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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hjallis Kalske (ranked 970 p4p, 2239 weight class) and Cavalho Atunes (ranked 132 p4p, 259 weight class). Kalske comes to the cage accompanied by Children Of Bodom - Are You Dead Yet?. The crowd seem to be enjoying Atunes's choice of entrance music: Makeba. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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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 28 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hjallis Kalske!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cavalho Atunes!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Dean Styles and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kalske moves into the clinch.
Atunes tries a knee to the head but Kalske blocks it.
Kalske is trying to break the clinch but Atunes has him pressed against the cage.
Atunes throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kalske blocks it with crossed arms.
Atunes lands with a left to the head.
Atunes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kalske avoids it.
Atunes misses with a punch to the body.
Atunes throws a head punch that misses.
Kalske missing with knees to the body.
Atunes throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kalske looking to stall.
Atunes avoids a wild elbow strike from Kalske.
Kalske pressing his opponent against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kalske tries for a takedown but Atunes manages to get underhooks.
Atunes throws a head punch that misses.
Atunes misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Atunes misses with a knee strike.
Atunes has a couple of punches blocked by Kalske.
Come on Atunes - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Kalske tries to throw a body punch but Atunes avoids it by throwing Kalske back against the cage.
Kalske controlling the action here for a moment.
Atunes tries to land a knee to the head but Kalske blocks with his arms.
Atunes throws a punch but it's blocked by Kalske.
Atunes with a knee to the head.
Kalske trying to land knees to the body.
Atunes being controlled against the cage.
Kalske missing with knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Atunes.
Kalske blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kalske is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Kalske takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Atunes effectively controlling the action here.
Atunes tries a knee to the head but Kalske blocks it.
Kalske content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Atunes throws a knee to the head but misses.
Atunes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kalske blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Atunes tries to land a knee to the head but Kalske blocks with his arms.
Atunes lands a nice knee to the body.
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 content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Atunes tries to land a knee to the head but Kalske blocks with his arms.
Atunes blocks an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Kalske.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kalske misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kalske tries for a takedown. No joy.
Atunes stalling against the cage.
Atunes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kalske has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Atunes lands a nice uppercut.
Atunes scores with a shoulder strike.
Atunes landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kalske is breathing heavily.
Atunes just leaning against Kalske, taking a breather.
Atunes lands a body shot.
Kalske is trying to stall.
Atunes looking to throw knees to the head but Kalske is blocking nicely.
Atunes content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Kalske pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Atunes throws a leg kick
and Kalske counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Atunes looks to throw the jab but Kalske is out of range.
Atunes connects with a crisp jab.
Kalske keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Atunes.
Kalske has taken the fight to the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Atunes on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kalske tries to throw a body punch but Atunes avoids it by throwing Kalske back against the cage.
Atunes is struggling to control the position.
Kalske is stalling here.
Atunes tries to land a knee to the head but Kalske blocks with his arms.
Kalske wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Atunes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Atunes taking a breather.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Cavalho Atunes dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Atunes tests Kalske's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kalske tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Atunes defends well and Kalske ends up having to push Atunes into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Kalske blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kalske tries to circle away but Atunes has him pinned against the cage.
Kalske is trying to break the clinch but Atunes is controlling him.
Atunes just leaning against Kalske, taking a breather.
Atunes is trying to maintain a safe position but Kalske gets an underhook and turns Atunes into the cage.
Atunes prevents the takedown attempt.
Atunes pushes Kalske back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kalske stalling.
Kalske is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Atunes gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hjallis Kalske. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Atunes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Atunes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kalske's elbow.
Atunes scores with a knee to the head.
Cavalho Atunes seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Atunes tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Atunes tries to land a knee to the head but Kalske blocks with his arms.
Kalske tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Atunes avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kalske looking to stall.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Kalske has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Atunes is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Atunes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Atunes displaying some good clinch control by pressing Kalske up against the cage.
Atunes can't find room to land a body shot as Kalske controls the action.
Atunes stalling in the clinch but Kalske improves position.
Atunes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kalske has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kalske has had enough of the clinch but Atunes keeps him there for the moment.
Kalske has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Atunes avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Kalske tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Atunes avoids it.
Kalske taking a breather.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kalske as Atunes tries to tie him up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Atunes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kalske has Atunes pressed against the cage.
Atunes looking to throw knees to the head but Kalske is blocking nicely.
Atunes misses with a knee to the head.
Atunes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kalske has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Atunes softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Atunes has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Come on Kalske - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Atunes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kalske has Atunes pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Atunes manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Kalske works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Atunes is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Kalske dives into side control.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Atunes is looking to reverse the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kalske scoring with punches from side control.
Kalske looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Kalske controls the position.
Kalske trying to control the position but Atunes is working away.
Atunes managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Kalske.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Atunes is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Kalske working the ground and pound.
Kalske trying to control the position but Atunes is working away.
Atunes taking a bit of punishment here - Kalske scoring with strikes.
Atunes tries to improve position but can't.
Kalske thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kalske connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Atunes some visible discomfort.
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.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Kalske tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Atunes motions for Kalske to come forward. Atunes throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kalske lands a head shot.
Kalske moves out of range of the body kick from Atunes.
Kalske tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Atunes defends well and Kalske ends up having to push Atunes into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Atunes throws out a counter right but Kalske avoids it with no problem.
Atunes lands with a light punch inside.
Atunes leaning his opponent against the cage.
Kalske looking to throw knees to the head but Atunes is blocking nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kalske with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Atunes prevents a body shot from Kalske.
Atunes trying to land knees to the body.
Atunes connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kalske's face.
Atunes lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Atunes trying to land knees to the body.
Atunes tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Come on Atunes - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Atunes throws a head punch that misses.
Kalske takes a knee right on the jaw!
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Atunes working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kalske looking to stall.
Kalske letting Atunes take a breather here.
Kalske wants a takedown but no success here.
Kalske has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Atunes after a bit of a struggle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hjallis Kalske. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Atunes swings wildly with an uppercut but Kalske uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Atunes.
Kalske wants to stall.
Kalske has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Atunes clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Atunes manages to stand up with Kalske still on his back. Eventually Kalske drops to his feet and we're back in the standing position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kalske ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Atunes tried to score with a low kick but Kalske checks it.
Atunes displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Kalske.
Atunes is looking for the big counter here.
Atunes scores with a three punch combo!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kalske takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Kalske has a takedown stuffed.
Kalske tries to close the distance and clinch but Atunes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kalske misses with a takedown
and Atunes connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hjallis Kalske has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Atunes closes the distance looking to clinch
and Kalske counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kalske 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 four minutes gone in the round.
Atunes dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kalske. That did some damage!
Kalske ducks under a wild hook from Atunes.
Kalske closes the distance and pushes Atunes back into the cage.
Atunes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kalske breaks the clinch.
Cavalho Atunes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kalske doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Atunes counters with a low kick, right behind Kalske 's knee.
Kalske walks into a straight right hand from Atunes.
Kalske tries for a takedown but Atunes sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kalske dives in and grabs Atunes's left leg, looking for a takedown. Atunes pushes down on Kalske's head and hops out.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
That kick from Atunes tenderised Kalske's leg. Kalske is trying to keep his angry face on.
Cavalho Atunes is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Nice uppercut there from Atunes.
And that's the end of the fight!
Cavalho Atunes comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Atunes winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Jonathan Paton scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 27:30
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... 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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