atunes takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Atunes moves into the clinch successfully.
Franco looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A short left from Atunes.
Atunes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Franco is trying to break free.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Atunes lands with a light punch inside.
Atunes stalling.
Atunes blocks a body shot from Franco.
Atunes drops Franco onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Franco is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Atunes lands a big right hand that drops Franco! The killer instinct kicks in and Atunes finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Atunes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cavalho Atunes!
Cavalho Atunes looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'Quero agradecer aos fãs e ao meu treinador!!'.
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hype
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pop
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