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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Desmond Glass (ranked 199 p4p, 32 weight class) and Leonardo Atunes (ranked 482 p4p, 67 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Glass might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Across 110th Street by Bobby Womack. Desmond Glass had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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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
22 - 9 - 2, fighting out of London, Desmond Glass!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 6 - 3, fighting out of New York, Leonardo Atunes!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice inside leg kick there by Atunes. That's going to slow Glass down.
Glass displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Atunes throws out the jab.
Glass moves out of range of the body kick.
Glass misses with an uppercut.
Glass has been working on his boxing with his coaches at ~T~ Troid - Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Atunes slips under a jab.
Glass throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Atunes stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Atunes connects with a right hand. Glass shakes it off.
Glass misses with a leg kick.
Atunes looks for the body kick but Glass saw that one coming.
Glass connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Glass misses with a low kick as Atunes jumps back.
Some wild striking there from Atunes.
Glass has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Atunes.
Atunes throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Atunes throws a lazy uppercut
and Glass counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
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 cracks Glass with a good jab.
Glass tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Atunes misses with a shot to the body
and Glass counters with a stiff right hand.
Atunes checks a low kick from Glass.
Atunes digs a good body shot into Glass's ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Atunes - just one landing.
Atunes throws a quick inside leg kick.
Glass swings for the body but Atunes moves out of range.
Nice uppercut lands for Atunes. That snapped Glass's head back.
Glass swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Atunes on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Glass takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Atunes checks a leg kick.
Glass jabs at Atunes's body.
Glass throws a looping overhand right but Atunes ducks down to avoid it.
Atunes unleashes a big counter combination but Glass bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Atunes scores with a jab. Glass acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A swing and a miss from Atunes.
Atunes swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Glass counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Glass ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A swing and a miss from Atunes.
Glass moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Glass is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Atunes takes a jab right on the kisser.
Glass uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Atunes.
Glass appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Atunes is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Atunes lands with a straight right. Glass didn't see that one coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Glass missing with a left hand there. Atunes was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Glass looks to throw the jab but Atunes is out of range.
Glass uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Atunes.
Glass lands a nice leg kick that just misses Atunes's sensitive parts.
A bone on bone clash there as Glass blocks the leg kick.
Atunes connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Glass momentarily.
Glass misses with a hook.
Glass throws a jab but it's blocked by Atunes.
Glass scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A nice inside leg kick there by Glass. That's going to slow Atunes down.
Atunes thuds his shin into the meat of Glass's side.
Glass throws a hook to the side of Atunes's head but Atunes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Atunes throws a half hearted mid kick.
Glass throws a leg kick which misses Atunes's front leg but catches the back leg as Atunes tries to avoid it.
Atunes throws a leg kick
and Glass counters with an inside leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Atunes.
Glass comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Atunes throws a leg kick but Glass checks it.
Glass scores with a jab to the body.
Glass is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Glass lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Atunes lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Atunes fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Glass is out of range.
Atunes misses with a body kick.
Atunes missing with a left hand there. Glass was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Atunes tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Glass throws a leg kick but Atunes sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Glass thuds a left hand into Atunes's body.
Atunes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Glass lands a head shot.
Atunes tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Glass closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A lazy left from Glass finds it's target.
Nice straight punches there by Atunes. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Atunes.
Leonardo Atunes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Atunes attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Atunes throws a body shot but no joy.
Atunes's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Atunes has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Glass finds it's way round the side to connect with Atunes's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Glass lands with a nice body punch.
Glass avoids the body shot from Atunes.
Nice uppercut lands for Atunes. That snapped Glass's head back.
Glass scoring well with a low kick there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Glass sizes up Atunes with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Atunes throws a nice head kick!
Glass waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Atunes.
It seemed like Atunes was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Atunes looks to score with a jab to the body but Glass is just out of range.
Atunes changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A slow jab from Atunes misses its intended target.
Atunes misses with a looping right.
Atunes misses with a wild body shot.
Glass lands with an uppercut that bounces Atunes off the cage and back into range.
Atunes throws an off balance right hand
and Glass counters with a leg kick.
Atunes blocks a low kick nicely.
Glass throws a hook but Atunes blocks it.
Some bone on bone action there as Glass checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Atunes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A good leg kick by Atunes.
Glass lands a head shot.
Atunes scores with a jab to the body.
Glass scores with a crisp jab that stopped Atunes in his tracks.
Glass with a body punch. A glancing blow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Desmond Glass will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Atunes takes a swing at Glass's ribcage but misses.
Glass scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Glass uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Atunes.
Glass lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Atunes circles away quickly and effectively.
Glass is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Atunes misses with a looping left.
Glass works Atunes's body with a nice hook.
Atunes bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Atunes looks to land a left hand but Glass moved out of range nicely.
Glass takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Good shot there by Glass.
Glass looks to land a right hand but Atunes moved out of range.
Atunes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Atunes slips a straight right by Glass.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Atunes throws a leg kick but Glass sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Glass misses with a low kick.
A jab from Atunes misses.
Atunes looks to throw a body kick
and Atunes takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Atunes swings for the body but Glass moves out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Glass connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Atunes's hands.
Glass cracks Atunes with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Atunes lands with a nice body punch.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Atunes.
Atunes throws a nice outside leg kick.
Donk. Glass catches Atunes right on the button with a cross.
Glass will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Glass throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Atunes sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Atunes has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Glass misses the shot to the body.
A bone on bone clash there as Glass blocks the leg kick.
Atunes misses with a body shot.
Desmond Glass is winning the standup battle so far.
Glass keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Atunes.
Glass checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Glass lands with a shot to the body.
Glass misses the jab.
A swing and a miss from Atunes.
Atunes misses with a low kick as Glass jumps back.
