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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Leonardo Atunes (ranked 1544 p4p, 198 weight class) and Dany Crosby (ranked 1841 p4p, 222 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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180 lbs
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185 lbs
21 - 20 - 3 |
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Insanely flexible
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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 - 13 - 3, fighting out of New York, Leonardo Atunes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 20 - 3, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dany Crosby!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Chris Dean and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Atunes moves in looking to clinch but Crosby pushes him off.
Crosby looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Atunes ducks under a wild hook from Crosby.
Crosby thuds a left hand into Atunes's body.
Atunes wants to clinch up but Crosby keeps it at a distance.
Crosby looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Dany Crosby seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Atunes showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Crosby.
Atunes throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Good work by Crosby as he checks the leg kick.
Crosby throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Atunes sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Crosby tries to clinch there but Atunes circles away.
Crosby punishes Atunes's body with a nice straight punch.
Atunes feints and then cracks Crosby's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Crosby down.
Atunes scores with a jab to the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Atunes uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Crosby has time to react.
Crosby lands a head shot.
Atunes throws the kick towards the body but Crosby avoids it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Crosby rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Atunes moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Atunes gets in close and instigates a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Atunes blocks an uppercut.
Crosby struggles to land a body shot inside as Atunes controls his hands.
Crosby gets through Atunes's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Crosby lands a right hand that snaps the head of Atunes backwards.
Atunes lands a shoulder strike.
Crosby misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Atunes misses with some punches.
A shot in the inside from Crosby.
Atunes tries to throw a body punch but Crosby avoids it by throwing Atunes back against the ropes.
A short uppercut from Crosby.
Atunes is working Crosby over against the ropes.
Atunes can't find room to land a body shot as Crosby controls the action.
Crosby tries to work over Atunes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Atunes misses with a body punch.
Crosby throws a punch but it's blocked by Atunes.
Atunes presses Crosby against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A short body shot lands from Atunes as the two fighters clinch.
Atunes wants to stall.
Crosby throws a punch but it's blocked by Atunes.
Atunes lands with a short shot to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Atunes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crosby tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Crosby tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Crosby misses with the head strike.
Crosby misses with a punch on the inside.
Atunes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Atunes.
Atunes lands a hook to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Atunes creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short uppercut from Atunes.
Atunes lands a hook to the side of the head.
Atunes wants to stall.
Crosby has a couple of punches blocked by Atunes.
Crosby misses with a punch on the inside.
Crosby misses with a hook to the ribs.
Crosby misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Atunes lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Crosby backwards.
A right hook to the body lands for Crosby.
Crosby blocks a body shot from Atunes.
Crosby digs a right hand underneath Atunes's ribcage. Atunes let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Atunes lands a shot to the body.
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 Leonardo Atunes will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Crosby punishes Atunes's body with a nice straight punch.
Crosby cracks Atunes with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Crosby takes a swing at Atunes's ribcage but misses.
Atunes dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Atunes tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Crosby manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Atunes rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Crosby counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Atunes throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Crosby on the side of the head.
Atunes lands a head shot.
Crosby misses with a looping right.
Decent striking displayed by Atunes there.
Atunes throws a right hand that Crosby ducks under and follows up with a left that Crosby also avoids with ease.
Crosby now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Crosby blocks a leg kick.
Atunes jabs Crosby right on the nose. Crosby blinks but takes it well.
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!
Crosby misses with a series of wild punches.
Crosby has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Atunes finds it's way round the side to connect with Crosby's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crosby defending well as Atunes loads up on a big left hand.
Crosby misses the shot to the body.
Crosby keeps the fight on the outside.
Atunes pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A big right from Crosby misses.
Atunes cracks Crosby with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Crosby swings for the body but Atunes moves out of range.
Atunes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Atunes bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Crosby takes a swing at Atunes's ribcage but misses.
Atunes misses with a hook. Crosby ducked under it nicely.
Atunes throws a right hand that misses
and Crosby counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Atunes throws a hook to the side of Crosby's head but Crosby sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Atunes takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Atunes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Atunes misses with a head kick.
Crosby ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Atunes moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Atunes walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Atunes takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Crosby slips a straight right by Atunes.
Atunes blocks a jab.
Atunes throws an overhand right that lands on Crosby's shoulder, as Crosby tries to avoid the shot.
Atunes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Crosby misses with a body shot.
Atunes misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Crosby throws a lazy right hand but Atunes sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Crosby scores with a one two! Atunes had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Atunes blocks a jab.
Crosby slips under a jab.
Crosby moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Atunes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Crosby misses with a straight right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Dany Crosby will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Crosby misses the shot to the body.
Crosby is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Atunes.
Atunes buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Atunes takes a swing at Crosby's ribcage but misses.
Atunes throws the left hand but Crosby avoids the punch easily.
A shot to the liver by Crosby. Beautiful body shot.
Atunes throws a big shot that misses.
A big left from Crosby misses.
Atunes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Crosby throws out the jab.
Crosby ducks under a wild hook from Atunes.
Atunes is looking to land body kicks.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Crosby! But no joy.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Crosby gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Crosby fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Atunes throws a head punch that misses.
Atunes swings wildly with an uppercut but Crosby uses good head movement to avoid it.
Atunes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crosby working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Atunes works on Crosby's body with a couple of short punches.
Atunes taking a breather.
Atunes lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Crosby.
Crosby tries a body shot but Atunes blocks it.
Crosby misses with a short punch on the inside.
Crosby misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Atunes.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Atunes blocks a body shot from Crosby.
Atunes softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Atunes lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Crosby misses with some punches.
Nice body punch from Crosby.
Atunes misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Crosby working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Crosby blocks a body shot from Atunes.
Atunes blocks a body shot from Crosby.
Atunes pushes Crosby back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Atunes scores with a nice hook to the head.
Leonardo Atunes has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Crosby prevents a body shot from Atunes.
Atunes misses with some punches.
Crosby tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Atunes blocking some punches.
Atunes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Crosby's elbow.
Atunes effectively controlling the action here.
Crosby has a couple of punches blocked by Atunes.
Crosby misses with a hook from the clinch.
Atunes misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A nice left hand lands by Crosby.
A head punch on the inside from Crosby fails to land.
Atunes misses with a body punch.
Atunes softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Crosby scores with a shoulder strike.
Crosby tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Atunes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Crosby's elbow.
Atunes misses with a hook from the clinch.
Atunes looking to stall.
Crosby can't find room to land a body shot as Atunes controls the action.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Dany Crosby.
I think Crosby has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Steve Erwin scores the fight 28:30
Judge Chris Dean scores the fight 29:29
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 29:28
The fight is ruled a draw!
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