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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Juan David Franco (ranked 1259 p4p, 1170 weight class) and Cavalho Atunes (ranked 159 p4p, 150 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Franco might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to 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. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
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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 27 - 26 - 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 19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cavalho Atunes!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Franco misses with a wild combination.
Franco throws a lazy body kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Franco misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Franco lands a head kick. Atunes smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
It looks like Cavalho Atunes has been cut.
Franco looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Franco throws a right and a left that Atunes avoids nicely.
Atunes pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Franco uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Atunes.
Franco lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Franco scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
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!
Franco lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Atunes circles away quickly and effectively.
Franco drops Atunes with a beautiful combination! Atunes stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Franco is looking for the KO!
Atunes is rocked!
Franco throws a series of punches but Atunes moves out of range.
Atunes is still on wobbly legs! Can Franco finish him?
Franco tries a head kick but it misses.
Atunes swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Franco avoids the head kick by Atunes.
Sloppy strikes from Franco. Those never looked like landing.
Atunes seems to have recovered his senses.
Atunes moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Atunes lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A head kick by Franco misses
and Atunes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Franco swinging wildly here.
Atunes lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Franco misses with an uppercut. Atunes saw that one coming.
No joy there for Franco, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Juan David Franco seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Franco stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Atunes.
Franco throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
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.
Franco looks to land a combination. Atunes sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
That has opened up Cavalho Atunes's cut even more.
Franco stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Atunes.
Franco lands a jab to the nose.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
No joy there for Franco, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Atunes! But no joy.
Franco throws a head kick that misses.
Atunes showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Franco.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Atunes turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Atunes closes the distance and clinches.
Franco wants to get back to striking at distance but Atunes won't allow it.
Franco is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Atunes looking to throw knees to the head but Franco is blocking nicely.
Atunes tries to land a knee to the head but Franco blocks with his arms.
Atunes connects with a knee to the head.
Franco is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Franco wants to break the clinch but can't.
Atunes unloads a knee to the mid-section. Franco lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Atunes pushes Franco back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Franco is breathing heavily.
Franco is trying to break the clinch but Atunes has him pressed against the cage.
Atunes connects with a knee to the head.
Atunes lands with a left to the head.
Atunes landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Atunes takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Atunes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Atunes obliges.
Atunes tries to land a knee to the head but Franco blocks with his arms.
A left hand lands to the body for Atunes.
Franco being controlled against the cage.
Atunes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Atunes cracks Franco with a nice body shot.
Atunes makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A knee to the head by Atunes.
Franco's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Franco moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Franco throws a head kick that misses
and Franco takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Atunes misses with a few strikes there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Atunes missing with a left hand there. Franco was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Franco throws a big counter combination but Atunes scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Franco throws a head kick but Atunes moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Franco tries to move into range but Atunes moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Atunes avoids the head kick by Franco.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Atunes! But no joy.
Franco fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Franco has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Atunes finds it's way round the side to connect with Franco's head.
Franco uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Atunes.
Franco throws a head kick but Atunes moves out of range.
Franco misses with a kick to the body.
Atunes connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Jab by Atunes.
Franco throws a right hand that Atunes ducks under and follows up with a left that Atunes also avoids with ease.
Atunes with the inside leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Atunes stuns Franco with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Atunes lands a jab to the head.
Atunes moves into range and clinches up with Franco.
Atunes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Cavalho Atunes will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Cavalho Atunes's cut.
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 lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Atunes has Franco up against the cage in a clinch.
Atunes tries to throw a body punch but Franco avoids it by throwing Atunes back against the cage.
Franco wants to break free but Atunes has control.
A right handed body shot lands from Atunes.
Atunes stalls.
Atunes lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short right from Atunes.
Franco misses with some punches.
Franco wants to break free but Atunes has control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Atunes tries to land knees in the clinch but Franco avoids the damage to the body.
Atunes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Atunes lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Franco is trying to push Atunes away but Atunes has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Atunes has Franco pushed against the cage.
Atunes with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Franco being controlled against the cage.
Franco tries to break free but Atunes pushes him back against the cage.
Franco pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Franco throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Atunes's head.
A head kick by Franco misses
letting Atunes counter with a right hand.
Franco throws a right and a left that both miss.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Franco throws a right and a left that Atunes avoids nicely.
Atunes lands a nice hook to Franco's body. Franco takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Atunes looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Atunes throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Some wild striking there from Franco.
Atunes misses with a jab, cross combination.
Juan David Franco is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franco throws a right hand that Atunes ducks under and follows up with a left that Atunes also avoids with ease.
Franco throws a nice looking combination but Atunes bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice inside leg kick there by Atunes. That's going to slow Franco down.
Atunes clinches.
Atunes stalling.
A nice left hand lands by Atunes.
Atunes lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Franco has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Atunes keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Franco's efforts to push away.
Atunes connects with a knee to the head.
Atunes makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Atunes.
Franco tries to break the clinch but Atunes is controlling the position.
Franco breaks from the clinch.
Franco gets tackled into the cage by Atunes. Atunes maintains the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Franco has had enough of the clinch but Atunes keeps him there for the moment.
Atunes tries a knee to the head but Franco blocks it.
Atunes lands with a left to the head.
Atunes connects with a knee to the head.
Franco wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Atunes has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Atunes throws a knee to the head but misses.
Atunes drops Franco with a big knee straight up the middle! Franco is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Franco is rocked!
It looks like Juan David Franco has been cut.
Franco looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Oh Franco is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Atunes takes one on the chin but seems OK.
The cut above Cavalho Atunes's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Atunes connects with a looping right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Atunes takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Atunes has managed to clinch.
Franco wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Franco is trying to break the clinch but Atunes has him pressed against the cage.
Atunes is struggling to control the position.
Franco seems to have got his legs back now.
Atunes tries a knee to the head but Franco blocks it.
Cavalho Atunes seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Atunes working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Franco working hard to break the clinch.
Atunes lands a knee to the head.
Franco takes a knee right on the jaw!
Atunes crunches a lovely knee into Franco's ribcage.
Atunes presses Franco against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Atunes lands a good knee to the midsection. Franco won't want to take too many of those.
Atunes lands with a light punch inside.
Atunes lands a nice knee to the body.
Atunes lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Atunes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Franco has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Atunes stalling the fight.
Atunes tries to work over Franco's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Atunes lands a right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Atunes lands a hook to the side of the head.
Atunes throws a knee to the head but misses.
Franco is trying to force a seperation but Atunes has the dominant position.
Franco tries to break free but Atunes pushes him back against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Cavalho Atunes showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
A nice leg kick lands there from Atunes.
Atunes scores with a kick to the midsection.
Atunes scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Franco throws a nice looking combination but Atunes bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Franco misses with a head kick.
As Franco backs off Atunes throws a huge counter combo but Franco manages to avoid it all.
Franco moves forwards but Atunes connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Atunes keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Franco throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Atunes jabs Franco right on the nose. Franco blinks but takes it well.
Atunes walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Franco drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Atunes swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Franco's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cavalho Atunes!
Cavalho Atunes took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'Quero agradecer aos fãs e ao meu treinador!!'.
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hype
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