Glass throws a jab when Atunes was well out of range.
Atunes getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Atunes fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Glass is out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A jab from Glass finds it's way through Atunes's defenses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Atunes.
Atunes defending well as Glass loads up on a big left hand.
Atunes throws a body punch but Glass moves out of range.
Glass scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Glass thuds his right hand into Atunes's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Atunes looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Atunes drops his hands momentarily and Glass takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Glass scores with a body shot.
Atunes throws a leg kick but Glass sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Glass throwing a counter right hand but Atunes manages to avoid it.
Jab from Atunes.
Glass takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Glass uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Atunes.
Atunes throws a body shot but no joy.
Glass looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Atunes lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Atunes defending well as Glass loads up on a big left hand.
Glass scores with a crisp jab that stopped Atunes in his tracks.
Glass misses the shot to the body.
Atunes misses with a wild body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glass swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Atunes takes a swing at Glass's ribcage but misses.
Glass scores with a jab to the jaw.
Glass cracks Atunes with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Danga de danga de dang - Atunes scores with a four punch combination!
Glass jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Glass takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Atunes steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Glass.
Atunes is trying to counter with his kicks.
Glass misses with a looping left.
Glass thuds his right hand into Atunes's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Atunes misses with an uppercut
and Glass counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Atunes. Glass does a little dance to reset his feet.
Atunes keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Glass pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Glass lands a jab to Atunes's midsection.
Glass takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A slow jab from Glass misses its intended target.
Atunes misses with a low kick.
Glass takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Atunes misses with a wild body shot.
A swing and a miss from Atunes.
Atunes waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Glass.
Atunes thows a leg kick but Glass checks it
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Glass throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Glass with a nice cross.
Atunes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Glass circles away quickly and effectively.
Atunes tries to land a body kick
and Glass counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Glass scores with the left hand. Atunes knows he should have avoided that one.
That kick from Glass tenderised Atunes's leg. Atunes is trying to keep his angry face on.
Glass throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Glass misses with an uppercut. Atunes saw that one coming.
Glass moves out of range as Atunes strikes.
Atunes takes a swing at Glass's ribcage but misses.
Glass throwing a counter right hand but Atunes manages to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Glass uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Atunes.
Glass takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Atunes cracks a nice hook into Glass's ribs.
Glass throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Desmond Glass dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Atunes lands with a nice body punch.
Glass fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Atunes checks it well.
Atunes scores with a jab to the head.
Atunes tries to bum rush Glass with a series of wild strikes but Glass uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Glass swings for the body but Atunes moves out of range.
Atunes dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Glass. That did some damage!
Glass scores with a jab. Atunes acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Glass fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Atunes manages to avoid it.
Glass takes one to the chin there.
Good leg kick by Atunes there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Atunes misses with a straight right.
Glass fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Atunes manages to avoid it.
Atunes avoids the body shot from Glass.
Glass swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Glass lands a jab to the nose.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Atunes misses with a hook. Glass ducked under it nicely.
Glass was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Atunes pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Atunes swings for the body but Glass moves out of range.
Glass misses with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Glass misses with a wild body shot.
Atunes keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Nice body punch from Atunes.
Glass comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Glass misses with a wild body shot.
Atunes looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Glass uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Atunes.
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.
Glass lands a nice shot to the body.
Glass lunges at Atunes with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Atunes's hand.
Atunes tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Glass looks to score with a jab to the body but Atunes is just out of range.
Atunes appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Atunes looks to land a body kick but Glass moved away.
Glass fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Atunes.
Glass scores with a jab to the head.
Atunes misses with a looping right.
Glass throws a low kick but it's checked well by Atunes.
A big right from Glass misses.
Glass is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Atunes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Glass takes a swing at Atunes's ribcage but misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Glass just misses with a punch to the body.
Glass misses the shot to the body.
Atunes swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Glass stuns Atunes with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Atunes throws a head kick but Glass moves out of range.
Glass takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Atunes tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Glass is able to avoid easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Glass. Atunes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Atunes goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Atunes takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Atunes checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Glass misses with a body shot.
Atunes throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Glass counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Glass blocks a jab.
Glass scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Glass lands a jab to Atunes's midsection.
Glass scores with a nice strike.
Glass waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Atunes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glass slips a straight right by Atunes.
Glass connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Atunes slips a jab from Glass.
Atunes feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Glasss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Atunes lands with a cross.
Atunes loads up on a big right hand but Glass slips the punch.
Atunes bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Atunes looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Atunes just misses with a punch to the body.
As Atunes backs away, Glass returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Glass swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Atunes scores with the left hand. Glass knows he should have avoided that one.
Atunes fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Glass cracks the inside of Atunes's front leg.
Atunes takes one on the button.
A telegraphed right hand from Atunes misses the target.
Glass walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Atunes checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Nice defenses there by Glass.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Atunes throws a low kick but it's checked well by Glass.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Atunes.
Glass with a jab.
Atunes throws a nice outside leg kick.
Glass digs a good body shot into Atunes's ribs.
Glass throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A little jabbing left from Atunes on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Jab, jab by Glass - just one landing.
Atunes finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Atunes misses with an uppercut.
Glass throwing a counter right hand but Atunes manages to avoid it.
A cross from Atunes lands.
Glass slips a straight right by Atunes.
Glass keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Glass throws a hook to the side of Atunes's head but Atunes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Glass slips under a jab from Atunes.
Atunes takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Atunes connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Glass avoids the body shot from Atunes.
Atunes throws a leg kick that misses.
Leonardo Atunes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Glass lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Desmond Glass.
Well Glass has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Desmond Glass!
During a confident post fight interview, Desmond Glass thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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